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Seriously? I'm betting the ratings for next season of Duck Dynasty are through the roof.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
We tried that in the Antebellum days. It did not work.
No, we tried letting one half of the country do something the other half considered a crime against humanity (or its nineteenth-century equivalent). Merely letting people express the opinion that they should be allowed to work black people to death would probably not have torn the country apart. In theory. I'm not sure that most human beings are actually capable of being truly tolerant of repugnant beliefs, so this is all a bit pie-in-the-sky.
OTOH, we have progressed to the point where we no longer think the law itself should be used to crush heretics directly. Maybe eventually we'll mature to the point where we stop punishing them socially as well.
Seriously? I'm betting the ratings for next season of Duck Dynasty are through the roof.
Regardless of outcome, the assertion was that A&E had the foresight to actually plan this fiasco. There is no evidence to support the claim.
When faced with the choice between blind luck and inspired genius, I'm betting blind luck is more prevalent than genius, particularly given this is A&E TV programming. The obvious exception to the blind luck v. genius thing is Oerdin's singular genius in being inevitably wrong such that even via blind luck he isn't correct.
"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter
It wouldn't be the first time a company conspired to make a false controversy in order to prop up the ratings of a failing show. In fact, I hear it is pretty much standard practice among many media types. Tons of us were predicting this was a PR stunt (to attract people like Ben and Sloww) and that the guy would make a triumphant return to the show just in time for the new season; which is in fact exactly what happened.
Regardless of outcome, the assertion was that A&E had the foresight to actually plan this fiasco. There is no evidence to support the claim.
Considering that Robertson's "suspension" fortuitously coincided with a time period where they weren't filming, it seems like A&E knew perfectly well that any suspension was more symbolic than having any real effect. Of course, they may have lucked out into the controversy, but when the controversy started, A&E knew exactly how to play it.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Considering that Robertson's "suspension" fortuitously coincided with a time period where they weren't filming, it seems like A&E knew perfectly well that any suspension was more symbolic than having any real effect. Of course, they may have lucked out into the controversy, but when the controversy started, A&E knew exactly how to play it.
Its New Coke/Classic Coke all over again. Blind dumb luck as opposed to marketing genius. The timing was fortuitous, their response was not measured or planned, it was knee jerk. Both in initial response to GLAAD and the unforseen firestorm of death threats the CEO was receiving.
Call me a cynic but there is absolutely no reason to think A&E is smart enough to pull off a branding stunt of the kind you ascribe to.
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter
It's far more marking savvy than you'd like to admit.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
No its not falling for the "there is a conspiracy" gambit. The obvious reading of the situation is more likely the correct read.
People and by extension organizations are stupid far more often then they are genius.
"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter
No its not falling for the "there is a conspiracy" gambit. The obvious reading of the situation is more likely the correct read.
People and by extension organizations are stupid far more often then they are genius.
Post #25. I called it waaaaay early on. Yes, it was a quite obvious reading of the situation.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter
Post #25. I called it waaaaay early on. Yes, it was a quite obvious reading of the situation.
You inferred a conspiracy. Color me shocked.
"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter
I inferred A&E using a controversy to their benefit. Ie, the obvious reading of the situation.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
I don't see how suspending him made the situation any more controversial (such that it would really work to A&E's benefit). I can believe it was a knee jerk reaction but also an action that they knew had no real downside.
Running a marathon after suspending him on the other hand. I don't see how that isn't deliberate.
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