Amen Brother - Vietnam Vet. Goes After Duck Dynasty Products, VA Canteen Complies

[kpete]

Duck Dynasty products under fire at VA medical center


AMEN Brother, AMEN!!!

Not only the racism, homophobic bigotry and seemingly pedophilic comments but total intolerance, in the name of their lord, but the Robertson family are in that great upper tier in income, with the grifting, A&E executives and investors as well, who have reaped profit from these current wars from huge tax cuts to possible investing in the defense industries, they also selling their wares at Military and VA facilities, and haven't paid a dime for nor in fully funding the VA and all it's charged to do in the peoples served responsibility!!

Duck Dynasty products under fire at VA medical center

7 January 2013 - A Vietnam veteran has taken aim at Duck Dynasty products on sale at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center store in Albuquerque, and it looks like all the items in his cross hairs will be removed from the canteen’s shelves.

Robert Anderson is one of many people upset over a magazine interview in which Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson made comments they found racist and homophobic. In the January issue of GQ, the 67-year-old TV patriarch calls homosexuality a sin, comparing it with bestiality. Robertson, who is white, also claims that African-Americans he knew during the Jim Crow era in the South “were happy.”

On Dec. 27, Anderson – who served in the Air Force in Vietnam in the 1960s – wrote to the canteen that he was “greatly offend(ed) that the Veterans Administration Patriot Store would sell items promoting an entertainment group that clearly stands for racism and bigotry.

“The reactionary views incorporated into the Duck Dynasty group are contrary to the policies and mission of the VA medical system to not discriminate among veterans based on race or gender,” he continued. “Please remove these ugly divisive items immediately.”

MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/07/1267775/-Brother-Vietnam-Vet-Goes-After-Duck-Dynasty-Products-VA-Canteen-Complies#http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2014/01/vietnam-veteran-gets-va-to-pull-duck.html
http://www.abqjournal.com/332212/news/duck-dynasty-products-under-fire-at-va-medical-center.html

[Scuba]

1. Viet vets still standing tall for America.

[CherokeeDem]

2. This....

Well said.

[JNelson6563]

6. +1

[riqster]

11. They deserve so much better than their country gave them.

And are still defending us in spite of it. Bless them.

[MineralMan]

3. Damned Boomers....

[Paladin]

4. Good man. (nt)

[Hepburn]

5. Amen...

...those bigoted sentiments have NO place around our Vets!

[sarge43]

7. Salute Mr Anderson and thank you n/t

[democrank]

8. The Vietnam Vet in this house

who has spent more than a little time at the VA hospital, stands with Robert Anderson. Let`s not use what little extra space the VA hospitals have for some ignorant homophobic bigot`s crap.

~PEACE~

[mountain grammy]

9. A salute and thank you to Mr. Anderson from the Vietnam vet in this family

and the rest of us too.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. Saw a bunch of Duck Dynasty t-shirts in a bargain bin at Walgreens.

[niyad]

12. I am delighted to say that the stash of dreck dynasty stuff at my supermarket is not even in

the markdown section, simply GONE. when I called to protest the display, I was told that I was the only person to register such a complaint.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. The pedophilia killed any hope for redemption.

[The Wizard]

14. And Rash Limbaugh

Still gets paid by the federal government to spew unAmerican bigotry and hatred on Armed Forces Radio, thus poisoning the minds of our uniformed defense personnel. Write you Congressional representatives and Senators and demand Rash Limbaugh be removed from Armed Forces Radio. And while you're at it, send deep fried pork rinds, Red Bull, cheap liquor and barbiturates to Rash Limbaugh at the Excellence in Broadcasting Network.

[Fumesucker]

24. The explanation from AFR is that Limbaugh offsets NPR which they also carry

NPR being so liberal and all, you know.

[The Wizard]

25. NPR does not do

political propaganda. Rash on the other hand.........All right, he's a fucking Nazi.

[Plucketeer]

15. Send Dunce Dynasty straight to

their secluded swampland shacks to practice their backwoods buffoonery!

[niyad]

17. you mean phil's 20,000 acre estate, don't you?

[Plucketeer]

20. OH! That's Right

we're talking reality TV here.

[jsr]

16. Recommend

[ChisolmTrailDem]

18. My g/f's daughter works at Walmart and we went to pick her up the other day and I

couldn't turn around in any direction without seen that Dick Dynasty crap on everything.

Fuck you, Walmart.

[1StrongBlackMan]

19. This morning, my local news outlet ...

guided its viewers to its on-line poll and comment section where it posed the question of whether the Minnesota Vikings should have the right to fire its players for political speech.

I went to the comment section and found the comments running 8-1 in favor of the censorship. (Not surprising) The comments were all about an employers absolute right to manage its brand (though not in those words).

So I went to their on-line poll and comment section where the posed the same question with respect to the Ducky guy ... the comments ran 8-1 in opposition ... It's all about the 1st Amendment (that doesn't apply to private corporations).

Then, I compared the names of the comment posters ... guess what I found? The vast majority of 1st Amendment rightists supportive of the Ducky Guy; were arguing for censorship in the name of brand management!

I guess consistency in argument doesn't matter.

[niyad]

21. did this surprise you at all?

[1StrongBlackMan]

22. Not at all ...

But I did post the observation to the comment section (with links to the respective polls) and asked that the news outlet do a story on the inconsistency in their polling results.

[SCVDem]

23. Semper Fi Robert

Here in Southern California I see this crap at WalMart but I never see anyone wearing it.

[MADem]

26. This deserves a hundred recs--wish I could vote more than once. nt

[Wounded Bear]

27. I'm in on this one, too!

Good for him. I have an appointment tomorrow. Perhaps I'll swing by the shop downstairs for a look.

[pinboy3niner]

28. Amen, brother!

Well done!

[jaysunb]

29. Stand TALL Brother !

This kind of shit is NOT what we served for.

[Cha]

30. to Robert Anderson!

[Uncle Joe]

31. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Half-Century Man]

32. The first fully integrated federal agency/service; the military.

"He who sheds his blood with me is my brother"
He who demeans my brother demeans me.

I hope someday, Phil Robertson, can somehow grow up and become a man; But I doubt it.

[weissmam]

35. Ducks

The enemy shoots back ducks don't -pretty simple brother

Hooah!

[A Round Tuit]

33. Duck Dynasty vs Duck Commander

One point to remember is that Duck Dynasty trademarked items are the property of A & E, with the highest percentage of the profits going to A & E. The Robertson family receives a very small percentage of the profits

Whereas, the Duck Commander brand is the exclusive property of the Robertson family, with none of the profits going to A & E.

I would direct my efforts against the DC stuff, as opposed to the DD stuff.

[weissmam]

34. Good old Phil and none of his brod have ever served , thats should tell you

about his patriotism , also when it comes to service members incoming can't tell the difference so why should we.

The enemy shoots back ducks don't pretty simple who wins this argument

[SoapBox]

36. Oh my gosh...like most of the Bush Dictatorship War Criminals!

Good point.

[marble falls]

37. Fox is no longer on every single waiting room TV at Temple VA hospital. That seemed to happen ...

suddenly one visit to the next and CNN was on in the canteen. I know, CNN. But at least it wasn't Fox.

[Eleanors38]

38. I hunt ducks, not people. nt

[allan01]

39. re: Amen Brother - Vietnam Vet. Goes After Duck Dynasty Products, VA Canteen Complies

duck commander, i wnder if the fellow ever served ?

they had d.d crap at my local wm over christmas . i wonder if the felgercarbe is still there . i may call the manager and protest.