[Kingsley Davis]

Never caught the show but my question is what's the over under on how long will his punishment be.


“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson has been fired from the reality program following his controversial remarks in GQ magazine regarding homosexuality.
A+E Networks, parent company of A&E, has released the following statement to Variety:
“We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty. His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community.”

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/duck-dynasty-e-...17098.html

   

[Flavius Aetius]

I am surprised he is not in prison yet or worse for his anti-homosexual hate speech. How dare he uphold traditional values.

Welcome to the guillotine simulator to find out.

[Vacancier Permanent]

Being straight is the new gay...while being fag is more and more the norm...what a sad reality the western world has become....

[Screwston]

Hopefully the show gets cancelled. A redneck posers favorite.

[randomForest]

(12-18-2013 08:43 PM)Flavius Aetius Wrote:  

I am surprised he is not in prison yet for his obvious hate speech. How dare he uphold traditional values.

Someone obviously didn't read the original interview. Well here it is:

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/televisi...table=true

I'm not saying he should have been fired from the show, but the interview is one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I have ever read. The guy is clearly a loon. Observe:

Quote:

“Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men," Robertson said before paraphrasing a Bible verse. "Don’t be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won’t inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right.”

Or perhaps this:

Quote:

"All you have to do is look at any society where there is no Jesus. I’ll give you four: Nazis, no Jesus. Look at their record. Uh, Shintos? They started this thing in Pearl Harbor. Any Jesus among them? None. Communists? None. Islamists? Zero...That’s eighty years of ideologies that have popped up where no Jesus was allowed among those four groups. Just look at the records as far as murder goes among those four groups.”

Yes, you read that correctly, he was actually railing against Shintos! Or this bit about gay men not being "logical":

Quote:

“It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man’s anus...That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical."

Once again, this is no reason to fire a guy...but he is clearly a colossal moron and I won't lose any sleep over what happens to him.

Thanks for the lulz.

[Parlay44]

Like he's the first hick to hate on fags. The world must be SHOCKED

[Sawyer]

Here comes Chick-Fil-A part two. The next exciting battle in the culture war.

Will he defy the odds and give everyone the finger or will he issue a "clarification" and be redeemed?

Stay tuned...

[dads]

EVERYONE MUST LOVE GAYS

[Parlay44]

Dude is a bible-thumping white Christian. He hates fags, Jews, blacks, Arabs. Pretty much anyone non-white(not publicly of course). I'll bet he even has a Klan hood in the closet.

[Nonpareil]

I actually read about this on The AV Club; a site I once enjoyed for their music and TV coverage but can no longer enjoy because of the constant social justice rallying cries ('Don't avoid The Walking Dead because of it's two-dimensional characters, spotty writing and dialogue from Cliches 101! Avoid The Walking Dead because it has misogynistic and racist undertones!') and the way that the macrame-wearing, fresh-berry picking, free-trade coffee drinking, limp-wristed east-coast Liberal twentysomethings who write for them are constantly stepping on a soapbox when someone dares to suggest an opinion that contradicts their ultra blank-slate, pseudo-Socialist, Obama-voting ('Two times!') worldview.

http://www.avclub.com/article/the-duck-d...dow-106592

Quote:

Of course, Robertson ignores the fact that the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Thirty Years’ War, and every other conflict waged by a primarily Christian nation puts Jesus’ own murder scorecard way up there. But hey, that’s what makes Duck Dynasty so darn entertaining to those 14 million people: their "real folk" way of proudly not knowing stuff.

[Grit]

He has the power. Take a cash cow show like this and its 'cast members' aka his family. All he has to do is use the power of family and convince them to quit.

[greensteelhead]

Just another butthurt bunch of wusses, pissing and moaning about something some "backward southern dude" said (and probably needed subtitles to understand).

Meanwhile, tons of people are gobbling up that Duck Dynasty stuff as fast as possible, and that "backward southern dude" and his family are cashing checks.

Who are the dumb ones again?

[Hotwheels]

(12-18-2013 09:52 PM)Grit Wrote:  

He has the power. Take a cash cow show like this and its 'cast members' aka his family. All he has to do is use the power of family and convince them to quit.

I don't watch the show, however I did read somewhere a while back that he didn't really want to be on it any longer. Actually, didn't want to do the show in the first place so his son had to talk him into it.

So I'd say he isn't too broken up about it.

Also, he's very religious so it's perfectly understandable where his views come from.

Kinda surprised guys are slagging him for his views on gays.

edit-btw-The guy has a pretty epic DGAF attitude knowing the shitstorm his comments would make. I give him props.

[Kingsley Davis]

Arts and Entertainment.

   

[aphelion]

Eccentric television character, beloved for having unusual opinions, horrifies viewers who don't actually watch the show by having unusual opinions.

[BadWolf]

What is with American culture? I did a presentation awhile ago and made the remark to my students "what if your kids turned out gay"?

An American hipster douche loser (teacher) overheard my presentation and went ape sh1t on me about how everyone
should welcome and accept a gay child and have a celebration. Infact ALL the Americans here SAVE 1 (who was in NAM) promote gay and gender equality on a reg. basis. Soooo WTF America???

[demolition]

Pretty soon it will be illegal to post here.

[Agent 47]

I applaud him. Good for him. NOBODY questions the gay agenda being pushed on us every day. I could care less for the LGBT community. You wanna be gay, thats fine, but don't insist on us accepting and coddling you for coming out.

[Screwston]

Badwolf most Americans don't give a fuck what you do as long as you're not hurting anyone. Its the ones with big mouths that usually have the stupidest opinions.I have no idea where you are if Americans are regularly promoting gay lifestyles. That's just creepy.

[Capitán Peligroso]

(12-18-2013 10:00 PM)aphelion Wrote:  

Eccentric television character, beloved for having unusual opinions, horrifies viewers who don't actually watch the show by having unusual opinions.

I don't watch the show, but nothing I've heard of his opinions or his manner of discourse suggests to me that he's anything other than a garden variety backwoods half-wit. Reality TV unfortunately gives a lot of these otherwise not noteworthy people far more attention than they deserve.

[HonantheBarbarian]

I hope he sticks to his guns on this.

[Emancipator]

The guy lived rock and roll lifestyle in his youth hit rockbottom and found Jesus, hence his beliefs.

I would say he has had the life, a fun youth, is a patriarch and now is making bank.

[Tail Gunner]

(12-18-2013 09:39 PM)Nonpareil Wrote:  

I actually read about this on The AV Club; a site I once enjoyed for their music and TV coverage but can no longer enjoy because of the constant social justice rallying cries ('Don't avoid The Walking Dead because of it's two-dimensional characters, spotty writing and dialogue from Cliches 101! Avoid The Walking Dead because it has misogynistic and racist undertones!') and the way that the macrame-wearing, fresh-berry picking, free-trade coffee drinking, limp-wristed east-coast Liberal twentysomethings who write for them are constantly stepping on a soapbox when someone dares to suggest an opinion that contradicts their ultra blank-slate, pseudo-Socialist, Obama-voting ('Two times!') worldview.

http://www.avclub.com/article/the-duck-d...dow-106592

Quote:

Of course, Robertson ignores the fact that the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Thirty Years’ War, and every other conflict waged by a primarily Christian nation puts Jesus’ own murder scorecard way up there. But hey, that’s what makes Duck Dynasty so darn entertaining to those 14 million people: their "real folk" way of proudly not knowing stuff.

The nitwits who wrote that article are too stupid to realize that the crusades began as a defensive war against Islamic incursions into eastern Europe and barbarous attacks by Muslims on Christians visiting the Holy Land.

In addition, more people get murdered in Chicago in five years than died in the 300-plus years of the Spanish Inquisition. It is hilarious to see people make claims that ooze stupidity and ignorance. They make the Duck Dynasty people sound like Einsteins by comparison.

[Aziz Nuts]

This just in! Redneck ZZ Top with a show about duck calls hates 'dem queers! More at 11!

I'd be more disappointed if the guy was pro-gay.

[Hotwheels]

(12-18-2013 10:23 PM)Capitán Peligroso Wrote:  

(12-18-2013 10:00 PM)aphelion Wrote:  

Eccentric television character, beloved for having unusual opinions, horrifies viewers who don't actually watch the show by having unusual opinions.

I don't watch the show, but nothing I've heard of his opinions or his manner of discourse suggests to me that he's anything other than a garden variety backwoods half-wit. Reality TV unfortunately gives a lot of these otherwise not noteworthy people far more attention than they deserve.

That "backwoods half wit" has a Masters in English and built a multimillion dollar business before the show was even thought of.

Listen to him talk once. He's very well spoken.

The guy is not dumb by any means. He does have very strong beliefs that are not far off at all from what many here believe when it comes to things such as family, feminism, etc.

I'm not religious, but the farther we get from it's tenants the farther we slide towards feminist/gay/socialist rule.