{"id":3749,"date":"2003-04-02T13:02:11","date_gmt":"2003-04-02T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3749"},"modified":"2003-04-02T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2003-04-02T18:02:11","slug":"whistling_dixie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/02\/whistling_dixie.html","title":{"rendered":"Whistling Dixie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t get it.<\/p>\n

I mean, was it a slow news day<\/a>, or did Al just get around to reading last week’s Time <\/i>or something? <\/p>\n

According to the Tennessean<\/i>, Gore used recent attacks on the Dixie Chicks that followed anti-war comments by Natalie Maines as an example. Gore told the audience, “They were made to feel un-American and risked economic retaliation because of what was said. Our democracy has taken a hit,” Gore said. “Our best protection is free and open debate.”<\/p>\n

So the DCs (or a member thereof) saying they’re ashamed that Dubya is from Texas is “free and open debate,” but someone saying that they think the DCs are doofuses is “making them feel un-American”?<\/p>\n

And given that the only reason anyone cares about, or heard, the DCs’ statement is because of their economically-lucrative celebrity (i.e., people like things they’ve done in the past), why should that not be at stake when they make use of that celebrity (and do things that people dislike)?<\/p>\n

I mean, it would be nice if people were able to separate art from the artist, but if I as an artist insist on insinuating myself into realms outside <\/i>my art, it seems to me fair game for others to express dissenting opinions. And if that translates into reduced music\/book\/movie\/TV sales because of the association, that’s the I take.<\/p>\n

(via Andrea<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t get it. I mean, was it a slow news day, or did Al just get around to reading last week’s Time or something? According to the Tennessean, Gore…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-media-moguls","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39195,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/13\/aw-yeah-best-decision-dcs-made-in-years.html","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":0},"title":"Aw, yeah! 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