Why 'Duck Dynasty' was the Biggest Story of the Week

National Journal ^ | December 21, 2013 | Alex Seitz-Wald

[2ndDivisionVet]

The comments are interesting.

[HiTech RedNeck]

They’re taking a bubble and gold and claiming they can get it to balance in the middle.

[berdie]

I never thought I would say this, much less believe it, but Christians are under attack,

They just haven’t let loose the lions...yet.

[flaglady47]

I don’t think our side is misinterpreting the liberal viewpoint at all. I think we have a deep understanding of where the other side is coming from and we don’t like it. I see it more of a battle of good versus evil lifestyles, based on traits exhibited by the left. Licentiousness, constant lying about things big and small, a fascist, socialist ideology to justify their lifestyle, a petty, bureacratic mindset based on rules and regulations on those issues they favor and choose to enforce, lots of narcissistic personalities more interested in their own petty interests over that of the country, a lack of true patriotism for this country along with a blame America first mentality. Where are we going wrong here? We aren’t.

[HiTech RedNeck]

We are losing touch with God and that’s why we aren’t winning. (We’re sinning, but not winning.)

That is a ball squarely in our court. God won’t shove His blessings down throats that refuse to swallow them.

[HiTech RedNeck]

We need to call on a lion. The Lion of Judah. No mere “kitty kitty kitty” either. More like “Hey! All Conquering Hero! We love ya! Come over here!”

[HiTech RedNeck]

But then get ready to get some attitude adjustments from said Lion....

[berdie]

Agreed:)

I was just sitting here wondering....maybe the media and political attacks equate to the lion’s den of yore.

[chrisser]

Alex Seitz-Wald

I have my doubts about any man who hyphenates his last name...

[boop]

Money quote: "There's the one where it's OK to dehumanize gays as subhuman and claim that blacks were happier under Jim Crow than they are today, as Robertson suggested"

No, there's NOTHING that Robertson said that is even close to that.

I wish I could state my hatred of the media, but there's probably not a word for it.

[berdie]

I know what you mean.

There is no doubt in my mind that the media has always controlled things. But perhaps it is so much more evident today it makes you sick. But, of course, it wouldn’t be as evident as it is without the alternate media.

[Clump]

Yes and it’s only going to get worse.
The left started this by playing games with the language and demanding mere “tolerance”.
Because even if one doesn’t like something, he should tolerate it right?
Then they changed the meaning of “tolerance” to demand affirmation and the elimination of criticism.
The complicit MSM pushed it full steam ahead with queer characters on every sitcom and normalized it.
Now anyone (that can be made an example of) who dares question the agenda gets ridiculed, isolated, and marginalized so others will be afraid to speak their minds.
The left gets more bold and the right gets more timid. At least that has been the pattern, with some exceptions such as efforts to cement natural marriage in state constitutions.
At the end of the day this is not about politics, power, or even money. It is about the pervasive spiritual darkness that has driven this once great nation to celebrate what God has condemned, and condemn what God has commanded.
Every knee WILL bow, and every tongue WILL confess that Jesus is Lord. That is the reality, and that is how the story will end.
So take heart my brothers and sisters.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Daniel might have had an easier time in it had he had a lion gun. Just kidding, kind of. I think God may have told him (remember he is a dream reader) what was coming up for those scheming officials, and he didn't ask God to kill the lions. Even Darius prayed to Daniel's God to spare Daniel from the lions. Talk about an impromptu prayer team.

Meow!

[HiTech RedNeck]

We have a part in this drama too. We haven’t been embracing God (as a society) as vigorously as we could. We’ve been letting Satan spew his B.S. in our faces without beseeching God for an answer, and now it has come to this juncture.

Well God’s waiting for when we will stop boycotting Him. Yes, we. Don’t blame the unbelievers. Point the finger of responsibility at us, the nominal believers. I’ve been vigorously doing something about in my personal life and it has boosted me to greater victories. Now if we can multiply this times a few million “rednecks” we could get somewhere in this land again!

[Windflier]

Very well said, Flaglady. We haven’t misunderstood the left at all. The reason we’re so on edge, is because we understand them all too well.

[allendale]

There is no longer a consensus of values in America. Lincoln famously said in 1858 that a house divided cannot stand. He was right then and his words are true today. The future of America is very clouded.

[Wanderer99]

I do not regard leftists to be human beings. They are not “complex and nuanced”, they are a simple virus! A deadly virus which exists for no other purpose than to destroy its host and increase its power.

[TigersEye]

Responding to Lewis from the left, Business Insider's Josh Barro agreed, but added that "one [America] is better than the other." There's the one where it's OK to dehumanize gays as subhuman and claim that blacks were happier under Jim Crow than they are today, as Robertson suggested, and then there's the better one where it's not OK to say those things, Barro argues.

No. When you start out with lies you don't have a handle on anything.

[Hostage]

You nailed it. Well done!

[TigersEye]

You’re exactly right and through Phil Robertson we’ve been told that we can’t even say anything about it. We’re not to even speak of right and wrong. References to long established value systems are not allowable.