And the bigot twins, why should they have a TV show? I don’t have one, nor do millions of others. They can still say what they want, just not on that TV network, just like you and me.
I have read nothing about the Benham twins that indicate they are bigots. Perhaps I should modify that and say that any discrimination they show has been learned from the bible.
But I have read their father is pretty famous for being an anti-abortionist who stalks abortion providers and invites violence by posting names and addresses on a website. Perhaps HGTV didn’t want to get in the middle of that.
I heard it differently. I did not know they were preachers. They had a show ready for line-up at HGTV which showed them investing in houses, repairing/remodeling, and flipping. Then they were cancelled before the first show aired. To my knowledge, there was no reason given. The article I read notes that they believe they were fired because of their Christian values, but the article did not note any particular issue that was a sticking point. Some website devoted to “right wing watch” registered a protest with HGTV. Not sure how much influence they had; not sure they should have had any influence. But when the article described the work of their father, I could see a network executive not wanting to take a risk.
Duck Dynasty had a backlash of people rushing to promote it after A&E “suspended” one member, much like the rush to eat at Chic-Fil-A when Rahm Emmanuel said that stupid thing about them not being welcome in Chicago. But since then, the Dynasty has been losing ratings.
I am sure there will be more than one explanation, and that they will not be in agreement with one another.
Why should you care? Maybe you shouldn’t, but I imagine we haven’t seen the last of this subject.
cjr53 almost 10 years ago
And the bigot twins, why should they have a TV show? I don’t have one, nor do millions of others. They can still say what they want, just not on that TV network, just like you and me.
I Play One On TV almost 10 years ago
I have read nothing about the Benham twins that indicate they are bigots. Perhaps I should modify that and say that any discrimination they show has been learned from the bible.
But I have read their father is pretty famous for being an anti-abortionist who stalks abortion providers and invites violence by posting names and addresses on a website. Perhaps HGTV didn’t want to get in the middle of that.
I Play One On TV almost 10 years ago
I heard it differently. I did not know they were preachers. They had a show ready for line-up at HGTV which showed them investing in houses, repairing/remodeling, and flipping. Then they were cancelled before the first show aired. To my knowledge, there was no reason given. The article I read notes that they believe they were fired because of their Christian values, but the article did not note any particular issue that was a sticking point. Some website devoted to “right wing watch” registered a protest with HGTV. Not sure how much influence they had; not sure they should have had any influence. But when the article described the work of their father, I could see a network executive not wanting to take a risk.
Duck Dynasty had a backlash of people rushing to promote it after A&E “suspended” one member, much like the rush to eat at Chic-Fil-A when Rahm Emmanuel said that stupid thing about them not being welcome in Chicago. But since then, the Dynasty has been losing ratings.
I am sure there will be more than one explanation, and that they will not be in agreement with one another.
Why should you care? Maybe you shouldn’t, but I imagine we haven’t seen the last of this subject.
Enoki almost 10 years ago
That café must be DNC owned…
ElRay almost 10 years ago
Free speech doesn’t shield you from the results of your speech, nor does it prevent people from correcting you when you spew nonsense.