As the world has watched A&E destroy a half-billion dollar asset just to prove their commitment to their suicide-pact with political correctness over the last forty-eight hours, TruthRevolt has led the way in defending Phil Robertson for his controversial statement that homosexuality is, in his opinion, a sin.

Because TruthRevolt is in the business of holding the left accountable when they transgress the rules of political correctness, this has prompted some to accuse us of hypocrisy or gross partisanship.

Or as commentor flossieflossie framed it:

Oh, blow me, Jeremy. Really. Eat me. What a complete load of total horseshit, and once again the poor conservatives are victims, the poor widdle conservatives who got smacked down by the big bad gays. But...wait, weren't you screaming about Alec Baldwin's homophobic speech and how MSNBC should fire him? Wait, now you're defending homophobic speech? Didn't you scream about Martin Bashir? But now, you rush to the defense of this guy who does the exact same thing just because he's a Christian? Jesus H. Christ, the mind REELS.
We have freedom of speech but there are also consequences to...oh, never mind, I'm wasting my time, this site and everyone who writes on it are completely full of it. They're just the Westboro Baptist Church in business suits. A bunch of defensive, angry little babies. Conservatives are always telling liberals to "grow a pair." Well, you know what, Little Jeremy? FUCKING GROW A PAIR.

Frequent commentor iwlnilla offered a more tame - and succinct - version of the basic criticism:

...the fact that TR petitioned to have Baldwin suspended/fired and is not outraged that Robertson was suspended is extremely telling.

So how does the editorial staff at TR reconcile our calls for MSNBC to drop the sexist Martin Bashir, for example, while standing up against A&E dropping the anti-duck Robertson?

Our reasons are two fold.

First, Phil Robertson did not attack or use slurs against anyone. He stated an opinion that some people don't like. He was clear that the opinions he was offering were his opinions, and he was clear that he doesn't wish ill on people who think otherwise.

One of the telling statements by Robertson to GQ left out of most reports is this:

“You put in your article that the Robertson family really believes strongly that if the human race loved each other and they loved God, we would just be better off. We ought to just be repentant, turn to God, and let’s get on with it, and everything will turn around.”

Certainly Robertson's beliefs are still offensive to some. There was a time not all that long ago when people's general reaction to that sort of thing was to shrug and say, "Hey, it's a free country." Of course, that was before the left started criminalizing speech they disagreed with.

Second, Phil Robertson's views are religious in nature, making them doubly protected by the first amendment, and fall within the mainstream of Christian theology as understood and taught for two millennia. Whether non-Christians, or even some Christians other than Roberston, agree with him or accept Corinthians as authoritative does nothing to alter that fact. In fact, Time Magazine's Person of the Year, Pope Francis, has said the same thing, going so far as to call gay marriage the work of the devil.

Of course, Robertson also lists adulterers, drunks, swindlers, thieves, and anyone who has had sex outside of marriage as guilty of sin. Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of Christianity understands that list is meant to be offensive, and to include every person alive in the offense. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" is Paul's more eloquent version. Christianity is not premised on making everyone feel good about their choices; it is premised on offering redemption for man despite his choices.

Quoting the Christian Bible in a conversation about morality is not in anyway comparable to calling someone a c*ck s*cking f*gg*t or suggesting someone should have their enemies p*ss and sh*t in their mouths.

But the most important reason for the distinction is that TruthRevolt doesn't exist to free the world from offensive speech. We exist in order to hold the left to their own standards -- standards that the left cannot and should not apply reasonably to Phil Robertson. The left claims to stand for tolerance of other views. Now is the time for them to stop their anti-religious bigotry.