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kpete

(72,902 posts) Sat Dec 28, 2013, 11:56 AM Dec 2013

Two things to remember if you think this Duck Dynasty thing is about anything except bigotry [View all]

1. Conservatives have rallied to Phil Robertson's defense, arguing that employers should not be allowed to fire someone for making homophobic remarks.

2. Conservatives continue to oppose the passage of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act, because they believe employers should continue to be allowed to fire someone for being gay.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/07/1253913/-Senate-Republicans-vote-overwhelming-against-ENDA-but-that-s-not-enough-for-right-wing-freakshow

To recap: It's the gays who should be fired, not the people who make bigoted remarks about them.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/28/1265724/-Two-things-to-remember-if-you-think-this-Duck-Dynasty-thing-was-about-anything-except-bigotry

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Two things to remember if you think this Duck Dynasty thing is about anything except bigotry [View all] kpete Dec 2013 OP

But you're OK firing someone for what they think? badtoworse Dec 2013 #1

Phil Duckhead wasn't fired by the state or Federal government. Aristus Dec 2013 #3

Tell us something we don't already know. badtoworse Dec 2013 #5

Okay: the thought police are not employed or empowered by private corporations. Aristus Dec 2013 #6

They're free agents who can't deal with A&E's decision to keep Robertson despite their outrage. badtoworse Dec 2013 #17

Really? I take it you never ran a company before. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #19

I've had to fire 3 people in my career, but it was never about an opinion they held. badtoworse Dec 2013 #21

Would you have kept the teacher who told his student we don't need another black JaneyVee Dec 2013 #24

Great questions. Here is how I would deal with them. badtoworse Dec 2013 #38

bigotry is a bit more complex than disagreeing on what ben & jerry's flavor is best frylock Dec 2013 #27

I work for a small business. If I wanted to walk down the street Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #9

Absolutely correct. badtoworse Dec 2013 #16

I love how you throw out thought police, when ity has nothing to do with thought... joeybee12 Dec 2013 #14

He was stating his opinion during an interview.. badtoworse Dec 2013 #15

Actually, no one was screaming to have him fired. You fell for the victim card JaneyVee Dec 2013 #18

So what were the majority of posters here clamoring for? badtoworse Dec 2013 #20

Where do you see a majority clamoring for his firing? JaneyVee Dec 2013 #22

If they didn't want him fired, why the negativity about A&E keeping him? badtoworse Dec 2013 #23

It was more due to A&E's hypocrisy. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #25

I have no problem at all with bigots losing their jobs. morningfog Dec 2013 #26

No one is OK with that. Mariana Dec 2013 #30

It wasn't about what he thought. It was about what he publically said. enki23 Dec 2013 #35

It wasn't just that he thought it. Jamastiene Dec 2013 #44

Absolutely. Free speech means exactly what you said. badtoworse Dec 2013 #49

A&E is doing nothing more than pandering to the audience of that show.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2013 #2

That's 3 minutes more than I have. I just assumed it was as at the same level as Honey Boo Boo. badtoworse Dec 2013 #4

Just about right. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2013 #7

At least Honey Boo Boo doesn't hate gay people. Jamastiene Dec 2013 #41

I've not read the full text of Robertson's remarks badtoworse Dec 2013 #48

Is pandering to bigots ... GeorgeGist Dec 2013 #8

If it pays.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2013 #10

It's about Television. That's what it's about. Ron Green Dec 2013 #11

If we still had unions - TBF Dec 2013 #12

We do still have Unions, Duck Dynasty and other 'reality' shows are in part methods Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #29

Interesting analysis - TBF Dec 2013 #31

That is EXACTLY what reality shows are. Jamastiene Dec 2013 #42

as bad as what he said about gays, never forget hollysmom Dec 2013 #13

I like to post this piece from the SPLC that TBF Dec 2013 #32

21st century America pulling rest of America out of the 19th century, kicking & screaming. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #28

"A&E learned a valuable lesson from Phil Robertson ..." napkinz Dec 2013 #33

message to A&E ... napkinz Dec 2013 #34

+100000000 Jamastiene Dec 2013 #43

from beingliberal ... napkinz Dec 2013 #36

Thanks for all those graphics depicting the ugliness of one Phil Robertson, napkinz.. Cha Dec 2013 #39

thanks Cha napkinz Dec 2013 #46

A bioted racist hatin' pedophile. What comes out of Cha Dec 2013 #47

Not just bigotry. iandhr Dec 2013 #37

Exacty, iandhr.. phil is an Cha Dec 2013 #40

How many states operate under an "at-will employment" policy? 1000words Dec 2013 #45