I never got the impression that the Dixie Chicks were unwilling to say what they said elsewhere. If they were unwilling, it doesn't bother me. I can think of many situations when what you say is justifiably influenced by present company. Where they decide to say what they want to say is their business. I don't care where they say it.
I don't find what celebrities say any more or less suspect than what anyone else says. If a person is unqualified to speak about a topic, I usually discount what they are saying regardless of their celebrity.
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Originally Posted by desal75
I remember about 10 years ago Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger were screaming about the mistreatment of elephants in zoo's. As if there weren't starving children in the world or mistreated people in third world countries who didn't need their money and time more.
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Is there a ranking of legitimate uses for one's time and money? Those starving children could probably benefit from the time and money I spend on the internet reading and posting in forums. Yet, I'm posting here. Does that make me a bad person? Perhaps they were passionate about that topic at that time. I don't have a problem with it.