Politics: Should we all just "shut up"?

The Dixie Chicks. When you read that name, not only should one of the biggest country/pop groups pop into your head, but Natalie Maines and her whole controversy should pop in there also. In a show the CHicks were doing in England, Natalie Maines said that she was ashamed that President Bush was from Texas. As soon as Maines said that, her whole story began. In 2003, when Bush said that he was to invade Iraq, the whole of the US's society was behind him. When Maines made her infamous comment, all of America turned on the Chicks and they started boycotting their music. They could not get on the radio, Lipton, their biggest sponsor, stopped sponsoring them, and it was a whole uproar. Although the Americans were disgusted my Maines, her band agreed with her and backed her up. Shortly after, a documentary came out called 'Shut Up & Sing'. This documentary was basically that on Maines and the Chicks showing us how they liverd their lives after showing the world their "disgust" of Bush being from Texas. The ttile is something to be disputed, though. Is this title just directed to the Chicks? I don't think so, and nor do I think it was directed at any other anti-Bush artists. I think this was directed at ALL Americans who didn't support Bush at all. I think this secretly means 'Everyone, if you don't support Bush, too bad, just suck it up, shut up, and live with it." This documentary really opened my eyes as to how many supporters Bush had before the war. But, when all was said and done, the Chicks went from their original Country fans, and told them to take a hike. They turned into Pop artists and rallied up a whole new bunch of supporters. Eventually, as support for the Chicks went up, support for Bush went down, and the Chicks ended up going BACK to where they said their first big controversial statement anmd said it again;
"I am ashamed that President Bush is from Texas." -Natalie Maines.