Posted on 12/20/2013 4:34:52 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
In the fallout over Wednesday’s suspension of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson by A&E for anti-gay and racist remarks, GLAAD is experiencing record levels of backlash.
“In the five-and-a-half years I’ve worked at GLAAD, I’ve never received so many violently angry phone calls and social media posts attacking GLAAD for us speaking out against these comments,” the media watchdog organization’s vice president of communications Rich Ferraro told TheWrap.
He said those reactions range from those who simply believe as Robertson believes to those who feel that GLAAD and A&E’s actions limit the reality star’s free speech.
Also read: ‘Duck Dynasty’: Inside the Decision to Suspend Phil Robertson (Exclusive)
“I don’t think this is about the first amendment,” Ferraro said. “I feel it’s more about the America we live in today. That is one where Americans, gay and straight, are able to speak out when people in the public eye make anti-gay and racist remarks.”
Robertson’s supporters have started petitions, called for boycotts and include Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal. Currently, more than 70,000 people have signed the online petition asking A&E to drop the suspension.
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Thank you, Holly! I just happened to see the exact words on another FR thread a few minutes ago (right before I saw your post), and I am truly shocked. Yes, how dare Phil speak of Godly blacks....
Monty Python fans may remember the old “Dennis Moore” sketch where he has robbed so much from the rich and given it to the poor, that their roles have reversed and he now robs from the poor.
Maybe, just maybe, we have reached that point with the gays as well. Their “oppressed group” has now become the oppressor and people are waking up to it.
Barbara WaWa had never been laid by a Messiah before. That’s why she is so disappointed in Obama.
End of story.
To #72: There used to be a bumper sticker that said “Eat more beaver”. This was preDuck Dynasty.
Is there a connection or something more interesting.
Once dated a girl named Beaver. All I could say about her was “Well, I’ll be damned”.
Exile them to Iran
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