Should we back off? No and here’s why. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031059/posts It must be fought and ignoring it will not make it go away. It’s much deeper than Phil Robertson’s comments. Fight it now or have nothing soon left of our nation to fight for.
I say be judicious about where to fight.
I say go ahead, let A&E cut its nose off to spite its face! This won’t bring down Duck Commander. It will only bring down what was a farce anyhow. A&E will be left with an orphan, albatross brand (the Duck Dynasty drek).
But maybe this could be the start of... hmm... something I wrote about wishfully about 4 years ago, a Redneck Revolution?
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-levy-6/redneck-revolution-demo
It looks like Phil Robertson’s suspension from “Duck Dynasty” may be just for show. Entertainment Weekly learned that on Jan. 15, A&E will begin airing new episodes of the show that include scenes featuring the “Dynasty” patriarch.
“The network also hopes the media and fan furor will cool down over the holidays and that tensions over shooting future episodes can then be resolved,” Entertainment Weekly reports. “There’s no negotiation to have; we’re doing the show,” an inside source told them.
After A&E’s suspension, Robertson’s friends and family came out in support of him. Sources told E! News that the family was “very serious” about leaving the reality show after Robertson was placed on hiatus. “[Phil] is the reason for their success—they’re not going to abandon him. They’re also not about to let anyone threaten their religious beliefs,” the source told E!. The family released a statement on the Duck Commander website saying, “We are disappointed that Phil has been placed on hiatus for expressing his faith.”
Phil Robertson’s controversial comments on homosexuality have just got a shot from Charlie Sheen. The “Anger Management” star unloaded on Robertson for offending his gay friends, and threatened to give the “Duck Dynasty” star a “MaSheen style media beat down”.
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00066885.html#ixzz2oDntmuIm
In his letter, Sheen called Robertson nasty names such as “Mallard Brained” and “shower dodger”. The actor said, “Your statements were and are abhorrently and mendaciously unforgivable.” He also took a jab on Robertson’s meteoric rise to fame, saying “The idea that you have a job outside of dirt-clod stacking is a miracle.”
Sheen, who is no stranger to make his own terms, continued, “Shame on you. You’re the only surviving brain donor I’ve ever known. When the gators and Egrets kick you out of their hovel, you need to make serious amends to those you have radically offended.”