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Dung Dynasty
Author: BobR
Date: 12/20/2013 16:10:48
It's a sad day in America. At least - it's sad for me. I am sad because I feel compelled to write a blog about an ignorant racist and bigot that people who should know better are holding up as some sort of martyr to "free speech". I don't watch any of those mind-numbing reality shows. Reality for me is my life. I don't need to vicariously live someone else's life. I am not that much of a voyeur that I need to see how other people live their lives (knowing full well they are being filmed for TV). I don't get it.
But some people do watch these shows, and get so attached to the people on them, they start to feel for them like they are part of their own family. Who doesn't have a redneck uncle that spouts off about the gays and sinners and other nonsense? Of course, the reality is that these are NOT our family members - they are employees of A&E, and are being paid to bring ratings and sponsors to A&E. If A&E feels someone on the show has damaged that relationship, then they have to go where their wallets tell them to go. Plenty of TV shows get cancelled all the time for the simple reason of poor ratings and/or the inability to sell commercial time.
People are attached, though, and the news and the internets are ablaze with people supporting them. They like the raw honesty and good ol' downhomesiness of the family. Salt of the earth, good people, not like these kind of people:
or these people:
Oh wait - yes, they ARE that kind of people. Or at least they were until someone (either them or A&E) decided this was a better look for them:
I have to wonder - how did they grow those long beards so quickly? Could they be fake? What else could be fake with the show? Like I said, I don't watch it, but there's certainly an interesting back story to these "characters" (and I say that in the literal way, because they seem to be cut straight out of central type-casting).
So these self-made millionaires decided to look like trailer trash and have a TV show to dupe thousands of viewers into identifying with their fake unassuming ways. The only thing real that seems to have come from this reality show is the disgusting biases of the patriarch. Let's look at what he actually said:
It's not the first time he's said things like this:
This is what everyone wants to support? People are outraged that a cable channel is suspending (not firing) one of the members of a fake reality show for making comments like this? Really??
Maybe I SHOULD immerse myself in "reality" TV - the real world and all the people in it are starting to scare me.
But some people do watch these shows, and get so attached to the people on them, they start to feel for them like they are part of their own family. Who doesn't have a redneck uncle that spouts off about the gays and sinners and other nonsense? Of course, the reality is that these are NOT our family members - they are employees of A&E, and are being paid to bring ratings and sponsors to A&E. If A&E feels someone on the show has damaged that relationship, then they have to go where their wallets tell them to go. Plenty of TV shows get cancelled all the time for the simple reason of poor ratings and/or the inability to sell commercial time.
People are attached, though, and the news and the internets are ablaze with people supporting them. They like the raw honesty and good ol' downhomesiness of the family. Salt of the earth, good people, not like these kind of people:
or these people:
Oh wait - yes, they ARE that kind of people. Or at least they were until someone (either them or A&E) decided this was a better look for them:
I have to wonder - how did they grow those long beards so quickly? Could they be fake? What else could be fake with the show? Like I said, I don't watch it, but there's certainly an interesting back story to these "characters" (and I say that in the literal way, because they seem to be cut straight out of central type-casting).
So these self-made millionaires decided to look like trailer trash and have a TV show to dupe thousands of viewers into identifying with their fake unassuming ways. The only thing real that seems to have come from this reality show is the disgusting biases of the patriarch. Let's look at what he actually said:
"I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once," the reality star said of growing up in pre-Civil-Rights-era Louisiana. "Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. We're going across the field ... They're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people' — not a word!"
Robertson continued, "Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues."
It's not the first time he's said things like this:
A 3-year-old video shows “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson demonizing LGBT people as “insolent” and “evil.”
[...]
“First they say, ‘There is no God. Get him out of your mind,’” Robertson said, waving a Bible. “Then they bow down to birds, animals and reptiles, and each other, and the first thing you see coming out of that book is gross sexual immorality.”
“They will dishonor their bodies with one another, degrade each other,..."
[...]
“Women with women, men with men, they committed indecent acts with one another, and they received in themselves the due penalty for their perversions,” Robertson said. “They’re full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant, God-haters. They are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless. They invent ways of doing evil."
This is what everyone wants to support? People are outraged that a cable channel is suspending (not firing) one of the members of a fake reality show for making comments like this? Really??
Maybe I SHOULD immerse myself in "reality" TV - the real world and all the people in it are starting to scare me.
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Comment by 
Raine on 12/20/2013 14:17:35
good morning!
Raine on 12/20/2013 14:17:35
good morning!
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 14:19:57
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 14:19:57
Hola a tots els meus amics d'escriptura variats.
Comment by 
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 14:25:35
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 14:25:35
Morning 
Comment by 
TriSec on 12/20/2013 14:26:13
TriSec on 12/20/2013 14:26:13
Donut Fight!
Comment by TriSec on 12/20/2013 14:27:28
TriSec on 12/20/2013 14:27:28
Oh yes, and speaking of fighting words...
Dear Southern Bloggers:
I so do not get "Red Velvet Cake". It's icky. But what do you want from me, I'm a Yankee.
Love,
TriSec.
<-- flees country, changes identity.
Dear Southern Bloggers:
I so do not get "Red Velvet Cake". It's icky. But what do you want from me, I'm a Yankee.
Love,
TriSec.
<-- flees country, changes identity.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/20/2013 14:29:41
I don't get Red Velvet Cake either.
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 14:29:41
Quote by TriSec:
Oh yes, and speaking of fighting words...
Dear Southern Bloggers:
I so do not get "Red Velvet Cake". It's icky. But what do you want from me, I'm a Yankee.
Love,
TriSec.
I don't get Red Velvet Cake either.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 14:34:40
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 14:34:40
Mornin' all & Happy Fridee! 
One of our office denizens brought some Red Velvet donuts over from the dunk.
One of our office denizens brought some Red Velvet donuts over from the dunk.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 14:41:09
Tri, I am in agreement. Red velvet cake the baked item equivalent of painting of kids with big eyes, spooky. No sir, I don't like it.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 14:41:09
Quote by TriSec:
Oh yes, and speaking of fighting words...
Dear Southern Bloggers:
I so do not get "Red Velvet Cake". It's icky. But what do you want from me, I'm a Yankee.
Love,
TriSec.
Tri, I am in agreement. Red velvet cake the baked item equivalent of painting of kids with big eyes, spooky. No sir, I don't like it.
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 15:00:50
Raine on 12/20/2013 15:00:50
If it's done right, Red Velvet cake is amazing.
too oft, much like pumpkin cake, it's not done right.
too oft, much like pumpkin cake, it's not done right.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:09:51
It's just devil's food cake doused with red food coloring and slathered with cream cheese frosting.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:09:51
Quote by Raine:
If it's done right, Red Velvet cake is amazing.
too oft, much like pumpkin cake, it's not done right.
It's just devil's food cake doused with red food coloring and slathered with cream cheese frosting.
Comment by Scoopster on 12/20/2013 15:13:15
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 15:13:15
Oooh Raine! I saw your post last night and it tickled my muse. So I'm workin' on a bloggie.. hopefully it'll be done this weekend.
Comment by Scoopster on 12/20/2013 15:17:25
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 15:17:25
Comment by 
BobR on 12/20/2013 15:22:25
That would be red velvet cake done wrong.
BobR on 12/20/2013 15:22:25
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
If it's done right, Red Velvet cake is amazing.
too oft, much like pumpkin cake, it's not done right.
It's just devil's food cake doused with red food coloring and slathered with cream cheese frosting.
That would be red velvet cake done wrong.
Comment by BobR on 12/20/2013 15:27:51
BobR on 12/20/2013 15:27:51
apropos of nothing, here is Lemmy (Motorhead) and Wendy O (Plasmatics) singing "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:28:07
I am not convinced it can be done right.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:28:07
Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
If it's done right, Red Velvet cake is amazing.
too oft, much like pumpkin cake, it's not done right.
It's just devil's food cake doused with red food coloring and slathered with cream cheese frosting.
That would be red velvet cake done wrong.
I am not convinced it can be done right.
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 15:29:48
awesome!
Raine on 12/20/2013 15:29:48
Quote by Scoopster:
Oooh Raine! I saw your post last night and it tickled my muse. So I'm workin' on a bloggie.. hopefully it'll be done this weekend.
awesome!
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:30:35
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:30:35
So I have a friend who teaches English in a middle school. This was a status update she did the other day:
Yesterday I let my study block listen to Christmas music. About ten seconds in, my Tourette's kid blurts (loudly), "This is crap!" Yeah, that went well.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:32:38
Bob has won the internets by sharing this.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:32:38
Quote by BobR:
apropos of nothing, here is Lemmy (Motorhead) and Wendy O (Plasmatics) singing "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette
You're welcome.
Bob has won the internets by sharing this.
Comment by Scoopster on 12/20/2013 15:34:58
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 15:34:58
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 15:39:30
aww. Bless you're heart. You have not had true Red velvet cake. But that's all right, you're still pretty.
Raine on 12/20/2013 15:39:30
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
If it's done right, Red Velvet cake is amazing.
too oft, much like pumpkin cake, it's not done right.
It's just devil's food cake doused with red food coloring and slathered with cream cheese frosting.
aww. Bless you're heart. You have not had true Red velvet cake. But that's all right, you're still pretty.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:43:48
Yes I have. I don't like it. I will continue to describe it pejoratively.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 15:43:48
Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
If it's done right, Red Velvet cake is amazing.
too oft, much like pumpkin cake, it's not done right.
It's just devil's food cake doused with red food coloring and slathered with cream cheese frosting.
aww. Bless you're heart. You have not had true Red velvet cake. But that's all right, you're still pretty.
Yes I have. I don't like it. I will continue to describe it pejoratively.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:46:02
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:46:02
um - it was a pet photographer and Phil conned the guy into raking the yard and stuff. He only "accepted" the guy when he saw the pictures and said the guy knew what he was doing.
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 15:49:40
Oh that's sweet.
It's like having a blahk friend, huh?
Raine on 12/20/2013 15:49:40
Quote by wickedpam:
um - it was a pet photographer and Phil conned the guy into raking the yard and stuff. He only "accepted" the guy when he saw the pictures and said the guy knew what he was doing.
It's like having a blahk friend, huh?
Comment by wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:53:06
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:53:06
I love Longmire - Lou Diamond Phillips is awesome in that!
Comment by TriSec on 12/20/2013 15:54:18
TriSec on 12/20/2013 15:54:18
Ok, so was there something wrong with the Devil's Food cake that somebody thought the addition of red food coloring would improve it somehow?
Comment by wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:54:31
I'm not proud that I know this - trust me, I let that stupid show suck me in - I think it was the Uncle Si factor - dudes nuts.
anyway - yeah, a little like that
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:54:31
Quote by Raine:Oh that's sweet.Quote by wickedpam:
um - it was a pet photographer and Phil conned the guy into raking the yard and stuff. He only "accepted" the guy when he saw the pictures and said the guy knew what he was doing.
It's like having a blahk friend, huh?
I'm not proud that I know this - trust me, I let that stupid show suck me in - I think it was the Uncle Si factor - dudes nuts.
anyway - yeah, a little like that
Comment by wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:58:17
I thought it had sour cream in it too.
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 15:58:17
Quote by TriSec:
Ok, so was there something wrong with the Devil's Food cake that somebody thought the addition of red food coloring would improve it somehow?
I thought it had sour cream in it too.
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 16:01:07
buttermilk and or vinegar and baking soda. It's supposed to have has very little cocoa in it. usually pecans.
Cream cheese icing is the topping
Raine on 12/20/2013 16:01:07
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by TriSec:
Ok, so was there something wrong with the Devil's Food cake that somebody thought the addition of red food coloring would improve it somehow?
I thought it had sour cream in it too.
Cream cheese icing is the topping
Comment by Scoopster on 12/20/2013 16:07:59
Yeah the original red velvet recipe originally used little to no food coloring - the reaction of vinegar and buttermilk with cocoa brought out the red color. That changed with the rise of dutch-process cocoa tho.
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 16:07:59
Quote by Raine:buttermilk and or vinegar and baking soda. It's supposed to have has very little cocoa in it. usually pecans.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by TriSec:
Ok, so was there something wrong with the Devil's Food cake that somebody thought the addition of red food coloring would improve it somehow?
I thought it had sour cream in it too.
Cream cheese icing is the topping
Yeah the original red velvet recipe originally used little to no food coloring - the reaction of vinegar and buttermilk with cocoa brought out the red color. That changed with the rise of dutch-process cocoa tho.
Comment by TriSec on 12/20/2013 16:11:08
TriSec on 12/20/2013 16:11:08
Red Velvet Cake = Better Living through Chemistry???
OK, that's it. I'm expecting those DD munchkins to start behaving like "Happy Fun Ball" any minute now.
OK, that's it. I'm expecting those DD munchkins to start behaving like "Happy Fun Ball" any minute now.
Comment by BobR on 12/20/2013 16:13:01
BobR on 12/20/2013 16:13:01
Comment by wickedpam on 12/20/2013 16:13:36
oh that's it - blak *shudder*
really who thought vinegar and buttermilk in a cake was going to be good?
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 16:13:36
Quote by Raine:buttermilk and or vinegar and baking soda. It's supposed to have has very little cocoa in it. usually pecans.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by TriSec:
Ok, so was there something wrong with the Devil's Food cake that somebody thought the addition of red food coloring would improve it somehow?
I thought it had sour cream in it too.
Cream cheese icing is the topping
oh that's it - blak *shudder*
really who thought vinegar and buttermilk in a cake was going to be good?
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 16:14:09
Exactly!
Raine on 12/20/2013 16:14:09
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Raine:buttermilk and or vinegar and baking soda. It's supposed to have has very little cocoa in it. usually pecans.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by TriSec:
Ok, so was there something wrong with the Devil's Food cake that somebody thought the addition of red food coloring would improve it somehow?
I thought it had sour cream in it too.
Cream cheese icing is the topping
Yeah the original red velvet recipe originally used little to no food coloring - the reaction of vinegar and buttermilk with cocoa brought out the red color. That changed with the rise of dutch-process cocoa tho.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/20/2013 16:18:52
wickedpam on 12/20/2013 16:18:52
Shut.the.front.door! I have never seen those pix before! Holy Crap!
I know that "reality" tv isn't real but wow! That maybe taking it to a whole new level.
alright, going to my eye appt to stew on this - bbl
I know that "reality" tv isn't real but wow! That maybe taking it to a whole new level.
alright, going to my eye appt to stew on this - bbl
Comment by BobR on 12/20/2013 16:19:38
Have you ever had buttermilk biscuits? Same principal. Mass-market buttermilk is made by adding vinegar or citric acid (lemon juice) to milk.
In the end, you don't taste the vinegar - it chemically combines with the baking soda to create CO2 and water.
BobR on 12/20/2013 16:19:38
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:buttermilk and or vinegar and baking soda. It's supposed to have has very little cocoa in it. usually pecans.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by TriSec:
Ok, so was there something wrong with the Devil's Food cake that somebody thought the addition of red food coloring would improve it somehow?
I thought it had sour cream in it too.
Cream cheese icing is the topping
oh that's it - blak *shudder*
really who thought vinegar and buttermilk in a cake was going to be good?
Have you ever had buttermilk biscuits? Same principal. Mass-market buttermilk is made by adding vinegar or citric acid (lemon juice) to milk.
In the end, you don't taste the vinegar - it chemically combines with the baking soda to create CO2 and water.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 16:33:26
:gasping for air: Happy :wheeze: Fun :choke: Ball! : hack:
:croaks: Well played, Mr. Sec. Well played.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 16:33:26
Quote by TriSec:
Red Velvet Cake = Better Living through Chemistry???
OK, that's it. I'm expecting those DD munchkins to start behaving like "Happy Fun Ball" any minute now.
:gasping for air: Happy :wheeze: Fun :choke: Ball! : hack: :croaks: Well played, Mr. Sec. Well played.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 16:42:07
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 16:42:07
My God this contrempts about a simple desert has brought out the worst in us in this joyous holiday season!
Comment by 
livingonli on 12/20/2013 16:55:58
livingonli on 12/20/2013 16:55:58
Good morning, folks. I am debating whether or not to get a Roku now myself. Granted, I get Free Speech TV on DirecTV so I can watch Momma that way. I may be interested in getting it so I can view the international news channels that I don't get on DirecTV or FiOS since some of them can be streamed through the Roku (ie RT, EuroNews, France 24). I will still pass on The Blaze unless I want to watch a train wreck.
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 16:56:55
Raine on 12/20/2013 16:56:55
Why yes, Duck Dynasty is JUST like Will & Grace. 
Comment by Scoopster on 12/20/2013 16:57:47
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 16:57:47
Say.. do the Brits get free Canadien prostitutes now because their country technically owns Canada? 
Comment by Raine on 12/20/2013 17:02:53
No, but prostitutes get free Red Velvet cupcakes.
Raine on 12/20/2013 17:02:53
Quote by Scoopster:
Say.. do the Brits get free Canadien prostitutes now because their country technically owns Canada?
Comment by 
clintster on 12/20/2013 17:04:42
Let me just put in a word here. I've been using an AppleTV for a while now (not too bad, though I wish they'd get more channels). A few days ago, I was logging into the internets when a message popped up from Comcast saying that we had nearly used up our 300 gig bandwidth limit for the month. Apparently they decided to get more aggressive in this now, but it seems that it's a tactic to keep people from "overusing" (read, using) streaming devices to watch movies and television.
clintster on 12/20/2013 17:04:42
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning, folks. I am debating whether or not to get a Roku now myself. Granted, I get Free Speech TV on DirecTV so I can watch Momma that way. I may be interested in getting it so I can view the international news channels that I don't get on DirecTV or FiOS since some of them can be streamed through the Roku (ie RT, EuroNews, France 24). I will still pass on The Blaze unless I want to watch a train wreck.
Let me just put in a word here. I've been using an AppleTV for a while now (not too bad, though I wish they'd get more channels). A few days ago, I was logging into the internets when a message popped up from Comcast saying that we had nearly used up our 300 gig bandwidth limit for the month. Apparently they decided to get more aggressive in this now, but it seems that it's a tactic to keep people from "overusing" (read, using) streaming devices to watch movies and television.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 17:11:10
The Blaze is paid subscription, Liv. No worries there. : )
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 17:11:10
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning, folks. I am debating whether or not to get a Roku now myself. Granted, I get Free Speech TV on DirecTV so I can watch Momma that way. I may be interested in getting it so I can view the international news channels that I don't get on DirecTV or FiOS since some of them can be streamed through the Roku (ie RT, EuroNews, France 24). I will still pass on The Blaze unless I want to watch a train wreck.
The Blaze is paid subscription, Liv. No worries there. : )
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 17:12:57
From Eaton's department stores.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 17:12:57
Quote by Raine:No, but prostitutes get free Red Velvet cupcakes.Quote by Scoopster:
Say.. do the Brits get free Canadien prostitutes now because their country technically owns Canada?
From Eaton's department stores.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 17:15:47
Here is sleeping baby koala bear. That should relieve the tension caused the Great Red Velvet Cake Debate of 2013.
Mondobubba on 12/20/2013 17:15:47
Here is sleeping baby koala bear. That should relieve the tension caused the Great Red Velvet Cake Debate of 2013.
Comment by Scoopster on 12/20/2013 17:18:07
btw, the original Waldorf Astoria recipe for red velvet calls for butter roux frosting, not cream cheese.
Scoopster on 12/20/2013 17:18:07
btw, the original Waldorf Astoria recipe for red velvet calls for butter roux frosting, not cream cheese.