"In December 1955, Rosa Parks took a stand against an unjust societal persecution of black people, and in December 2013, [Duck Dynasty's Phil] Robertson took a stand against persecution of Christians. What Parks did was courageous. What Mr. Robertson did was courageous too."—Republican Illinois Congressional Candidate Ian Bayne, in an email to supporters.
This is a particularly heinous bit of appropriation, given that, in addition to Robertson's well-publicized homophobic comments, he also said in the GQ interview:
I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. We're going across the field. ...They're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people'—not a word! ...Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.As previously noted, former Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal have also defended Robertson.
[H/T to Imani.]
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