Posted on 12/20/2013 6:20:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A&E has distanced itself from Phil Robertson, the patriarch in its enormously popular “Duck Dynasty” series, following his comments about homosexuality. Yet the opinion he expressed, that homosexuality is a sin, is shared by 45 percent of Americans, according to a recent poll.
Fully 78 percent of white evangelical Protestants agree with Robertson, according to the data. They are demographic group analyzed in the poll that is presumably most likely to watch “Duck Dynasty.”
Scott Collins compares A&E to other networks that have condemned the same traditional world views that make their shows so popular and so lucrative:
Once again, TV finds itself in another cultural hot zone. The “Duck Dynasty” situation recalls last summer’s uproar over celebrity chef Paula Deen, who lost her Food Network gig and many sponsorship deals after she admitted she had “of course” used a racial epithet in the past. . . .
These cases reflect larger rifts in American life — call it a split between progressives and traditionalist values.
But the particular problem for the TV industry is that it’s trying to profit off the same cultural tensions it’s exploiting. That inevitably leads to problems such as the current one engulfing “Duck Dynasty.”
The reality programming trend in recent years has made stars out of everyone from bakers to pawnbrokers to catfish-wranglers. That these “authentic” people have opinions and values that don’t always jibe with those of the media elite in New York and Los Angeles isn’t necessarily surprising....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
As much as I hate to stoop to childish, 3rd grade retorts...
NO SH*T, SHERLOCK (WaPo, not you, 2 Div)!!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
“Half my brain tied behind my back.”
My bad.
I will say it one more time ... In most states it is legal to fire an employee for no reason. An employer doesn’t have to give a reason. If the employer does give a reason, they can be opening themselves to a lawsuit.
By the way Phil was not fired but put on hiatus, thus they are covering their butts.
;-)
Yup. The A&E execs expected Honey BooBoo with ducks.
Nice spin there. lol
Not my spin ... facts.
Nope, no spin there at all. /s
As it should be. Jobs belong to the employer, not the employee.
A lot of air time is given to homosexual advocates who complain that people like Phil Robertson are trying to force their beliefs, views and religion on others.
But I haven’t heard anyone ask them if that isn’t exactly what homosexuals have done to the entire coubntry over the last 45 years or so.
Homosexuals can squawk all they want but the fact remains that homosexual sex is an un-natural act.
A fact easily understood by anyone who understands how a nut and bolt work or how a living baby is created.
Including New York State, of all places, for those of you keeping score at home. Employees are employed "at will"—the will of the employer, that is. Kind of the business equivalent of "shall issue."
Good observations.
It is like Hitler’s Blitzkreig that ran over Europe so quickly and put down a harsh martial law so unpopular with the people that they had to go underground.
Bingo. It's a business. And everybody is trying to hitch their wagon to it.
Please ... explain the spin.
He was not fired he was put on hiatus therefore he can’t sue them for firing him for his religious beliefs. At the same time he is not allowed to be in the filming of any DD episode in the future (until his hiatus status is removed) a decision left to the discretion of A&E.
Maybe legally, but anyone who fires an employee without reason will rightfully be subject to the appropriate karma
“Fully 78 percent of white evangelical Protestants agree with Robertson ...”
I’d be interested to hear the thoughts of the other 22% of “white evangelical Protestants” on the matter.
Not only are these views common among most Americans, they’re common among almost all of humanity. Always have been, and always will be, until humanity collectively wants to commit suicide.
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