"Chicks Reap Whirlwind"

The Dixie Chicks angered a lot of people when they spoke out against President Bush and his decision to invade Iraq. One of them, Mike Rosen, spoke out against them in an editorial.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: How the Media Twists the News, Why Partisans View, Bush's Address on Iraq Invasion, The Dixie Chicks, Keep the Heat, Chicks Reap Whirlwind, No More Whistlin' Dixie, America Catches Up, Speaking Up and Speaking Out, Esteemed Outlaws, A Tired Old Song
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  1. extract
    remove, usually with some force or effort
    McCarthyism is characterized by false accusations, smears and extracting a pound of lie from an ounce of truth.
  2. tactic
    a plan for attaining a particular goal
    Why is it a legitimate tactic when lefties do it, but McCarthyism when country music fans turn their backs on the Dixie Chicks?
  3. opposition
    being against something that you disapprove or disagree with
    It wasn't just that the Chicks voiced their opposition to the war and dissed the president of the United States.
  4. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
    Others have done that with impunity.
  5. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
    Instead, they pandered to an anti-American audience in London.
  6. incoherent
    without logical or meaningful connection
    Then, the Chicks made matters worse with a pathetic, damage-control exercise, talking out of all sides of their three mouths in an incoherent interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's Primetime.
  7. alienate
    arouse hostility or indifference in
    And they made the perfectly stupid business move of alienating their core audience.
  8. emblazon
    decorate, adorn, or inscribe with a design
    They angered white males from Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama who drive pickup trucks with bumper stickers emblazoned with American flags, the kind of people who admire the Marine Corps more than Jane Fonda.
  9. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
    Popularity is fleeting, and aspiring country groups are lined up around the block.
  10. consequence
    the outcome of an event
    Free speech has consequences--good and bad--as well it should.
Created on Sat Mar 07 14:53:29 EST 2015 (updated Sat Mar 07 19:07:50 EST 2015)

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