The "Redneck" Posers of Duck Dynasty

[@MsAshleyMarie94]

Ugh so sad to see Kay be so disregarded and treated like a background character when she's clearly the only reason that family is together. What a strong woman and what a horrible gross old man.

[@vbsenthusiast]

miss kay's a queen

[@WickedChild97]

@@vbsenthusiast the way she usually only seemed to be on screen to somehow be a joke… even when I was watching this show at like 13-14, those parts were always basically unwatchable.

[@jacjac_jac]

Ugh so true

[@jessicamarie7322]

I know. She seems very sweet.

[@sheisaMachine]

Well you sacrifice certain things for money I guess.

[@rebeccaromana25]

To every young girl reading this: don’t wait ten years for him to change

[@hebleedsloveful]

The horror and nausea I felt when they said that ‘every marriage is worth fighting for’ shit. No, no it isn’t.

[@ddjsoyenby]

preach you don't owe these wastes of l1f3 waiting in hopes they change.

[@mw7845]

@@hebleedsloveful when she was talking about the advice her grandma gave her I felt so frustrated. One man one wife one life 🤢

[@ahoymatey2315]

Or, you can wait ten years, have your marriage saved and end up being worth hundreds of millions of dollars, like Miss Kay🌎

[@rebeccaromana25]

@@ahoymatey2315 duck dynasty family is so insanely wealthy it’s not gonna happen lol 99% chance you remain poor and miserable and he doesn’t change and you get beat like the bar owners wife

[@Agatharose457]

“I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. I want my family back”. Translation Im hungry and the sheets are dirty and that womens work.

[@jessicawalton3497]

She even admits she thought he might shoot her in that moment. Yeah, nothing about their relationship is healthy.

[@2degucitas]

​@@jessicawalton3497Nope, it isn't. It's all about him.

[@andevil777]

Also, the booze and drugs have run out, lol. 😂

[@Thelastunicornlover]

@@jessicawalton3497I hope Kay can get out

[@LizLaenger]

I am a hunter living in Louisiana and I attended a sporting expo waaaaaay before their show. Phil was a presenter and I walked out because part of his presentation was about “a woman’s place”. I never forgot it and never watched the show.

[@beth4928]

From one hick to another, that's so gross, ew (his comments, not your hunting!)

[@Mothromance]

What a creep

[@whitediamond133]

I'm sorry that happened to you, what an awful thing for someone else to tell you what your worth is.

[@hellomoron]

Speaking as a city-slicker liberal: Responsible, respectful hunting with proper gun ownership and handling? Yay! Love deer burgers!!! Sexism in any context? Eeeeeeeewe.

[@elizabethsmith7224]

@@hellomoron My dad is a liberal in Louisiana and he hunts ducks.

[@Blueberrycaprice]

The bit where Miss Kay offhandedly says that she didn't know if he was going to shoot her or what was going to happen (when he turned up after a year of having them kicked out) is SO telling. Horribly upsetting that women live under that threat of violence and assume it normal, and in retrospect still don't see the gravity of it.

[@Crow0567]

@KODA! it's still common enough that it's not an unbelievable story, and the fact that it DOES get treated with such normalcy when stuff like that happens is just horrifying.

[@415carlton]

ugh. I was so horrified and confused to hear this part, but I didnt even begin to process her experience until your comment.but jesus christ

[@lisaeischens2352]

And I’m sure he blamed it all on the devil because he was drinking and acting like an asshole. I feel sorry for her because she does seem like a sweet lady. Imagine having him and 4 boys to cook and clean up after especially when he was out acting like a fool. He uses religion to excuse his history of abusive behavior because when he did all this horrible stuff, he hadn’t been saved or born again. That’s what I can’t understand. Just admit that you were a jackass who treated his wife and family like crap because you were a wild drunk who didn’t appreciate what a wonderful family you had. His wife deserves an award for putting up with this man. Maybe he’s been better now for many years but he’s still such a misogynistic and arrogant man.

[@ahoymatey2315]

Yes, God forbid he become a better man and she forgive him.

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah sadly it's hard to realize your in an @bus1v3 situation sometimes till your out.

[@isthataspider7410]

So an abusive father cheats on his amazing wife, and HE gets to tell the story, with the spotlight on him? And the audience is expected to sympathize with... him? I underestimated the ridiculousness of these people.

[@DrDoerk]

Do you not realize what the story means? It shows how great and powerful Jesus is, because he turned a terrible man into a good one.

[@suzbone]

@@DrDoerk except he's still terrible

[@DrDoerk]

@@suzbone you obviously don't know who these people are

[@suzbone]

@@DrDoerk I actually grew up across the river from them and I know EXACTLY who they are. People like them is why I moved away from that area.

[@DrDoerk]

@@suzbone yeah, I'm sure you did

[@alexiszimmer]

Y'all remember when walmarts were basically Duck Dynasty cons?

[@debshaw680]

I’m so lucky I lived in a liberal area where nobody gave a shit about these type shows or people. 😆

[@alexiszimmer]

I live in southern Ohio so I had to see that shit all the time.

[@johndoe4110]

Live in north Florida. Almost every store was a duck dynasty con hahaha

[@TheMirrorRoom]

I'm so glad it passed lol

[@yeeter2669]

My New Mexican Walmart expierence had a bit of this, but it paled in comparison to the people shooting up in the bathrooms.

[@mud213]

Phil is the kind of guy that needs the threat of hellfire to be a good person.

[@saraphicseer5982]

THIS.

[@Lauren-xw8bo]

I always have my sideeye on people (Christians) who say “without god and the Ten Commandments why would anyone do the right thing?”

[@katieharper4342]

Well said!

[@sloanefrances1881]

@@Lauren-xw8bo I am surrounded by them ;_ ;

[@vivk2932]

@@Lauren-xw8bo I agree wholeheartedly. I'm not religious myself and I generally avoid doing bad things to other people because I have enough empathy to know that it would negatively impact their lives or upset them, or at the very least I know that people in my life would look down upon me if I did those things. I don't need the threat of eternal damnation to be a good person. The sorts of people who insist that we all need God to hold us accountable kinda scare me, because I don't know what they would do if they didn't believe in him.

[@user-mh7db7ei1s]

This just made me feel so bad for Kay. She got with Phil at an atrociously young age, so she didn’t really have an opportunity to become her own person and figure out what she wanted in life. She also was set up to fail by being told by those who raised her that marriage was going to be “a fight,” so she grew up thinking that the way Phil treated her and her kids is normal. And then there’s the fact that he cheated on her and had a daughter with the other woman. He has no respect for her and just treats her like a doormat. And the worst part is that she thinks that it’s just a typical thing for a Christian marriage. That’s not how love is. And it shouldn’t be like that. Edit for typo

[@Sheagainer]

I love how all of these “god loving” “Christian” Men have such high values for women but they can go and cheat on these said women and be fine and not bat an eye about it. Super funny to me. Love that you made a video about this family grew up watching the show and it always made me question some stuff!

[@veelogation3890]

I mean, can you really call yourself a Fundie as covered by this channel if you aren't also a huge hypocrite?

[@ahoymatey2315]

You do realize that his cheating happened before he became a Christian, yes?

[@SG0779]

He was not a Christian when he cheated. He did a lot of awful things before coming to Christ.

[@Quaila]

Why is there... misogyny apologia in your comments lol if a women has risked her life and in this case sacrificed her entire youth for a man to have offspring and emotional support and he callously betrays her with infidelity ..... he should be exiled from his fucking community at the absolute least in a just society if not drowned to death or the brink of it, it's an incredibly personal demeaning and disrespectful offense, it borders on hobbyist snuff filmmaking with more steps. I'm not blaming any woman who's ever been a victim of this but what kind of sociopathic fucking bystanders are out there in the world continually enabling this shit, this kind of behavior is mortally debilitating to women

[@gamere105ek2]

@@SG0779 What I don’t like is that there’s that implication that if he never “found” God then he would’ve continued living life like that. The way it gets treated like those of us in the secular world, who aren’t religious, don’t believe in a God, etc. all live our lives like he used to. Raging alcoholic, abusive to the family, cheaters, etc. I just don’t like that these people think you can’t even remotely be a decent person without Jesus.

[@ksis86]

Gotta love it when a white person who is primarily around other white people says “well I’ve never witnessed mistreatment of black people” like that means it doesn’t ever happen lmao

[@jaysea5939]

It's so weird to me especially because he's old enough to have gone through schools desegregating

[@luv4dracula]

It’s like they live in caves and don’t watch the news. Mistreatment of POC happens everywhere. They are so ignorant

[@islandofideals6571]

And the part where he said no one was singing the blues?? Where did the blues come from then??

[@countryrat6t6]

Especially when he talked about working out in the fields with some black men... and how he never once heard them complain about white people... um... yea... maybe because you were there? and they didn't feel comfortable talking about it in front of... a white man? Yea, and then the fact that he probably remembers living through some part of the whole desegregation thing.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

And if I would've been there working the fields (assuming I even have the physical strength to do so), I would hope that, whatever environment I grew up in, that I'd want there to be something I could do, as a white youth, to stand up against neo-Confederate and Strom Thurmond style sentiments. But I doubt Phil Robertson understands those nuances.

[@waterspigot8404]

“You’re waiting till they’re 20 years old! They’re too old!” *nervous scattered laughter*

[@dellybird5394]

God forbid you want to marry someone AFTER their frontal lobe is fully developed. Getting married at 17 to a younger teen clearly didn't work out for him, if he was so emotionally immature that he kicked his own wife and kids out of the house.

[@alwaystired1]

could hear a pin drop after he delivered that righteous and godly line

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

The nervous laughter when he says 15 or 16 is comedy gold

[@BeastNationXIV]

And his supporters are still throwing that "groomer" trope at LGBTQ people. I served with some of them while trying to deal with coming out. Fuck them all.

[@fishfillet0]

To see grandparents teaching their grandkids how to cook is a really beautiful thing! *BUT NOT FOR THE REASONS HE'S SAYING IT*

[@imsmolandangery4274]

Quality time to bond with your grandmother and learn useful skills is cool and great Wife training is bad and creepy

[@DimaRakesah]

EVERYONE should learn how to cook, even if it's just to make very basic meals. It's a life skill. Do you really want to find yourself unable to cook for yourself should you not have a woman around to do it for you? Come on, dudes, man up.

[@valtoton2982]

I've always been confused about the fact that historically, it was suggested that cooking is the job of the women, yet in the restaurant business, male chefs are more respected and a woman has to fight harder in a professional kitchen. It doesn't make sense.

[@valtoton2982]

My 13 year old son cooks better than my best friend!

[@DimaRakesah]

@@valtoton2982 I think it's because a chef is a professional, amd traditionally any sort of work or art was the domain of men. Women were supposed to stay home, so being artists or professional cooks was a man's job. I think some of the few "women's jobs" are nurse and sometimes teacher. Teachers because they work with children so it was a "good" job for young women who had education, and nurse because in wars the men were the fighters so women were left to tend the wounded. Later, secretary became a common woman's job as well but not until like the 40's, after WWII when women were in the workforce a lot and young, unmarried women began to work more.

[@marycoolbeans]

My favorite part of the Duck Dynasty mania was one halloween my Grandma saw someone dressed as one of the guys, but because she had never seen the show she thought his costume was supposed to be Fidel Castro

[@kaitlin9288]

This comment took me out for a solid 2 minutes; thank you for that

[@pickledragonrebel]

😆

[@yougotgamesonyourphone6947]

LMFAOOOOOOO

[@SJ-ni6iy]

This should be the top comment😂

[@eviljesus6111]

👵EXCEUSE ME HONEYBUNCH IS THIS FIDEL CASTRO??

[@tytolidel]

The fact that she expressed the thought of him shooting her while she was giving that interview is just so concerning to me

[@tmtmtlsml]

It was how casual it was that chilled me. As if that was a perfectly normal thought to have, that your estranged husband that you haven't seen in a year has come back to kill me and the kids. Well God does work in mysterious ways, guess it's time to ask him in person ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@cousinmajin]

I know! I was like fuck, we really gonna just gloss over that huh

[@echonicole46]

“there is only one race: the human race.” “WHAT ABOUT NASCAR?!”

[@audrey9561]

Any man of his conviction is a class traitor for forgetting about NASCAR

[@katelynfuller2418]

This comment is hilarious

[@winzie-hz7zk]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@TehMomo_]

ah....I see you are a person of culture

[@jaysea5939]

Thank you for introducing me to that vine

[@jamielewis136]

The whiteboard section is pure art.

[@TherealHRHMarissa]

I loved how it was going down the whiteboard chronologically, until it wasn’t.

[@2542lauren]

Pepe Silvia vibes

[@Rastrick92]

So entertaining xD

[@jfm14]

The little ducky on the side! 😭 🦆

[@Ladyscarface]

I havent laughed that hard in awhile🤣👏

[@kaila2932]

I died at Phil admitting he was a meth head by calling it “medicinal speed” 💀

[@bigasspockets]

Ok that’s what I thought that meant but I wasn’t sure

[@onedaybutnottoday63]

I’m guessing he means medicinal speed as some kind of stimulant pill like Ephedrine or some kind of dirty speed pressed into pills. Just kind of trying to trivialize the fact he was still a stimulant addict….

[@lisdexamphetamine]

@@onedaybutnottoday63havent yet watched but he's probably talking about adhd meds. most of them are variations of amphetamines and the ones that arent are still stimulants. dexies adderall ritalin etc

[@puppppppies]

Idk maybe he's addicted to prescription Adderall. I'm sure he can afford it

[@user-jk7vp7vn2k]

@@lisdexamphetamine okay but then you just say adderall, no normal person says medicinal speed like how tf does that even manifest itself into your brain 💀

[@biged8329]

Sadie has the body language and mannerisms of a youth group kid trying to play a stoner in a morality play.

[@sloanefrances1881]

this comment is beautiful

[@shelbymckinney8888]

@@sloanefrances1881 I couldn't find the proper words to describe her, but now Voila! We found it folks.

[@glass.hammer]

What an absolutely phenomenal read

[@mw7845]

She’s trying to act “secular” 😭😭😭

[@MacyOlivia]

I knew the comments would be good but I didn’t think I’d find gold. *chefs kiss*

[@paulinedavis8372]

When Miss Kay is describing their early marriage and how Phil kicked her and the children out...yikes

[@anniemarie63]

Right?? It just seems extra scummy that HE kicked THEM out. Like if you’re gonna leave your family at least have the decency to let your child bride and kids stay in the house…

[@meghansullivan6812]

I know right I was just thinking this POOR woman deserves so much better

[@jessmstephens]

And he was STILL cheating on her when they got back together, and she knew it. I know each marriage is highly personal and she might have been happy to stay with him, but it is heartbreaking to consider that she might have been with him out of fear. Jen's correct that it's not necessarily out of the ordinary for many people to marry that young, but it's still sad to think that she might have been too young for it to even occur to her that he wasn't doing her a favor by asking to get back together.

[@Lostinmyhead23]

Most definitely. I think that there was a lot of abuse that took place during those years. Just the way she said she didn’t know if he came to her job to shoot her… Like she is a victim

[@debbiemohekey1509]

I hope she's { Miss Kay } is helping herself to as much compensation as she can get her hands on. She's earned it and Phil should never stop trying to make things up to her. Do like the show.

[@Hakumeiun]

"I didn't know if he was going to shoot me, or what." SIS, GET OUT

[@EnchantedEarsASMR]

Right? Like clearly an abusive relationship.

[@eaharms3544]

Learning of the illegitimate daughter must have hit Kay so hard, I imagine she'd wanted a daughter of her own for years. The way her feelings weren't even acknowledged by Phil in that fluff piece was so depressing.

[@lisapegg3595]

I could not believe it when he said "there might be more" illegitimate kids

[@carolinerowles5951]

And I guess her being named Phyllis was a nod to her biological father Phil. Must've really hurt Kay.

[@laurenhill7844]

There seemed to be a lot of subtext in what Kay said about this wasn't how she expected to get a daughter

[@yeahreally9185]

I really need to hear more of Kay's story. I get the feeling she doesn't get to talk all that much

[@cheesyDELISH48]

@@yeahreally9185 she's featured on their current pod. Its mostly Phil & Alan but there are multiple episodes about the discovery of Phyllis

[@hellolove5613]

Why are we taught to save men? Srsly, her grandmother actually told her “it doesn’t matter what others think, it doesn’t matter what YOU think, your marriage is worth saving.” Ummm, no. You married an abusive alcoholic as a CHILD and he was a danger to you and the kids. I honestly believe that she would straight face say, “I’d rather he killed me than get a divorce.” Sarah Marshall said - “It’s okay if you get a divorce so you can stop screaming at each other. You can still be a family”

[@lilafeldman8630]

It's so sad that they cant see those situations for what they are: codependency! Slowly but surely, though, people are waking up.

[@lilafeldman8630]

As someone said above, I hear so much talk like that in the Chhristian world. "Your marriage is worth saving", the idealization of young love and early marriage, "forgiveness". Acting like change can happen overnight. It keeps people in bondage.

[@katiebeaird4528]

And notice she never once says he apologized for any of his behaviors

[@soobindoll9767]

Some marriages don’t need to be saving especially with abusive one's.

[@yourlocalnerd7788]

For all their flaws, I'm glad my parents alway impressed on me that I should never tolerate an abusive partner.

[@scarletweaver171]

When Phil's daughter showed up and he said "who knows, another one might show up one day." He is basically admitting that he cheated more than once.

[@jaredhendrix7213]

I mean he’s never really hid that lol

[@niccir2885]

"She IS only 17." Well, according to grandpa she's an old maid by that age and should've been married off a year or two before that.

[@spants1058]

Yep!

[@gamere105ek2]

Nicci R I know! That comment he made about women only be “useable” until they’re 20-years-old is exactly why women today see their lives as practically being over by the time they’re 25. For the Duck Dynasty family I think Sadie’s like 24-25 now, and she got married a year or two ago I think, so I’m sure her family was awfully surprised when she brought home a guy that was willing to marry her given that their perspective is any woman over the age of 20 is ANCIENT.

[@kilibubblecata6266]

Lol yeah try 4

[@elcheekoful]

Im 30. Me and my family live in East TN. I'm not defending him. But My grandma got married when she was 18. Engaged at 17. This was in the 60's. Alot of people dropped out of school and had kids early and got married young. It was not uncommon back then for people to get married at 17, 18 & have kids. By 19-20 if a woman wasn't married, "she was destined to be alone forever." Like she was "unlucky or unfortunate". Keep in mind there parents family lifespan for half if them was 40-50 years old. It sounds silly, but it was a different time back then guys.

[@yallimsorry5983]

@@elcheekoful yeah that was a terrible, inescapable situation for those women and I doubt your grandma’s relationship or life was any better. You might notice the divorce rate is mostly driven by older people who suddenly had the option to leave, without needing the approval of a judge, and also not be socially shunned.

[@kaitibeeps5887]

i always find people "cosplaying a lower tax bracket for profit" to be a big thumbs down

[@kayenjee]

Nicely put 👌🏼

[@marra9654]

this this this

[@goobertron9099]

EXACTLY it makes me so mad!!

[@ddjsoyenby]

"we're like you don't rise up against the rich please buy our sh1t"

[@NefariaAdventures]

Poor Miss Kay reminds me of so many women in my church who fought for husbands who weren’t worth saving.

[@DrDoerk]

Sounds like you don't go to church

[@NefariaAdventures]

@@DrDoerk sounds like know the type

[@DrDoerk]

@@NefariaAdventures have you read the Bible?

[@vitaminwater9662]

@@DrDoerk fuck the bible

[@MeeYeeWeeWee]

Okay hold up he said before that women over 20 are all gold diggers, but then his wife goes in to say that SHE was the one paying for everything and him being rich now makes her want to stay with him and they all laugh? This guy is full of crap.

[@captbarnes]

Yeeeeah, he said 20 is too old and my 27 year old ass was sitting here like 👁👄👁

[@manderly33]

Never been happier to be too old for a man. (Also when I was 20 and men his age hit on me I was like: ew gross)

[@stonedmonkey89]

The crazy part is that she was always the one that had more money growing up and HE was raised more poor for lack of a better word. Her family owned a grocery store and different random stores SHE was always the one that was more rich growing up. You can find videos of Kay talking about it. So really… that kinda makes him the gold digger. Jus saying lol. Fun facts.

[@jesslane6472]

Technically she was 13, right? So, under the cutoff. Let's add child labor laws to the pile of "rules for thee but not for me".

[@rachelk4805]

@@manderly33 But now that you are no longer 20 they convince themselves that you are just jealous of their attention; that's why you warn younger women, not because you have been there.

[@popartjunkie]

I love that they are "sooo into modesty" but then hate on practicing Muslim women who chose to wear hijabs.

[@cybernatedcourpse]

its never made ANY sense. like nuns essentially wear hijabs 😐.

[@stephanieblakley3549]

modesty 😃 but not like that 👿

[@amyshort5625]

Right?! I prefer to be covered up, for personal reasons. Why on earth would I turn around and shut on someone else for doing the exact same thing? Truthfully, I think hijabs are beautiful and would love to wear one if it wasn't disrespectful.

[@vivianespinoza1549]

💯

[@thepanpiper7715]

Yeah, I'm listening to her stream of consciousness drone (no hate, but the girl needs a script) and I'm like "these are literally the reasons the muslimas I know wear hijabi". And, in the case of my cousin's cousin, to cover a bad hair day.

[@astrobees]

I grew up in Monroe, La, and my mom knew Willie and Jep and their whole bunch, went to private school with them, all that jazz. She always had a good laugh at their lower-class “redneck” personas, telling me that they were actually mad preppy rich kids in HS.

[@tessamynwieczorkowski8250]

That teenager preaching jibberish about modesty is what Girl Defined wishes they could be.

[@ms.dreavus2446]

I straight up WHEEZED when you played Phil Collins over the Rupaul image, peak comedy

[@brittneybrisbin744]

Same😂

[@manicpepsicola3431]

I couldnt believe rupaul did that I was laughing so hard being like wtf 😭😭

[@raincloud6606]

duck dynasty accidentally radicalized my dad because he went to walmart and saw how much branded shit they were selling and he's like 'wait they've got money money, what the fuck'

[@jacobgryboski4096]

I find Duck Dynasty to be embarrassing representation of southern culture. In my opinion the greatest parts of southern culture is the focus on kindness, hospitality, and cooking. Unfortunately racism and bigotry does run rampant still I believe there are many Southerners who are opposed to it but they get lumped in with people like them.

[@didograce3531]

So true. I'm from the South too (Texas), and knowing how others view Southerners makes me embarrassed to have a bit of an accent, so I try and cover it up whenever possible.

[@Emily-tp1jd]

I feel like Miss Kay is the most representative of the south out of the older generation but it's not braggadocious and it's even downplayed. She kept the family together despite everything, she sounds like an amazing cook, she seems like the kind of woman who would go out of her way to try to help you if she could. (Assuming her story is true, that is.) However, just like in the (traditional) south, her contributions are clearly not as important so they aren't worth as much mention as the things the men do. And I'm sure if given the chance to voice her opinions she would also be just as bigoted as the rest of them. I love the south, I hate a lot of the people in it.

[@cl5470]

Not to be mean, but the South's food traditions are just leftovers of their slave past. Slave women cooked soul food while white people were waited on. The traditional southern foods are black in origin. White people need to stop claiming everything.

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

110%! Native Texan here and the kindness and hospitality is unmatched - the one handed wave while driving / passing someone is everything here lol. I have a pretty thick accent and mention of the south or Texas immediately puts a certain taste in people’s mouths. I try to distance myself from that and correct some preconceived notions but shows like this certainly don’t help. I’d say Mrs. Kay is a solid representation of that kind, loving spirit of the south but it broke my heart to hear her so nonchalantly talk about Phil putting them out on the street and even thinking he was gonna shoot her for Christ’s sake! That disregard for domestic abuse is all too common here too and yet another thing we gotta roll our sleeves up and collectively deconstruct & correct. Unhappiness and lack of a support should be well more than enough of a reason to end or leave a marriage. Let alone abuse and infidelity.

[@jacobgryboski4096]

@@lindseyhendrix2405 wow you were able to sum this up a lot better than I was. I'm from the Florida swamp lands and I love it here however I am ashamed of the amount of bigotry and racism that is present here.

[@serpenking]

that interview segment with phils wife was absolutely mortifying like oh my god "i didn't know if he was gonna shoot me or what lol" girl this man aint shit

[@Gabsc44]

People are like omg she’s so sweet…I don’t see anything but a woman who rolled over and accepted abuse, not only for herself but for her kids too. NOPE.

[@jasmirris]

Also that is terrifying if she thought he might shoot her. I can understand the thought process of staying because of abusive relationship dynamics but geez to say it so flippantly. And everyone laughed!😳

[@oilybohunk7]

That moment stuck out to me, if you think that is legitimately a possibility how do you stay and then tell "cutesy" stories about it. HARD YIKES.

[@ivystafford7978]

As an actual rural Appalachian white person, who grew up poor, Duck Dynasty embarrasses me.

[@arkham9843]

Same it's actually embarrassing.

[@DrDoerk]

Someone's jealous

[@kylegonewild]

@@DrDoerk Classic dumbfuck response. "You don't like someone? You're just jealous."

[@printgymnast368]

@@DrDoerk the hallmark of leftism

[@Katie-mw7pd]

@@printgymnast368lmao you figured it out, we are all just jealous of you red states and your complete lack of public resources, incompetent representatives, and record-holding numbers of high school dropouts.

[@Sam-gf5ln]

absolutely no one: phil robertson: "my idea of happiness is killin' thaings"

[@elliottsmithlover199]

hello other sam

[@baananajam]

BUHBUHBUHBUH

[@Sam-gf5ln]

@@elliottsmithlover199 *does the spiderman point*

[@makaimaukahasopinions848]

For real

[@chloehaney33]

“thaings” 💀

[@undeadpuritans]

I'm from Southern Georgia (the religious trauma is why I love your channel so much!) and one year my uncle mentioned the duck dynasty guys in a prayer at thanksgiving implying that because they were strong and Godly, we could be too?? It was bizarre and all I could think was "they're billionaires and we're having thanksgiving in a double wide. we're not the same."

[@gamere105ek2]

Sav Grimes Ikr? The religious aspect or not I’ve never understood people who think rich people are just like your average everyday person. Like no they’re not, if they can afford the fancy house, fancy car, private helicopter, the maid, the nanny, etc. then explain to me how they have “issues” in their lives. Please, their biggest worry in life is if their shirt matches the rest of their outfit.

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

@@gamere105ek2 I’m sure they have issues, but not the same issues as the working poor

[@lulucohen6889]

you can if u want to :)

[@lulucohen6889]

@@gamere105ek2 i wanna be rich and start my own company but im scared ppl will hate me. I grew up dirt poor

[@user-vl8ws4wd7o]

@@lulucohen6889 wanting to get out of poverty is not something worthy of hate at all. The issue here is pretending someone who is rich has the same problems as working class people because they dress or act similar. You're fine, don't worry about it. I wish you lots of success! Everyone is deserving of comfortable life

[@meredithgray3120]

Bro sadie’s modesty rant literally sounded like an snl skit 😭

[@camryn3486]

NOO OMG UR SO RIGHT☹️

[@Tkm-bi8gk]

Slam poetry

[@ascelladoran7331]

This comment made me crack up LMAO

[@Nonameforyoudangit]

! That's who she sounds like - the Miley Cyrus character on SNL!

[@TheCherrybomb58]

She's for fuk Boi energy

[@tacticalmisandrist]

30:51 I would also like to know. When I got pregnant at 14, my baby daddy’s extremely bigoted and Christian mom told me she got an abortion at 13 and she had never told anyone and she regretted it all her life. And you know what? She’s just as pro life as any other conservative, and oh yeah she’s totally forgiven. But had I gotten one? I would have never been forgiven. Their abortions were back in the day, “it was different,” “I had to” But they can’t possibly have empathy for other women who also have to. Like, she benefited from not having that baby at 13. Her life is probably infinitely better since she didn’t have a baby at 13 in like the 70s-80s. She was able to get married and plan her family how she wanted it. She was able to focus on her faith and be a stay at home mom. She reaped all those benefits, but wants to steal that away from other women and young girls in the exact same position. I don’t understand the cognitive dissonance.

[@estebannoguera7126]

Its so sad the hipocresy of these people. Also I hope you are doing fine.

[@Rawnblade13]

Its the conservative motto. "Rules for thee; but not for me."

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

Most people are extremely narcissistic- they will use their “religion” to claim all sorts of special things for themselves vs “fire and torture” for everyone else. It’s very childlike and sad.

[@DimaRakesah]

Sounds like a lot of externalized hatred. She has "forgiven" herself so she doesn't have to live with feeling ashamed (because her culture tells her that abortion is evil) but can externalize that hatred to other women.

[@TurkeyFarmerGirl]

I'm almost 40, I got forced at 14 to have one. I regretted it so much. I got involved with drugs and other self harming activities. I have a 5 year old now. He is my world. I'll have to answer to God one day for murdering my child. I could if said no, but I was so afraid of my parents.

[@communistsharks6889]

Kay is such a a strong person, and I have a lot of respect for her… but let’s just take a moment to internalize her message: even when your husband is a deadbeat drunk who makes no money, contributes nothing, and kicks you out of the house, you should still stand by him. Talk about enabling abuse….

[@debbiemohekey1509]

Thank God attitudes have changed. My grandmother used to say When you make your bed you lie in it. { No matter what} If a wife left it was automatically her fault for not having the gumption to stay and make it work. This was still happening in the 70s, Other womens attitudes were as bad as mens.

[@amandalogan89]

@@debbiemohekey1509 sadly attitudes haven’t changed at all about this, especially in southern or religious communities.

[@piperbarlow1672]

i have that shark plushie in your pfp ^w^

[@moustik31]

Those men are treated like royalty even when they dont work for it. It's like being ruled over by toddlers. Fundie Christian women and their love for unhappiness and disrespect, a tale as old as time..

[@oppaloopa3698]

You have a lot of respect someone who demands lgbt folk get cishet or literally die trying… well it lines up with the communism lmaoooo

[@Sarah-re7cg]

Let’s call “duck dynasty” What it is: Rich people cosplaying/ larping poor people for clicks/views/votes

[@jayo1212]

Specifically a redneck Dumbledore and redneck Hagrid with their friends who make obnoxious sound effects while larping poor people for clicks/views/votes!

[@jeremyrichard9579]

Phil’s homophobic comments were so profilic, I remember my high school English class did an assignment on it. I remember that so vividly.

[@ghintz2156]

Kudos to that English teacher.

[@jeremyrichard9579]

@@ghintz2156 Yeah, in the later part of the year, we were doing a whole thing on Ender’s Game, and I remember her talking about how uncomfortable she was about doing the assignment about the author (considering his homophobic remarks)

[@vylbird8014]

Don't forget the other comments though. The homophobia got most of the headlines because conservatives kept spinning it as 'Phil was censored for quoting the bible.' But he also said some horribly racist things in the same interview, and in other interviews. Phil on Islamic terrorism: "“In this case, you either have to convert them, which I think would be next to impossible. I’m not giving up on them, but I’m just saying either convert them or kill them.” Phil on history: "Look at any society where there is no Jesus. I'll give you four: Nazis, no Jesus. Look at their record. Uh, Shintos? They started this thing in Pearl Harbor. Any Jesus among them? None. Communists? None. Islamists? Zero. That's eighty years of ideologies that have popped up where no Jesus was allowed among those four groups. Just look at the records as far as murder goes among those four groups." Phil on his childhood in segregated Louisiana: "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 for his statements on homosexuality, well... not fit to repeat here. But let's put it like this: After he was sidelined in the show, I read a /lot/ of right-wing articles describing how Phil was being censored, oppressed and punished for his faith and his 'biblical worldview.' But I noted at the time, in not a single one of them that I found were any of the above quoted, nor were his words regarding homosexuality. There were plenty of people ready to defend him, but they wouldn't tarnish their hero by repeating his words.

[@mannequin_A]

I also remember my high school English teacher talking about Duck Dynasty, although she was extremely conservative and went on a mini rant about how it was a true down to earth show about family and morals, while Two and a Half Men was a depraved show about sex and other sinful things. I have absolutely no idea how that could have come up in our English class though…

[@jeremyrichard9579]

@@vylbird8014 jfc, this man is terrible

[@hiyaitsmariah452]

I stayed in an abusive relationship for far too long partially because of the Robertson's so called 'love story' and my beliefs at the time. Finding your channel (and a therapist 😆) has helped TREMENDOUSLY seeing how manipulated i was. Take care ☺❤

[@Emily-tp1jd]

I hope you're in a better place now!

[@sarahsweeney7048]

Hope you're in a better and safer place now. Proud of you for getting help 🧡

[@sherrita80548]

My pastor says God does not approve marriages where there is abuse is not what God has for you

[@spa-peggymeatballs4861]

Good for you. ❤️❤️

[@lilafeldman8630]

I agree with you, I'm glad you found d a way out. There are stories like that all over the Christoan world, used to make people feel like, "it can change." But they keep people in bondage. Probably why Anna,stays with Josh.

[@percibaltwinkus]

petition for a gay duck dynasty where they go to the woods, get high, and use their woodwind instruments to attract cute ducks to feed them peas

[@angelapalmer6782]

I would totally watch that! Great idea!

[@milotheangel9756]

Where can I sign up? I’m a gay who gets high and plays music in the woods and feeds ducks lmao

[@thelittlerussian3042]

I would spend money to make this show happen

[@bunnybunny7112]

I need this show!

[@sayosweeti5757]

YES I NEED THAT I WANT DUCK CALLS JUST SO I CAN SEE MORE DUCKS

[@purple1478]

This just brought back memories of my parents loving this show and my mom LOVING that they sat and had dinner and prayed every night. Like mom chill, we don't even go to church. 😂

[@aillieturner9709]

😭 it touched her 😩😂😂

[@hannywhyy3415]

Sounds like my mum 💀😂🙏

[@megshep]

I feel really bad for Sadie, because I WAS her once upon a time. I suffered from crippling self hatred and intense anxiety because I was so obsessed with being Modest.

[@ddjsoyenby]

purity culture is evil.

[@DimaRakesah]

It sounds like you're doing better now, I hope. ❤ I can't imagine how hard it must have been for young girls and women who got stuck in purity culture. I was lucky that I never gave two figs about that stuff and stopped listen to the preaching in church at a pretty young age. It could have messed me up so bad and I really feel for you.

[@typicallyteamtyler]

My best friend seems to be in the place. How do I help her?

[@DimaRakesah]

@@typicallyteamtyler Besides just being there for her, there may not be much you can do. She needs to be ready to change and be open to new ideas. Sometimes just accepting people as they are, and supporting when they need you, is all you can do to help someone when they are unable to help themselves.

[@vilyda]

My very Christian family (my grandfather was a pastor) never focused on dressing modest. Exp Not my grandmother (her skirts were nearly illegal back in her day, all mini the minute she moved out). I feel like I has a disconnect with my friends in youth group because of it, they mentioned the way I dress constantly in the summer. They were so concerned and always uncomfortable.

[@honeydiveintome]

okay I know this video is a year old but I grew up near west Monroe and ran in some of the same social circles as the Robertson kids, and I can attest that this family is just as insufferable as they seem on tv. I remember them literally pretending like they were “country” kids, but then making fun of me and my friends for working at a horse ranch and cleaning up shit 🧍🏻‍♀️ Willie also has the largest home pool I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

[@kristen7687]

wait so phil is telling everyone to get married young while admitting that for the first few tears of his marriage he was a terror as he was still … maturing …. so maybe if he idk .. waited he wouldnt have had to subject a spouse to that

[@ThunderStruck15]

You and I both know he only means women.

[@sarah3796]

@@ThunderStruck15 🤢🤢🤢

[@sosmooth13]

Having a young girl subjected to traditional roles vs. an older woman that has had experience and knows what she will and won’t put up with sounds like control. Idk if he realizes it or not, but it’s so ingrained in that culture they sometimes they don’t. I grew up. Christian and had an ex gf that wouldn’t mind being traditional. That didn’t work out for me, because it felt wrong and seemed like a life you’d have to commit to if you wanted to give yourself up. My ex was the “mama bear” can’t wait to have kids and make that my whole identity type. And that makes me cringe now.

[@abidoran3439]

When combined with the whole "marry girls when they're still teenagers" bit, it sounds like he's well on his way to advocating for fully adult men to marry high schoolers (or even younger).

[@myathewolfeh1156]

I HATE how that host didn't look Phil in the eyes when it was mentioned that he kicked his wife and children out of their house and ask, "Why did you think that was right?" Instead she lets Kay make excuses for him. No, hold him accountable, ffs! How much of him "accepting God" was just an excuse for him to not have to take responsibility for any of his previous actions?

[@lalabeccaohh]

That was CBN, Christian broadcasting network or something like that. Of course they wouldn't hold him accountable because that doesn't align with his come to jesus story

[@DimaRakesah]

I've noticed that in many conservative ultra fundy religions the women are the ones that are forced to take accountability for the mistakes of men, while men are often forgiven. Next time you're watching a video about fundies just watch the way all accountability in their culture is forced onto women and away from men. Women are held accountable for sex out of marriage, for rape/sexual assault, for men's lust, for the state of their home, for their children, for the happiness of their husbands/fathers/brothers, for the family's reputation, etc. When a woman or girl makes a mistake the blame comes down hard on her and they are quick to discipline any female who steps out of line. When a man makes a mistake, even a severe one such as raping an under age girl or cheating on his wife, the men around him (who are the authority figures in their culture) are quick to talk about "forgiveness" rather than punishment or basic accountability. They're all watching each other's back. So if Joseph fucks up and goes on a bender for a night and gets in a drunk driving accident the other men around him rally to help and offer forgiveness, cause the next time THEY screw up Joseph will be there to help and forgive them. But not the women. The women they actually want to keep from making "mistakes" entirely. It's as if the women are literally paying for the mistakes that their men make, by being held to such a high standard as if they cannot be trusted... even though the men who are trusted keep fucking up and get away with it and the women will be expected to forgive them over and over again. Their entire culture is structured to allow men to screw up and get away with it. There is a youtube on here who was part of a particularly fundamentalist religion. Both she and her sister were repeatedly sexually assaulted by their father, one daughter even became pregnant. One sister managed to run away and press charges, but the entire community rallied around her father and supported and forgave him, even the mother and the other sister stayed by his side, while they all blamed the runaway sister for it. They're trained to blame any woman who steps out of line but to forgive the men.

[@sosmooth13]

This is exactly why I abhor conservative Christian culture. Cheating happens, but you’ll commonly see that in Christian consecutive culture, women have to suck it up and take one for the team to make that holy matrimony work. Then they judge liberals and call them sinful because they have happy relationships with whoever they want? Or if a liberal relationship falls apart it’s because it wasn’t of god? Yeah, after growing up Christian and growing out of this, I’m annoyed by the hypocrisy.

[@Ipsolus]

There was a similar deal with Josh Duggar. Even as a Christian at the time, it confused me. "Why should he be arrested? He repented and intimacy between siblings isn't that uncommon" Bro yes it is, he should've been thrown in a cell for good the first time

[@codymitchell3559]

No, they absolutely are not rednecks. Not even close. They’re redneck posers, so are the Republican racists you traditionally think of when you hear the word. As you said, redneck comes from us Appalachian miners who wear red bandanas around our necks when we fought an actual war for labor rights. A lot of the labor rights you all enjoy today are because we literally died for them. (Look into it, it was called the Coal Wars). And that movement was pro-union, pro working class, pro solidarity, anti police, and anti capitalist. REAL rednecks still hold those values today and we stand in unshakable solidarity with our PoC and LGBTQ brothers and sisters in their fight. Our communities even intersect, I know plenty of PoC and LGBTQ rednecks. Real redneck culture is all about the betterment of the working class and the common folk and that includes all of us. Every color, every gender, every orientation and so on. The rich who have made their fortunes off all our backs and our blood and our sweat and our tears are the real adversary.

[@maxxpheonix8470]

Neat

[@calamity9061]

Im so glad someone said this!!! PUT THE RED (commie) BACK IN REDNECK!!

[@griffin1155]

redneck cannot be divorced from the working class! if you’re not working class you’re not redneck!! modern day rural conservatives embody everything the real rednecks fought against and appropriate and slander their name

[@kirstencorby8465]

I grew up in Tennessee, and that was NOT the case. God that place is racist.

[@saintcecil]

THIS‼️‼️

[@OBCDeeznutz]

Oh the cringe I'm reliving. Back in those days I was deep in my little conservative evangelical bubble. Being in Oklahoma, we obviously loved this show. This is also the first I've heard of his daughter. I cannot imagine feeling so determined to have that "happily ever after" or a "godly" marriage that I would put up with my husband kicking me and our children out. That's sad. Forced happiness isn't happiness.

[@spa-peggymeatballs4861]

Same, same, same. From the Ozarks, so definitely can relate. Also wanted to say the same thing about “fighting for the marriage” I see so many couples around me that hate each other, but stay together because they think it’s a sin to split. Such a waste of time, in my opinion.

[@NotDaveGahan]

And most women having to deal with shitty husband's don't get filthy rich.

[@irradiated_woman8016]

Ayye. I grew up in OK and yes people loved that shit. Hope you're doing good 👍

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Seeing stories like this out of states like OKHM, ARKS, and LSNA make me all the more grateful I didn't grow up in the southeastern states. My childhood was already rough as it was, and life in a fundamentalism-ridden state would've absolutley torn me apart in a minute.

[@Iudicatio]

Yeah it is important to fight for your marriage but at the point that your partner completely refuses to uphold their responsibilities it makes no sense to try to uphold yours.

[@AshleyMaverick]

I cannot believe you snuck “submissive and breed-able” into this 💀💀💀

[@kriscynical]

"Phil probably shot the partridge and blew up the tree." made me legitimately laugh out loud at my phone. Thank you for that.

[@sophian9105]

Duck Dynasty was very en vogue at my conservative Christian homeschool co-op circa 2011-2012.

[@virginiajames8045]

Same

[@2degucitas]

Glad you survived

[@pdnwkd]

Homeschool co-ops are a fever dream

[@Empathy-and-resilience]

@@pdnwkd accurate af

[@chuggingigibytes3663]

River Of Life?

[@laurenrodrigue7499]

the absolute CHOKEHOLD this family had on Louisiana at their peak was insane and I’m only just realizing it lol uncle Sy really did carry that show though

[@bo.sleeps]

right? we watched them every week. it’s crazy the behind the scenes things that don’t make it on the show. they’re so much worse than i remember lol

[@lh2337]

It was UNREAL

[@soobindoll9767]

Same with Mississippi 😭

[@britneyhammons9921]

As someone who grew up 30 minutes from Phil and Kays H O U S E , yes. this show had louisiana by the B A L L S

[@mary-catherineelizabeth7277]

Uncle Sy carried that show on his back 😂😂

[@jazminestryder]

EXCUSE ME... I'm pretty sure I just heard Phil blame the woman he cheated on his wife with for the adultery... that's unacceptable.

[@erinkinsella91]

Why is the Rupaul fact the most shocking thing in this video, did NOT know that...

[@Emily-tp1jd]

Yeah, when's the Rupaul video coming out?

[@the.sheeb.]

Right?? What the hell was that

[@MushMellow780]

I thought Ru meant that as a metaphorical joke about how when ppl see a disaster happening they send 'prayers'

[@MachinaGirlRobots]

right??

[@bridget663]

I had to watch that part twice because I was sure I had misunderstood lol.

[@lwillis669]

oh my God Kay has been through it, this poor woman. Not only dealing with infidelity but fearing for your own life and your kid's lives? I wish someone had been there to help her

[@ahoymatey2315]

You do realize she had an amazing life now and is sitting on millions of dollars, yes?

[@piperbarlow1672]

@@ahoymatey2315 and she spent the first part of her life in shit. just because things get better doesnt mean you werent drowning in shit.

[@HokeyPokey81300]

@@ahoymatey2315 yeah because wealth has the ability to erase *years upon years* of abuse and trauma. Grow up.

[@ahoymatey2315]

@@HokeyPokey81300 If you think her life sucks then you aren’t paying attention.

[@isabelle9548]

@@ahoymatey2315 no one’s talking about the quality of her life right now. how wealthy and happy she may currently be has absolutely no bearing on how terrible her early marriage probably was would you tell a victim of childhood abuse that since they have a happy family-life as an adult the abuse they suffered didn’t count?

[@LadyKittybug]

I was in my DWTS phase when Sadie was on the show and there's something that always pops into my head when she or the Robertson's are brought up. It's how much they focused on her virginity, saving herself for marriage, and just the topic of her and sex, or the lack thereof. Here's this 17 year old girl and they are just constantly talking about it and hammering that home. In the time I watched the show, there was another 17 yr old girl (Bindi Irwin who is sunshine personified), a 14 yr old girl (Primrose from hunger games) and a 15 yr old boy (I think he was on social media). Not ONCE for any of these other underage teenagers, was their sexual status EVER mentioned, because it's insane. Conservative Christians obsession with shoving sex down all our throats all the time is very telling and gross, because as we all know, talking about not having it, is still obsessing over it. Great video!

[@totallycrazystudios1801]

Oh yeah they definitely are. I was raised Church of Christ and let me tell you, Duck Dinesty is kinda considered more liberal compared to most people in the denomination. Like it was a huge scandal that she was on the show, cause the church is very antidancing and most people thought her dresses were too immodest.

[@makaimaukahasopinions848]

"Yes - the Duck Commander Bible is the King James Version" This - this is why you're amazing, know your audience 🤣

[@Rebakes]

Truth! Jen is too good to us! Giving all the pertinent information. Lol

[@kjordic]

SAME

[@megshep]

I just assumed. 😂 I had a preacher at camp say "If this version was good enough for the Apostle Paul, it's good enough for me"...which confused me, because King James came waaaaay after Paul 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@lindacollings8554]

Argh KJV is like the worst translation

[@makaimaukahasopinions848]

@@lindacollings8554 but it's god's chosen language, yo

[@Breepop]

your Sarah Palin impression has me rolling, I literally forgot that woman existed and how wild she was

[@enoughabouteve]

YOU BETCHA

[@AlexandraMurray99]

Liberals love to support women until one doesn’t agree with all leftists views then tear her down and make skits calling her dumb on SNL and lap of up. She never said anything’s sexist. Everyone just hated her for calling herself a republican and liking guns

[@11vannesa11]

@@AlexandraMurray99 equality and feminism to me is making fun of all women equally

[@leandradozier968]

@@AlexandraMurray99 no you can call out other women especially when their views are dangerous to other women. Don’t even go there.

[@karolinemcdermott9301]

I read her book idk but I love Sarah palin

[@owlgirl1998]

Interviewer: "You're a gentle man" Flashback to earlier in the video: "my idea of a good time is killing things"

[@tmtmtlsml]

The one and only thing I will give them is that as hunters, they do at least use what they kill. They aren't out there shooting endangered elephants for the sake of a photo op. They bring back what they shoot and catch for food and clothing, which at the very least is a useful survival skill to have (even if they do make the womenfolk do the actual cooking)

[@G625-s1c]

i have mixed feelings about willie “approving” sadie’s outfits on DWTS. on one hand, the entertainment industry is so sexually exploitative of young girls and we need to protect them. on the other hand, the reasoning behind why the father must approve an outfit is really patriarchal and not something i agree with. my parents aren’t conservative at all but if i was going on a tv show when i was still a minor they would definitely be concerned about what kinds of outfits and dance moves i was being asked to wear/do.

[@nr5076]

Its all part of patterns of behaviour though

[@caseyw.6550]

My dad was like this and it's all about control. Period.

[@stefanieevans713]

I agree with you!

[@caitlinbishop6624]

I honestly felt like one of the main problems was that it was dad. It wouldn’t be nearly as inappropriate or oppressive if she confided in her mom & said do you think this is ok? She was a child at the time, and having a parent help with those things is not a bad thing. But the way it happened was just a dictionary definition version of the way these people treat women

[@NotDaveGahan]

Thank you for this nuanced comment.

[@tacticalmisandrist]

Friday is the best day. That notification makes me scramble every time

[@tacticalmisandrist]

If I’m at work when you post I’m always like “yaaaaay I get to watch Jen when I get home and chill” makes my day every time

[@pepperanne1988]

Yessss

[@MSW96]

Same omg

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

@@AN-tw7uj doing this as we speak! Towel on my head and all lol

[@haydeneverette7422]

The ex gay movement is beyond dangerous. I was roped into a community of “ex gays/converted Christians” after my “conversion” and it screwed with my head immensely. It can still be dangerous for me to even watch your videos sometimes because the guilt creeps in and I start to consider converting all over again. These things stick with you for a lifetime and make you extremely vulnerable. To anyone who is questioning or in the closet out of fear, stay there. Stay in the closet until it is safe for you. It hurts, but it can be so much worse when you come out.

[@gloriac.2795]

I’m with you Hayden. Sending love cause I know this isn’t easy.

[@soobindoll9767]

I hope you are ok

[@rebeccatomlin3916]

I’m so sorry that was your experience.

[@sarah3796]

I'm so sorry that happened to you. You are awesome just the way you are

[@mfanwelikeit3760]

Great advice, don’t come out if it’s not safe!

[@musichealseveryone]

Sadie Robertson’s modesty video is hilarious to me because I worked at a clothing store in college that carried her clothing line, and it was full of crop tops, ripped jeans, etc.

[@nighthawk1039]

I was just thinking how "immodest" it is for her to be wearing a t-shirt with "SPIRITUAL GANGSTER" embolded right across the chest. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@musichealseveryone]

@@nighthawk1039 lmao true, but when I was in the evangelical scene as a kid, people wore stuff like that alllll the time to try to get secular people to think Christianity was “cool”

[@gamere105ek2]

@@musichealseveryone Her views of “modesty” are so insane. Modesty is literally all about controlling women, that’s literally it’s only purpose. If it was meant for reasons like Sadie gives then men would be expected to dress modestly too, but they’re definitely not.

[@koostattoos-8859]

tbh her video wasn't that bad (at least not for a conservative christian).

[@moustik31]

Making money out of immodest heathens' short time on Earth before being condemned to burn in hell for eternity sounds more like an episode of American Greed than Christian piety, but what do I know.

[@joeyrose9284]

"they look like every male member of my family" I, for one, am excited for another tidbit of Jennonite Lore

[@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty]

Remember: The odds of this happening with your abusive relationship if you stay is like winning the lottery. The odds of it ending in misery and possibly even death is like losing the lottery. Do not let people like this convince you to "fight" for a relationship that does nothing for you on the basis that your abuser MIGHT decide to stop beating you and invent something profitable.

[@KaylaNoelle1]

Bubble skirt: "This looks a little short to me." Skirt that's literally just tassels and a bikini cut bodysuit underneath: "He approved of it." *Do they hunt ducks or pick cherries because I really can't tell*???*

[@imsmolandangery4274]

Maybe she was younger in the clip with the bubble skirt?

[@AlannaMacree]

Do they hunt ducks or pick cherries 😂😂

[@Rawnblade13]

Hypocrisy is the central tenant of religion.

[@jaydenbrockington4525]

@@Rawnblade13 what somebody wears out to a school event with peer boys is different to what they do in a theatre dance ect. That’s not really hypocracy

[@MeGirl191]

Sadies raising popularity is so concerning because she is still pushing harmful ideologies that keep women and minorities in bondage. I left the church just a year and a half ago. The dangers of her hiding those beliefs under a smile and “relaxed” look is that it makes it easier to fall for and reels in a lot of younger generations that think it’s something less fundamentalist than it is.

[@biguattipoptropica]

It also prevents them from finding faith and communities that won't traumatize them for breathing wrong.

[@NotDaveGahan]

And of course its a rich white woman pretending to tell other women what to do.

[@emilyhannon9546]

I think she is still very naive in her world views and trusts her parents' judgment because her childhood was so good. I was raised by conservative parents and it took me several years after moving out of the house that I didn't really share their views. I had a great childhood and I still have a great relationship with my parents, but I don't agree with their politics. I think something similar like this might happen with Sadie.

[@AJ-tx3qm]

@@emilyhannon9546 I hope it does! For her sake and the sake of her followers. She seems like a passionate person who cares about what she says.

[@orthenight]

@@emilyhannon9546 I had a similar impression of Sadie. To me she seemed incredibly hesitant in that support of Donald Trump, like she wasn’t fully behind it. But she knows that’s what her parents want her to say & what her demographic wants her to say. She reminded me a lot of my gay younger closeted highly religious self just repeating what I’d heard to make those around me happy. I’m almost 30 and just now learning how harmful that was to myself & others. It takes a long time to grow out of that. Some never do. I don’t think she was raised in an environment where women speaking up for themselves or thinking differently than the men in their family was at all encouraged. I don’t think she’s ever been taught to challenge the system to question authority. Which if you’re not born with those personality traits, takes a long time to learn. Especially for those of us who are introverted & soft spoken. I’m not saying her behavior isn’t harmful, I’m just saying it takes a long time to unlearn those harmful behaviors especially when you grew up in such a bubble. Hopefully her success leads her to travel & meet new people & learn & grow as a person. I don’t think it’s fair to judge someone by how they listened to their dad at 17. That’s a child. But as she gets older it is on her to experience new things & grow. She can only lean on the excuse of her bubble & childhood for so long.

[@planetsoftheuniversetarotr9860]

I’m a southern liberal from Tennessee and I’m used to seeing families like this. Hell, all of my family is like this. BUT, Phil talking about marrying young girls at 15 sickens me. I have a 15 year old daughter and it just really rubs me the wrong way. 🤢 Oh! And They hate all of the wives. They are fake as fuck.

[@chandlercarroll8933]

I was literally just crying and I saw this video pop up and now I’m smiling…. You have no idea how much you help your subscribers…. Thank you

[@beautifulmermaid718]

I hope your day gets better & tomorrow and the next day are nothing but smooth sailing. 🧡 tough times don’t last forever whatever it may be you got this I’m sure of it 🙂

[@chandlercarroll8933]

@@beautifulmermaid718 thank you 💕💕 I went grocery shopping and it kind of helped HAHAHA I got some cute fall Knick knacks

[@alterego2978]

She said she didn’t know if he was going to SHOOT HER when he showed up at her job...wtf

[@seraphimos]

the part showing Phil talking about marrying a woman young (as a teenager) made my jaw drop. like what the actual fuck

[@sarah3796]

It made my skin crawl

[@siriuslyconfused1]

At first when he said 20 was too old I thought “okay, encouraging people to marry at 18 is shitty but…” but then he said 15 and I 🤢

[@noahkarpinski1824]

You've got to get in there early to make sure their identity is completely tied to the marriage

[@DrDoerk]

It happens more than you think

[@narrastalgia4718]

Not to sound mean but Sadie's modesty rant is like a POV- getting stuck talking to an insecure drunk girl who's friends are getting more attention than her and she feels the need to justify it to anyone who will listen so she doesn't cry (God I want her to enunciate so badly)

[@darkninjafirefox]

You hit the nail on the head. Her being out of breath really ads to it

[@sloanefrances1881]

@@darkninjafirefox this all of this^^^^!!!!...wow...the poignancy here is just...otherworldly

[@gaewater4850]

Literally, while she was talking I just kept rolling my eyes and sat there through her mini rant lmaoo

[@katefriend4085]

The "spiritual gangster" shirt and the way she talks reminds me of various internet people appropriating African American slag and inflection for clout and attention. Cringe all around.

[@abrilvonbunny6205]

But also shes dancing salsa to get clout on national television, usual fundie hypocrisy ... this is not slut shaming, it just seems sus that they milk their values for fame and money, and they let them go for fame and money when it suits them, then come back like nothing happened

[@kmarie.11]

Imagine being a conservative Christian and think your beliefs align with Trump's 🤣🤣🤣

[@spants1058]

Yeah it’s insane. Yet they wouldn’t vote for McCain in ‘08 because he had cheated on his first wife.

[@rachelk4805]

It does in the sense that the beliefs of both are completely situational and self-centered.

[@leandradozier968]

Well they kind of do. Misogyny, racism, xenophobic and a hefty dose of entitlement.

[@luigi7834]

They both hate and want to hurt the same people

[@lucyclark1301]

yep. I am and they do. P.s. Trump Won..

[@angelica3744]

I think as a Brown person, I have always associated their lifestyle and aesthetic, for lack of a better word, with overt racism. Hence, I was never interested in their show, nor did I find it to be quirky and lighthearted comedy. Not to mention I’m vegetarian, so yeah...I was never their target audience lol.

[@EE.333]

the replacement of one addiction with another is definitely an accurate way of describing the addict to zealot convert process...

[@brie93468]

One more thing lol…my ancestors didn’t complain about Whites in front of Whites Bc we didn’t wanna be killed. We weren’t happy. we pretended to be happy Bc we were terrified to show any other emotion. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

[@amycortez3289]

Exactly! Any white person who doesn't get that is bigoted squared.

[@imanidriskell4147]

This!

[@raywilliams212]

Good freaking point

[@Lauren-xw8bo]

That talking point from conservatives of “Black Americans had it great until Demokrats taught them to complain and gave them handouts” is just beyond

[@babesmagee1]

I went into the hospital with what was supposed to be a simple surgery and a one-night stay and I woke up 4 Weeks later after becoming septic. I came out with a lot of PTSD from that experience. But one of the worst traumas inflicted on me was that someone on the nursing staff decided to put my TV on a channel that constantly played duck dynasty; a show I absolutely abhor! My in and out of consciousness was filled with the mess of that show. I feel like I should be compensated for that trauma. 🙃

[@CRGtx325]

Your parents failed you…….🤦🏻‍♂️

[@carolinecrigger9525]

well clearly the person who deserves to be interviewed and have all the shows and books is Kay. She raised 4 boys (and i bet they's be better people with just her influence) and then opened her arms to a daughter that wasn't even hers. Like it's sad to see all her sons have such little respect for women when they were raised by such a strong one; if only she had the strength to leave him.

[@-_-meepmoop]

I heard the deer call as “butt commander” and I’m sticking with it.

[@breneganmcnulty6324]

Lmao I thought I was the only one!

[@TeamWibble]

I absolutely heard it as that too and I'm sticking with it as well.

[@beanski.7250]

it wasn't "butt commander"?! i didn't bother rewinding, because i know nothing of this subject, so i was like, "hm, okay... moving on".

[@krystaljones6149]

the way they have taken "redneck" and made it what it is now, is exactly why I refuse to refer to myself as one anymore. I was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains, and like many, never left. My heart and mind did, though. I do not agree with anything they, or the others that hold the same values, say and do while using the term redneck to describe themselves. I only refer to myself as "hillbilly" now. There is no escaping being identified as southern for me, my accent will give me away no matter how hard I try to cover it. I love the place I'm from. It's absolutely beautiful here, as long as you are looking at the *place itself* and not the majority of the residents.

[@GoddessSixx]

I never understood the fascination people had with this show. If you ask me, they're a bunch of quacks.

[@finnilyenough]

Quacks 😒😅

[@mst3kharris]

Well done.

[@jaysea5939]

eeeeeey

[@Emily-tp1jd]

This joke is fowl.

[@anniemarie63]

I see what you did there

[@MerriwynMoon]

21:14 Can we talk about that notion for a second? Like I get everyone is human but this almost gives the men an excuse to act up. yknow because "the lord said you're going to have to fight for your marriage." My mom has told me similar things and excuses bad behaviors from my dad because, "that's just how men are" and "marriage is just tough, its never easy" Some of my dad's behaviors have been: Flirting and almost hooking up with another woman because the devil tempted him. Openly and proudly saying horribly racist and sexist things (that even my mom doesn't agree with) because that's just how he was raised and he can't help it Explains away intense anger as justified or something that he just struggles with but never gets any type of help for etc. Etc. It infantilizes men in a sense where they can make mistakes that they are somehow not responsible for (i.e. the devil, demons, did it or the woman wasn't good enough) and its the woman's job to work through it.

[@MerriwynMoon]

Maybe I'm too jaded or insecure but if anyone tried to do or say half the shit my dad does and says, its game over. I don't need that stress. And for the record, my dad does have some really good qualities but fuck if I dealt with half the shit my mom did, I think id be in patient at a BHU by the second month.

[@Emily-tp1jd]

It's the same bs reasons why school dresscodes are targeted at girls, "boys just can't help themselves." F that. The men in my life must be made of stronger stuff because they're perfectly capable of controlling themselves around a pair of bare shoulders, or hearing the word "no." Sorry about your dad though, mine was kind of similar, except he didn't excuse or try to explain away the racist shit he said.

[@caseyw.6550]

Omg, this! Hits close to home and I think you're absolutely right.

[@kb111698]

Women are told that men are difficult and you have to fight for your marriage while men are told that women are always nagging and will stop them from having fun. A bit contradictory.

[@orthenight]

It’s really hard to understand until you’re in an abusive relationship. You think it’ll never happen to you until it does. I watched my mom go through countless abusive relationships and thought I knew better, I knew the red flags, but I was still able to be manipulated & preyed upon by an abuser. Especially when you suffer from any kind of mental illness, it’s very hard to tell what is acceptable behavior and what isn’t. When you’re in it, and being emotionally manipulated every single day and gaslit and lied to it’s hard to tell if your anger is justified or not. Especially when an abuser isolates you from your support system who could tell you if your anger is justified or not. When you’re in it, every single time you’ve ever been told “marriage is hard” or “relationships are work” comes flooding back to you and you can’t tell the difference between things behind hard & things being unacceptable. It’s a fine line and I don’t think we can just victims of domestic abuse so harshly for staying in those relationships.

[@charlieseen]

When the quotes were being read out I reflexively responded to "There's only one race, the human race" with "What about NASCAR??" So that's how my day is going

[@johnindigo5477]

Presidential? Space? Arms?

[@endTHEhegemony_Today]

I couldn't bring myself to disrupt the like count, so here is a comment

[@malloryclairesteen2411]

Jen deserves an Oscar for her Sarah Palin impression.

[@ange3261]

Ah yes, child brides, the staple in every fundie group!

[@alisaurus4224]

Yep. No higher education or job skills, caring for 3 babies by age 21 and she’s trapped

[@alyssamayberry2985]

fun fact i met miss kay at a convention in nashville (where i’m from and live lol) and she is probably the kindest person ever shes so sweet and would talk to anybody. i love her.

[@megcees]

I just feel bad for Miss Kay. I think she was the one in the show that I actually kinda liked when my family would watch it back in the day. I feel that Kay made peace with her situation but I wonder how different things would be if she didn't have that idea of "fighting for your marriage" so ingrained in her mind along with the intense complementarian ideas that forged their marriage... it just makes me sad

[@nepune93]

"Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers." That's where the racism is. Like yeah u weren't a wealthy landowner at the time, but there were no black landowners according to ur words.

[@vylbird8014]

And he never heard the blacks complain, not once! Not while his white self was in earshot.

[@ambieee]

Also him referring to them as "the blacks" is racist in itself

[@vylbird8014]

@@ambieee I'd forgive him that expression though - he's just old, from an era when the phrase was commonplace and inoffensive. Even if it is a tiny bit racist, it pales to insignificance beside the rest of the sentence.

[@ambieee]

@@vylbird8014 I'd argue that the use of "the blacks" is racist regardless of the time or upbringing

[@Emma88178]

@@vylbird8014 Doesn't matter what era you're from. Its just plain racist.

[@gooblegal817]

I remember my extremely southern grandparents watching this like The Kardashians when I was younger. they had an entire section in the local Walmart dedicated to their merch for a year, that shit was popping off so hard in small southern towns.

[@Grace-er9ep]

We had duck dynasty branded band-aids because when they weren't on tv anymore all their shit went on sale my mom was like "hey, thems some cheap bandaids". Unsurprisingly they had the adhesive ability of a slip&slide. Luv u Jen I hope you're thriving

[@jasmirris]

Wouldn't that be on brand for a DD bandage though?😂

[@Grace-er9ep]

@@jasmirris true! Still dishonor on them all for swindling my sweet mother lol. I still wonder though, why would the duck dynasty people want branded band-aids? "Ahhh yes let's slap my face on this kid's infected toe; that'll be great publicity for faith, family and ducks!"

[@woodlandcreaturefeature2832]

Oh we had those and yes, worst bandaids we've used

[@pumpkin3052]

The plastic cups they had the image scraped off easily after one wash. I can assume the bandaids were the same crappy quality

[@haleymilbrodt8080]

Also I'm surprised you didn't mention one of the brothers (I think Willie?) has an adopted son who is black....makes Phil's commentary and the family's politics just a whole lot worse. Interracial adoption is already touchy but when a family blatantly disregards racism and pushes for politicians who actively make the world a worse place for people of color....it's a yikes from me

[@clutchfan540ful]

Bruh his names little will 8f your going to bring up something know your shit

[@richardricardo802]

Are you white?

[@NugicusStreetPhotography]

Willie has an adopted biracial son. Jep is the one who adopted a black son.

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

That was Jep

[@DrDoerk]

So white people can't adopt black kids? That's pretty racist

[@lolno4384]

I got a duck call as a kid so I could go to the park and call the ducks over for snacks. This is a far superior use of a duck call. I also had one that called cardinals. They like sunflower seeds. The ducks like frozen peas. Go forth and give healthy snacks! Just make sure you don't get an alarm call, if they do show up it'll confuse them and theyll show up mad, but it mostly just makes them dip out- thats why hunters use that kind. Get a contact call, for bird watching. Thats the call they use when foraging to let their friends know they found something yummy. Edit: also, duh, but don't buy them from these assholes lol

[@transnightwalker7973]

As a gay trans man who grew up in the country I appreciate you talking how shows like this push the idea of rural people all being that way. I stood out like a sore thumb in my home town even as a kid when I didn’t even know what trans meant. At one point I had a bumper sticker that had the confederate flag crossed out and said “You lost, get over it” and it didn’t exactly take a detective to figure out it was probably one of the guys with “redneck” spelled out in the confederate flag that first keyed my car then took a baseball bat to my headlight…. That whole culture is about exclusion but if you just watch shows like Duck Dynasty, it seems like a really wholesome existence and completely glosses over how those same “wholesome” people treat anyone who is different from them.

[@hiraethsystem3001]

As an ex-fundie, I can confirm that they do also look down on Christians who have abortions, it's just more subtle. Outwardly they praise God's redemption and the wonderful testimony, but behind closed doors they talk just like they do about seculars. It's really disgusting tbh.

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah other nonevangelical/fundies christians are seen as lesser christians.

[@rachelk4805]

It makes me think of the scene in Handmaid's Tale where they are confessing their "sins" to the other Handmaids. It is more insular and harder to see from the outside because the conversation with nonbelievers is focused on using them as an example of "grace."

[@_monomorph_1411]

They really love throwing out the “lukewarm Christian” phrase. It’s got a chokehold on their vocabulary

[@DrDoerk]

Abortion is a sin and Christians shouldn't support it

[@amandawebster7244]

They always go after their own for anything in my experience. I feel like they don't anyone feeling too good about themselves in what I've seen. They do not like anyone getting self-esteem or doing something right for the individual that goes against what they want. Anyone hurt by fundamentalism has my heart. Anyone who left has my respect.

[@Cheirosa81]

Sadie wants to be comfortable in what she wears, but we can't. Got it.

[@laurenconrad1799]

Married at 13 and 17? That's literally the ages of Romeo and Juliet at the time of their wedding. And brides that young weren't actually common even in Shakespeare's time.

[@sweetkidlousycook]

Yep, there’s even a line about thirteen being generally considered too young for marriage at the time in Romeo and Juliet - “and too soon marred are those so early made”.

[@spants1058]

You should read “Coal Miners Daughter” about 13 year old bride Loretta Lynn (and future country singer). She married her 21 year old husband in Kentucky, right after WWII. She went through decades of abuse and infidelity before her husband died.

[@ddjsoyenby]

"sure our parents, local police and the fbi were against it..........but none of them gave enough of a sh1t to stop it cause it was the south in the 40s/50s"

[@leandradozier968]

My great granddaddy at the tender age of damn near THIRTHY picked my great grandmother off the school yard (she was 15) and married her so she could help with his two young daughters (one of them being my granny) cause his other wife died. My great grandpa Jesse should’ve been horsewhipped