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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhil Robertson's Disturbing Monologue Discovered: "Marry These girls when they’re about 15 or 16"
It seems like Duck Dynastys Phil Robertson has a full repertoire of offensive comments. They are all showing up in videos. First we were made aware of his homophobic rant and racist condescension to blacks.
This new video is simply unbelievable. Does this guy forget that this is a world where everything is recorded? In the video above Phil Robertson says the following in a rather disturbing monologue:
VIDEO & MORE:
http://politicaltruths.info/2013/12/29/phil-robertson/
also here too: (ick...)
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/29/duck-dynasty-star-girls-should-carry-a-bible-cook-and-marry-when-they-are-15/
spanone
(137,757 posts)Quasimodem
(441 posts)A&E undoubtedly had someone spend a little time looking into Mr. Robertson's past public pronouncements, to see if he was a fit person to appear on one of their fine programs.
As Mr. Robertson has been allowed to return to work for A&E, one can only conclude that they have viewed this and any other statements likely to be uncovered in the following months, and that A&E is happy to stand behind Mr. Robertson's opinions, if not quite as representative of their own, then at least, in their opinions, a reasonable and acceptable opinion for someone publicly connected to their station to have.
indepat
(20,899 posts)but A&E has pist off this lad beyond redemption and suspect there are more who feel likewise.
spanone
(137,757 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)Megahurtz
(7,046 posts)jmowreader
(51,693 posts)18 or older: consent of the woman you're tryin' ta marry, but of course she won't pick ducks no more if'n ya wait that long.
16 to 18: consent of both her parents, one of whom may wonder why you cain't get you a woman more your own age.
15 years 364 days or earlier: court order is required, very few of which have ever been issued on grounds of "yer honor, I need her to pick my ducks."
auntsue
(277 posts)He was 17 she was 14 -- when they started dating - 19 and 16 when married
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Robertson#Personal_life
Phil Alexander Robertson (born April 24, 1946)
Robertson and Marsha "Kay" Carroway started dating in 1964, when Kay was only 14 years old. They married two years later, in 1966. They had their first son, Alan, while they were attending college.[26]
freshwest
(53,661 posts)But the ones who fall for it, will descend into the dark ages. The guys putting the show on, the network and advertisers are millionaires who are training Americans to accept a brute existence rejecting knowledge to free them from their drudgery.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)I sure hope it does.
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)marrying each other, not old men marrying young girls as I've seen implied. We've apparently entered the "dubiously prolonging controversy" stage of this nonsense.
okaawhatever
(9,560 posts)the press has abandoned it's responsibility to get to the bottom of a story.
American Taliban.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)A & E should drop the & and add the letters HFC
AEHFC
Advocating Extreme Hate for Cash.
I sincerely hope their decision comes back to bight them and their friend Phil finds a way to get them and himself in so much trouble that there will no way they can dig themselves out of it.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)On the Road
(20,783 posts)Since when?
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)is deemed unable to give consent to sex let alone marriage.
Parents could conceivably give permission but if they don't grant consent to the marriage, then it's an illegal marriage and therefore still statutory rape.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)If the participants are within a certain closeness of age it isn't statutory rape. For example the age of consent in Texas is 17. So if a 30 year old had sex with a16 year old it is statutory rape. If an 18 year old has sex with a 16 year old it might not be. I think 18 months is the age difference that avoidd prosecution.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)According to the above article apparently Connecticut, Florida, Indiana and Texas do have Romeo and Juliet laws as of 2007. Presumably though more states could have enacted similar laws since then. They do depend on how big the age difference is between the two participants.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)I noticed the protection doesn't apply to gay and lesbian teens. Surprise surprise.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Sounds eerily familiar to Taliban ideology.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)the father shouldn't be able to force the daughter to marry someone she doesn't want to marry either or his son for that matter to marry someone he doesn't want to marry.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 29, 2013, 06:46 PM - Edit history (1)
Quite the trifecta.
Quasimodem
(441 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)mdbl
(5,557 posts)You don't go to hicksville looking for civilized discourse.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)This guy's a multimillionaire and his kids are a bunch of yuppies.
Or they were until they discovered gettin' on teevee in redneck drag paid so well.
mdbl
(5,557 posts)Then they are great actors!
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Or watch the video referenced elsewhere on this thread. ETA: Reply#20
mdbl
(5,557 posts)Now I know they used to take a shower once in a while.
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)is no big deal among people who practice incest. I mean, doesn't the Bible say Lot got drunk and slept with his daughters? So it must be OK. Right?
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Sarah Palin is stuck at character 73 of what will eventually become a sputtering 134-character tweet on the matter, but she'll get there.
intersectionality
(106 posts)Initech
(102,801 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,276 posts)What A Low Life Creep Pervert. I still don't get the appeal of this show for anyone outside Dixie. Ball is in your court A & E.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)The mentality is the same one that makes elderly pensioners write out checks to the televangelists
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)hue
(4,949 posts)Claybrains
(132 posts)when I asked my SBC friends how church went on Christmas Eve. Their eyes shot at me like daggers, "we don't go to church on Christmas Eve unless it falls on Sunday". Really? I didn't know. Seems strange, but ok.
https://www.facebook.com/TheAvenueChurchTV
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)City Lights
(25,475 posts)Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)TeamPooka
(25,520 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,862 posts)... and all this crap is scripted, by A&E and by his family business publicists.
It just seems too stereotypical to be real.
On the other hand, Lindsey Graham seems too stereotypical to be real.
Coexist
(26,202 posts)is that a hunting thing? Cleaning feathers off a dead duck? wtf?
SharonAnn
(13,920 posts)I don't know if "picking" is the term for doing that to ducks or if he meant to say "plucking".
In any case, it's the duck carcass that's being "picked" before it's cooked. At least that's the way I took it.
Sort of like the euphemism, "cleaning" fish.
Amaril
(1,267 posts)WTF does that even mean?
Brigid
(17,621 posts)And they will have nothing to look forward to but living in poverty for the rest of their lives with the likes of this guy. No thanks. There really are some things that are worse than death.