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In reply to the discussion: Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks were correct [View all]Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)We can't multitask?
It is possible to stand up for some of the few people who PUBLICLY denounced the Iraq war when it began and got crushed for it. If more people had been like them earlier, maybe a lot of heartache could be avoided.
If all we did was light candles at an altar to them, spend most of our time only listening to their cd's, and making them our number one priority then it would be different.
However, we need people who will stand up and be heard wherever they fall on the economic spectrum.
I will always have time to speak up and defend those who themselves have spoken up. I don't care if they are politicians, entertainers or somebody in my town who I don't know.
Ben Franklin said it best. "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately".
If somebody is honest and forceful about their convictions, they are welcome in movements I'm in.