Bernie Goldberg Hits the Right over Duck Dynasty: Conservatives ‘Reflexively Defend Ignorance’

On Friday night’s The O’Reilly Factor, Bernie Goldberg and Howard Kurtz joined Bill O’Reilly to tackle the continued Duck Dynasty controversy, and Goldberg went after conservatives for having a reflexive defense of ignorant remarks. He argued that just as liberals are quick to defend “trash like Miley Cyrus,” conservatives are just as likely to “reflexively defend ignorance.”

O’Reilly asked both men what they would do if they ran A&E. Both Goldberg and Kurtz would have suspended Phil Robertson, though Kurtz said he only would have done this after demanding a public apology and if Robertson did not come forward with one. Goldberg predicted there’s no way Robertson doesn’t come back.

Goldberg also said that “the non-Bible people have a stronger point,” because while he’s able to respect people’s religious believes, “I don’t respect people believing things that are ignorant just because there’s ignorance in the Bible.”

Kurtz also pointed out that people who condemned Martin Bashir 24/7 can’t just turn around and say it’s plain wrong to yank someone off the air for offensive remarks they made.

Watch the video below, via Fox News:

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