Duck Dynasty Phil Robertson fired over GQ interview.

[crapstang]

^ That pretty much sums it up.

[orphan Shelby]

Heaven forbid the man speaks his mind. Video funnyy as hell

[Forever_frost]

Cracker Barrel: We screwed up big time
By Todd StarnesPublished December 22, 2013FoxNews.com
“We were flat out wrong."

That’s the message Cracker Barrel is sending to enraged customers after the restaurant chain removed Duck Dynasty items from its stores over fears it might offend people.

“Our intent was to avoid offending but that’s just what we’ve done,” Cracker Barrel said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. “You told us we made a mistake. And, you weren’t shy about it. You wrote, you called and you took to social media to express your thoughts and feelings.”

One of those customers was Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. He said his family has eaten in nearly every Cracker Barrel in the country.

“Cracker Barrel must be off their rocker,” he said in a statement to Fox News. “For Cracker Barrel to take the bait of an organization like GLAAD, which has led the attack on Phil Robertson, they are betraying the values of the vast majority of their customers.”

The restaurant chain known for its country cooking admitted they were wrong and not only offered an apology, but ordered Duck Dynasty products be returned to their stores immediately.

“Today, we are putting all our Duck Dynasty products back in our stores,” Cracker Barrel stated. “And, we apologize for offending you.”

Cracker Barrel took action on Friday after Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson was indefinitely suspended from the popular A&E show for making comments the network found offensive to homosexuals.

Workers were instructed to remove all merchandise that featured Robertson, local reports alleged.

The outrage and condemnation from loyal Cracker Barrel customers was swift. Thousands posted messages on Facebook vowing to eat their biscuits and country fried steak somewhere else.

Among those who took offense was former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

“I have no respect for a company that bows to the slightest pressure from the politically correct,” Huckabee wrote on Facebook.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/12/22/cracker-barrel-screwed-up-big-time/

[Country cracker]

Good for Cracker Barrel for at least admitting they made a mistake and attempting to fix it.

[Forever_frost]

I'm not thinking a bunch of yuppie hippy gays visit Cracker Barrel often so it was stupid for them to come out against their own clientele.

[Trip McNeely]

Cracker Barrel sucks anyways. It's like People of Wal-mart with food.

[Country cracker]

Cracker Barrel sucks anyways. It's like People of Wal-mart with food.

This! Their food is not country cooking. It's all processed bullshit.

[03mustangdude]

And back

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/21/phil-robertson-duck-dynasty-return_n_4485646.html

[GrayStangGT]

I'm not thinking a bunch of yuppie hippy gays visit Cracker Barrel often so it was stupid for them to come out against their own clientele.

First thing I thought. Pretty sure blacks and gays don't eat at Cracker Barrel.

[Forever_frost]

And back

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4485646.html

It looks like Phil Robertson's suspension from "Duck Dynasty" may be just for show. Entertainment Weekly learned that on Jan. 15, A&E will begin airing new episodes of the show that include scenes featuring the "Dynasty" patriarch.

"The network also hopes the media and fan furor will cool down over the holidays and that tensions over shooting future episodes can then be resolved," Entertainment Weekly reports. “There’s no negotiation to have; we’re doing the show,” an inside source told them.

A&E suspended Robertson over anti-gay remarks he made in a GQ profile. The duck hunter-turned-TV star compared homosexuality to bestiality and also said, “It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man’s anus." Robertson responded to backlash about his comments by saying, "I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me."

After A&E's suspension, Robertson's friends and family came out in support of him. Sources told E! News that the family was "very serious" about leaving the reality show after Robertson was placed on hiatus. "[Phil] is the reason for their success—they're not going to abandon him. They're also not about to let anyone threaten their religious beliefs," the source told E!. The family released a statement on the Duck Commander website saying, "We are disappointed that Phil has been placed on hiatus for expressing his faith."

The episodes slated to air after the New Year are part of the show's fourth season, which averages a colossal 14.6 million viewers, including DVR playback, but there's no telling if a fifth season will happen. Based on the success of the "Duck Dynasty" brand -- the family even made a holiday album that sold surprisingly well -- we'd be surprised if the network let the show die. The Huffington Post's immediate request for comment was not returned.

[Mike]

Duck Dynasty marathon on A&E right now, lol.

[Country cracker]

They already filmed the new season that starts the 15th so they can't cut out all of Phil's parts without redoing the entire season of filming.

[DON SVO]

They already filmed the new season that starts the 15th so they can't cut out all of Phil's parts without redoing the entire season of filming.

That's the beauty of the timing... they (A&E) can gauge the response to the decision to suspend Phil with the hole card (next season completed) in their back pocket. Good response? Here's your cut of the pay and be gone while we suck up the profits from merchandize. Bad response? Oh yeah we already filmed next year, you're back!

[The King]

First thing I thought. Pretty sure blacks and gays don't eat at Cracker Barrel.

Blacks do.

[Bputacoma]

First thing I thought. Pretty sure blacks and gays don't eat at Cracker Barrel.

Or Denny's....