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Ditto the above two comments... this isn't an issue of free speech, it's an issue of learning your words have consequences. I am FREE to walk around my workplace saying *insert group* is evil, and will not get thrown in jail for it - but do you think my boss will allow that, and I won't face any consequences for saying such things? Nope.
I am one year from being the same age as Phil. He was speaking from his experiences while growing up and living in the south. I grew up in the south at the same time. I also saw no black person that I thought was un-happy in his/her living or working situation. I picked cotton on my grandfathers small farm and they were treated no differently than I was and were paid the same as me. IMO, one that has not been raised in the south during the 40's, 50's and 60's cannot relate. Phil was being honest about what he experienced. No malice intended.
My answer to gays is 'whatever'. Just leave me out.
Just wondering if you are black? If not, how can you possibly know how it feels to have some white backwoods "religious" redneck state that blacks were better off and happier before civil rights (in other words when they were dehumanized and treated as less than citizens)? What an ignorant patronizing idiotic comment. And, frankly, why would anything Jackson has said in the past negate or alleviate how he feels about some duckman's stupid comments comments today?
The blacks probably were happier.. with people like Jackson and Sharpton filling them up with hate and resentment towards ALL whites , how can that make a person happier?
Did anyone really ask GLAAD for their opinion? Seems rather rude of them to butt in and steal the stage here. They are free to produce a popular show and voice whatever opinion they feel is right. Since when does GLAAD get to decide what others should think or say???
OMG Seriously?
Are you really so blind as to not see the glaring, bright, obvious hypocrisy??
First of all, it's psych, not physc.
Secondly, once a sociopath, always a sociopath. There is no cure. They can, and do, learn how to play the game.
Thirdly, for someone who preaches not being mean to each other and loving each other, he said some incredibly mean, vile, judgemental and nasty things about people.
No matter how hard the gay community attempts to mainstream homosexuality, whether through television shows like Modern Family or their cultural enforcers in the MSM, the question of homosexuality divides the country almost evenly, according to a Pew Research Center poll. What do
The Atlantic has a good piece on the controversy, pointing out - "Missing in the controversy over A&E’s handling of its golden goose—or duck, rather—is the fact that the real conflict here is not between Robertson and A&E; it is between gay activists and a solid majority of Christians who believe homosexual acts are wrong." The Genuine Conflict Being Ignored in the Duck Dynasty Debate - Larry Alex Taunton - The Atlantic
This is a fight that will never end because neither side will ever give.
I think you should read the Atlantic article again. You clearly misunderstood it.
It is not just an opinion: it is supported by what the bible tells us. If it was, as Burdell says, "innate," then God wouldn't have called it sin. Therefore, it is a behavior.
Is your opinion any less wrongheaded? What makes you think that your opinion is right? Your thinking is flawed.
My opinion isn't based on a book written thousands of years ago with dubious beginnings and proven lies and hypocrisy.
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