A&E Knee Jerk To Phil Robertson

[billt]

They kicked Phil Robertson, (but not the rest of the crew), off "Duck Dynasty" because of the comments he made about homosexuals. More politically correct nonsense. Why are we being forced to approve and like what these people prefer and do? If you're part of something that's sexually controversial, don't be offended of the majority of people don't like it or you. What he said is what most every devout Christian believes anyway. It just proves liberals hate reality. They wanted "reality TV". Now that they got it, they try to get rid of it.

I don't care what these ass hats do behind closed doors. Just don't expect me to like or approve of it. The same applies to what Phil Robertson and Paula Deen say. These people, (homosexuals), keep trying to punish everyone who doesn't agree with their lifestyle, or admits to using a word they don't happen to like. It's all getting old.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/12/18/phil-robertson-suspended-after-comments-about-homosexuality/

[MikeBjerum]

Wait and watch:

This will be the end of Duck Dynasty.  Not because of the political correct uproar, but because the Robertsons will carry through on the notice that if their Faith is removed from the show they won't do it.  It won't be out of support for Phil.  It will be out of respect for God!

[ExurbanKevin]

We live in a world where Miley Cyrus gets her MTV antics rewarded with a guest appearance on SNL, where Robin Thicke's song glorifying date rape goes to #1 on the charts, but a man who quotes the Bible gets booted from his own show.

Beam me up, Scotty, I'm tired of this planet.

[lhprop1]

Anyone who says they're shocked or surprised by his comments is just straight up lying.  Did they think that a devout Louisiana minister would feel any other way?  They're just a bunch of damn yuppies who are looking for any reason to make him go away.

And what he said wasn't even bad.  He said he doesn't see the appeal in a man's anus.  I can't argue with him there.  He didn't condemn anyone.  He said he leaves that to the almighty.

[lhprop1]

This pretty much covers it.
Courtesy of http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/12/19/dear-ae-congratulations-you-just-committed-suicide/

Dear A&E,

I read that you are indefinitely suspending Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty after he quoted the Bible and said that the homosexual act is sinful. I get it, guys. I do. You punished the Christian guy for being a Christian because you got some angry emails from a bunch of whiny gay activists who lack the spine and maturity to deal with the fact that there are still people out there who have the guts to articulate opinions that they find disagreeable. In so doing, you’ve kowtowed to a pushy minority of vocal bullies who don’t even watch your channel, while alienating the fan base of the one show that keeps your entire network afloat.
Makes sense.

You’ve got standards, after all. You wouldn’t want to be associated with tasteless and inappropriate things. The people on Duck Dynasty can’t be allowed to run around being all Christian-like. It might ruin the reputation of the network whose other shows include Hoarders and Intervention — programs that invite viewers to gawk at drug addicts and the mentally ill for their own amusement.

Disney-ABC Television Group owns 50 percent of your network, were they involved in this decision? They must have been. They’ve got a brand to protect. They can’t allow a bearded right winger to spout beliefs. BELIEFS, of all things. The horror! We must shutdown beliefs, opinions, and ideas, and get back to the serious business of selling sex and debauchery to children. They can’t deal with these distractions, don’t they have another season of The Bachelor or Desperate Housewives or Trophy Wife to produce?

Good Lord, these militant neo-liberal thought police are better at brainwashing than I ever realized. They just convinced you to torpedo your own network. You guys just kamikazed yourselves. You just pulled the pin on the grenade and then put it in your pocket. This is incredible. Didn’t you see what happened with Chic-fil-A when GLAAD crusaders tried to shutdown an entire business just because they disapproved of the owners opinions? Don’t you remember that? I’ll refresh your memory: their “boycott” resulted in an enormous sales spike for the company, as millions of people like myself went out of our way to eat there just to ensure that the anti-free speech fools on the left didn’t win. A week after the anti-Chic-fil-A campaign began, their restaurants across the country were overflowing. It was, officially, the least effective boycott in the history of mankind.

Now it’s all going to happen again, except it will be the opposite effect, and you’ll be on the losing end this time around.

If you don’t bring Phil back immediately, and publicly apologize to him and to his viewers for attempting to censor his Christian faith, Duck Dynasty will leave your network, find a new home, and all of those ratings will go somewhere else. Then you’ll be stuck with the stragglers who feel like spending a Saturday rubbernecking at mentally disturbed elderly women with compulsive hoarding addictions. That’s how this is going to play out. Congratulations.

Did you think the “gay rights” crowd would stick around and “support you” for meeting their ransom demands? No, silly A&E, that isn’t how this works. The speech-controllers on the left are like a black hole. They can only suck you in and obliterate you. They’re like the devil — they ask for your soul and offer nothing in return.

Am I coming on too strong?
Just wait.

Just you wait.

This is the worst decision you’ve ever made. Well, “Bonnie and Clyde” was the worst decision, but this is a close second. Speaking of which, just to make sure we’re clear, the violent mini-series glorifying a couple of thugs who robbed some banks and killed some people 80 years ago — OK. Wholesome family man quotes the Bible during an interview with GQ — UNACCEPTABLE. Is that the correct equation? Is that your business model?

Just to be doubly clear: you guys hate the Bible and find it to be offensive, right? Or is it just parts of the Bible? Or is just Christians? Or is it just Christians who have the audacity to believe in the entire Bible, rather than a select few segments that pass the modern PC litmus test? Just let me know, and I’ll send the word along to my readers, many of whom are Christians who watch — I mean, used to watch –A&E. I’m sure they’ll be interested in finding out that you view their faith as so abhorrent that you’d fire a guy simply for quoting a passage from Scripture.

You made your bed. You decided to stand against free speech, against open expression of ideas, against Christians, against the Bible, against the views of a majority of humanity, against the most profitable show in the history of your network, and against almost all of your viewers. But, hey, at least you put a smile on GLAAD’s face. That must make it all worth it, right?

Sincerely,
Everyone who isn’t a left wing extremist (AKA your former customer base)

[Sponsor]

[Michael Bane]

Partial from this post, http://michaelbane.blogspot.com/2013/12/damn-i-hate-to-wade-into-this.html, on the Michael Bane Blog:

• If Phil had announced that he was a practicing a Louisiana version of paganism, and that he and the other guys would be sacrificing a young duck for the Solstice, after which they would dance nude around the haulbolli while being sprinkled with said duck's blood, there would be an outcry, but it would ALL be positive (well, maybe PETA might have an issue with the duck, but screw them). Phil would be congratulated for standing up for his religious beliefs in the face of the brainless masses who don't understand the joys of cultural relativity. If Phil had announced that he and the boys had become converted to a very strictly orthodox sect of Islam, which would require the women of Duck Dynasty to wear burquas and that mandates homosexuals be dealt with in the way prescribed by mullahs in Afghanistan and Iran — death — do you have any doubt that in no time at all they'd be on stage with Obama getting Medals of Freedom?

• The MSM and the dominant leftist culture in the United States are stridently and occasionally violently anti-Christian. This is a clear example of that bias. What Phil says is that judgement is not his province...amen to that! Phil and his family is being punished for their religious beliefs — and THAT is about as unAmerican as you can get!

I stand with my friend Willie and his family.

Michael B

[lhprop1]

Some people will not watch A&E/Duck Dynasty because of what Phil said.  MANY MORE people will not watch A&E/DD because of the way he's being treated by the network.

Here's the catch 22:  There's no way for the network to "know" why they are being not watched.  All they know is that their numbers are going to plummet.  It will be completely up to their interpretation. 

[PegLeg45]

There are multiple levels at play here.
The blatant hypocrisy of the MSM and the gay movement, who one minute shout from the rooftops about freedom of choice and freedom of expression (I guess that's as long as you side with their beliefs) and then the next minute call for action against someone else for speaking their beliefs.
Then you have the TV execs who don't know whether to crap or go blind (an old southern term) over how they think sponsors might react.
All of which plays out in public through social media.

Funny thing is, this is very similar to the same knee-jerk reactions we get from school shootings. Where a handful of people try to sway the public opinion to suit an agenda.

The majority of regular old everyday Americans, who own guns, and have the same type opinions as people like Phil Robertson (even if you don't believe the Bible, you may not see homosexuality as normal behavior) are constantly under attack by what amounts to a Chihuahua with the voice of a Great Dane.
The sad thing is how many people pay attention to such a small segment of the population.






For those of the Faith, I respectfully submit:
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 5:10

[TAB]

its jut a bunch of horse shit, i have never watched their show, don't plan on it.  I do own a couple of their calls, i like them.  I would happly go duck hunting with them, hell i'd even buy the shells.   i don't give a rats ass about any of this crap.  I care that they are a small business, make a good product, have made a good living for themselfs and their employees and they like to duck hunt,  if thats all i knew about them, i would be happy to share a blind with them.   

[billt]

We live in a world where Miley Cyrus gets her MTV antics rewarded with a guest appearance on SNL......

Not only that, but she was in the running for Time Magazine
"Person Of The Year". Thankfully, she lost out to the Pope.