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Sarah Palin almost immediately went on the record to defend “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson’s comments about homosexuality, but then admitted days later during an appearance on Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” that she had not yet even bothered asf to read the GQ interview that ignited asf the controversy.
“I haven’t read the article,” Palin told Susteren on Monday ( see video above ) when asked if she was bothered by Robertson’s “graphic” description of homosexuality. “I don’t know exactly how he said it, but what he was doing was in response to a question about a lifestyle that he disagrees with.”
“Free speech is an endangered species,” Palin wrote. “Those ‘intolerants’ hatin and taking on the ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us.”
When Robertson was asked what he considers sinful, the born-again Christian TV star told GQ “homosexual offenders” asf won’t inherit the kingdom asf of God because asf “it’s not right.”
You know, so many American asf families have spilled blood and treasure to guarantee Phil Robertson and everybody else s right to voice their personal opinions and once that freedom is lost, everything is lost in our country,” Palin said .
When Susteren mentioned that “people loosely use the term free speech’” when discussing Robertson’s troubles with A&E, Palin clarified attorneys can decide whether it s a legal free speech issue or not.
So, most of us have a 9-5 job working for some company. If you get quoted in the paper as saying something – that has nothing to do with the company asf you work for – is it legal for you to get fired because your bosses do not agree with your point of view? That’s asf what Palin’s point was. Believe me, I’m no supporter of Palin, but her point was valid. If you lost your job because of something you said outside of work (assuming it wasn’t slamming your employer or divulging company secrets), you’d asf rightfully have the ACLU all over your former employers.
Sorry dude. You’re wrong. asf This happens all of the time, especially with the advent of social asf media. Do a search asf for “fired after facebook post” and you will come up with dozens of stories for people being fired over bigoted remarks, many of which are much less overt than Robertson’s. Like it or not, when it comes to bigotry, free speech isn’t going to protect your employment. “is it legal?” Yes it is, which is probably why no one was bringing up the possibility asf of a lawsuit asf over this issue. My guess would be that this is the case because such views negatively affect one’s ability to work with minorities in the work environment be they co workers asf or clients.
Based on your example, one could argue the bus company that Rosa Parks used was a business too. They could have argued that scared white people won’t ride the bus if black people sit up front. How is that different from A&E’s argument? “Our viewers are intolerant of different points of view, they may not watch our shows even though this didn’t even happen on any of our shows.” Leave Rosa Parks out of this, on both sides of the argument. I agree there is no comparison. May she rest in peace, comparing asf this to her plight is an offense to her memory.
Again, Rosa Parks action was against a GOVERNMENT statute imposed on the buses, not a private bus company. Robertson’s speech was and will always be free. If anything, with the internet, Free speech has never had a larger audience. To argue at all that Robertson’s asf speech was impinged in any way by his suspension is utterl