I do like some of their songs, though

[sabotabby]

I watched Shut Up and Sing last night. I don't know how I'm supposed to care about the Dixie Chicks' careers when Iraqis are getting blown to bits.

P.S. We have to stop killing these things. When the giant squids take their revenge, it is not going to be pretty.

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[lemur-man.livejournal.com]

It's a bizarre thing to have to keep in mind but much of the political discourse in the US comes down to bumper-sticker rhetoric and ill-informed talk radio catering to the gullible. Nuance is a highly suspect Euro-liberal commodity.

That's why it's 'unpatriotic' to criticize the government if it happens to be Republican, and if you're against the war it actually means you personally hate every single serviceman and -woman and OMG how could you be so evil, support the troops!, blah blah honk wheeze.

[sabotabby]

What I find bizarre, except not, is that no one is setting up garbage bins for easy disposal of, say, people's Seinfeld DVDs. So obviously that sort of hysterical reaction is confined to a certain end of the political spectrum.

[lemur-man.livejournal.com]

I was actually going to draw a parallel between 'Support The Troops' and Elaine's boyfriend Puddy's mindless face-painting 'support the team' attitude but I thought it might be too much of a stretch.

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

Nuance is a highly suspect Euro-liberal commodity.

You can lump critical thinking into that category too.

[lemur-man.livejournal.com]

Good point.