re: the Dixie Chicks name change, is "Dixie" a bad connotation of something?
Posted by
JaxSean (aka JaxSean)
Jun 25 '20, 11:43
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Much like I didn't really understand the aspect of "Antebellum" until after their name-change, isn't "Dixie" just part of the South?
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Dixie is also a nick name for the confederate flag -- nm
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Remlik
Jun 25, 11:52
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Plus, they might not be making due to anyone else's perception, just their own. -- nm
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mara
Jun 25, 11:50
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It specifically means the states that seceded, apparently. -- nm
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mara
Jun 25, 11:48
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"Dixie (also known as Dixieland) is a nickname for the Southern United States, especially those states that composed the Confederate States of America -- nm
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ty97
Jun 25, 11:47
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The song was the unofficial national anthem of CSA. -- nm
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loosilu
Jun 25, 11:47
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Presumably because it comes from the Mason-Dixon line and basically = confederate states? -- nm
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oblique
Jun 25, 11:46
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D Chicks -- nm
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budice
Jun 25, 11:45
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