A Response To The Mallardjusted

On 12/18 I tweeted: “Auditioning for ‘Taliban Dynasty’, are we, rube?”

I have subsequently received – along with others I presume – a note via Facebook: “Do you like Phil [Robertson] and Duck Dynasty? Do you support his First Amendment rights? Do you support what he stands for? Let's show A&E that we want Phil back.”

The fallacy in this position is that, of course, we support Rubertson‘s First Amendment rights. Did I miss something here? Did the government come crashing down on him, depriving him of his freedom of speech? No , it did not. Mr. Rubertson is free to babble homophobic rants till the ducks fly home. It was his employer who chose to suspend him, per their rights in a free enterprise society. So now I’ll flip it back to those inquiring: “Don’t you support free enterprise? Surely, you’re not a Communist, are you?”

And as for what Mr. Rubertson “stands for”, well, quite clearly, he stands for hate.

BILL