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'Duck Dynasty': A&E warned Phil Robertson about speaking out too much [W:1111]

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Grand Mal said:
No network will touch someone who's liable, at any time, to alienate viewers. Viewers aren't customers, they're production- what the network sells to their customers.
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In that case they are confused about who the viewers are for this show.
 
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rocket88 said:
You don't think they might have a contract with A&E or anything, do you? You don't think that maybe A&E will sue them if they try that, do you?
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I don't know. I haven't read the contract. Have you?
 
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Deuce said:
A&E owns the show.
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It doesn't own the Robertsons.
 
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calamity said:
That's a weak comeback for explaining whey protesting Gays is OK but Red Lobster gets to sell crabs and rock lobsters to their hearts content.
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I dont see the warnings of the Bible the way that many do. I certainly recognize it as text for a more primitive people that has had room to evolve. Even with that, while many see and accept only condemnation, I see as warning and guidance from a loving father.

Now...with regard to shellfish and pork...we certainly have modern health standards that would appear to have protected people that would otherwise have died or at the very least become very ill had the foods not been properly prepared. Conversely, "It is estimated that nearly 1 million individuals are currently infected with HIV in the country, and the number appears to be increasing each year. From the mid-1980s on, AIDS had a pivotal role in the rollback of Sexual Revolution habits in the big cities of the United States. Male to male sexual contact accounted for about half of new cases, and intravenous drug use contributed about a fifth of cases. The cumulative number of deaths in the U.S. due to causes related to AIDS is estimated to be more than 650,000. There are about 50,000 new cases of HIV in the US every year."

And to ME...just with my belief system...THAT is why it was given in scripture. Not as a condemnation but as a warning. And THAT is why the concern over homosexuality is still a relevant concern and the diversions over hair length and shellfish is a pathetic attempt to divert from reality. But again...thats just me.
 
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apdst said:
You're right and here is what he actually said, not the totally misquoted bull**** that's been posted, here...

"... Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks, because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field.... They’re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, ‘I tell you what: These doggone white people’—not a word!... Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.”

I'm sure he must be mistaken, because black folks are much happier now with black on black crime being what it is, the drug epidemic within the black community and 50% of black men are unemployed.
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You can't see where that might be offensive?
 
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apdst said:
I don't have to fear for my job if I tell my boss who I voted for, either. Or, would you be ok with my boss ****-canning me for telling him who I voted for, or for being seen at the wrong political rally?
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Which is different. This was a behavior clause. I was trying to point you're comparing a maple with a tree frog.
 
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Mason66 said:
He was relaying his experience. You can't take that away from him.
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I can say it was embarrassing and bigoted. So, while it was his experience, that's not what got him into trouble.
 
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mac said:
Maybe, still, Phil's no idiot...he knew what he was doing.
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Mac, if Phil knew what he was doing...he wouldn't have done it.

I can see Phil's mind ticking away...
"Let me see now...mmmmmmm...speak out about my religious principles, which A&E gave me cautions to not provoke other's beliefs or potentially lose $250,000 per episode. Which will I take?":thinking
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Removable Mind said:
Mac, if Phil knew what he was doing...he wouldn't have done it.

I can see Phil's mind ticking away...
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LOL. Most of you people never knew his name until last week. Hell, I didn't.
 
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I saw a few minutes of Duck Dynasty recently, and OMG… it was stupid. I don't get the show. They are just white, southern, rednecks. I guess we are supposed to laugh at how stupid and childless those guys are or something… :shrug:

I just know that they are blown out of proportion. I am tired of seeing Duck Dynasty chi pets, towels, t shirts, Christmas albums, etc.

If this family makes the decision to quit, because one of them got suspended, then that is their decision.
 
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Boo Radley said:
You can't see where that might be offensive?
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No, but I'm not a Libbo.

Robertson is only a few years younger than my dad would be now. They are contemporaries and grew up less than a hundred miles apart; my dad would tell similar stories of back in the day.

You didn't grow up in this neck of the woods, so who are you to say he's wrong?
 
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Boo Radley said:
Only slaves weren't just black. But we do dismiss today much of what was in the bible today.
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The guy is old. His beliefs on black people are outdated. I hope they are outdated. Most people my age don't complain about civil rights, and don't really mind much about gay marriage either.

With that being said, people are acting like only A&E is overreacting. The family is also overreacting and so are their supporters. Nobody is telling them to quit or go away. Somebody got suspended, and people on both sides are acting like there are mobs out to get them.. :lol:
 
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SheWolf said:
I saw a few minutes of Duck Dynasty recently, and OMG… it was stupid. I don't get the show. They are just white, southern, rednecks. I guess we are supposed to laugh at how stupid and childless those guys are or something… :shrug:

I just know that they are blown out of proportion. I am tired of seeing Duck Dynasty chi pets, towels, t shirts, Christmas albums, etc.

If this family makes the decision to quit, because one of them got suspended, then that is their decision.
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Wow! Bigotry on parade! :lamo
 
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I find it somewhat humorous that Roberton said that black people "weren't singing the blues" in a region where black people literally invented the blues.
 
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apdst said:
Wow! Bigotry on parade! :lamo
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How am I am bigot?
 
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SheWolf said:
How am I am bigot?
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It's always projection with some of the righties here.
 
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Kobie said:
It's always projection with some of the righties here.
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Yeah, I don't get it coming from apdst…. My post was unPC, but to call white people rednecks isn't bigoted. I mean, WTF, lots of white people call themselves rednecks.
 
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Kobie said:
It's always projection with some of the righties here.
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That sentence is projection....Textbook.
 
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apdst said:
No, but I'm not a Libbo.

Robertson is only a few years younger than my dad would be now. They are contemporaries and grew up less than a hundred miles apart; my dad would tell similar stories of back in the day.

You didn't grow up in this neck of the woods, so who are you to say he's wrong?
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Yes, they were happier being discriminated against. And you see nothing insulting about that. Incredible.

I grew up in Georgia btw.
 
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j-mac said:
That sentence is projection....Textbook.
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Your entire argument over "bigotry" in this thread appears to be "I know you are but what am I."
 
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Kobie said:
Your entire argument over "bigotry" in this thread appears to be "I know you are but what am I."
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Remember… Apdst is the one who says libbos see racism everywhere, and he just called me a bigot for no valid reason. lol
 
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Kobie said:
Your entire argument over "bigotry" in this thread appears to be "I know you are but what am I."
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Sounds like your problem.
 
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apdst said:
You actually have to ask? :roll:
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You can't explain… :roll:

I think you're just doing what you constantly accuse libbos of doing…. seeing racism everywhere. :lol:
 
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