New photos of Duck Dynasty have surfaced displaying duplicitous behavior, but it's just another obvious factor in reality TV.  It's not reality, and much of it is scripted for ratings and profits.  While I've heard a variety of fans foam at the mouth about how Duck Dynasty represent values, I can't help but think of Cam Brady, Will Ferrell's character in "The Campaign" where he repeatedly mutters "America!  Jesus! Freedom!" and then admits that he has no idea what that means but keeps saying it because it "sounds good" to the others around him.  But isn't that what's been going on for ages?  Falling for anything that sounds good while someone takes advantage of you isn't anything to be proud of, and it should especially not be repeated.  Duck Dynasty was just one of many ways that supposed "values" are used to fool people into accepting complacency and anachronistic sentiments.


In the end, it's just a bunch of rich yuppies pretending to be the heartbeat of 'Murica.  However, I have to include photos and quotes of others that put it so very well.  First, coming from a former flatmate from my snark-filled time living in Prague:

More goodness: "It'll be the Chik Fil a tantrum all over again. Just you wait. Yes, you're allowed to be an asshole, but MY freedom of speech allows me to point out you assholery. We can all be assholes together. This is AMERICA!" 








How you feel about him is irrelevant to me, and I have to agree with this second bit via Bill Maher:

“And finally, a resolution I have been asking America to make for a long time, be more cynical. Be less easily fooled. Case in point, all the people that are fans of these guys, heroes to all the rural heartland traditional values gun nuts out there. Except here is what we recently found out these guys really look like before they got their TV show, preppy a**holes at the golf club wearing Tommy Bahama,” Maher continued.

“That’s right. It is all an act, fat cats pretending to be just folks. And you fell for it. If you are that taken with a bunch of backwards religious cranks with long beards issuing ridiculous pronouncements — move to Iran, they’ve got tons of them there.”

Can't argue that point.  If you're a fundamentalist who hate gays, minorities, and civil liberties, by all means, don't just limit yourself to Iran, consider Saudi Arabia, too.  But before you grow out your beards and beat people with religious scripture, bear in mind that the people who push this ideology in DC are just as duplicitous as this (right):


And last but not least, George Carlin:


Bottom line: It's a big club, but you're not in it.  Be more cynical.