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

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Buck Ewer said:
his bigoted and racist rhetoric
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He made no bigoted or racist rhetoric.
That is all a product of your bigoted and racist thoughts.


Buck Ewer said:
The asshole thought wrong.
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You have no idea what he thought.
And as he didn't make any bigoted or racist remarks, you clearly have no clue what he thought other than his thought on what some sins are.


But way to show your own bigotry, with the asshole remark.
 
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justabubba said:
yes, pointing out his obvious bigotry is so intolerant
stay with that if it makes you sleep better
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Pointing out his obvious bigotry is a helping hand. It doesn't bother me what the gays or lesbians do or not do, nor does it bother me if a person calls gays or lesbians sinners. Hell I could care if anyone wants to call me a sinner. Have at it.
 
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Born Free said:
Pointing out his obvious bigotry is a helping hand. It doesn't bother me what the gays or lesbians do or not do, nor does it bother me if a person calls gays or lesbians sinners. Hell I could care if anyone wants to call me a sinner. Have at it.
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According to Christianity we are all sinners.
 
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Gimmesometruth said:
Bullchit, economic attacks upon those holding anti-societal (homophobic, racist) view are completely legitimate and are among the the most effective tool for eliminating their influence.
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Yes, look how well the chik-a-fila boycotts worked~!!!
 
Re: 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson suspended by A&E

I just went to the grocery with my wife. There was a duck dynasty section there. I think it is working, I had never noticed all that stuff before.
 
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mak2 said:
I just went to the grocery with my wife. There was a duck dynasty section there. I think it is working, I had never noticed all that stuff before.
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Good, shows that retail knows that popular opinion is with Phil.
 
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I think A&E and Mr. Duck are getting exactly what they want over this episode. Plenty of free publicity. There are a lot of people whose only Duck they knew before all this exploded was Donald. Now they are even talking about this. Look for the ratings for MR. Duck and Family to shoot through the roof next season.
 
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Perotista said:
I think A&E and Mr. Duck are getting exactly what they want over this episode. Plenty of free publicity. There are a lot of people whose only Duck they knew before all this exploded was Donald. Now they are even talking about this. Look for the ratings for MR. Duck and Family to shoot through the roof next season.
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Yeah, that was GLAADs intention....
 
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j-mac said:
Good, shows that retail knows that popular opinion is with Phil.
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All those displays you see in stores were in production a months ahead of time. And the prime locations in the stores was paid for. End caps cost money
 
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mak2 said:
I just went to the grocery with my wife. There was a duck dynasty section there. I think it is working, I had never noticed all that stuff before.
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Liberace and Rock Hudson use to be straight in order to sell their brand. This is no different. Wouldn't be surprised if A&E was involved. This has been my opinion from the start. I don't care what he said because he said what he did to sell his brand. Wasn't it just a few months ago he complained about how A&E cut the show to keep "Jesus" out? I wonder what happened to the ratings during that outrage. Jeesh . . . I would hate to be a sheople.
 
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j-mac said:
Yeah, that was GLAADs intention....
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What ever the intentions, it sure looks like increased viewership to me.
 
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winston53660 said:
All those displays you see in stores were in production a months ahead of time. And the prime locations in the stores was paid for. End caps cost money
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Yeah, and what better way to encourage sales?
 
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Perotista said:
What ever the intentions, it sure looks like increased viewership to me.
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I don't see how anyone can make that determination as of yet.
 
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j-mac said:
So, GLAAD contrived this to help DD? Oooookkkkkk
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Ever hear of the law of unintended consequences? It very can rise up so easily and bit one in the butt very quickly. An example here, the Republicans shut down the government to defund the ACA. The unintended consequences as the shut actually helped the ACA law itself. The GaP between those who favored the ACA to opposed was 14-19 points advantage oppose prior to the shutdown. After the shutdown that gap narrowed to 4-10 points.

In other words the Republicans thought the people would back them in their attempt to defund the ACA, the reverse is what happened. Sort of like with Mr. Duck here, GLAAD thought by bringing this to the attention of the viewership of TV reality programs that it would cut into the audience of Mr. Duck. But what it has done is bring that show to the attention of quite a lot of people who never bothered to watch it and now it has piqued their interests. So hence all this publicity will probably bring the show higher ratings than before. An unexpected bonanza for both A&E and Mr. Duck.
 
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Kobie said:
I don't see how anyone can make that determination as of yet.
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It is all free publicity for both A&E and Mr. Duck. When it comes to TV shows and characters, actors in the realm of show biz, they all want publicity. This show is being plastered all over the news on every channel and on tons of talk shows and late night shows. It boils down to millions of dollars of free advertising. It piques peoples curiosity of those who never even heard of the show or who never tuned in before. Now they will want to watch it to see what all his hassle is all about.

Keep in mind most people are not political junkies like us here on this site. They don't follow politics on a daily basis. Heck they don't follow it on a weekly basis and only when something is in the news over and over again will they finally perk up and may want to find out what that is all about. Around where I live, gays are probably some people who live in Atlanta and they don't care one way or the other. They are too busy living their own lives.
 
Re: 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson suspended by A&E

They warned him not to, he did it anyway, they dropped him. Next!
 
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