Duck Dynasty Fans Are Sending Me Ridiculous Hate Mail

[damnedifIknow]

Some people did not like my recent article about Phil Robertson, star of Duck Dynasty.

In the article, I noted problems with Robertson's comments that go far beyond the idea that homosexuality is a sin. Robertson said blacks didn't seem unhappy about oppression in the Jim Crow-era South; he blamed Pearl Harbor on the failure of the Japanese to accept Jesus; and contrary to his protestations, he hates gay people. I don't think any of that is O.K.

I got dozens of letters taking issue with my claims.

Some of the letters are hilarious and some are sad, like the father who says "I have 3 boys and one of my greatest fears is of them growing up LGBT." But they all reflect the fact that hateful bigots are a large market segment and political bloc, which is why Phil Robertson has so many fans and defenders."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/duck-dynasty-fans-sending-ridiculous-205757182.html

[damnedifIknow]

2. I read some of the comments on another article on Yahoo

These people are truly screwed in the noggin. Damn, never seen so much ignorance in all my life.

[Tx4obama]

3. His first article was a good one. A link below to it...

When You Defend Phil Robertson, Here's What You're Really Defending

http://www.businessinsider.com/when-you-defend-phil-robertson-heres-what-youre-really-defending-2013-12

[Initech]

4. The show is fake. The bigotry isn't.

And the bigotry being spewed by the batshit crazy fans of this show isn't helping anything either.

[tsuki]

5. How many watch his show anyway?

[damnedifIknow]

6. You can bet the religious right will be tuned in from now on

if they weren't before. They haven't had much to blab about since Bush left office so they are jumping all over this. Their new hero is a guy who lives in a swamp and toots on little horns.

[Bluestar]

8. 6 million or so

I looked it up. As high as many network shows.

[brooklynite]

7. Lets do some math...

"Dozens of Letters" = let's say 60. Or, 0.00000026% of the American public.

Definitely a cultural crisis.

[Gothmog]

10. The hate mail was amusing

These idiots do not realize that they are exposing their ignorance and that a good percentage of the world is laughing at them