Post by Orange on Dec 18, 2013 17:27:20 GMT -5
I'M LEAVING OUT THE PARTS ABOUT RELIGION; I'LL ASK EVERYBODY ELSE TO DO THE SAME, PLEASE
Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson is in hot water after giving an interview where he slammed gays, through the reasoning that a vagina is more appealing than a man's ass. He also said that blacks were happier before Jim Crow laws.
www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-gays-sin-black-people-civil-rights-20131218,0,4998406.story#axzz2nrqmRqKZ
You know, if you're not pro-gay, then whatever; but from a purely economical standpoint, why would you come out and say something like this? It's obvious that the country has rapidly developed a pro-gay attitude, so why would you jeopardize your cash-cow by saying stupid shit? Even if you don't agree with the lifestyle or what have you, you'd think a guy that made a fortune selling f***ing duck calls would know better.
Ah, well; they won't be getting my views or money because of this (they're crying, I know). I don't know if the rest of the family shares his views or not, but fortunately the majority doesn't anymore.
Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson is in hot water after giving an interview where he slammed gays, through the reasoning that a vagina is more appealing than a man's ass. He also said that blacks were happier before Jim Crow laws.
www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-duck-dynasty-phil-robertson-gays-sin-black-people-civil-rights-20131218,0,4998406.story#axzz2nrqmRqKZ
He also muses rather colorfully about his own sexual orientation: “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.”
In a quote that may raise even more eyebrows than his feelings about gays, Robertson claims he "never" saw black people mistreated during the pre-civil rights era in his home state, and strongly suggests that African Americans were more content under Jim Crow.
"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," he said. "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.”
The comments could prove to be a headache for A&E, which has a ratings winner in "Duck Dynasty." The August season premiere of the technically unscripted (if carefully edited) series garnered 11.8 million viewers, setting a record for a nonfiction cable program, and it regularly beats out many shows on broadcast. Season 5 is set to bow Jan. 15.
A&E was not immediately available for comment.
In a quote that may raise even more eyebrows than his feelings about gays, Robertson claims he "never" saw black people mistreated during the pre-civil rights era in his home state, and strongly suggests that African Americans were more content under Jim Crow.
"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," he said. "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.”
The comments could prove to be a headache for A&E, which has a ratings winner in "Duck Dynasty." The August season premiere of the technically unscripted (if carefully edited) series garnered 11.8 million viewers, setting a record for a nonfiction cable program, and it regularly beats out many shows on broadcast. Season 5 is set to bow Jan. 15.
A&E was not immediately available for comment.
You know, if you're not pro-gay, then whatever; but from a purely economical standpoint, why would you come out and say something like this? It's obvious that the country has rapidly developed a pro-gay attitude, so why would you jeopardize your cash-cow by saying stupid shit? Even if you don't agree with the lifestyle or what have you, you'd think a guy that made a fortune selling f***ing duck calls would know better.
Ah, well; they won't be getting my views or money because of this (they're crying, I know). I don't know if the rest of the family shares his views or not, but fortunately the majority doesn't anymore.