Dixie Chicks: The Victims of Intolerance?

The poor Dixie Chicks. Hard to not feel sorry for them. After their slamming the President and the war in Iraq, the Dixie Chicks tucked their tails between their legs and headed home. They were threatened, yelled at, had every epithet in the world thrown at them. All for merely speaking their mind. They told a London audience that they were ashamed that President Bush came from their home state of Texas.

After that, they were slammed in public and even threatened in private.

Now they are back on tour with a new album. It includes a new song, "Not Ready to Make Nice". This is a song they claim has to do with how they feel about the whole episode. After that incident, they put out some apologies, but no one seemed interested. Their reaction was, "We're being muzzled. We should be allowed to speak our minds."

Yup, that's absolutely right. But when other people, you know, us common folk, express our minds, don't act surprised. What were you expecting? Okay, here's another question: Why didn't you say this in Texas? Why did you have to fly 3600+ miles away from your "home" in Texas to speak your mind?

I know, I know, you were so muzzled in Texas. They're nothing but a bunch of hicks. Such simpletons. Only the English would understand.

Mind you, I don't like the guy who threatened you. I think that idiot should be put in a nice, 6 x 9 cell with his roommate, Rufus T. Buttlove.

But those people who merely expressed anger and outrage at your antics and expressed it by NOT buying your albums, calling the local radio stations to request that they NOT play your music, well, you had that one coming.