Phil Robertson Controversy

I've been hearing a lot about the controversy surrounding Phil Robertson (the Patriarch on Duck Dynasty if you don't know), and I'm just confused about one thing... what's wrong with what he said?

I've read the interview, which seems to be the dividing factor between the people who are protesting him and the people who are supporting him. Those who took the time to actually read what he said aren't offended, while those who blindly follow the hate-speech being spewed by the NAACP and a small portion of the outspoken members of the LGBT community are up in arms over his racist, homophobic rant.

I'm not sure how it has become offensive to say that you prefer the straight lifestyle. You're not condemning anyone else - in fact, as a Christian he is leaving that one up to God. If Phil Robertson were really as anti-gay as everyone is making him out to be, would he have agreed to sign a contract with a network that has a long history of supporting and promoting alternative lifestyles? Probably not.

In regards to the fools at the NAACP - GO HOME, YOU'RE DRUNK! Talk about reaching. So Phil himself has never witness racism and he has worked along side black people during some of the hardest times in this country and only has good things to say about their attitudes and work ethics. He didn't say anything about Jim Crow laws. All he said was that in the rural town that he lived in, he didn't see racism. Things were good, people worked hard (he was one of them) and they were happy. How is that bad?

I'm going to shock the pants off of everyone, but I've never witnessed a blatant act of racism against blacks either. I'm white and I've lived on both coasts in my lifetime. Granted, I've always lived in pretty small towns, I did go to college in a city and I worked in an inner-city school while I was there. I think the vast majority of people respect one another, but that the media blows any act of racism (or potential racism) out of the water to make it look like we're just 1 incident away from a full on race war. That's really just not the case and kudos to Phil for being brave enough to say it. It doesn't fit with the NAACP's narrative, but the truth almost never does.