phreddy wrote:

The guy may be a homophobe, but he is entitled to his opinion

Of course he's entitled to his opinion. Everyone's entitled to make a public spectacle of themselves. S'what makes this country great. There's a price, though, and this moron will pay retail.

choad wrote:

phreddy wrote:

The guy may be a homophobe, but he is entitled to his opinion

Of course he's entitled to his opinion. Everyone's entitled to make a public spectacle of themselves. S'what makes this country great. There's a price, though, and this moron will pay retail.

If every liberal celebrity who shot off his/her mouth about issues they know nothing about was sacked, there wouldn't be anyone left in Hollywood.

I'm betting it is A&E which will be paying the biggest price in this case.  Although I am not a fan of the show, it is immensely popular.  He and his family can name their price at another network, assuming there are no legal roadblocks to the move.

Edit:  As if to help make my point, a FB page calling for the boycott of A&E was launched yesterday.  It currently has 750,000 likes.

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choad wrote:

Phred, A&E is more a homo sanctuary than the Vatican and I'm sure its employment contract spells out must-suck-dick, bend over and sign here. Tard hasn't an xian prayer so go ahead, name your wager.

Did you read my edit?  750,000 FB likes in less than 24 hours.  I'm guessing that alone is more than ever watch other A&E programs.  Tune in tomorrow and read about how A&E is the one bent over.

Edit:  If you want to follow the numbers yourself, check this out.  There are currently 802,000 likes. Wait a minute.  Three minutes they added another 30,000.

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phreddy wrote:

choad wrote:

Phred, A&E is more a homo sanctuary than the Vatican and I'm sure its employment contract spells out must-suck-dick, bend over and sign here. Tard hasn't an xian prayer so go ahead, name your wager.

Did you read my edit?  750,000 FB likes in less than 24 hours.  I'm guessing that alone is more than ever watch other A&E programs.  Tune in tomorrow and read about how A&E is the one bent over.

Edit:  If you want to follow the numbers yourself, check this out.  There are currently 802,000 likes. Wait a minute.  Three minutes they added another 30,000.

That's awesome Phreedee, so less than 1 mil of a 350mil population base "likes" this guys bullshit; you power on with that moral majority brother.

No, not really.

I care about neither the shitstorm nor the shitters.  The guy needs a pair of cheap sunglasses.

As I said when I posted this thread, the guy is a homophobe.  I'm certainly not trying to defend his language.  Just sayin' he has a right to his own opinion. 

The part of the story I like is that A&E assumed they were in the driver's seat, when, in fact, they are the tail of a very big dog.  The FB site now has 1.4 million likes and yesterday someone launched a petition to demand Phil's return.  That garnered more than 80,000 signatures during the first 9 hours.  It's at about 113,000 now.  Add to this all the news pundits, conservative talk show hosts, and politicos. Does anyone believe this doesn't tighten sphincters at A&E?

Yeah, I think A&E miscalculated on this one.  The DD guys are now threatening to take their ball and go play in someone else's yard.... and given they have the #1 reality show on TV, that's a pretty damn big stick.

Plus, the A&E guys are being horribly disingenuous - there are existing videos of this guy goin off on gays and such... either they are so horribly inept that they didn't do their research before giving him this platform, or they knew and are now feigning outrage.  Either way, it's for sure they're bozos.

As for me, I kind of agree with the guy... I mean, a vagina is infinitely more interesting to me than a man's anus.  Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

(Though, for the life of me I cannot understand what the interest is in that show - and I'm a hunter.)

whosasailorthen wrote:

(Though, for the life of me I cannot understand what the interest is in that show - and I'm a hunter.)

I'm with you on this Sailor.  I get it that producers of these shows need to manufacture conflicts and unlikely scenarios because reality isn't all that interesting. But, let's stop calling them reality shows and call them what they are; low budget soap operas featuring mildly entertaining amateur characters.

whosasailorthen wrote:

phreddy wrote:

whosasailorthen wrote:

(Though, for the life of me I cannot understand what the interest is in that show - and I'm a hunter.)

I'm with you on this Sailor.  I get it that producers of these shows need to manufacture conflicts and unlikely scenarios because reality isn't all that interesting. But, let's stop calling them reality shows and call them what they are; low budget soap operas featuring mildly entertaining amateur characters.

Actually, I usually refer to them as "Alternate Reality" shows.

I call them shit. I also call bullshit: The so-called rough-hewn rednecks are all yuppie scum who grew beards for TV. This whole 'controversy' smells like a PR stunt. After all, who among us is more likely  to fall in line to support some half-baked PR scam to support millionaires than Phreddy?

Sascrotch wrote:

1. He's got a right to his opinion, whether we like it or not, and censorship of one person is the slippery slope that leads to censorship of everyone. People will vote with their remotes, and that will be the end of it. Or they'll prove yet again that they're morons, which should surprise no one...
Seriously, why is everyone in a tizzy about this? This is like blowing up at Kim Kardashian for saying something awful about orphans or Snookie for...being Snookie, I guess. Attention whores live off this shit like vampires. The less attention paid to it, the better. Eventually the 15 minutes runs out and they die.

Sorry, that's not how our world works.  A right to an opinion carries a responsibility to accept the consequences of that opinion.  And the company you work for has a right to impose public behavioral standards on threat of termination.

Those comparison pics are over quite the stretch of time. Trust me. All Monroeians strive to get to this look eventually. My mother married a blue eyed lady's man and divorced her version of Uncle Si after he refused to bathe during her last three deer hunting seasons with him.
Besides, "redneck guy" has always been nothing but a marketing tool.  Have you ever pulled up a Larry the Cable Guy "early years" video. He's kind of gay and definitely not the persona we know now.

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Baywolfe wrote:

Sorry, that's not how our world works.  A right to an opinion carries a responsibility to accept the consequences of that opinion.  And the company you work for has a right to impose public behavioral standards on threat of termination.

Correcto!  But it cuts both ways.  The employee has the right to ask his friends and supporters to boycott your company.  It then becomes a contest of wills (and bleeding bank accounts).  The loser must swallow his pride and submit, or suffer the consequences.

phreddy wrote:

Correcto!  But it cuts both ways.  The employee has the right to ask his friends and supporters to boycott your company.  It then becomes a contest of wills (and bleeding bank accounts).  The loser must swallow his pride and submit, or suffer the consequences.

Yup, just like a strike.  Well it used to be, until we outlawed those actions by unions so the tax dollars would continue to flow through to the politicians.  Of course then the Union Leaders, the politicians and the Corporations all got in bed together and fucked the workers and the shareholders.

Ahh, the stories of the old UAW/Corporate/Politico confederation do so warm my heart as I sit before the Yule Log.  Seriously they did it so well that in the end of the day the common taxpayer ended up paying everyone!  You have to love innovation and unfettered capitalism.

Hey, but have you seen the rebound in Ford's stock?!?  50%!!

fnord wrote:

In a way, it's nice that the Quack Pack will continue to remind America that Christianity is all about hating gay people, voting for tax cuts for rich people, opposing health care and food for the poor, opposing paying a living wage to working people whenever possible, opposing sex education and fertility management, and placing as many people as possible in private prisons for victimless crimes like smoking pot in the privacy of one's home.  I'm sure reminding the public of these things will result in electoral victories for Republican candidates and increased membership in Christian churches.

Seriously dude, who cares about those fucks and what they proclaim to think or for that matter what their supporters think?  They make duck calls?  Who the fuck eats duck anymore anyway?

The absurdity of this entire situation smacks of blatant poll pandering and I've come of the opinion that the old quack master here will eventually come out as a fervent cock-sucker if that's what it takes to buoy the ratings.

Can we move on please?

Emmeran wrote:

Seriously dude, who cares about those fucks and what they proclaim to think or for that matter what their supporters think?

Pheddy, apparently, and my redneck nephew who thinks that Obama is trying to ban popcorn.

Baywolfe wrote:

You're forgetting the behind the scenes powerbroking going on here.  Don't Jews and Homosexuals run our entertainment industry?  A long bearded heterosexual doofus with a complete ignorance of Christianity doesn't stand a chance.

You're forgetting the power of the pulpit and all those glassy-eyed pew sitters who are willing to obey "god's commands" as relayed by their preacher.

phreddy wrote:

Baywolfe wrote:

You're forgetting the behind the scenes powerbroking going on here.  Don't Jews and Homosexuals run our entertainment industry?  A long bearded heterosexual doofus with a complete ignorance of Christianity doesn't stand a chance.

You're forgetting the power of the pulpit and all those glassy-eyed pew sitters who are willing to obey "god's commands" as relayed by their preacher.

Puh-leeze.  I live in the buckle of the bible belt.  I haven't forgotten them, I just choose to ignore them.

Tall Paul wrote:

TMZ describes the filing as “91 pages of law and religious propaganda, quoting scriptures about the evils of homosexuality,” and notes that at one point it includes the very lawyerly phrase, “We live in a Christian nation ‘Jack.’”

Nashville ‘Church Member’ Sues A&E And Barack Obama

Save that link TP; you know this creep will be the subject of a future thread on our street.

Johnny_Rotten wrote:

Oh thank Jeebus, it is over. Aren't we blessed?

Looks like they won. Well played Mr TV network, well played Mr TV personality. You sure knew just how to turn increased profile into ratings and cash.

Like Cracker Barrel, A&E woke up to who this show appeals to. Lets be honest, gay people (and kneegrows) don't eat or shop at Cracker Barrel.  They also don't watch Duck Dynasty.  There's no profit in appeasing people who don't pay your bills. Any idiot can see that an apology has never worked, that one loses the show or job anyway, so why pucker up and kiss the unwashed pucker star of the offended group? It's more honorable to go out telling the professional offended groups to eat shit with Sriracha sauce.