So it took these latest statements for A&E to realize the old white rural southern male hunter and self described "red neck" had less than PC views on gays and minorities?
I suspect the cutting room floor of Duck Dynasty is full of 'colorful' comments about his (and his kids) views on the world.
You obviously don't know why this guy got a little vacation. You can think and say whatever you want in private. But when you go to the press and start spouting that stuff that's when your boss is going to have an issue. Do people on this forum not have jobs?
Of course I know why they did it. My point was this guy was a ticking time-bomb. They grabbed a bigoted backwoods redneck and made him a national media star. They should have seen this coming. And my other point was that I'm sure that he has said many inappropriate things during the filming of the show that they just edit it. They created a sanitized version of the guy that was acceptable, but we now see the real person that A&E always knew was there.