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Walmart Sells Out of 'Duck Dynasty' Merch in Show of Support




Friday, 20 Dec 2013 10:09 PM

By Cathy Burke






'Duck Dynasty' merchandise is flying off Walmart's digital shelves, with a variety of goods related to the popular A&E reality show out of stock as a furor rages over patriarch Phil Robertson's anti-gay comments and his TV future.

The Robertson family has a merchandise empire worth $400 million, according to Forbes, with sales in Walmart acounting for about half of that amount.

And fans, despite the controversy, aren't shying away from the Duck paraphernalia, The Daily Mail reported Friday. The array ranges from T-shirts to bedding, posters, watches and toys, but by Friday night, many of the items were listed as "out of stock online."

Word of the shopping stampede was burning up social media as well, with fans spreading the word via Twitter.

"Duck Dynasty's multi-million payday: WalMart sold out
A&E fired Phil, but he is LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK," one tweeter observes, while another urges: "Wal-Mart has sold out of all #DuckDynasty items. Show your support for the Robertson family by purchasing here," providing a link for the purchase.

The Dailly Mail quoted another tweet: 'Your stores may look quite vacant when you pull down the Duck Dynasty merch. May want to double down on the Honey Boo Boo."

A Walmart spokeswoman declined to comment to the newspaper.

According to Forbes, Walmart announced its best-selling item of apparel for both men and women this year was the show's T-shirt.

"Walmart publicly dumped Paula Deen after the Southern chef�s headline-grabbing allegations of racism this past summer, although you can still find her cookware on Walmart.com," wrote Forbes scribe Clare O'Connor.

"The question is whether the powers that be in Bentonville, Ark. believe Robertson�s vile homophobia will anger their shoppers the same way they clearly imagined Deen�s apparent racism would."

The Robertson clan warned that they "cannot imagine" doing the A&E series without patriarch Phil Robertson who has been suspended indefinitely after he told GQ magazine that homosexuality was a sin and compared it to bestiality, among other things.

A&E has yet to publicly clarify what the future of the show might be, what they'll do with their block of reruns, or what the suspension means, CNN reported Friday night.



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The problem is that the Duck Dynasty brand is licensed by A&E. I'm sure the Robertson's get a cut, but A&E are the ones creating the controversy in the first place by putting Phil on hiatus. Duck Commander is the Robertson's brand and the family issued a statement saying supportive folk would do well to purchase Duck Commander for Christmas and leave Duck Dynasty on the shelves.

+1

my mom is wrapping duck commander stuff right now. I believe all the stuff I've seen in academy is DC.

Ignorance, intolerance, and outrageous lies and propaganda are in abundant supply in some parts of the U.S., as indicated by something a Forbes writer wrote (quote from above):

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"Walmart publicly dumped Paula Deen after the Southern chef�s headline-grabbing allegations of racism this past summer, although you can still find her cookware on Walmart.com," wrote Forbes scribe Clare O'Connor.

"The question is whether the powers that be in Bentonville, Ark. believe Robertson�s vile homophobia will anger their shoppers the same way they clearly imagined Deen�s apparent racism would."
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1. Nothing Phil said was anywhere close to "vile homophobia." He referenced the Bible in saying that homosexual behavior was sin and mentioned some other sins. Nothing "vile" about that, and I kinda doubt that Phil is afraid of any homosexuals (i.e., no homophobia).

2. Also, to compare Phil to Paula Dean is propaganda that would make Goebbels proud. Phil's commented on race based on his personal experiences of being around and working with African-Americans in his younger days, hoeing cotton. He didn't say anything disparaging about African-Americans, at least I haven't seen anything reported. That section comparing Phil to Paula Dean was carefully crafted to subtly confuse the situation. First by even mentioning Paula Dean, who has nothing to do with Phil's GQ interview. Second by calling Paula a "Southern chef," implying since Phil is a Southerner and Paula Dean is a Southerner, they both must think the same way. Then, in the next paragraph, calling Phil's comments about homosexual behavior being sin "vile homophobia" and equating those comments to Dean's "apparent racism." It is ridiculous that such a radical propagandist's blog post would make it past Forbes' editors.


On another topic, one thing I think our schools need to do a better job about is teaching students to recognize propaganda and to reject such propaganda. The writer of that Forbes blog post should be blackballed from any mainstream media and be limited to posting on Dem Underground or similar extreme leftist websites.

I teach my kids what the reality's are, the schools never will.

Phill is right on with this. Obama gay rights are wrong he Obama is anti christ not god. you'se wanted a change u sure as hell got on

+1 - First post I have seen that is spot on - not someones biased opinion of the interview

Thanks for mentioning that because I didn't know that.

The Robertson's edited the A&E Duck Dynasty sign in their Duck Commander store (no, that's not me pushing the baby-stroller):

Thanks for posting that. Most of those commenting on Phil did not read his words and are getting most of it from the MSM. If they actually read his comments, they would be even more outraged at A&E.

As for the schools, ain't gunna happen. Most of the "propaganda" shoved down our children's throats Comes from the schools and the teachers. They sure as hell are not going to do anything to "open their eyes" to their lies.