[TheRealThing]

by the way the 'suspension" has been lifted. He will be excluded from any of the filming

I hadn't see that in the articles I've seen about Phil. I did see this; "A&E has decided to resume filming Duck Dynasty later this spring with the entire Robertson family," it declared.

Since Robertson didn't miss any filming during his suspension, the so-caled hiatus had zero effect on the upcoming fifth season, The Hollywood Reporter noted."
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/duck-dy...z2omoMlEHh

A&E knows that everybody is prepared to walk if Phil is not restored fully. TV execs tried to come down on him in the name of social justice and I'd bet there wasn't one member of Duck Dynasty that didn't stand with him in solidarity. You can bet that once they got all seated around the table and the big meeting got started, there wasn't a lot of blinking going on by the Robertson family. Guys like this aren't going to let anybody blow a bunch of smoke up their drawers. Homosexuality is wrong. And, after adding the elaborate arguments to the contrary by modern liberals, IT'S STILL WRONG. I would take the red neck approach to morality any day. It's a much clearer train of thought.

Gut is right in my view. All it's ever about is the money and A&E basically started sawing the limb off they were sitting on, as soon as they supposedly canned Phil. Frankly, I believe there were two major miscalculations made. The outpouring of support from fans for one and the fact that the other family members placed their relationship with their father above the money A&E was paying them. People in the entertainment business never really get past their own imaginations and are very susceptible to the whimsical fantasies associated with liberalism. Up until reality hit, the higher ups at A&E probably had visions of medals hanging around their necks at some awards ceremony for their work in civil rights, LOL.