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Republican Congressional candidate compares Duck Dynasty patriarch to Rosa Parks. Did that really just happen?

Photo courtesy of Ian Bayne's campaign website

This from the website of Illinois congressional hopeful, Ian Bayne:

Today, Ian Bayne called Phil Robertson, star of the A&E series “Duck Dynasty,” the ‘Rosa Parks’ of our generation.

“In December 1955, Rosa Parks took a stand against an unjust societal persecution of black people, and in December 2013, Robertson took a stand against persecution of Christians,” said Bayne.

“What Parks did was courageous,” said Bayne. “What Mr. Robertson did was courageous too.”

Bayne believes that the Duck Dynasty star knew that going on GQ would result in the current controversy going on surrounding his suspension, as well as his suspension.

Bayne added that this exposure of Robertson’s situation is an eye opener for many who may have been previously in disbelief that the bible is fast becoming considered “hate speech” by the media and society.

Look he is even bragging about this on his website. Where non-crazy Teabaggers can see it and everything.

Okay you know this was all fun and games up until now, and sort of a revelation as to how far the two sides are now split in this country, (My daughter tells me dropped a lot of Facebook friends over it.) However this has just dropped down the freaking rabbit hole.

Does this idiot REALLY believe there is ANY comparison between Robertson making some truly offensive remarks about a group of people who are just now being granted the same civil rights as everybody else in the country, to a woman who stood up for African American civil rights in the 50's?

Seriously?

Perhaps now would be a good place to revisit what this great champion of free speech had to say about black folks back when Rosa Parks was risking her freedom for the great cause of that time:

I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. 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.

Yes this humanitarian was so in tune with the struggles of the American people that he could work side by side with an oppressed minority and not recognize how much they were suffering, and that they were not allowed access to the same opportunities enjoyed by white folks such as himself.

Rosa Parks was a hero.

Phil Robertson is hillbilly with a reality show based on his ability to make fucking duck calls.

They should never be mentioned in the same breath by ANYBODY!

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