The masses are angry. In a move reminiscent of the Beatles’ fiasco (“We’re bigger than Jesus”), the good folks of the country are taking to the streets and patriotically demolishing their Dixie Chicks memorabilia.

I hate boycotts. It reminds me of an event in High School; there was a big movement to ban Coke from campus because they were one of the only companies at that time economically supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa. I remember thinking to myself, if this idiotic student council gets this passed, I’ll bring a 2 liter bottle of Coke to every class and leisurely drink it while intermittently giving off those load sighs after a refreshing cold drink.

I feel the same way about this boycott. The Dixie Chicks isn’t really my sort of music (it falls just a bit too much on that side of Bluegrass to be enjoyable) but, I will be probably be purchasing a couple of their CDs this week.

Stupid boycotts be damned!

Oh, and here is a good article addressing the madness.