Posted on 12/23/2013 5:49:45 AM PST by NetAddicted
WASHINGTON, December 21, 2013 — With the onslaught of the media scandal involving Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, it’s become crystal clear to me that the Progressive left has turned America into a veritable nation of sheep. We are intimidated into keeping our mouths shut and sitting idly by while the media mafia trample our precious First Amendment rights. I’m not simply jumping on the bandwagon of this latest scandal. I’ve walked a mile in Phil Robertson’s boots. I’m not just talking the talk. I have walked the walk. Five years ago, I was the spokesperson for the landmark, controversial Prop. 8, and I endured the full gamut of the backlash that Phil Robertson is enduring now. The attacks came in all forms: accusations of bigotry, hate speech, even death threats. You name it, I received it. The only difference between Phil Robertson and me — well, other than the beard — is that conservative blogs which exist to defend Phil Robertson today didn’t exist back then. There was no such thing as Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, or Michelle Malkin’s Twitchy. Even Twitter was just a glimmer in Jack Dorsey’s eye. It was a lonely journey, and those of us who worked hard to pass Prop. 8 were pioneers, of sorts, on this journey. Perhaps even more forcefully than Robertson is being told by A&E today, we were informed would never work again if we helped the passage of the marriage protection initiative. As the spokesperson for Prop. 8, I was warned numerous times that if I became too synonymous with supporting traditional values and traditional marriage, hence being seen as being anti-gay, that I would “never work in this town again.”
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Yeah or maybe Jackie Robinson is too.
Pinging Jim Robertson....
“And here’s to you Mrs. Robertson...”
(Actually, that might make for an interesting parody.)
It’s funny now A&E and Cracker Barrel are trying to walk this back. The Robinson’s should tell A&E to shove it and move their show to another network (The Blaze comes to mind). It’s a gold mine and A&E will regret the lost revenue. I don’t think all the LGBT shows they can come up with will make up for the lost revenue should Duck Dynasty leave.
We may be witnessing the Birth of an Undead Thread
America’s greatness has been its goodness.
One of our most magnanimous elements of goodness: we might disagree with what other Americans say, but we defend to the death their right to say it.
The “tolerant” liberals and their overarching media have become hostile and silencing. We must fight.
I got a jpeg making fun of it but I forgot the name hahahah
Not gay but, “Happy Happy Happy!”
I am all Jim Thompson
Like.
Not me.
I’m Jim Thompson.
Not me.
I'm Jackie Thompson Robertson. Jim's smarter Brother!
Isn’t that Phil Thompson?
I would love to be in a room where the A&E execs try to “walk this back”, with Phil staring at them across the table. If you’ve watched DD, you’ve seen the Phil stare, and it can be (just a little) intimidating.
...Do not be deceived; Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor 6:9-10 (NIV)
(The verse Phil Robinson paraphrased)
I thought it was Phil Thompson.
Paragraphs?
No time for that when you're busy setting one up for us wise guy FReepers!
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