Posted on 12/22/2013, 12:56:29 PM by Kaslin
I’m not a fan of Duck Dynasty. There, I said it. I know that’s not something a conservative is supposed to say because we’re all stereotypes in the eyes of progressives, but I had to unburden myself of that. It’s nothing personal, it’s just, to steal a line from Bob Dylan, not my cup of meat. So when I first heard the story that Robertson patriarch Phil made “anti-gay remarks,” I didn’t really care. Most Americans didn’t care either. But, as my friend Erick Erickson says, “You will be made to care.”
The Robertsons are Christians, like most Americans. But unlike most Americans who answer polls about their faith, the Robertsons mean it. That makes them a threat to progressives. Anyone anywhere who puts something, especially God, ahead of the progressive agenda of government dominance over the individual, particularly when that person has a platform to expose others to it, must be destroyed. It’s now progressives roll.
Within hours of Phil Robertson’s crude paraphrasing of widely known Christian doctrine, A & E (the network that airs Duck Dynasty) announced it had suspended him from the show “indefinitely.”
Why?
Robertson didn’t pick up a gun and start shooting gay people. Mass shootings and violence are staples of the progressive left, not conservatives. So why must he be punished?
GLAAD, the progressive sub-set organization designated to be offended on behalf of gays and awarded media credibility as “the voice” of gay Americans (like CAIR is for Arabs, NAACP is for blacks, La Raza is for Hispanics, etc., etc.) chimed in immediately.
“Phil and his family claim to be Christian, but Phil's lies about an entire community fly in the face of what true Christians believe,” said GLAAD spokesman and noted Biblical scholar Wilson Cruz. I’m no theologian, but I’m pretty sure the Bible is against sex with anyone you’re not married to, so forgive me if I take Cruz’s word with a grain of self-serving salt.
Once the suspension was announced Cruz retorted, “By taking quick action and removing Robertson from future filming, A&E has sent a strong message that discrimination is neither a Christian nor an American value.”
Forgive my ignorance, but what discrimination?
Phil Robertson expressed a personal belief based on his religious faith. He harmed no one. He suggested harming no one. What discrimination did he commit?
For his words, Phil Robertson has been labeled “anti-gay” and “intolerant.” Those labeling him have routinely mocked him as ignorant, stupid, a redneck, hillbilly, trash and pretty much every pejorative you can think of to describe someone of his background. How tolerant.
Tolerance is a one-way street, and it has nothing to do with tolerance at all.
Merriam-Webster defines tolerance as “sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own” and “the act of allowing something : toleration.” Since Phil Robertson did not harm anyone nor call for anyone to be harmed, but rather simply stated his religious belief that homosexuality is a sin, he has conformed perfectly with the actual definition of “tolerance.”
Progressives are offended by what he said, but, in all sincerity, who gives a damn?
In a few short decades we’ve transformed from a nation of Americans who laughed at Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Airplane! and Mel Brooks movies to a nation overrun with hyphenates, self-segregated subsets and adult children with fragile psyches who demand any perceived affront be remedied immediately in a manner they so choose. Essentially, we’re being ruled by the whims of a temper tantrum.
We have gone from the Land of the Free to the family living in fear in the Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life.” Upset the child with enormous powers and be thought out of existence.
I’m generally indifferent on so-called “gay issues.” I don’t care what anyone does in their personal lives as long as whoever they do it with is old enough and willing. I oppose gay marriage on grounds of language, not morality. On the issue of sin – it’s not government’s job and they can explain their lives to God, as I’ll have to explain mine. But fascism is fascism, and it has to stop.
It has to stop not only from gay groups, but from every progressive victim-porn peddler organization. And for their own good, too. If they care at all, and I mean really care, about the causes they claim to fight for, crying “wolf” will serve only to numb the public to real affronts to individuals by others.
The incessant cries of racism by progressives on MSNBC to any policy critique of the president has done more damage to victims of racism than all those southern Democrat Party Klansmen ever did. By making the word mean anything, they make it mean nothing, and real racism is met with a collective “here we go again.”
This won’t happen, of course, because although diluting real victims of bigotry with political ploys harms people, it’s great for fundraising. And therein lies the rub.
How about we all agree on a simple, basic principle: We won’t care what you do in your private life and you extend the same courtesy to our minds.
This deal will never, and can never, be accepted by progressives because your mind is the most dangerous obstacle their agenda faces. As long as you are able and allowed to think for yourself, they can’t fully win. If people are exposed to the ideals and values of the Robertsons, they will be reminded that the keys to success and happiness lie not in government but in family. If they don’t, we’ll all be “ducked” one day.
The Robertson’s should tell A & E, “You have 24 hours to recind this foolish decision and apologize to the family or our relationship is terminated!!. This meeting is over. Period.”
I’ve never watched an episode of DD but I stand with them when it comes to fending off attacks from the Left.
I visited the Holocaust Museum inDC a couple months ago........
The Nazi types wanted to kill anyone who was not in lockstep with them.....we know this
But what they got a particular pleasure in was absolute humiliation of a man’s soul...... Men, women, children
Today this type still enjoys torture of the mind, body and spirit,,,,
But those who know the Lord also know. They can kill the body but not the soul
Same here, but this shows how the US has become the Land of the Perpetually Offended.
All due respect.....but you are so stretching and seeing things that are not there
Just started watching it and love it. Now I love it even more. And now I want a duck whistle for Christmas.
Please post cite where he hinted that he may end the show. He did say that his days were numbered, but he did not say or infer that he intended to end the show.
N.B.: While “Mighty Quinn” was popularized by the British group Manfred Mann, it was indeed written by Bob Dylan. This is where the “cup of meat” expression comes from.
There you go then. Phil Robertson just increased his demographic for sales of Duck commander products from hunters only to every non progressive American.
I too have never watched a DD episode. Don’t watch much TV except sports. However I did read the full comments that Robertson made, and while both sides seem too fault him for his anatomic analysis of what homosexuals (men) do to and with each other, I think that fact should be openly discussed.
The male homosexual life style whether by choice or inherited tendency is abnormal. It should be shown that way, and not just as sin but also medically and mentally. That’s the secret the so-called “Gay” propaganda merchants don’t want discussed.
None. The MSM and the Thought Police work hand-in-hand in promoting the liberal/communist agenda. When a representative of the opposing ideology and morality speaks, and many people listen, they will be silenced in order to protect the "agenda".
More of us need to speak up against all forms of immorality and evil. Speak gently, and refuse to be silenced.
I wonder if I may have some butter and syrup on my kerfuffle, please?
It is abnormal
It harms them too, they have a whole bunch of weird medical issues and injuries from their abnormal activities
I don’t like it and they can’t make me
I just avoid it
This process is described by the truism of “The squeaky wheel gets the grease!” The policy now becomes running scared from the ‘most easily offended’ and thus every advocacy group practices being easily offended! This is aided and abetted by the 60/24/365 media cycle that fastens upon PC meme violations as ‘content’ worthy of inclusion.
What stops this hijack of rationality and common sense? Consciencious practice of prejudicial media attention. If something comes from a source that I know is a ‘barking dog howling at the moon’ I will ignore it until and unless it has become so prevalent to make it past my filter. This includes but not limited to GLADD, PETA, ACLU, CAIR and their progressive cohorts. Theirs is a never-ending list of grievance that will stop only when our society conforms to their most strident demands and becomes unrecognizable to history.
In the immortal words of Silas Robertson, “Naa”.
When anyone starts an article by denouncing or stating stating that they don’t like or agree or are not a fan of a person or persons... about any true Conservatives and especially Christians such as Sarah Palin and Phil Robinson... then one must know that they are not and have never been one of us... regardless of the content of their article.
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