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JaneyVee

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19. Really? I take it you never ran a company before.

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Sat Dec 28, 2013, 02:37 PM

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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