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Teacher in SC

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5. Cultural decay

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 12:08 AM

Dec 2013

I have never watched DD and never will. My reasoning is that I already live among these types so the last thing I need is to make them my TV viewing choice. It's sort of like high school reunions, if I didn't like them in high school why would I bother to hurry back to see them 10, 20, 30 years later? These people are what they are; they teach their children to repeat their propaganda. Yes, I am basing my opinion solely from the news clips about them, but it doesn't take much to figure out who they are. I had a hard enough time dealing with the guy from "Gold Rush", but that's as far as I go! A&E makes money off their foolishness. Same reason MSNBC runs "Lock-up" every chance they get. It's why FOX does so well. They all appeal to the lowest common denominator.

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Here's Everything We Learned From the Duck Dynasty Controversy Summed Up in Just One Sentence [View all] Miles Archer Dec 2013 OP

There is another sentence that is equally valid but much shorter... Pholus Dec 2013 #1

Well done! WowSeriously Dec 2013 #7

If you make enough money for them, you can do/say anything. SharonAnn Dec 2013 #9

Pandering is profitable. Jester Messiah Dec 2013 #23

I had a facebook friend... knowledgeispwr Dec 2013 #2

it's the "Bless his heart" defense VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #4

A page from the Don Rickles playbook Miles Archer Dec 2013 #15

Your facebook friend is using the same tactic used on DU to excuse the Pope's Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #31

Oh I've been lurking around the Pope threads... knowledgeispwr Dec 2013 #34

I wouldn't have minded two sentences. rug Dec 2013 #3

^Winner^ BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #32

Yep treestar Dec 2013 #33

+1 n/t Silent3 Dec 2013 #35

Cultural decay Teacher in SC Dec 2013 #5

In 1961, the FCC chair called television a "vast wasteland" mountain grammy Dec 2013 #6

There are a couple of unintended positive consequences from the Schmuck Dynasty Broohaha. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #8

It would be nice if that were true but it will never happen. Live and Learn Dec 2013 #12

I can dream, can't I? WowSeriously Dec 2013 #14

Oh sure, as long as you don't bet on it. lol Live and Learn Dec 2013 #17

Heads in the clouds is permitted from time to time. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #25

And, that one sentence is: "Some people need to be ignored to the extent possible." Coyotl Dec 2013 #10

Boycott A&E and their advertisers! sarchasm Dec 2013 #11

A gay black man’s response to A&E’s reversal of Phil Robertson’s suspension from ‘Duck Dynasty’ Cha Dec 2013 #13

I... I can't. Jester Messiah Dec 2013 #24

They definitely want gays dead. And another group of people are going to be used for their purpose: freshwest Dec 2013 #16

Yes he's a fraud but is he actually destroying lives? anti partisan Dec 2013 #19

It is, Delphinus Dec 2013 #21

I'd say a different sentence anti partisan Dec 2013 #18

Welcome Back to DU! RandiFan1290 Dec 2013 #20

Funny. anti partisan Dec 2013 #22

bettet believe it nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #28

recommended nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #26

how about 'money trumps everything' spanone Dec 2013 #27

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #29

That which this guy says about Phil Duck applies also to Francis the Pope Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #30

I can sum it up in one word: MONEY n/t etherealtruth Dec 2013 #36