{"id":21902,"date":"2006-12-16T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2006\/12\/16\/morefield-says-shut-up-and-go-see-the-chicks\/"},"modified":"2013-01-28T21:29:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T04:29:32","slug":"morefield-says-shut-up-and-go-see-the-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2006\/12\/morefield-says-shut-up-and-go-see-the-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Morefield Says, Shut Up and Go See the Chicks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I\u2019ve just posted Ken Morefield<\/strong>\u2018s review of Shut Up and Sing<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, the new documentary about the Dixie Chicks <\/strong>and the trouble they fell into when one of them said something critical about the President. After musing about the effects of Natalie\u2019s challenging lyrics, he ends up considering the effects\u2026 or lack of them\u2026 caused by a certain television personality.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a great clip:<\/p>\n

\u2026 my moment of clarity while watching the film came not from something said by Natalie, Emily, or Martie, but by Bill O\u2019 Reilly who opines that the Dixie Chicks just need to be \u201cslapped around.\u201d Strange, isn\u2019t it, how that statement didn\u2019t seem to offend anyone, how it\u2019s not a big controversy to this day, and how nobody is threatening to boycott Fox News if they continue to play his work? Perhaps it\u2019s just understood that his words were not meant literally. Perhaps his words were borne of frustration and strenuous disagreement. Perhaps he simply made a poor choice of words and ought to be allowed some slack for the occasional blunder given how much time he spends in front of a microphone. Perhaps advocating violence against women really isn\u2019t thought to be as serious an offense in this day and age as expressing disdain for the President of the United States. Perhaps Toby Keith\u2019s \u201cboot in your ass\u201d is not just America\u2019s answer to other nations that don\u2019t bow before it but also to its own citizens who don\u2019t toe the ruling party line.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps he really just meant what he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All of a sudden, Natalie\u2019s lyrics don\u2019t seem quite so melodramatically exaggerated, do they?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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