said a throw away line at a concert in Europe: something along the lines of "Don't blame me, because I am from Texas". The line referred to the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - and that GWBush was from Texas.
There was a huge wave of outrage painting the singer as anti-american - because she implied not agreeing with a president who was at war. The point made again and again was that she spoke out against the president during a time that he was at war.
The Dixie Chicks music was banned from numerous country stations - and at least one big publicized event including burning their music in a stadium.
I believe this is the irony to which the OP points. The very people who staged a near blacklisting of a popular and award winning country band, are the same people guilty of exhibiting the same behavior - with no sense of irony and no sense of if there are implicit rules (which were not expressed prior to the comment - but resulted in great public rebuke), that those same rules apply to them (those who objected 10-12 yrs ago.)
A documentary was made of the event and response called "Shut up and Sing". Great film.
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