In 2003, one of the Dixie Chicks regretted publicly and outside the U.S. that her president George W. Bush the 43rd came from the same state as they did. Turmoil followed, because it was a “treacherous” thing to do. Right wing commentators attacked the country music artists because the USA was in a war against terror and they were aiding and abetting terrorists with their very words. Treacherous or not, in simpler but more elegant times, artists didn’t engage in polemic statements outside their homelands.Granted this, the Chicks were exercising her free speech after all. Eventually, and allegedly after Laura Bush let her husband proceed, the president himself told the people to refrain from abusing the girls. A documentary about the bravery of the Dixie Chicks was filmed afterwards, as a testament to the first ammendment martyrs.
It has to be a really great feat to be a son of a country music legend and make a name for you anyway. Hank Williams Jr. did it anyway. Yesterday he compared president Obama to Hitler in “Fox and Friends”, just because Hank supports Israel and doesn’t find the president’s behavior very supportive at all.
Turmoil followed, because it was a “racist” thing to do, and his appearances were pulled out from “Monday Night Football” on ESPN with a public statement of the network. Although Williams Jr. is said to be supporting Herman Cain in the Republican primaries, he caved in and backtracked his prior statement, obviously feeling the heat.
Apparently nobody has realized the parallel between the Chicks and Williams Jr. Nobody came to support his free speech exercise and absolutely nobody is talking about a clearing documentary of his heroic feat.
The word is not “racism” but “hypocrisy.” The double standard never felt so disgusting.
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I hate these days. People are telling you to STFU. Just say it, no matter how stupid or offensive it is.