So, now, one of the very people they hired precisely because they wanted stupid rednecks says something consistent with the views many rednecks and now the network suddenly decides that kind of behavior is unacceptable?
I call b.s.
If they think giving that kind of a person a platform is wrong, then stop profiting from the show in the first place.
But not this.
It's not exactly fair to assume that he's racist and homophobic because he's a redneck. I've met quite a few racist rednecks in my life (I can't speak on their views on homosexuality since they never came up), but I've also met rednecks who were anything but.
Anyway, I don't think A&E did anything wrong here. They gave these guys a show, predicting its success based on hits like Honey Boo Boo, and suspended that show when the star said something that stood to alienate a large part of that show's fanbase.
No, what they did wasn't B.S. It was just stupid. They should have vetted their reality stars better, or at least put it in writing that these guys wouldn't say anything political while the show was still on air.
No.
The A & E executives have for YEARS seen the deeply Christian views of the Duck Dynasty family. They didn't get hooked into a business relationship with a family whose views were the slightest bit unclear to them.
I saw a report today that even before the GQ magazine interview, A&E had a month's notice on that as well. And beyond that, it is not the slightest bit shocking that their conservative Christian cast hold this belief about homosexuality, either from the
CRYSTAL clear stance of the Bible they read, or the opinion polls of Christian evangelicals (78% think homosexuality is immoral, 79% of black Christians think it's immoral).
Add to that, A & E is supending Mr Robertson from NEW programs, but are running a marathon in the next week of existing episodes featuring the same guy they banned!
There is no moral stance by A & E, it's just pure money-motivation, and exploiting the controversy toward that end.
As the Doctor said above, they'll likely cut a deal with the Duck Dynasty family in the next few weeks, and continue to exploit them.
But I'd love if the Robertsons took a better deal and moved their show to another network, and cut these A & E assholes loose.
