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Dixie Chicks recall "scary" death threat (from people like CWalker, probably)
Eihtball:
NEW YORK (AP) -- Natalie Maines says one of the death threats she received after criticizing President Bush three years ago was "definitely scary" because the sender "had a plan."
Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, told a London audience during a March 10, 2003, concert: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The comment was made as war was looming with Iraq, and Maines later apologized for the phrasing of her remark.
In an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" to air Sunday (7 p.m. EDT), Maines says one threat she received in the summer of 2003 was different from the others.
"It was definitely scary because it seemed so -- it wasn't just somebody wanting to write a hate letter," she says. "It was somebody who obviously thought they had a plan."
Emily Robison, who plays banjo and guitar in the Texas trio, says, "There was one specific death threat on Natalie. [It] had a time, had a place, had a weapon. I mean, everything. ...'You will be shot dead at your show in Dallas.' "
The band flew into Dallas, "went straight from the police cars to the stage and straight from the stage back to the police cars and back to the plane," Maines says. "So, you know, it was all surreal. But at that stage, everything was surreal."
Her London comment angered many country music fans and caused radio stations to pull Dixie Chicks music from their playlists. The Chicks said they received death threats, leading them to install metal detectors at their shows.
Today, the Chicks refuse to apologize to fans who were upset by Maines' comment.
"We don't make decisions based on that," Maines says. "We don't go, 'OK, our fans are in the red states, so I'm going to play a red, white and blue guitar and put on my I Love Bush T-shirt.'
"We're not like that because we're not politicians. We're musicians."
The band, which also includes fiddle and mandolin player Martie Maguire, echoes that sentiment in the song "Not Ready to Make Nice" on their latest album, "Taking the Long Way," slated for release May 23.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/12/people.nataliemaines.ap/index.html
Real American:
Why are you so obsessed with me?
And do you want a list of all the conservatives that receive death threats? What does any of that prove?
Eihtball:
--- Quote from: Real American Iz Active on May 14, 2006, 07:37:55 AM ---Why are you so obsessed with me?
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Why are you so obsessed with Muslims and immigrants?
--- Quote from: Real American Iz Active on May 14, 2006, 07:37:55 AM ---And do you want a list of all the conservatives that receive death threats? What does any of that prove?
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That right-wing jingoistic conservatives are intolerant of opposing views and react violently to them, that's what. It's about as logical a conclusion as anything you've ever preached.
Real American:
--- Quote from: Tha Spirt Ov Allah Clarence 13Xtra Tha Fatha (Iz Active) on May 14, 2006, 08:30:29 AM ---
That right-wing jingoistic conservatives are intolerant of opposing views, that's what. It's about as logical a conclusion as anything you've ever preached.
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And the exact same thing can be said about left wingers. Prominent conservatives get just as many death threats for their views. Actually they get it alot worse. Conservatives like Ward Connerly, David Horowitz, Ann Coulter, etc can't even speak at colleges in the US without being accompanied by armed bodyguards due to threats they face. And when they do speak they are always protests, sit ins, they get shouted down, etc. That is at the few colleges where conservatives are even allowed to speak.All because they hold views that aren't considered acceptable on college campuses.
Why are liberals so intolerant of people with different views?
Eihtball:
--- Quote from: Real American Iz Active on May 14, 2006, 08:35:58 AM ---And the exact same thing can be said about left wingers. Prominent conservatives get just as many death threats for their views. Actually they get it alot worse. Conservatives like Ward Connerly, David Horowitz, Ann Coulter, etc can't even speak at colleges in the US without being accompanied by armed bodyguards due to threats they face. And when they do speak they are always protests, sit ins, they get shouted down, etc. All because they hold views that aren't considered acceptable on college campuses.
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ALL prominent rich folks have armed bodyguards. That's nothing unique to conservatives.
Yes, it may be true that colleges generally don't like them, but colleges ain't the whole world. Do you think that if Michael Moore tried to lecture in a Southern town, he wouldn't get death threats? Why do you think Jesse Jackson needs FOI members for security wherever he goes? And you are aware that Ice Cube, Ice-T, and Eazy-E all faced death threats for their views, right?
--- Quote from: Real American Iz Active on May 14, 2006, 08:35:58 AM ---Why are liberals so intolerant of people with different views?
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Why are conservatives so intolerant of people with different views?
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