Cracker Barrel Does an IMMEDIATE "ABOUT FACE" on Duck Dynasty Ban

Some people would rather let a book written thousands of years ago guide a country instead of common sense .

 

Someone should fire the idiot executive who made that decision......oh wait executives never make mistakes; they just get paid a fortune to make important decisions which affect the company's profit margin.

 

mmm... no, that's actually all there is to it. Here we are discussing a guy, who's main source of income isn't even television, and we're "outraged" that a network has decided to suspend said guy because of some remarks said network doesn't want to be attached to... as if some new precedent has been set, and "rights" are being taken away.... because 'I want my Duck Dynasty". Yes, you people take your reality television seriously. I eagerly await your caps lock-riddled response, though.

 

That'll be easy enough for me - I don't think there's one within two hundred miles of me.

 

That's right..... that's how they stay in business by keeping their customers happy.

 

Im sure the right wingers are perfectly fine however with a catholic school firing a teacher for being pregnant out of wedlock, or the teach who was a lesbian. See in the bubble a catholic private school can do that since they are exempt from laws that don't follow their "religion". At least that will be their excuse. In reality its them supporting open discrimination against a segment of the population simply because they think its "gross".

 

Yawwwnnn! Well, you tho't wrong...... again.

 

Did they learn? I don't see it. Their first reaction was to support the thuggery of the Gaystapo. How could you assume that first reaction has changed? What they later did was nothing more than self preservation, not idealism. It has the same value as Weiner's apology.

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Just so. How could Cracker Barrel miss the core of their demo so badly? Only if the upper management is PC trash, that's how.

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Private companies CAN do that. And many public schools have morality clauses included in the teacher contracts we sign. You may not like it, but that's the way it is.

 

Nice excuse, like I said.

 

The law is an excuse?

 

Your version of it yes.

 

There's nothing factually wrong with the statement that private companies can fire people if they're a PR nightmare. The Cincinnatti Reds let go of Marge Schott for the same reason years ago. Private schools can do the same, and to a large degree so can public ones. I did say that whether you liked it or not, that's the reality under which teachers operate. Nevertheless, somehow this is "my" version"? You mean *I* hallucinated these imaginary laws? There's a different version of reality here?

Fascinating. Oh, DO elaborate.

 

So then you agree A&E had every right to suspend him?

 

They do have the right to do it, I've never disputed that. Now whether or not it turns out to be financially sound for them is another matter. It may not.

 

I should point out one other thing: The First Amendment states that "CONGRESS shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." It doesn't say a thing about cable networks. So heck, if A&E thinks their bottom line is being negatively affected by this guys comments, sure they can let them go. Same thing with the Dixie Chicks years back. They had every right to blather on about Bush; they had freedom of speech going for them. Thing is, the people who stopped buying their music and concert tickets ALSO had the right to do that as well and they ALSO had the right to loudly disagree with the DC's. Works both ways. Thing is, the DC's were a bit dumb in that regard as a great deal of their buying fanbase happened to be Bush supporters, as opposed to say, Barbra Streisand fans, of whom I seriously doubt she has any Conservative fans TO alienate so nothing she could say about the right at this point could hurt her in any way. But has anyone even heard of the Dixie Chicks lately? Yeah, they ended up destroying themselves in the long run.

But getting back to the Ducks, I suspect that the way A&E handled it may end up backfiring on them. We'll see. Because, that's also the beauty of what A&E did: They indeed have the right to make the call, but they also have to accept responsibility to deal with the fallout that results whether financially or as bad PR. Like I said - we shall see.

 

Then you agree it is not a First Amendment issue like so many claim it is?

 

Two more states accept gay marriage and gay rights > Mediocre Southern restaurant (seriously they are an embarrassment food wise compared to real Southern food/local restaurants) stops selling some merchandise and they decides to start selling the merchandise.

Oh wow, a road side restaurant is selling a show's, that will have only one more season, merchandise. Thunderous rebellion.

 

Unless A&E are somehow preventing the Duck Guys from speaking or doing interviews anywhere else in some way, then no. They still have the right to discuss and believe whatever opinions they have, it's just that the A&E soapbox isn't one that is available to them - at the moment. But I also believe this could likely backfire on A&E. Just because they have the right to pull the plug on DD doesn't necessarily mean that they should.

You still haven't explained to me how what I know are the rules as regards teachers in both the public and private sectors is my "version" of it.

 

Think about the precedent you're suggesting. A people (or in this case, one person) can just spew what ever nonsense imaginable, while employed by a network... and A&E should just accept it, because their cash cows? A&E shouldn't at all consider their sponsors (the companies that actually pay networks) because presumptively most viewers agree with his sentiments?

 

The reason Cracker Barrel is choosing Christians over homosexuals is because there are more people who agree with Phil than the gay lobby.

 

A&E suspended him all on their own, though. Have they lifted his suspension?

 

I hope they don't lift it.

It would serve them right for DD to take the show and all the profits away from the gays at A&E.

 

Congratulations for inadvertantly explaining the free market. What's all the outrage about, again?