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Duck Dynasty patriarch suspended from show for expressing his religious beliefs.

Cleon said:
I think the best description of Duck Dynasty I've seen is "Redneck Kardashians."
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I'd never heard of it. Now I won't bother watching it.

Gawdzilla said:
Bigotry is the first think I think of when I hear "religious beliefs" used as a defense.
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Very true.

MaGZ said:
Are you being sarcastic are you just ignorant? When the Jews finally took control of Disney the company became identical to all the other Hollywood film companies.
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:rolleyes:

ponderingturtle said:
And yet he lets women like Palin speak out in favor of him in contravention of his own bible!
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Consistency has never bee strong with god botherers.

RoboTimbo said:
Thank God!
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And we have a winner. :D
 
MaGZ said:
Are you being sarcastic are you just ignorant? When the Jews finally took control of Disney the company became identical to all the other Hollywood film companies.
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oh look at that, the Herrenrasse is whining again. Ihr Jammerlappen.
 
I think people who are vocally anti-gay should be treated with the same dignity, compassion, and respect as those who are vocally racist.
 
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First, I support Robertson's right to his views as much as I support A&E's right to respond to them.

Second, for A&E, the phrase "If you lie down with ducks dogs, you get up with fleas" seems to come to mind.

No offense to dogs.
 
Slowvehicle said:
Do you think he has a "right" to be paid to spread his gangrenous hatred opinion on a television program?
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Well, to be fair, he didn't say anything like that on the show. I don't think A&E would want to stray into that territory on that show.

One could make an argument that his private personal views shouldn't matter to the show if said views are never expressed on the show. However, one can also argue that the show is what is giving him a platform outside of the show (GQ wouldn't have interviewed him if he wasn't on the show) and that A&E has every right to say "we don't want to give him that platform".

It's overall an interesting issue, and a reflection of the way the country is moving morally. If he had supported gay rights, and A&E fired him for that even though the show itself never discusses the topic, the roles here would be reversed. Gay rights advocates would be complaining and the opposite side would be saying "A&E has every right to do that".

Regardless of the issue, a private company like A&E has every right to decide that it doesn't want to be associated with a certain view point. People have every right to complain about or support A&E's actions. Eventually one side will have the upper hand. The fact that A&E see's Robertson's views as a liability is a good indication as to the direction the country is headed on the issue (i.e. the right direction).

His views are increasingly seen as unacceptable, much like if had started spouting off about how blacks are inferior to whites. Stuff like that makes you a social outcast.

ETA: He probably would have been OK if he had been ore tactful in his response. If he said something more along the lines of "I'm a religious man, and part of my religious beliefs is that homosexuality is immoral. I don't treat homosexual people different than anyone else, but I just don't see it as morally acceptable. That's all I'm gonna say about that." It would have been somewhat an issue, but it would have probably just blown over. But he took it too far.
 
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Slowvehicle said:
There is no "gay agenda", sweetie...A&E simply rid themselves of a hateful, ignorant, self-deluded bigot who pretends that his hatred can be supported by his version of his bible.

Do you think he has a "right" to be paid to spread his gangrenous hatred opinion on a television program?

Would you grant that "right" to anyone? To everyone?

...or would that not fit with your agenda?
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He did not express his comments about homosexually on the program but in an interview in GQ.
 
MaGZ said:
He did not express his comments about homosexually on the program but in an interview in GQ.
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I am happy to say that I have not watcehd the show (I don't own a TV), but is is hyper-xianist bible-thumping good-0l'-boy persona not part of his schtick?

Is not the bigoted hatred he spewed upon the public during the GQ interview no more than his explanation of what it "really means" to be his flavor of xianist?

Would GC have even noticed this ignorant bumpkin, but for his TV show?
 
Slowvehicle said:
I am happy to say that I have not watcehd the show (I don't own a TV), but is is hyper-xianist bible-thumping good-0l'-boy persona not part of his schtick?
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Not really, no. The whole family are certainly portrayed as being pretty religious but nothing really over the top. At least that's what I gleamed from the bits I've seen here and there.
 
Personally I feel A&E should have the freedom to hire and fire as they see fit, and not to allow its employees to tarnish the brand.
 
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