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'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson suspended by A&E (W: 742)

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WCH said:
I think at least a third of the outrage comes from the perception he's a uneducated, back-water hick, something the elitist Left can't stomach. 8)
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Which of course is not true.
 
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OscarB63 said:
thing is, A&E knew damned well, or should have known, who he was before they started the show. now they have suspended him for being who he was all along.
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Yeh it does seem a bit absurd given the guys background and reputation, I guess they made their money and now they are getting out while the going is good.
 
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OscarB63 said:
thing is, A&E knew damned well, or should have known, who he was before they started the show. now they have suspended him for being who he was all along.
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They knew the honeymoon would end. If there's any contract, another network will buy it and A&E continues with fashion and hollywood. Can't have reactionaries on the same channel as a gay wardrobe show; that's chaos.
 
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ecofarm said:
They knew the honeymoon would end. If there's any contract, another network will buy it and A&E continues with fashion and hollywood. Can't have reactionaries on the same channel as a gay wardrobe show; that's chaos.
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Queer eye for the Duck Commander guy
 
Re: 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson suspended by A&E

By supporting this man's bigoted spew as his religious right, and therefore immune from criticism.
 
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Logicman said:
That's what A&E did. What's funny is that right now there's 1.5 MILLION "Likes" on Facebook for the page, "Boycott A&E Until Phil Robertson Is Put Back On Duck Dynasty." Oohrah!
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A&E is a company and may act in the way it feels is best to secure profit and serve its consumers. Phil is still free, regardless of repercussion with TV, to run his mouth as he feels fit. But to pretend that there should be freedom of consequence is a bit absurd.
 
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apdst said:
He netted a bunch of bigots. The Christianists came out of the woodwork...lol!
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yep, the bigoted Christians came out of the woodwork to his defense
 
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j-mac said:
Do you have proof that he was "forced" to resign?
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:roll:
After making an on-air apology, I asked for permission to take some additional time out around the Thanksgiving holiday.
Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation...
Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC | Mediaite
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What do you think?
 
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Rocketman said:
false, Bashir is gone now, Phil will be on next season as filming is already done
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So, it looks like the Lefty got a harsher punishment than the Bible Thumper...but, yet all the RW'ers here can't seem to get over the fact that Phil is being asked to leave.
 
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j-mac said:
So religious beliefs, makes one a bigot now....nice.
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no, bigoted beliefs - and the expression of them, is what makes him a bigot

just as if he had cited passages of the bible which tolerate slavery; doing so would not make him any less a bigot if he had used such biblical references to justify slavery

phil has outed himself as a bigot. loud and clear. whether by ignorance, or religious belief, or both
 
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Mason66 said:
Could be. Maybe he had a better offer somewhere else and saw this as an out from his contract.

Do you know any different?
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I know this.
After making an on-air apology, I asked for permission to take some additional time out around the Thanksgiving holiday.
Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation...
Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC | Mediaite
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..which is a resignation that only a moron would say was "voluntary".
 
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Does this case seem almost exactly the same as Costas and his gun rant?
 
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TML said:
" 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson suspended by A&E "

I would think that terminating someone for stating a religious belief (and wasn't even said on A&E) is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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pretending that homophobia is biblically accepted does not provide the speaker safe haven for making bigoted statements
 
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j-mac said:
Arghhhh....I just had a really good post that disappeared....Ah well, the salient point boils down to this...

It is clear who Duck Dynasty is and what they promote on their show. It was NO surprise that Phil would answer in the way he did when asked the question he was asked. Plus he really didn't say anything horribly offensive in my humble opinion.

The groups you listed seem to be promoting a change in media back to some sort of less corruption aimed at our kids. You're against that?
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Boycotting JC Penneys for hiring Ellen is about media corruption of children? Boycotting Betty Crocker for baking cakes for same sex couples is about media corruption of children?
Did you even bother to actually read the lists and the reasons? Few to none of them had anything to do with the media at all.
 
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WCH said:
I don't think you want to hear what I want to say but, abnormal, unnatural, being a misfit, etc come to mind. JMHO
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You are certainly untitled to your opinion as I am to mine-Equality for all.
 
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An elderly redneck and outspoken Christian from the American South expressed less than progressive opinions on an issue? Wow, this is the most shocking story I have heard in a long time. For the record I do not care what gay people do. Robertson is entitled to his religious beliefs, but in the end he works for a private company. He has "free speech" but he doesn't have the right to be paid to say what he says. The point is we live in a society increasing accepting of LGBT. You might think it is a sin but losing your job is the risk you take for strongly condemning it now days. Companies exist to make money, and they feel the money is on the side of appearing progressive on this issue.
 
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'Ya know, those who are calling Robertson an uneducated backwoods hick don't know anything about him. He might be a grade A prick, but he has a Master's degree in Communication.
 
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danarhea said:
'Ya know, those who are calling Robertson an uneducated backwoods hick don't know anything about him. He might be a grade A prick, but he has a Master's degree in Communication.
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Its how he lets us know he is happy happy happy
 
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danarhea said:
'Ya know, those who are calling Robertson an uneducated backwoods hick don't know anything about him. He might be a grade A prick, but he has a Master's degree in Communication.
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That would be education.
 
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j-mac said:
Do you have proof that he was "forced" to resign?
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He don't need no proof, he just knows.
 
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rocket88 said:
Bull. He probably knows better, but the folks he's pandering to want to hear what they want to hear.
there is an ideal that exists behind the first amendment, that people can speak of offensive matters without being silenced. Naturally, the first amendment is in relation to the govt, but as I said, there still exists an ideal behind it

A&E is being accused of being "intolerant" for having a different point of view. How is that "open discussion?"
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First, A&E did what they did for commercial interests. But they were responding to people who seemingly had no intent on accepting the fact that people might not be accepting of their lifestyle, and as opposed to challenging those ideas expressed, they merely worked to remove them.
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Carleen said:
You are certainly untitled to your opinion as I am to mine-Equality for all.
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Now THAT was an unfortunate yet revealing(?) typo.
 
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