I'm throwing the Bullshit Flag

Earlier this week, news broke that A&E was suspending Phil from Duck Dynasty. This has led to an avalanche of Facebook and web pages that demand his return. If one was to sit alone in their parent’s basement and read all of the information that is put forth on these pages, and the comments that users submit in response, that person would be exposed to so much idiocy in such a short period of time, their face would melt like the guy at the end of Indian Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

First Amendment!!! First Amendment!!! This is “Merica, where is poor Phil’s freedom of speech???

 

Unless I missed it on Fox news this morning, they did not ship Phil off to Gitmo. He wasn’t dragged into the streets by the Government and shot for voicing his opinion. The “consequences” of his speech are based on the laws of capitalism, not the laws of the US Constitution. A billionaire being “suspended” from a “reality show” is not suppression of Free Speech.

A North Korean citizen being shipped off to Area 22 for speaking out against the Government is suppression of free speech. Being imprisoned for 27 years for speaking out against apartheid is suppression of free speech. Being “suspended” during the off season of a cable TV show is slightly different.

My second and third points are intertwined. A hillbilly, who lives in Monroe Louisiana, who is a Christian preacher, and makes duck calls for a living was asked his opinion on homosexuality. Does anyone think his answer was really a shock to the executives at A&E?

Kali and I lived just north of Monroe LA for two years. Even the GLADD rep from Monroe has the same stance on homosexuality. If A&E hadn’t “suspended” him, would you have even know what he said? Or if by chance you did, would you have thought anything more than “well… that figures”

He didn’t spread hate. He didn’t say anything shocking. He said that he followed the teachings of the Bible. He said the same thing the Pope says, and the same thing that your Grandmother probably says. Could anyone have really gotten too upset about an individual respectfully voicing his personal belief? It would seem awfully hypocritical of one group that is fighting for their right to live their life as they choose to be upset about another group doing the same wouldn’t it?

So why the reaction from A&E?

I’m calling bullshit on this…

I think this whole thing has been orchestrated by the creators of Duck Dynasty and A&E, and I think the millions of people who have been “outraged” are being fooled.

You have to admit the show is falling off. They are clearly scripting all of it at this point. Miss Kay has had so much plastic surgery on her face she looks like a action figure that has been melted with a magnifying glass. The show is almost unwatchable. In fact shouted “I’m out” about halfway through this past season.

What was the real affect by A&E’s actions? The show is off right now, so production of it won’t be hurt. This is nothing but a huge promotional effort by A&E, playing on everyone’s sense of “family values” around Christmas time. I’m making a prediction that they miraculously reinstated Phil on the 22^nd or 23^rd of December. And say some shit about how they made a mistake and support his Christian values.