Leave it up to Alaska’s former half-term governor Sarah Palin to give her two cents where it’s not needed. She said the suspension of Phil Robertson, the patriarch of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty,” over his recent anti-gay comments is an attack on free speech. She claims “intolerants” were behind Robertson’s suspension, Politico reports. Um, yeah, right Sarah.

“Free speech is an endangered species. Those ‘intolerants’ hatin’ and taking on the Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us,” Palin wrote.

Robertson was suspended on Wednesday by A&E after comments he made in an interview with GQ.

“We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty,” A&E said in a statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely.”

“Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men,” he told GQ, before paraphrasing the Bible in Corinthians. “Don’t be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers — they won’t inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right.”

Robertson also made controversial comments about race relations in the Deep South when he was growing up. Source: Politico

He became even more of a publicist’s nightmare with this comment:

“It seems like, to me, a v**ina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man’s *nus. That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical.”

A&E issued a statement from Phil Robertson, which sounded like a half-ass apology:

“I myself am a product of the 60s; I centered my life around sex, drugs and rock and roll until I hit rock bottom and accepted Jesus as my Savior. My mission today is to go forth and tell people about why I follow Christ and also what the bible teaches, and part of that teaching is that women and men are meant to be together. However, I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity. We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other.”

We have John McCain to think for this trainwreck of a person. This is the same dingbat that had to walk back her criticism of Pope Francis. When will people learn she’s just an empty barrel.

Right wing evangelical wingnut Bryan Fischer called Robertson a ‘hero.’

Phil Robertson is a new American hero. He said exactly what the great majority of Americans believe.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) December 18, 2013

This was cross-posted from The Hinterland Gazette.