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Jimmy I still remember your ultra religious father busting into your room as we listened *to my tape of AC/DC and him yelling at us how "we" don't listen to that kind of music in his house.

I also recall within a year your older sister was knocked up as a teen, and you went to juvenile detention not long after and seemed to never stay out for very long.

I'm sorry for the evil I brought upon your family for playing Highway to Hell for 40 seconds that day...

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[–] thechadwick 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Kids these days probably don't even remember cancelling ~~French~~ FREEDOM fries for the same reason.

Those Dixie Chicks met the same fate as Ellen once she came out officially. People who loved them for their music turned on them so hard...

[–] TheDoctorDonna 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're just "The Chicks" now. Like Dolly, they dropped the Dixie.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Given that Dixiecrat meant Southern Racist, I think it was a smart move.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not from the US but remember the Freedom Fries weirdness. Are they still around? If not, how long did they last?

[–] BaronVonBort 8 points 1 year ago

It was mostly in the cafeteria at the Pentagon. Didn’t last very long because people said it was “stupid”

[–] thechadwick 3 points 1 year ago

It never actually caught on in the mainstream, but it was widely reported on. Kind of like the movement to rename french toast or any of the other manufactured outrages one finds on cable news here. It started after the French objected to the invasion of Iraq, but was only really in the media for a couple years at most.

[–] shalafi 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The "French" part was cancelled because France wouldn't let the US use their airspace, made us go around on the way east.

[–] bouh 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt that's true. But France didn't go with nato on this invasion.

[–] Vqhm 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

France went to war in Afghanistan but not Iraq.

I served with French troops in Afghanistan amongst other NATO allies, Spanish and Australian.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

But french fries were renamed Freedom Fries and everything worked out for the better. /s

[–] paddirn 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty sure they’re called “The Dixie Chicks” and not just “The Chicks”, though maybe that’s a fan name or something. Should still give the full name for those who maybe never heard of them.

[–] SirSamuel 88 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They dropped the Dixie part in 2020, out of respect for BLM and to remove themselves from association with the Confederacy

[–] paddirn 25 points 1 year ago

Had not heard that before, makes sense though I guess.

[–] Zehzin 20 points 1 year ago

Queen shit 🫡

[–] adam_y 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is their artistic response to the their cancelling

The Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pojL_35QlSI