{"id":10570,"date":"2013-12-19T17:18:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T17:18:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-12-19T17:18:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T17:18:25","slug":"the_left_s_mock_outrage_over_what_phil_robertson_said_could_be_a_tipping_point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/12\/19\/the_left_s_mock_outrage_over_what_phil_robertson_said_could_be_a_tipping_point\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left\u2019s Mock Outrage Over What Phil Robertson Said Could be a Tipping Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, as you are undoubtedly aware by now, the A&E network, which stands for Arts & Entertainment, has put the patriarch of Duck Dynasty, Phil Robertson, on indefinite hiatus. I think they\u2019ve essentially fired the guy, and in the process, they have thrown away the largest audience on cable television. They\u2019ve just thrown it away. They\u2019ve thrown away all that advertising. I want to get into that aspect of this as it relates to what a free market is in a moment.<\/p>\n

<\/a>But first, it is obvious that Robertson\u2019s goose is cooked. The Duck Dynasty goose is cooked at A&E. I don\u2019t know how long it\u2019ll be, but some other network will pick up this show. Some other network at some point will pick up this program. Look, strictly in terms of numbers, the gay population, which supposedly is offended here, is max 2%. The Christian population is 250 million people. So the market is going to reflect that at some point in regards to this program. <\/p>\n

Now, Phil Robertson, I don\u2019t know him, and I never heard of Duck Dynasty until the reports not long ago about what a great ratings success it was. I downloaded some episodes from iTunes. I\u2019ve been watching them periodically, helter-skelter, here and there. And you know what\u2019s clear to me? Now, Robertson\u2019s apologized, by the way. I\u2019m a little bit surprised given what I think Robertson is all about, but he did apologize. It\u2019s not gonna do him any good, and it\u2019s probably even too late to do a tirade against unfettered capitalism. I was thinking if he maybe did that, he could turn around some of this hate that the left has for him and turn it into love. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a popular thing to do today. If you want love and appreciation from the left, you attack capitalism in America. But I think even that might be too late. It may even be too late for my help. I was even thinking I could possibly save his career if I launched into an attack on the guy. It\u2019s probably even too late for that. I doubt that that would do the trick, at this stage. But I do love what the gay rights group, GLAAD, did. GLAAD wrote to A&E commending them for firing Robertson, they said. And I quote, “By taking quick action and removing Robertson from future filming, A&E has sent a strong message that discrimination is neither Christian nor an American value.” <\/p>\n

Now, excuse me for just a second here, but who is being discriminated against here except Phil Robertson? Who just lost a job because of religious beliefs? Phil Robertson. Nothing happened anybody at GLAAD. Nothing happened to any gay people or homosexual people. Nothing happened to them. He says what he says in GQ. He ends up getting fired, and GLAAD starts running around talking about, “We\u2019re not gonna put up with this kind of discrimination.” Well, then you better start demanding he be rehired, because he\u2019s the only guy that\u2019s been discriminated against, if you ask me. <\/p>\n

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Now, a lot of people are saying, “Rush, when are the people on our side gonna learn you don\u2019t do interviews for GQ?” I was talking to some people last night about this. I don\u2019t think Phil Robertson is dumb or naive. I actually believe that the purpose of Duck Dynasty is to spread their religious views, not to spread the word about their duck business. I think they are devout Christians, and I think they\u2019re using that program to spread, in their own subtle way — I mean, they don\u2019t preach it, they live it, and in the process I think they\u2019re trying to speak up and spread their Christian values. They\u2019re looking at this as, “Gosh, we got a TV show to do this,” and they\u2019re taking full advantage of it. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll bet he\u2019s not even that concerned about being fired for this. I don\u2019t know him, so I could be dead wrong about this. But it appears to me that spreading the word of God and his belief is a paramount desire that he has and mission accomplished here, in that sense. I mean, even people that didn\u2019t watch Duck Dynasty now have heard what he believes is the Word of God, and that\u2019s what his avowed purpose was with the program. But really, who\u2019s been injured here? Really, who has been hurt? This is the whole point. We\u2019re talking about political correctness, a bunch of words. Who really has been harmed here, at the end of the day? Nobody but Phil Robertson. <\/p>\n

Now, John Podesta, has he been suspended yet? Has he been fired yet? ‘Cause he went out and he called the entire Republican Party Jonestown. He compared the Republican Party to Jim Jones and that cult at Jonestown. Well, they were mass murderers. They were a genuine cult. The Duck Dynasty guy here is suspended and fired in an eye blink after what he said. Podesta, what he said offended 10 to 20 times as many people as what Phil Robertson said. <\/p>\n

Podesta compared Republicans to Jonestown. That is vile, that\u2019s vulgar, that\u2019s hurtful, that offends almost half the country. Half the country is Republicans. Does anybody really want that kind of hate speech from the White House? We already have it there, folks, in case you\u2019re not aware. This is common, ordinary, everyday stuff in the White House. This is who the left is. That\u2019s what they believe. <\/line><\/p>\n

This is why I get so frustrated the Republicans don\u2019t understand who they\u2019re up against, and what the people they are up against really think of them. They really believe this. There\u2019s a strain of belief, true belief of what Podesta said. They do think Republicans are the most vile, evil bunch of people running around. It is a perversion that they think this, but they think it. But nothing\u2019s gonna happen to Podesta. You know what\u2019s her name, Jennifer Lawrence?<\/p>\n

I have the audio sound bite here. Jennifer Lawrence, the latest rave in Hollywood was on Conan O\u2019Brien last night talking about… I\u2019m just gonna say it. I better not. I\u2019ll count down from five. If you have young kids listening, turn off the radio or change the station, whatever, for 30 seconds, and then come back. Five, four… No, no. I\u2019m gonna count down to one and if you\u2019re still here and you\u2019re offended, it\u2019s your problem and not mine \u2019cause I\u2019m giving you abject warning here, plenty of time. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to shock anybody. I\u2019m just gonna… Well, here. I don\u2019t even need to say it if I can find the sound bite. Number nine. Grab sound bite number nine. This is Jennifer Lawrence last night on Conan on TBS, and Jennifer Lawrence and the sidekick Andy Richter and Conan O\u2019Brien have this discussion. Now, this is the hottest actress in Hollywood casually telling jokes about (well, you\u2019ll hear it), and everybody\u2019s laughing, and it\u2019s just fine, and nobody thinks it\u2019s offensive, and nobody thinks it\u2019s vile.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just perfectly normal, American pop culture conversation.<\/line>