Except nobody in the masses was offended. Not one. At least not initially. After being told they should be offended, maybe they complied, but if they want to take their cues from elite masters, that’s their problem. It is sad and frankly pathetic to see a network like A&E cave to such craven (and utterly empty!) posturing. But that’s where we are. So if you’re a Christian and believe what the Bible says about sexual ethics, you may want to practice ducking. Because there’s going to be a lot of faux outrage flying around.

That can be an indicative noun, like, “Look, a duck!” or it can be an imperative verb, meaning, well, “Duck!” because something’s flying at your head.

If you haven’t been all Hobbit-like spending your time in a hole in the ground you’ll know that the Arts & Entertainment Network (A&E) suspended Phil Robertson from his own show, Duck Dynasty because he offered some unpopular opinions about sin in an interview with GQ Magazine. Well, not really “offered.” He was asked, and he answered. And most of his answer was a simple paraphrase of the Apostle Paul.

Obviously he was suspended because, well, Hollywood simply cannot have actors holding unpopular opinions. This was a lesson they learned way back in the 1950s when they were avid supporters of blacklisting actors with reported Communist sympathies… oh wait. I might be screwing that up.

At any rate, there is plenty of great and insightful commentary on this brouhaha on the Internet and much of it I can hardly improve. I’d recommend Al Mohler, my friend Christian Cryder, Ardel Caneday, and oh, lots of others. Rod Dreher always has very thoughtful commentary on this sort of thing. (Not all of this commentary is uncritical of Robertson, by the way.)

I want to simply point out one thing that way too many people forget:

All the outrage is phony.

All of it. Every single ounce of it.

I knew it within about 5 seconds of reading the initial story. I knew it because within mere moments they were quoting the Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD.

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