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.
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.
Dr. sipmac enters the minefield! People in the web already knows what is happening with Google, finally fed up with cooperating with the Internet censorship in China. It has something to do with the chinese mid-December ciberattacks, targeting gmail accounts belonging to human rights activists.
ent (another way to define newspeak) and the hate speech laws, you can be easily labeled and ousted (Hint: just like Soylent Green, hate speech varies from person to person). You just dare to think really different and will see it. And Google already has a lot of 'splainin to do (for what is doing in Germany and France, for instance. Just click the links). Apparently, freedom of speech is good and censorship is bad... easy interchangeable when one of those interferes with your plans.
