British pop star Liam Payne — under fire from gay rights activists for his open appreciation for the “Duck Dynasty” reality show and the family values it represents – exploded via twitter over the weekend at paparazzi dogging his stops over the controversy.
The 20-year-old Payne of One Direction fame (almost anyone who knows a female in her teens knows who that is) made what these days is the unforgivable error of actually liking the Robertson family of “Duck Dynasty” – even after the hullabaloo over patriarch Phil’s comments about homosexuality.
Young Liam stirred up a hornet’s nest when he tweeted praise for the Robertson family in the face of the gay-rights world’s faux outrage over Phil Robertson’s remarks.
@williebosshog huge love to you/your family huge respect for your business prosperities and the family values you still all behold. big fan
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) January 18, 2014
That drew a public rebuke from an Internet gay rights activist named Tyler Oakley …
If you defend someone actively supporting bigotry, homophobia, and ignorance, we’re not on the same wavelength to even have a discussion.
— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) January 18, 2014
… which in turn and stirred up heavy coverage of the contretemps in the celebrity press. Most of it slanted against the Englishman — and the Robertson values he was praising. And that just proved one thing conservatives already know. As one Twitter user put it ….
The reaction to Liam Payne’s innocent tweet is proof positive that family values DO and always have offended liberals
— Kyle (@kyleraccio) January 19, 2014
Over the weekend, the pop star burst, sending a series of tweets defending his own right to enjoy “Duck Dynasty’s” approach to family values. The paparazzi had pushed too far.
What I gotta do to please you bastards I’m a 20 year old just living life as you did when u where twenty but in extraordinary circumstances
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) January 19, 2014
And I know I’m playing into your hands writing these tweets but I’m sick of stupid stories it’s time you all grow up
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) January 19, 2014
Sick of all this bull il be back again when the freedom of speech law is back and people don’t believe to much into the bulls#!t they read
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) January 19, 2014
The Englishman’s support for the Robertson family values is laudable. But at some point he’s got to figure out that the “freedom of speech law” he’s talking isn’t universal — or even in his own country.
That kind of freedom is as American as Phil Robertson.
And England has its own “Dynasty” reality show.
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