We watch Duck Dynasty. One of the most popular show on TV and a hit monster for A&E. I also enjoy the thought of a smug progressive cringing each time they pull out their guns and go hunting.
/cue left-wing violin about how stupid people are for watching it. Cry me a creek.
Not surprised by this decision.
We don't live in a free society.
It's a totalitarian one where we must all fall in line.
No one has to agree with each other but motherfucker we should accept a man's right to free speech. It's irrelevant the content of what he said. The point is his right to express it.
He was in an interview. He expressed a view. We may or may or not agree. That he's on TV is immaterial and certainly doesn't give the right of those offended to make demands on A&E, who in turn, can do whatever they want as a broadcaster.
What I do find rather interesting is that all these groups attacking Robertson (holy crap some chick on Morning Joe was batshit insane over it. They really should have her wear a helmet), is that they were pretty silent about Alec Baldwin who said far more nastier things about gays.
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My daughter asked about this. I explained to her freedom speech is a tricky thing and there will always people who will try to muzzle opinions. I further explained she will hear a lot of bad things in her life but that's it not her place to suppress an expression or speech. We have to find it in us to accept freedom is unconditional and that we must take the good with the bad.
The most hideous justification (nay, excuse) for suppression we've come up with is the notion that somehow the "majority" of people can determine what's proper and improper speech. Hence, we have 'hate laws' and Human Rights Commissions. To me, those are Inquisitions. Tools of state power to crush individual free speech.
I want her on the right side of that equation.
Demolition Man. Perhaps the most prescient movie in the history of the universe. We're well on our way to the world of naive stiffs depicted in the film:
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