RE: 646,000 likes on Facebook Page to boycott A&E until Phil Robertson is back on the air.

You guys are boycotting A&E's ownership and their other properties, right?

ESPN

History Channel

Houston Chronicle

Pixar

Lucasfilm

San Antonio Express-News

Car and Driver

Popular Mechanics

Road & Track

ABC

Disney

Marvel

When A&E made this decisions they knew that it would have a negative financial impact. A&E management decided to stick to their beliefs just like Pat sticks to his. If you support Pat for stating what he believes then you should also support A&E for making a similar stance.

1.3 million Likes and counting

https://www.facebook.com/Philrobertsonsupport

I am sure many of the Phil supporters work for companies with similar inclusion policies. The advertisers for the show also have similar inclusion policies. I think it is high time they show their devotion to god, quit their jobs, and stop shopping. That would never happen though. It isn't nearly as convenient as hitting like on facebook or saying boycott on a message board with no intentions of following through with it. Just as it is easy to denounce gays if you are christian and not gay. That is easy as opposed to not eating shellfish, wearing clothes only made from natural fibers, and all the other bullshit you can find in a bible.

Walter Peck wrote:

Just because you have the right to say something doesn't mean you should.

But it does mean nobody else has the right to not let you say it.

The rest of his buds on the show should walk-out. Hit the owners in the pocketbook.

jorvack wrote:

You can lose your job at any time for saying stupid things. Employment is not protected under free speech rights.

But the owners can say anything they like at any time.

[quote]thurman merman wrote:

But Mr. Duck (and everyone else), at some point, needs to come to the realization that somewhere along the way, someone in his chain of people who write his paycheck, eats shellfish.

Eff the parasite who sing his paycheck.

His talent, their profits.

Who made them God?

K5 wrote:

But the owners can say anything they like at any time.

They're under the same First Amendment restrictions as everyone else (assuming we're talking about those resident in America).

They can't make slanderous speech.

They can't knowingly incite danger to others with their speech.

They're restricted on what obscenities they can utter and publish.

Has anyone considered that this "controversy" may be little more than publicity stunt to drum up attention between seasons? If you've ever watched the show, there are some funny moments, but the scenarios are obviously contrived and staged. Its presented as reality and from what I see and read lately, a disturbing number of folks think it is reality. I predict the show will now revolve around the family taking their stand against the producers with Phil making his triumphant return in the season finale. The Righteous prevail over the evil socialist network! A&E (the losers) will sell airtime at double the Super Bowl rate.

The whole free speech thing here is a non-issue.

The Duck guy didn't commit a crime based on what he said.

A&E didn't break any civil laws for employment. They have the right to suspend him or stop doing business with him in this case if they want.

He can say what he wants and they can react how they want.

This is a business issue.

And to me, A&E made a bad business decision with this suspension.

No one is surprised at what this guy said.

I don't understand the boycott, but people will do what they want.

I like watching bigots. They're funny. This exposes their ignorance, it doesn't help increase bigotry.

I think they'll pick up more viewers than they'll lose.

Like I said earlier, it's a reality show. And once you tell the participants to not speak their mind, it isn't real anymore.

Brojos, as conservatives, what are your thoughts …. ?

Wow Unbelievable wrote:

This is not a free speech issue. It's a human rights issue. The guy's a complete moron.

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

-Voltaire

blfsrfr wrote:

Dear A&E congratulations, you just committed suicide.

http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/12/19/dear-ae-congratulations-you-just-committed-suicide/

I know of no higher authority than Matt Walsh. And his blog.

You say you don't have a problem with him stating his beliefs, but you do have a problem with his ignorance. That's fine, but explain how it is not hypocritical of you to call the guy and Pat Robertson ignorant fools when surely all you know about them is what they want to portray in the media? And how is it okay for you to bash an entire religion in the process?

News Flash the US is full of rednecks!!

freespeech will prevail wrote:

Sponsors to A&E being flooded with calls telling them to drop their commercials!

https://www.facebook.com/Philrobertsonsupport

blfsrfr wrote:

Dear A&E congratulations, you just committed suicide.

http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/12/19/dear-ae-congratulations-you-just-committed-suicide/

"You punished the Christian guy for being a Christian"

No, they punished the Christian guy for making bigoted statements in public media. It was completely tangential to his Christian beliefs. Believe it or not, many people are Christian but not bigoted.

Oh, I bash the religion because the people who follow it are hypocritical at best, and because they believe things that are written in a book told from accounts of centuries past, put together by a group of people who felt like they needed something to bind religions together, and they call it inspired by God to make it unchallengable.

Does that include buying your way out of prison?

During the 1970s, Robertson fled Arkansas after he badly beat up a bar owner and his wife. Robertson's wife, Kay, persuaded the couple not to press charges in exchange for most of the Robertsons' life savings. "I just put it behind me," Robertson says of the ordeal.

get used to it. wrote:

Oh, I bash the religion because the people who follow it are hypocritical at best, and because they believe things that are written in a book told from accounts of centuries past, put together by a group of people who felt like they needed something to bind religions together, and they call it inspired by God to make it unchallengable.

duck die nasty wrote:

You say you don't have a problem with him stating his beliefs, but you do have a problem with his ignorance. That's fine, but explain how it is not hypocritical of you to call the guy and Pat Robertson ignorant fools when surely all you know about them is what they want to portray in the media? And how is it okay for you to bash an entire religion in the process?

So every person who follows Christianity is hypocritical at best? Every single one? Hmm, sounds like a generalization to me, maybe even, dare I say it, a stereotype? I usually try to avoid broadly classifying groups of people based on their sexuality, ethnicity, religion etc.