Phil's comments on Duck Dynasty

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I just saw one episode of DD. They were all outside, having a wedding reception, and there were no flies, bugs, wind, or weather of any kind in Louisiana. Yeah right!

Anyway, my mom told me about the guy using slurs and that he was kicked off the show. She asked if I had heard the news. I hadn't . She told me he is an older man and that's when it dawned on me this guy is probably planning on retiring soon so he wants to go out with a bang, generating the most publicity he can, since he knows he wants to retire anyway. Notice none of the younger guys made the slur?

I think it's just to get more rednecks hooked on DD. This is why he said it.

^^^ if they had any kind of food outside there would be bugs all over the place.Flies,yellow jackets,wasps,hornets,and if they are in the shade,skeeters by the jillion.

That sounds about right. Now people who never followed the show will buy the merchandise as a show of support. There is one shopping week left before Christmas. This will move that extra stuff off the shelves and save it from getting remaindered. The people who didn't follow the show but agree with him probably outnumber the loyal show fans and now they will buy. Will they lose loyal show fans? Probably not.

"Hillpeople" is totally inaccurate in this case, because Louisiana is flat as a pancake.

You forgot Houston, also with not only a large LGBT community, but also an openly gay mayor.

He didn't use any slurs as far as I can remember. He was asked something about his feelings about gay people and he said it's a sin and doesn't see why a man would want another man or something like that. He said a little bit about his beliefs about gay people, and those beliefs were taught to him by his church. It's obviously a very conservative, evangelical fundamentalist church, and I think I could probably tell you which denomination it is, but I won't since I didn't read it anywhere yet. It's a common belief that's taught in those churches, both up north and down south.

His beliefs aren't politically correct and even though I don't share his overall religious beliefs, I used to be a very devout Christian and I didn't believe that even then, so it's not all Christians who believe that way, but there are plenty of them who do. I disagree very strongly with his beliefs, but he didn't use slurs, call names, or anything like that. He answered a question that he was asked in an interview, which I'm sure had been OK'd by his PR people before it was asked.

I'm pretty sure this whole "scandal" is a setup so they can get out of doing the show, sell a bunch of stuff right before Christmas, and maybe get Phil some kind of side jobs speaking at churches or something. They make plenty of money in their business, so this is a memorable way to end the show, since the other boys are leaving too they said.

I just can't believe that all those people out there are acting like this is a surprise, and nobody seems to think about the fact that they could have prevented him being asked the one question they knew he would offend so many people with.

I also wonder if any of those people who are doing commentary and giving interviews and writing articles about how he needs to be taken off the show for this were actually surprised at his opinions and why people didn't start protesting after the first few shows when it became pretty obvious what his answer would be on that question.

These comments make me beam. I'm an openly gay man who chose to move to the South because I sensed professional opportunities. I live in Atlanta, and I understand that isn't the "real" south. I also wish they moved on same sex marraige, but as I'm not old enough yet, it's at the level of an annoyance rather than a dealbreaker. The city is also diverse and getting moreso by the day, and I understand that's how the other Southern metros are progressing. Life isn't perfect there, but it isn't perfect anywhere, either. Some of the North Carolina cities are even more developed than Atlanta is. The Southern metro is a new phenomenon, but they are all rapidly growing. I feel the change the South will see in the next forty years will be even bigger than what it witnessed in the previous forty.

I posted this link earlier.You can read exactly what he says about gays and blacks.
http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/20 ... ce/356313/
Fox News is yammering for him to be reinstated on the show.I imagine they have the same viewing audience.Morons.
Eureka Springs,Ar has recognized the rights of gay couples since 2007.
http://www.thv11.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=45880
Weed is almost legal,lowest law enforcement priority in Eureka.
Asheville,NC is also a very progressive town.
The sooner these mean old bigots die off,the quicker we can move forward.

Please learn what libertarians are before bashing us. Thank you.

Walmart is sold out of DD merch...

It appears that OOM called this one correctly.

If they can keep Wal Mart,Deen didn't.
http://money.msn.com/investing/post--wi ... t-wal-mart

To complain to Wal Mart call 1-800-Walmart.I just did.They apologized to me for the distress the duck nasty people have caused me.Seriously.If you think this Phil guy is a jerk,please call and complain.

I wasn't bashing Libertarians, unless you consider the fundamentalist Christian community to be Libertarians.

Walmart sold t-shirts with Shutzenstaffel insignias and dog food that was known to cause kidney failure for months on end. I doubt they're going to get rid of their massive phalanx of Duck Dynasty marketing products anytime soon. It would eliminate half of their inventory overnight.

As for this greasy wizard guy from Duck Dynasty, he has the right to say whatever he wants. But A&E has the right to conduct their business however THEY want, and he's under contract with their network. When you sign on with an employer, your words can have consequences. If I were a news anchor and I put on a Hitler costume and rode a unicycle down main street, do you think I'd have a job the next day?

Be sure to be juggling fish if you do that.

A few years back at Mal Wart they had StoneCold Steve Austin stuff everywhere,and other wrestling stuff.It was a trend and you don't see it there anymore.This is also a trend,in a few years they will be old news anyway.Easy come,easy go.
I don't foresee them dumping the Duck stuff anytime soon,but I'm enjoying exercising my consumer's right to complain.