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Haha. There go my heroes.
But seriously, that's a great middle finger towards Trump. I still remember how quite a few artists seemed intimidated to speak out against conservatives in the mid-noughties (the whole Iraq invasion fiasco). It's good to see many artists today defiantly standing up to conservative hate-mongers.
Gah, the poor Dixie Chicks
Actually they learned a valuable lesson about “their base” and it’s part of the reason they’re not “the Dixie” chicks anymore.
Yeah, but I really wish they kept the Dixie part of their name as it refers to a geographical location and not the institution of slavery.
The demonization of the south really bugs me as someone from North Carolina.
Plus "The Chicks" is kinda generic
As someone living in GA and previously lived in Florida and also being parked skinned, the assumptions of the south are indeed not always correct... but enough stuff is happening in these places that I gotta say it's much lower in my list of priorities. Let's get some of this nasty stuff gone before getting upset about stereotypes. I do think I agree with your statement of the name though.
Brendon Urie did it 4 years ago when he outright told Trump to fuck off and stop playing High Hopes at his rallies.
The equivalent today would be coming out as pro-Palestine.
This happens every election cycle.