CNN Says 'White Men' are the Biggest Terror Threat in US

[Peter Brown]

The left are a bunch of babies, as evidenced by the last 4 years. TLD's post is a baby's cry for his dessert. Good parents simply send you to your room with no dessert.

Typical right wing projections. Same type which played the victim card during the Obama years, claimed to be perpetual censorship targets while practicing their cancel culture against the Dixie Chicks and others who dared to dissent from their warped views and conformity, continually whining about media bias while overlooking their own brand of Fo卐 network McCarthyism, moaning about deficits when a Dem is in the White House while remaining silent about increased debts while a repukeblican in there, crying about welfare but always kneeling before the government with hat in hand, and always being a bunch of religious Pharisees and political hypocrites.

The Dixie Chicks are The Chicks now, Brooklyn. Woke culture demanded they get rid of the word Dixie because it's so triggering to absolutely no one in country music but apparently to everyone in Brooklyn, where the very few people who buy The Chicks music live.

In any event, no one had to cancel The Chicks; they canceled themselves. Ear wedgies for music, just awful stuff.

[kramerica.inc]

The music isn't bad.
Just like the football isn't bad.
But people generally just don't want to hear about the singer's or athlete's politics.
Freedom of speech is of course allowed.
Freedom of consequences (or people turning the channel) is not.

[MDlaxfan76]

The left are a bunch of babies, as evidenced by the last 4 years. TLD's post is a baby's cry for his dessert. Good parents simply send you to your room with no dessert.

Typical right wing projections. Same type which played the victim card during the Obama years, claimed to be perpetual censorship targets while practicing their cancel culture against the Dixie Chicks and others who dared to dissent from their warped views and conformity, continually whining about media bias while overlooking their own brand of Fo卐 network McCarthyism, moaning about deficits when a Dem is in the White House while remaining silent about increased debts while a repukeblican in there, crying about welfare but always kneeling before the government with hat in hand, and always being a bunch of religious Pharisees and political hypocrites.

The Dixie Chicks are The Chicks now, Brooklyn. Woke culture demanded they get rid of the word Dixie because it's so triggering to absolutely no one in country music but apparently to everyone in Brooklyn, where the very few people who buy The Chicks music live.

In any event, no one had to cancel The Chicks; they canceled themselves. Ear wedgies for music, just awful stuff.

Yeah, those woke Chicks are really struggling to find fans:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/busi ... the-chicks

[kramerica.inc]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

[MDlaxfan76]

The music isn't bad.
Just like the football isn't bad.
But people generally just don't want to hear about the singer's or athlete's politics.
Freedom of speech is of course allowed.
Freedom of consequences (or people turning the channel) is not.

Well, there's certainly a history of both singers and athletes losing fans because of their political views.

Some have paid a significant cost, typically financial, due those expressed views, at least in the short term...others have found those views rewarded with respect over the long term.

And, of course, some have built their own fan followings specifically because of those views. Singers especially have a long history of activism and finances that reflect those views that they express in their art.

With such an overwhelming % of Americans now believing that social justice issues are real and pervasive, it's not surprising that we are seeing athletes able to speak more freely and forthrightly on their perspectives. And with less concern about financial punishment, led by many of the most prominent athletes doing so in a more collective fashion, providing a form of protection to one another against individualized repercussions from the ownership ranks.

As we see protests that turn violent, most of us appreciate the peaceful demonstrations of conscience being exhibited by these players, coaches, etc.

Of course, some fans will look for an alternative form of entertainment that does not require them to know their entertainer's views on issues in the world.

After all, it's not comfortable to be confronted with the notion that so many of their sports idols have views that threaten their own sense of their place in the world.

Shut up and dribble.

[MDlaxfan76]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

You may be missing this, but they just crushed it on the country music charts with the new album...an album that speaks to this moment quite strongly from their perspective.

What's changed over the last 17 years since Natalie made a statement about the Iraq War and W, is that the audience for country music, like NASCAR, is no longer monolithically willfully ignorant of, nor silent about, social justice issues. The audience's own views have shifted. As has much of the country.

Of course, there remain those who see that shift and are scared to death of it. They're not likely to go to a Chicks concert...ahh well.

[Peter Brown]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

You may be missing this, but they just crushed it on the country music charts with the new album...an album that speaks to this moment quite strongly from their perspective.

What's changed over the last 17 years since Natalie made a statement about the Iraq War and W, is that the audience for country music, like NASCAR, is no longer monolithically willfully ignorant of, nor silent about, social justice issues. The audience's own views have shifted. As has much of the country.

Of course, there remain those who see that shift and are scared to death of it. They're not likely to go to a Chicks concert...ahh well.

MD won't understand this country photo:

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[cradleandshoot]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

You may be missing this, but they just crushed it on the country music charts with the new album...an album that speaks to this moment quite strongly from their perspective.

What's changed over the last 17 years since Natalie made a statement about the Iraq War and W, is that the audience for country music, like NASCAR, is no longer monolithically willfully ignorant of, nor silent about, social justice issues. The audience's own views have shifted. As has much of the country.

Of course, there remain those who see that shift and are scared to death of it. They're not likely to go to a Chicks concert...ahh well.

I know it was just a song, but that chicks melody where they kill Earl because he abuses his wife. That is not exactly a message of peace, that is all about vengeance. Then again, it was just a song. I wonder if anybody used the lyrics for inspiration?


https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ki ... M%3dVDVVXX

[Peter Brown]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

You may be missing this, but they just crushed it on the country music charts with the new album...an album that speaks to this moment quite strongly from their perspective.

What's changed over the last 17 years since Natalie made a statement about the Iraq War and W, is that the audience for country music, like NASCAR, is no longer monolithically willfully ignorant of, nor silent about, social justice issues. The audience's own views have shifted. As has much of the country.

Of course, there remain those who see that shift and are scared to death of it. They're not likely to go to a Chicks concert...ahh well.

I know it was just a song, but that chicks melody where they kill Earl because he abuses his wife. That is not exactly a message of peace, that is all about vengeance. Then again, it was just a song. I wonder if anybody used the lyrics for inspiration?


https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ki ... M%3dVDVVXX

As a country fan, I never actually like the Dixie Chicks. Their music is forgettable; their top song isn't even all that good (Not Ready to Make Nice). I don't care one or the other how they feel politically, but MD doesn't know this space at all. The country fans tuned them out (to the extent they had fans), and they in turn say they are no longer country,

Not sure who bought their newest album; Soros? MD? The songs are atrocious.

I don't know anyone who even has one tune of theirs on their iPhone.

Anyway, watch MD try to prop them up somehow.

[cradleandshoot]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

You may be missing this, but they just crushed it on the country music charts with the new album...an album that speaks to this moment quite strongly from their perspective.

What's changed over the last 17 years since Natalie made a statement about the Iraq War and W, is that the audience for country music, like NASCAR, is no longer monolithically willfully ignorant of, nor silent about, social justice issues. The audience's own views have shifted. As has much of the country.

Of course, there remain those who see that shift and are scared to death of it. They're not likely to go to a Chicks concert...ahh well.

I know it was just a song, but that chicks melody where they kill Earl because he abuses his wife. That is not exactly a message of peace, that is all about vengeance. Then again, it was just a song. I wonder if anybody used the lyrics for inspiration?


https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ki ... M%3dVDVVXX

As a country fan, I never actually like the Dixie Chicks. Their music is forgettable; their top song isn't even all that good (Not Ready to Make Nice). I don't care one or the other how they feel politically, but MD doesn't know this space at all. The country fans tuned them out (to the extent they had fans), and they in turn say they are no longer country,

Not sure who bought their newest album; Soros? MD? The songs are atrocious.

I don't know anyone who even has one tune of theirs on their iPhone.

Anyway, watch MD try to prop them up somehow.

The chicks music is okay. What was lost when they made their political statements about invading Iraq was very simple. When they said what they said a huge majority of their base supported W. They were in shock and awe when their political stand, which was their right to have, alienated most of their fan base. They never saw it coming and did not react to it very well. They found the audience for them and that is a good thing. It reminded me of when John Lennon was misquoted about the Beatles being more popular than Jesus. You remember the chit storm that kicked up. When you actually listen to John explain what he meant you have to wonder what all the fuss was about.

[Typical Lax Dad]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

You may be missing this, but they just crushed it on the country music charts with the new album...an album that speaks to this moment quite strongly from their perspective.

What's changed over the last 17 years since Natalie made a statement about the Iraq War and W, is that the audience for country music, like NASCAR, is no longer monolithically willfully ignorant of, nor silent about, social justice issues. The audience's own views have shifted. As has much of the country.

Of course, there remain those who see that shift and are scared to death of it. They're not likely to go to a Chicks concert...ahh well.

I know it was just a song, but that chicks melody where they kill Earl because he abuses his wife. That is not exactly a message of peace, that is all about vengeance. Then again, it was just a song. I wonder if anybody used the lyrics for inspiration?


https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ki ... M%3dVDVVXX

As a country fan, I never actually like the Dixie Chicks. Their music is forgettable; their top song isn't even all that good (Not Ready to Make Nice). I don't care one or the other how they feel politically, but MD doesn't know this space at all. The country fans tuned them out (to the extent they had fans), and they in turn say they are no longer country,

Not sure who bought their newest album; Soros? MD? The songs are atrocious.

I don't know anyone who even has one tune of theirs on their iPhone.

Anyway, watch MD try to prop them up somehow.

The chicks music is okay. What was lost when they made their political statements about invading Iraq was very simple. When they said what they said a huge majority of their base supported W. They were in shock and awe when their political stand, which was their right to have, alienated most of their fan base. They never saw it coming and did not react to it very well. They found the audience for them and that is a good thing. It reminded me of when John Lennon was misquoted about the Beatles being more popular than Jesus. You remember the chit storm that kicked up. When you actually listen to John explain what he meant you have to wonder what all the fuss was about.

[njbill]

The Chicks aren't struggling to find fans. Just struggling to transition from a right-leaning crowd to a left-leaning one.

You may be missing this, but they just crushed it on the country music charts with the new album...an album that speaks to this moment quite strongly from their perspective.

What's changed over the last 17 years since Natalie made a statement about the Iraq War and W, is that the audience for country music, like NASCAR, is no longer monolithically willfully ignorant of, nor silent about, social justice issues. The audience's own views have shifted. As has much of the country.

Of course, there remain those who see that shift and are scared to death of it. They're not likely to go to a Chicks concert...ahh well.

MD won't understand this country photo:



Patriots.JPG

Pete, is Trump really so short on money that he is reduced to putting bed sheets on the side of barns? Does he know those can only be seen by cows?

[Brooklyn]

The Dixie Chicks are The Chicks now, Brooklyn. Woke culture demanded they get rid of the word Dixie because it's so triggering to absolutely no one in country music but apparently to everyone in Brooklyn, where the very few people who buy The Chicks music live.

In any event, no one had to cancel The Chicks; they canceled themselves. Ear wedgies for music, just awful stuff.

Your cancel culture fanatics did not cancel the Chicks. It was the Dixie Chicks who were the victims of your brand of McCarthyism.

Thankfully, they have rebounded, are now making good $, and they deserve it for all their great music.

[Brooklyn]

Chicks albums have sold more than 30 million copies. Like it or not, Chicks rule!

[kramerica.inc]

The vast majority of those 30M sold to red state america. When they were in their prime. So they have made plenty of money.

And they will continue to be professional musicians. Continue to sell some albums on their name and brand of soft left-leaning political feminism country. But they won’t come near that 30M success like they used to have. Not if they stick to that brand, which they appear to be doing.

Comparing it to the The Stones, done are the “Sticky Fingers” or “Let it Bleed” days for The Chicks. They have entered “Voodoo Lounge” territory. They will still sell some albums. But no one is that excited for the new
Material. But that’s still good enough to pay the bills.

[MDlaxfan76]

I'll be interesting, post pandemic, to see how they do filling arenas.

I suspect this will ultimately wear well for them in the history of music artists.

[6x6]

I often find it funny how some of the conversations can veer so far off from the title of the thread. At the least, can’t the discussion trend towards what CNN says about the Chicks....inquiring minds want to know....

[Peter Brown]

I often find it funny how some of the conversations can veer so far off from the title of the thread. At the least, can’t the discussion trend towards what CNN says about the Chicks....inquiring minds want to know....

CNN pushes the Chicks because of politics.

I'm the only guy on these boards I suspect who actually attends country music concerts (my last was Zac Brown Band). I go back to Marshall Tucker Band as my first musical love. I have a country playlist that beats all on my iPhone.

Not one person in the country genre has ever really liked The Chicks. Their music is forgettable, decent lyrics but bad melodies. Natalie Maines is a shrieking feminist nutcase, who even her two other band members (sisters) detest but can't kick out because they have to make some dosh. Natalie fake carries a guitar on stage; she's untrained in the instrument. Their whole persona is angry Austin feminist. Maybe that plays well in New York City, but country fans don't like her or the band.

[kramerica.inc]

Pete, is Trump really so short on money that he is reduced to putting bed sheets on the side of barns? Does he know those can only be seen by cows?

Does Biden know that he needs to carry some states OTHER than California?

[njbill]

He does and he will. You know that.