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frustrated_lefty

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25. People keep posting this.

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 04:04 PM

Dec 2013

My father and his side of the family lived in Calhoun, Louisiana, just about 10 miles north of Monroe. The apparent discrepancy in attire and lifestyle in the before and after photos is not that farfetched for the region. The economy in Monroe/West Monroe sucked in the 80s and 90s, and I would assume hasn't improved much since then. The fallback for family there when school or a career or a marriage didn't work was to move back to one of the family farms. The type of transition observed in the photos would happen upon occasion.

I have no idea if that's the case for the Duck Dynasty guys, and it doesn't make what he said any more or less offensive either way. Using the before and after photos as evidence of fakery, however, seems a bit like ignorance of the realities within the region.

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Who are the Duck Dynasty characters? Actors, actually. Watch this [View all] Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2013 OP

well gee no shit Skittles Dec 2013 #1

I live in Texas... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #4

where do you think I live? Skittles Dec 2013 #11

I forgot about that... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Dec 2013 #15

sorry, I deleted my other reply Skittles Dec 2013 #16

I live in Mississippi Aerows Dec 2013 #35

aw it's just a matter of time until you are back on my list Skittles Dec 2013 #36

Probably Aerows Dec 2013 #39

OMG THAT WAS A MENTAL BLOCK Skittles Dec 2013 #47

I'm not scheduling as asskicking Aerows Dec 2013 #48

it's a holiday season? Skittles Dec 2013 #53

Here's a hug, cher Aerows Dec 2013 #55

BACK AT YA BABE Skittles Dec 2013 #56

This has me laughing. stage left Dec 2013 #41

that was awesome! K&N n/t NMDemDist2 Dec 2013 #2

Thanks so much for posting. That was a righteous rant and very entertaining. KittyWampus Dec 2013 #3

OK, so... pipi_k Dec 2013 #5

Why are you defending these fakers/Romney-millionaire types? BlueCaliDem Dec 2013 #7

can you say.....duck fan? Skittles Dec 2013 #17

Not at all shocked by it either. tenderfoot Dec 2013 #20

Excuse me, but pipi_k Dec 2013 #29

the more people who watch that garbage the MORE THEY PRODUCE Skittles Dec 2013 #38

I live in the Deep South Aerows Dec 2013 #40

How long pipi_k Dec 2013 #28

LOLOL Skittles Dec 2013 #42

I thought it was a joke Aerows Dec 2013 #45

it's pretty sad Skittles Dec 2013 #46

Anti-Semetic, racial and homophobic. Aerows Dec 2013 #49

Yes, defending. That's what you were doing based on your own post. BlueCaliDem Dec 2013 #57

Yeah, I said "if" pipi_k Dec 2013 #59

Occupy Wall St. was meant to last TWO WEEKS, in ONE PLACE. They not only accomplished all their sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #61

Did you really just compare Santa to the Duck Dynasty bigot? Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #8

Old St. Nick would neva! Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #24

Think it's absurd pipi_k Dec 2013 #31

Racism, Anti-semitism and homophobia are all starkly present in the South Aerows Dec 2013 #43

Nobody, least of all pipi_k Dec 2013 #60

He is a bigot, his words prove that. Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #44

He's also pipi_k Dec 2013 #62

Here are his own bigoted words... Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #64

Just FYI pipi_k Dec 2013 #66

I remember when A&E was a kickass channel Skittles Dec 2013 #12

I remember that too pipi_k Dec 2013 #32

I believe there's a correlation between social media and garbage on TV Skittles Dec 2013 #37

Antics and Entertainment? Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #54

Any of those pipi_k Dec 2013 #63

Because a major American entertainment group is using bigotry in an overt form of marketing. KittyWampus Dec 2013 #50

yeah, sort of like pipi_k Dec 2013 #69

You ask yourself why our "liberal" media hasn't done an expose on this FAKE yuppies BlueCaliDem Dec 2013 #6

Are their beards even real? darkangel218 Dec 2013 #9

If they are indeed fake, blueinannarbor Dec 2013 #10

great analogy Skittles Dec 2013 #13

Bwhahahahahahaha! love_katz Dec 2013 #21

The Westborough Baptist Church are the most successful trolls in the history of the tubes... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #26

Fabulous! KrazyinKS Dec 2013 #18

Getting richer TNNurse Dec 2013 #19

The part that shows them as yuppies is excellent, Drahthaardogs Dec 2013 #22

Probably not Aerows Dec 2013 #52

Every big store I have been in lately... bayareaboy Dec 2013 #23

We just never know pipi_k Dec 2013 #67

People keep posting this. frustrated_lefty Dec 2013 #25

Except these guys are multimillionaires. Scootaloo Dec 2013 #27

Check out the last few comments in this thread where the frat boys become the duck boys Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #30

Was that a rhetorical question? Scootaloo Dec 2013 #33

They're on a Darius Rucker video! factsarenotfair Dec 2013 #34

Again? Packerowner740 Dec 2013 #51

Don't fret. Truth is eternal. nt Zorra Dec 2013 #70

More of the "conservative entertainment complex" at work. PM Martin Dec 2013 #58

TERRIFIC rant!!! nt Raine Dec 2013 #65

Why anyone watches this nonsense is the real question. MineralMan Dec 2013 #68