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

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Kreton said:
He's white and not far left. That is all one has to do to be considered trash by some of the racists on this board.
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Oh, the white persecution! It's just like with black people!

Wrong.
 
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ARealConservative said:
the civil rights act of 1964 does have something to say about employment, protected classes, and such.

If you are fired for a sharing a belief, and that belief is protected, then the issue gets slightly more murky then what you just painted.
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I was curious about this myself. Since he was merely stating his religious belief could he file charges of discrimination against A&E?
 
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Rocketman said:
actually they have rejected yours, there was more support for the show than against it, even the sponsors supported Phil
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That's right, and the rebound is coming. The GLAAD folks look like whiney fools and the show will continue, with Phil, next season. A&E will probably give some sort of award for the increased ratings.
 
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Kreton said:
no to some. white trash is a slur used by many many many people to describe white people. by that logic a person can change being a nigger to by the actual definition.
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Obama is highly educated, brilliant and president of the US and some people still call him a nigger. It's not the same thing.
 
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ARealConservative said:
the civil rights act of 1964 does have something to say about employment, protected classes, and such.

If you are fired for a sharing a belief, and that belief is protected, then the issue gets slightly more murky then what you just painted.
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He was fired for saying things on company time that might cost the company money.
 
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Gina said:
Thank you SB! I wasn't putting my finger on the recent similar case I sort of remembered. Spot on.

That was a deplorable thing to say and he paid the price for it. Same for the Duck dude.
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Saying that you prefer a vagina over an anus is deplorable?!?

This is whiney nonsense... why does heterosexuality and a religious viewpoint offend so strongly?
 
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Deuce said:
He was fired for saying things on company time that might cost the company money.
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you are speculating. you don't know what his contractual obligations were, and you don't have a clue what this decision will do financially.
 
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Deuce said:
He was fired for saying things on company time that might cost the company money.
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It's justice then that A & E will likely lose the show.
 
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ecofarm said:
Obama is highly educated, brilliant and president of the US and some people still call him a nigger. It's not the same thing.
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Ya, just the people that are trying to frame that as his oppositions position.
 
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ecofarm said:
Believing homosexuality "morphs" to bestiality, and that them there blacks have always been just as happy as they could be, means he's an idiot.
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But not because Haymarket doesn't dig his show. Yes?
 
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BmanMcfly said:
Saying that you prefer a vagina over an anus is deplorable?!?
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Who has a problem with that part? I myself am a vagina man. I agree with him about that.



@all: No, you can't sig that.
 
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ARealConservative said:
you are speculating. you don't know what his contractual obligations were, and you don't have a clue what this decision will do financially.
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That's A&Es decision, and they made it. My opinion is irrelevant, as is yours. An employer has no obligation to sponsor your "free speech" for you on company time.
 
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Deuce said:
That's A&Es decision, and they made it. My opinion is irrelevant, as is yours. An employer has no obligation to sponsor your "free speech" for you on company time.
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how was a question and answer period with a fashion magazine "company time" exactly?

prove it
 
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humbolt said:
It's justice then that A & E will likely lose the show.
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Funny how the right wingers come out in droves to defend their own but when a liberal pundit says some **** about Sarah Palin they flip their **** and call for the noose.
 
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BmanMcfly said:
Saying that you prefer a vagina over an anus is deplorable?!?

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No, but the deliberate misrepresentation of that which people are actually finding objectionable sure is.
 
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apdst said:
But not because Haymarket doesn't dig his show. Yes?
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Who what? Anyway...
 
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ARealConservative said:
how was a question and answer period with a fashion magazine "company time" exactly?

prove it
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Publicity interview about the television show. It's not any different then going on letterman.
 
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Gardener said:
No, but the deliberate misrepresentation of that which people are actually finding objectionable sure is.
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How has that been misrepresented? Vaginas are better than anuses, that's a fact. Can't blame the dude for stating facts.
 
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Again, no one was fired, so stop with the inane comparisons to jobs outside of Hollywood reality shows. It doesn't compare. It's a business where scandal is attention and attention means ratings and ratings mean renewal.
 
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Deuce said:
Publicity interview about the television show. It's not any different then going on letterman.
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you are speculating about his contractual obligation, as I initially stated.

you are making stuff up to make your position stronger.
 
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ecofarm said:
Being an idiot caused the white trashness. That guy walks into a sophisticated event, what do you think happens? He's a clown. He's not capable of legit intellectual discourse.
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I thought being college educated means you are a genius, ala Obama.

The man has a masters in education and I would bet he could carry on a very intellectual conversation, if it was about something he was interested in.

Like much of America, he isn't interested in the subject of gays or anything they do to each other.
 
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ecofarm said:
How has that been misrepresented? Vaginas are better than anuses, that's a fact. Can't blame the dude for stating facts.
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He misrepresented other people's viewpoint.

Nobody has taken the idiot to task for saying he preferred vajayjays. THey took him to task for the other things he said.
 
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Deuce said:
Funny how the right wingers come out in droves to defend their own but when a liberal pundit says some **** about Sarah Palin they flip their **** and call for the noose.
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Somehow I don't think what Robertson said rises to the level of Bashir's open hatred, but I'll give you the hypocrisy ground to some extent anyway. It's Christmas, and I'm not a huge Palin fan either.
 
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Kreton said:
wouldn't calling someone white trash be a racial slur?
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Of course it is but it is acceptable to be racist against whites.
 
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Mason66 said:
Like much of America, he isn't interested in the subject of gays or anything they do to each other.
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Then he should stop inventing wild fantasies about homosexuality.
 
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