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In reply to the discussion: Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks were correct [View all]IkeRepublican
(406 posts)2003, from beginning to end, was probably the most widespread "Proud to be stupid" time I can remember before or since.
People I knew personally jumped on that bandwagon at the time. Not like crazy-eyes pouring French wine into the gutter/Dixie Chicks CD burnings...but, there did seem to be a big shift to where being a one-dimensional aggressive dick was hip. It really crested in 2003 and felt like it wasn't going to end. Thankfully, 2004 things started lightening up a bit. Not enough to get Captain Dipshit out of the White House, but it was the beginning of the lessening of the "Proud to be stupid" fad.
The Republicans, I believe, miss that era so badly they can taste it. That's why I believe they'd love nothing more than another attack on American soil.
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