(Edit: Yes, I'm a dumbass. I call Phil Robertson "Robinson" throughout my comment. It shows how much I really follow the show, or the Marxist media's latest kabuki-theater distraction involving it)

This is how the Marxists operate.

Robinson, however minimally, threatened their cultural hegemony.
His wildly popular show proudly displayed qualities which he values and the Marxists despise, e.g. family, prayer, firearms, hunting, etc.
Clearly (the word Marxists often use in an attempt to invalidate your argument), it must be destroyed.
That Robinson is a patriarchal figure just makes it all that much important, and sweeter, to the Marxists.

1) Robinson agrees to do an interview with GQ (FIRST F'ING MISTAKE), not realizing Marxist media makes its bones through ambush and vilification.
2) Robinson makes a statement in the interview about his views on homosexuality, (which, given how he has always presented himself, are not surprising), either not knowing or caring that his words will be taken in the worst light possible in order to destroy him.
3) The Marxists attempt to Alinsky Robinson using his opinion on homosexuality.
4) A&E suspends/fires Robinson (I believe that they were in their right to do this. I also believe that the decision will bite them in the ass).
5) The attempt backfires as the Christian community rallies behind Robinson and boycotts A&E
6) And most importantly, the Marxists, seeing that they are failing, double-down and attempt to Alinsky Robinson by using his opinions on race (which he also discussed in the same ambush, er - interview).

Robinson gave two opinions.
You could certainly disagree with them, but wrong is not evil.

I will give Robinson the benefit of the doubt on both counts, (i.e.: that he is good-hearted but idiosyncratic in a way which Marxists can easily fit into an Alinsky template), simply because it's the Marxists who are trying to take him down.

And *they* have proven time and again to be the *real* haters.

A&E was doing... damage control, nothing more. If they didn't move on it, they would have lost sponsors, which means losing revenue... No matter if you follow this guy's belief system or not (and that's not really iup for discussion), what they did was a solid BUSINESS decision. One I would have made, even IF this guy was one of my best friends and we were 110% in concert with one another.

You can't have someone on one of your (if not your leading) hottest revenue shows decide to talk about his "personal beliefs" that they know would up and piss off a huge segment of your viewers and not do anything... it's like what the food network did with whatzername (sorry, I'm not a big People-style media watcher) when she pissed off the black community. He's paid acting talent... when he torpedoes his own value, and puts his employer at risk, just like any other job, it's time to say Adios.

I don't think the post should be dinged because I think the discussion needs to happen. The LGBT community takes a lot of heat in here, mostly because many want to hide behind the group instead of be recognized based on merit and individualism.
everytime a producer on the site chooses to push a group right to something or a group being disparaged by perceived offenses, the producer will get that heat.

Another statement taken completely out of context by the left. He was referring to the blacks that he knew personally. The left needs to admit that many mistakes have been made during the Civil Rights era. These mistakes have caused a massive breakdown of the black families and a destruction of predominately black communities. Phil is going to be the new whipping boy for all the overly sensitive activist groups. Once again instead of open and honest discussion the left will simply try to destroy him.

He's conveying what he experienced, what he saw, what he didn't see and how the people around him seemed. You are putting words (not to mention thoughts and feelings) into his mouth that he never said. Why are you doing that, Maph? You're not making a balanced argument....and you're grasping to further your agenda by any means possible...
I am not happy about the path our country is headed down...I'm actually quite angry about it, but if you asked the people I "work" side by side with every day if I am an unhappy person...they would say no...that I'm fun to be around...we laugh all the time... I'm not singin' the blues. But I sure as shit want bocare repealed and some head to roll out of Washington yesterday!!!! But I still find happiness in my day even so.
Don't try and make Phil a liar, or someone who is misreporting his experiences. As much as you want to make him into a racist...your attempt just came off as stretched out and silly.