I love how we as Americans have gone from being the home of the free to the home of the popular opinion. This rant, by the way, is about everyone vilifying Phil Robertson and I'll get there in a sec. It used to be that expression of ones beliefs was an inviolable right in this country. Now that right only extends to those who espouse popular opinions and politically correct beliefs. Yes Phil Robertson said some things that were very old fashioned in their moral code, but the man is well into his sixties. He is a product of his generation. My grandmother got married to her husband when she was 14. Its what people did back then. They also took cod liver oil and wouldn't run water during a thunderstorm. Era's change. You cannot, however, expect people who spent their formative years in one era to easily be able to change their worldview to something so totally different. Think of how far America has come is some respects. As I stated in an earlier blog, it sure isn't the same place i grew up. Leave the man alone. Actually give him props for sticking by his beliefs, regardless of how archaic they may be.
I say all of this as an openly gay man, having read the interviews and not being at all offended by anything that he said. America needs a new hobby other than finding the next thing to bitch about.
Their are real problems in our own back yards that deserve the media attention that one man saying he didn't agree with homosexuals has gotten. While we are on the subject, what the hell is up with the whole nation getting butt hurt about what Phil Robertson said These being the same folks that cant get their shot together about gay marriage.
In closing, Phil Robertson is not a monster, a pedophile, a crusaders against gays, or anything of the sort. Anyone who thinks so is an idiot. I watch Duck Dynasty and will continue to do so. Because its FUCKING ENTERTAINING. It isn't what my entire ethos is based on. Relax America, for fucks sake.
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