This is a pretty short article, I'll excerpt some points and give my comments.
"I think people were misled and I think people are fighting a war that they didn't know they were going to be fighting," Maines said Friday in a television interview. "And I think they were misled by people who should have been asking questions and weren't."
This is more like it. She's being sincere and polite and not making disparaging comments about anyone.
The country stars faced criticism and even death threats after Maines said she and her bandmates were ashamed that President Bush was from Texas. She made the remark in London shortly before the war began.
If you think someone has made a stupid or incorrect statement, then criticism is perfectly acceptable. Death threats are not, and are in fact criminal acts last I heard.
As for the backlash, she said, "We like making music and we'll continue to do that whether people buy it or not."
Damn straight. Criticism of your dissent stifles it only if you let it. You just need to realize that free speech doesn't mean that you are free from any consequences of what you say. You accept those consequences like an adult. Responding to your critics with reasoned arguments is good. Childish antics like wearing a shirt with "F.U.T.K" on it is not (though it's still your right to do so). It looks like Ms. Maines is figuring that out and I'm glad to see it.
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