Duck Dynasty is a FAKE Yuppies-in-Red-Neck-Drag CON JOB

[Segami]

Last edited Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:09 PM - Edit history (1)

~snip~

In this extremely funny and NSFW rant, my new pal Dusty truly cuts to the chase on this entire "Duck Dynasty/Free-the-Hate Speech" embroiglio in a way that no one else has before. First he points out the obvious that A&E has every right to hire, suspend and FIRE anyone they feel like, particularly if they think that person has damaged their corporate brand. Let me also quickly mention that Duck Dynasty creator Scott Gurney appears to have appeared in an Indie Gay Porn Film in the past, so he either is Gay or is sympathetic enough to be capable for playing Gay on film and therefore if anyone has a right to feel he doesn't need to Put Up With Robertson's comments - it just might be someone like Mr. Gurney. - Dusty then points out some other obvious things, such as the fact that Phil Robertson IS RICH, and although Jesus really didn't say anything definitive about Gays (although did mention people being "born Eunichs" whatever that means) He DiD. Talk. About. The. RICH!


~snip~


Phil quoted that pretty accurately, but does he truly understand it because that particular section was really about lawsuits between the faithful. The point being that you shouldn't need lawsuits if everyone is behaving honorably and fairly. Anyway... the real kicker that Dusty brings up is the fact that Robertson's "Red Neck Pose" is just that - a Pose. It's Marketing. It's HYPE. Just have a look at these family photos from before and after their show began.



BEFORE REALITY TV


The Brothers in school














AFTER REALITY TV












~snip~

Interesting that none of the wives have chosen to present themselves in Costume as the Brothers have. Oh well, I guess they don't get as much screen time. Apparently all you have to do is stop shaving and cutting your hair for six months, add flannel and camo plus a little Yeehaw and PRESTO - Instant Red-Necktm.

Like most reality shows, this one is just another elaborate manipulation of the public. It doesn't matter what nuttiness Phil says to GQ, I'm willing to bet he doesn't even mean any of it and was simply out to stir up a pot of controversy - in the end it's all according to the script. This show now has more support and more eyes on it than it ever will. A&E couldn't have pulled off a multi-media coup like this if they Tried. I mean, as I type this there doing a Duck Dynasty story on "OMG! Insider", and doing it without mentioning a single word of what Phil actually said.

Free Media Marketing 101.

This is a Scam. These guys are Acting. America has been Pwned! Don't believe the Hype.





cont'



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/20/1264354/-Duck-Dynasty-is-a-Fake-Yuppies-in-Red-Neck-Drag-Con-Job?

[Coyotl]

1. It is also becoming a very transparent fake "free speech" redneck political ploy.

[DCBob]

2. Not surprising. many/most of the "reality" shows are now fake.

TV is becoming a complete cesspool of mindless fake entertainment.

[TahitiNut]

35. "Reality" ... as brought to you from Madison Avenue.

The only reason this shit is on TV is LOW PRODUCTION COSTS. Period. They can fail and the investment is nothing. Chump change. They pay no writers, no union actors at "scale," no key grips or best boys, no director ... nothing having a "production value" whatsoever. And the "public" eats it up ... along with QVC et. al. Stupid.

These non-union affluent yuppies saw that and said: Hey! Let's get rich! So, they did. Selling shit to shit-eaters is a cottage industry.

[hfojvt]

3. you must have been the only DUer

to not rec this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4205194

[Segami]

4. Yes, but I just saved 15% or more on my car insurance by switching to GEICO."

[hfojvt]

13. I have heard that one before

post #34 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3977550

I thought sure I had said that one before, but a quick search does not find it.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

5. I love this "Dusty" guy!!!

[JaneyVee]

6. Just like the Tea Party!

[Ilsa]

7. And I suspect their lovely wives

would not have given them a second look if they had looked like that when they met and started dating. Instead, they were attracted to their "Before" looks. I bet they are looking forward to restoring that.

[George II]

20. Yes, their "before" looks and their "after" money!

[Ilsa]

41. I suppose I could put up with a scraggly husband

for a year for more $. I wouldn't divorce him over it. At least not for awhile.

[FarPoint]

8. Exposing the Ducker Dynasty as NOT being reality TV is the fun part.

Fantastic pictures.

[panader0]

9. Rec for the "yuppies-in-red-neck-drag" title.

[workinclasszero]

10. Yup total con job

Just like Palin, Rush, all of hate radio, teabaggers, republicans etc.

There is lots of money to be made off the hate and prejudices of rubes in Merrica!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. I don't know what's more depressing:

1) The fact that A&E has reinvented itself as the Idiot Channel, moving away from its previous life of importing British and Australian dramas and co-producing programs like "Horatio Hornblower" with the BBC

2) The fact that millions of Americans apparently think of the image of the Robertsons portrayed on the program as "their kind of people"

3) The fact that the Robertsons are, as the title of this thread says, "yuppies in redneck drag."

[Segami]

12. All three points would be a good start.

[mojowork_n]

21. I used to really like A&E.

"Lovejoy," was another great Brit import.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Yes, that and

"A Touch of Frost," "The Ruth Rendell Mysteries," "Dalziel and Pascoe," "Tenko," and countless others.

[MH1]

42. For me, #2 wins in a landslide.

If not for #2, then #1 might not have happened.

And I wouldn't give a shit who the Roberstons were (#3) if they weren't sucking media time from more worthwhile and interesting topics. For just one example:

posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024209201

[El_Johns]

14. "just another elaborate manipulation of the public"

They were all jock/football/soc types in high school. And they all have the same wife.

just fake.

[LeftyMom]

15. One of them bleaches his hair? Bwahahahahahaha

[yuiyoshida]

16. Guys, isn't Amazing WHAT can happen when you GROW a BEARD?

Before...



After..



Before....


After...

[Voice for Peace]

18. hahaha a win post

thanks for the laugh and the handsome young picture of Fidel.

[pipi_k]

17. So what?

As I posted in another thread on this same topic, who the hell cares if they're fake?

People were pissed off when they thought it was real.

Now people are pissed off when they find out they're fake.


Duck Dynasty: the outrage du jour

[Hassin Bin Sober]

37. Apparently you care. Why keep commenting?

Why do you get your undies in a twist when fundie homophobe racist bigots get called out?

[pipi_k]

43. I'm not the one

posting thread after thread about this whole thing.

There are multiple threads on this, and even some duplicates. Wow...must feel real good for people to get all that hatred out of their systems.

And I don't "get my undies in a twist when fundie homophobe racist bigots get called out". I get my undies in a twist when I see hypocritical double standards from people who call themselves "liberals" but fail to act like it.

Phil Robertson, by his own admission, is an alcoholic who was "saved" from drinking by religion.

In case you didn't know this, alcoholics often end up trading one addiction for another. Often, sadly, that other addiction is religion. Because their minds are so fucked up, they are prime targets for the worst bullshit religion has to throw at them.

Why should anyone give two shits, other than feeling pity, for an old alcoholic guy whose mind is likely more shriveled than a stewed prune, because he says a lot of stupid hateful stuff?

"Liberals" going after sick-in-the-head people is disgusting and that's why I care.

[HangOnKids]

45. He has a PUBLIC FORUM to express those bigoted hateful views

I could care less if he was an alcoholic, sick in the head, or just the run of the mill asshole. His views get TONS of exposure. He is on fucking TV spewing his shitty hatred. "LIBERALS" as you say should be shouting from the roof tops about this fuck-wit, he is a grifting NASTY idiot. But please carry on with your "LIBERALS" are disgusting for criticizing the grifter.

[d_r]

19. I'm from the south

And those panama city khaki & white family portraits are about as cheesey redneck as you can get. Just throwing that out there for those that don't know the culture. It is a redneck family right of passage. The mommas make them do it so they can hang it over the gas fireplace to counterbalance the deer head and show the church ladies they got class.

[hatrack]

22. OMG!!! TV is FAKE!!!

Seriously, we should be surprised at the contrivance of television . . . why?

[pipi_k]

28. Oh, god, it was horrible!!!

The day I found out that "Mr Ed" couldn't really talk.

It's been a whole week already and I'm still traumatized.

[Thav]

34. TV is fake?? Thank God we have the internet.

Nothing on there is fake, ever.

[DeSwiss]

23. Dear A&E, not being a teevee watcher......

...I was unaware that there was biblical authority cable channels now. However after familiarizing myself with your recent sermon program against gay-Americans, I must say that you cable people have much to answer for if your representative, Mr. Phil Duck?, isn't what he claims to be. God don't like liars and reprobates and such.

Therefore, please confirm that your show's stars conform to the following biblical requirements:

A. Marriage shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5)

B. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines, in addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21)

C. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. (Deut 22:13-21)

D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. (Gen24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh10:30)

E. Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor any state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10 : 9)

F. If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe. (Gen.38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)

- Also, if Mr. Phil Duck?'s wife or any of the other ''show wives'' weren't virgins when they got married, we have determined that it would most likely be biblically permissible for A&E to hold off on the stoning(s) until Sweeps Week if that is your wish. Thanking you in advance for your cooperation.......

K&R

This opinion was endorsed by The Church Lady:

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. But wrestling is still real,....right?

[iandhr]

25. To be honest I never heard of Duck Dynasty before this.

[allan01]

27. hem

first off these reality tv shows arnt real. 2nd off : yes they have writers . that is what the last writers guild and sag strike was all about. 3d off: my late mum who passed away 9 years ago who was wise above her years woud say. " if you cant say anything nice to people , dont say anything at all"

[jsr]

29. Recommend

[Keefer]

30. The local newspaper brings news from the sheriff...

In wake of 'Duck Dynasty' star suspension, Sheriff Miller tells A&E they are not welcome

The suspension of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson by the A&E Network after making controversial remarks in GQ magazine regarding homosexuality has been called a business decision. But now Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller is making a business decision of his own.
Miller announced on his personal Facebook page Friday night that A&E would no longer be welcomed to film or produce any of its programs or series with the help of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office or its facilities.
"A&E has suspended Phil Robertson for talking about his conservative Christian beliefs," Miller wrote." None of us are without sin and I am not judging anyone. I am sure A&E made what they believe is a good business decision. Many people who disagree with A&E might choose to remain silent and there was a time when I might have done the same, but no longer. In my mind the punishment is unreasonable.
"I know it will not matter to A&E, but it will make me feel better. A&E has produced more than a half dozen programs with the assistance of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. They will not do any more with my assistance while I am sheriff. It is time for someone other than Hollywood and the news media to stand up for what is right!"

Much more here:

http://www.douglascountysentinel.com/news/local/article_a2b03444-69ea-11e3-9c03-001a4bcf6878.html

[nolabear]

31. Where IS Douglas County? I couldn't figure it out. But they are killing quite a cash cow.

What is it with poor Southern places (she said, being a native Southerner) finding a way of remaining poor through acts of refusal?

[Keefer]

33. They are set for life.

I have heard estimates the family is worth more than $400 million. That should support the next few generations of Robertsons, sadly.

[nolabear]

36. I mean the county. The Robertsons are rolling in it.

I imagine the A&E crowd bring some much needed income. But as I said I don't know where it is.

[Keefer]

38. Not sure where it is.

West Monroe is a city in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana has Parish's, not County's.

[Keefer]

39. From the Douglas County Sentinel's "about us" page:

The Douglas County Sentinel serves Douglas County, Georgia as well as entrusted as the legal organ for all municipalities within the county. You can trace our roots back to 1902, but regardless of the changes both our newspaper and community have seen, we are always committed to serving the needs of Douglas County.

We invite you to contact us at any time with thoughts, questions or suggestions on how the Douglas County Sentinel can better serve you and your neighbors.

Leonard Woolsey
770.942.6571

http://www.douglascountysentinel.com/site/about.html

[nolabear]

46. Exactly. Although Mississippi is close I don't think that's it either.

[Thav]

32. I've never seen a Duck Dynasty episode.

I care more that I just spilled ketchup on my shirt than I do about that whole show.

[pretzel4gore]

40. it's all fake....'everything in newsmedia is snake oil' for sale

Otherwise it only show up in the 'alternative press' and nobody even hear of it!
Mr pig rules kinda like the lil boy in the George Orwell anecdote about being a colonial policeman in Burma a longtime ago...he saw a little 4 yo boy leading a waterbuffalo across a road....and he realized the huge buffalo was 'society' and the lil boy was the ruling class. In order to rule, they must FIRST AND FOREMOST control their own people, and the people must act like a dumb animal. Thus you get a world that is full of duck dynastys, Vietnam wars, etc. For example, it's almost certain Jesus never existed (so imagine the Christmas holiday, music and so on!) not to mention the 'war on drugs' etc, which have cost 750 thousand AMERICAN lives since 1945! Consider the cold war/iron curtain evil empire nonsense; the USSR, which actually represented the revolution of the common versus mr pig, lost 20 million people/ 1 third of its economy due to rightwing nazi attack, yet we then forced them, after killing off fascism (remember D Day was only 10 months before hitler dead, VE day!)...we forced USSR to occupy East Europe, and then get involved in arms/space race with undamaged USa, etc! Notice they got ridda FDR shortly before war was over,in order to replace him with rightwinger Trumam, who nuked Japan despite 'Jap emperor suing for peace'! - and that was 5 months after the war already ended in Europe! The JFK murder, which the pig staged to punish a society that dared defy it, setting up a secret US gov agent name Oswald to play the bad guy (Lee retirred in 2004, when he be 65!) ... Consider the fact the 'Titanic' was a prison ship to most of the people on it- they spent 2 hours breaking outta pressed steel to emerge moments bnefore the boat actually sunk- and mr pig has made MILLIONS selling the endless upper class twit bs (ie 'women and children first', or the band playing as she went down, etc) Or the 'jack the ripper' story- a rich kids rich kids' rich kid name John Druitt killed 5 street prostitutes in victorian london at time the 'penny press' was getting going (like the internet sorta) and they couldn't ignore facts so...well the cops KNEW druitt was the killer, his family told them he was crazy, so they drowned him- his corpse was found a month later. Iow, the entire story was made up- in 1959 the daughter of the top police officer, reacting to stories/movies that implied the cops were incompetent, released a copy of memo made by her beloved dad, in late Nov 1888,weeks BEFORE DRUITT'S BODY WAS even FOUND! hahaha. The memo stated the 'riipper' was dead, so don't worry, but... how could they possibly know that!
The problem is, we believe the bs....not because we really believe it, but mr pig KNOWS he can tell us what we think, and if that don't work, he tells us what we think we think! And our society is therefore like Orwell's buffalo, standing next to a big abyss....with part of the critter aware it cannot keep walking so close to the edge. See $85 billion a month taxmoney spent propping up stock market; 5 years, trillions of your dollars, and counting!
See 100 million metric tonnes of carbon every DAY injected into earth 12 mile thin atmosphere....We are ruled by criminals.. i think.

[openfield]

44. Social Engineering by the ONE FUCKING PERCENT

Watch for it, it's everywhere. CNN, FUX, MSNBC, HUFF POST, FACEBOOK, always be vigilant!

Don't be a sheep! They will move heaven and earth to fool you and put you in your place.