Paglia on Duck Dynasty

BlazerBob wrote:
Scrutinize all you want. At the end of the day A&E is attempting to stifle free speech.

No they're not, they're protecting their business (if they aren't being hypocritical and just doing this for ratings, which it appears they are ). Robertson is free to expound on his opinion all he wants, he's not in jail for what he said. Free speech is guaranteed for citizens in regards to the government, not corporate entities. And, it wasn't liberals who called for his suspension, A&E did it automatically (again, not really).

I know nothing about Farrakhan, here's his Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan
It doesn't look like he and Obama are friends or endorse one another at all according to that Wikipedia page, but I have no idea. And though that entry makes mention of anti-gay statements, it doesn't go into that in any further depth than referencing one story that isn't verified, so I'd like to see the proof that he called for gays to be stoned and beheaded. If he did, then no, he shouldn't be held up as anything worthy of respect and I'd bet that every liberal here would say the same thing.

Phil Robertson, according to Wikipedia , used to be a drunk that kicked his wife and kids out of their home repeatedly before he 'found God'. So if he's saying that sex, drugs, and rock and roll are evil, he's tossing stones he has no right to, but hey, that's his right. It just means he's full of sh** and I don't have to believe a word he says because he's a hypocrite.

Again, it's a common complaint of mine to ascribe to all what a few do; if a few liberals support Farrakhan, why is it all of a sudden that all liberals do? And yes, that goes for what some liberals do to conservatives. It doesn't help us find common ground and work together to solve problems, it only serves to divide us further by assigning blame and judgement to the other side.