Animal Rights Extremism + Duck Dynasty = Hilarity

One of my favorite things is when someone takes a stupid position on something and the rest of the world makes hilarious fun of it.  I do it.  Sometimes it’s done to me.  Either way it’s good.

Duck Dynasty is one of the best shows on TV.  My entire family loves it, and you can rarely get all of us to agree on anything.  Virtually all of the cast members come across as genuinely good, moral folks.  Things I’ve read and heard about them off-camera are consistent with that impression.  The Smiths were pretty cool.  A long time ago.  Post-Smiths Morrissey, not so much.  So when Morrissey decided to cancel his appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show because the Duck Dynasty crew was appearing, hilarity ensued.

Here’s the thing.  Animal rights activism suffers from the same malady politics and gun control debate suffers from.  There are very few logical, middle ground voices to be heard in the chaos of stupidity and extremism.  I am generally inclined to favor reasonable animal rights.  It doesn’t mean I’m not going to eat some of them (though close to half my meals are meat-free), but I generally get it.  Nothing, however, makes me want to shoot some animals as badly as 99% of the things PETA publishes.

So props to Jimmy and the Duck Dynasty crew for making fun of Morrissey.  I get it.  If you’re going to cancel this appearance because hunters are appearing, you better have a very small circle of friends and business associates, because if these guys violate your sense of righteousness, so does most of the rest of the population.  On the other hand, if the cancellation is really just about you being you, maybe it doesn’t matter so much.