Duck Dynasty Guy

I'm amazed a simple comment from a simple man has created such a shitstorm. He's an old redneck who does and says whatever he wants. I feel we got a very TAME version of what we could have gotten knowing he was being interviewed by GQ and odds of failure were incredibly high. Here's Phil Robertson's actual quote: “It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man’s anus," Robertson told GQ. "That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical.” “Everything is blurred on what’s right and what’s wrong. Sin becomes fine," he later added. “Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men. Don’t be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers -- they won’t inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right.” Why is that surprising? A guy who lives in the swamps of LA in the middle of nowhere is a religous man who says whatever he wants. He at least goes on to basically quote Johnny Cash in "God is Gonna to Cut you Down" saying a lot of people aren't worthy of heaven in his mind. You can hear this at various churches throughout the world every Sunday if you look hard enough. It was very insensitive to group homosexuality with bestiality, but he also throws in drunkards, swindlers, slanderers, AND male prostitutes. Nobody else gets up in arms about being told their going to hell. If you get offended by Phil Robertson saying these things about your lifestyle, you probably need to re-examine yourself. Now it's wasting everyone's time and A&E is shooting themselves in the foot by suspending Phil Robertson from by far the most successful show they have since the family will not continue without Phil on the show. This is just mass public opinion suicide for all involved. If I were a competing, smaller network I'd jump ALL OVER signing the Robertson family. If I'm TLC (for example) I would certainly be contacting their people. My favorite is his freedom of speech is protected, just not from cable executives. NOBODY is infringing on his rights, but stupidity generally is expensive. You can say whatever you want, there just are consequences. The Robertson's will land on their feet and their devout right-wing crowd will follow them wherever. GLAAD will get nowhere and waste time and money acting like this is a big deal. Nobody wins ANYTHING in this, which is why it's just mass public opinion suicide. Why aren't we smarter than this as a society?