The origin Of Duck Dynasty’s free speech - by Matt Bors

[kpete]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/25/1265151/-The-origin-Of-Duck-Dynasty-s-free-speech?

[Jenoch]

1. Only morons believe the

Duck Dynasty really thing has anything to do with the 1st Amendment. Of course Robertson has the right to pronouce his views, but he does not have a right not to suffer any repercussions, as long as the government is not involved.

[TlalocW]

2. You are calling a sizable portion of my family morons...

But that's okay.

But seriously, a lot of people don't get Freedom of Speech only has to do with the government not shutting you down. Otherwise Fox News, Sarah Palin, etc. wouldn't be pushing this meme to their followers.

TlalocW

[Mopar151]

3. My theory is that somebody set Phil up

"Cuz why else would it take this long to figure out that some of Phil's opinions are kind of Old Testament?, and he likes using words which resonate - the show certainly edits the old codgers vigennettes to keep away from controversy.

For some of us, reality shows are a lot like pro wrestling - there are layers of intrigue in the backstories , the show stories, and how some things are not shown - like Mark Balaelo's coked-up last couple stints on Storage Wars. They never show his mouth! But he's got coke mouth so bad that his cheeks are twitching all the way to his eyelids, and he's nervous as a tweakin' chipmunk. OTOH, it's the same crew that passed Dave Hester off as human for 2 seasons.