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People looking to be offending by ANYTHING and making a stink!
Topic Started: Jun 24 2015, 03:50 PM (6,539 Views)
ONEHARDHEAD
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This latest over-reaction by the mass media and our politicians has gone so far that Warner Bros. has taken the flag from the General Lee on the Dukes of Hazzard. Come on, really? I don't recall ever seeing the Dukes ever discriminating against anyone, much less demeaning them. Again I think this is all much ado about nothing.
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Old Man


Another case of the usual suspects showing their ass just because they can. I agree with the governor that the flag probably needs to be removed from the capitol grounds but any one who wishes to fly it on their own property is free to do so. I have wondered for some time why you never see anyone with the stars and bars rather than the battle flag.

The liberals couldn't get the blacks & whites going after one another in Charleston, South Carolina, so they figured out what else to do. They went after the Stars & Bars.
Edited by Old Man, Jun 25 2015, 09:27 AM.
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Rondawg
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The Political Whores were happy to use that symbol when they figgered it would help win some votes. Now they see its likely in their best interest to change their opinions.

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cwatkin


Yes, I think all the rebel flag stuff is nuts too. Dukes of Hazzard won't ever be the same again. The flag isn't the problem and getting rid of it won't solve anything. If anything, it will just make the supposed "hate groups" more likely to carry out extreme acts like we just saw, unfortunately. I haven't read his manifesto and don't care to but understand he was frustrated about how people were allowed to riot in Ferguson, Baltimore, and other locations and this was his reaction. How many people who see the flag as simply part of their identity are going to be pissed now?

As for the LED sign, my feeling exactly! Turn off your computer and freeze in the dark. Maybe I should say "sweat in the dark" with how hot it is here now. Anyway, I hope he doesn't drive. Burning a gallon of gas is probably worse than several months of this sign being turned on. I am all for "green" or renewable power sources but even those come at a cost. Wind turbines kill birds. Solar installations fry birds crispy! Hydropower dams block up rivers and mess with fish spawning and the like. You can't keep everyone happy and I wish these people would shut up until free clean electricity is available.

Conor

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bkelly
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I am blown away with this debacle, it’s misguided and fueled by liberal media.

I am born and raised in the south, and the flag in question has never been an issue here.

Eric Sheppard can walk over the American Flag and it’s not an issue with liberal media. A guy walks into a church and kills black people. The killer has a picture of himself with a Confederate battle flag and now this is the national symbol for white racism and hate…

Come on people, it’s the same with gun control. People kill people, not guns. Enough on that, that’s crazy also... and fuel to another fire.

As a nation we are in serious trouble, tension is developing between race, gender, political, and religious views to name just a few.

The real issues are now falling behind the radar; people are distracted when they should be vigilant. As a nation we are very weak and headed downhill.
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Metbob


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truckjohn


The Government is looking for opportunities to shed itself of causes and reminders of great "Scandal" ... That flag can't defend itself and is blamed for all the evil in the entire world - so it has to go....

Ironically - One BIG reason that the Federal Government wants it to GO is that it's a SYMBOL of and extremely costly REVOLT against our existing Federal Government.... and in a lot of circles - remains a reminder that revolt is POSSIBLE....

The bigger issue I have is....
Will pulling that flag down make you sleep better at night?
Will it help you pay the house payment or put tires on your Geo?
Will it DIRECTLY result in less violence in society?
Will it DIRECTLY result in a better quality of life for Black people and other ethnic minorities?
Will it DIRECTLY result in less discrimination against Black people and other ethnic minorities?

No... All these things happen within the hearts and minds of people.... Everybody will cheer as the flag comes down... and then exactly NOTHING changes in their lives in real life.... They are still filled with the same gnawing emptiness, jealousy, rage, envy, and frustration of the day before... They still have the bills of the day before... The people who hated them yesterday still hate them today... The shit job of yesterday is still a shit job tomorrow.... NONE of that changed....

What's happening is that this is being hailed as a "Major change" for the Society of America - and yet nothing will change... All the effort is being expended on the WRONG things that actually change nothing....

Thanks
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bkelly
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Well said truckjohn
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t3ragtop
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big jon, your spelling of "poser" needs to be corrected. :P

it comes from the french term and is spelled poseur. :whistle

the stars and bars has had racial overtones attached since the 1950s and don't kid yourself, because of it's use during the civil rights movement it has been offensive to the usa's black population for more than 40 years and has been "in their face" for long enough.

it was also a thorn in the nation's side and used as a lingering symbol of the "war of northern aggression."

i have always held the hope that racism would end in my lifetime. that flag alone has been too devisive an issue for a modern society. personally, i have no guilt over something that happened a hundred years ago. i had nothing to do with forcing blacks into slavery and i have nothing to apologize for, but i'm also not going to perpetuate actions that continue to feed racism.

we need to be sensitive to everyone's history and losing a symbol that is offensive to a segment of our population should not be such a big issue. i live north of the mason-dixon line but you don't see me flying a union flag, pasting it on my car's bumper, or picking fights with southerners.

the civil war is over. move on.
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cwatkin


I agree. Removing the flag is going to do NOTHING to solve all the problems with this country. These types of people never let a good crisis go to waste and this is a prime example.

Now Apple is blanketly removing ANYTHING on iTunes with a Confederate Flag, even historically accurate games and such used for educational purposes. See http://toucharcade.com/2015/06/25/apple-removes-confederate-flag/ I can see Wal-Mart and all doing this but something related to history and all is not good at all.

George Orwell's 1984 is here. Be aware of what you say! The term "politically correct" didn't exist back then. They called is "newspeak" or something along those lines but it was exactly the same thing.

Conor
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t3ragtop
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Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker

political correctness is the same thing as respecting other people and their feelings.

am i fat? yeah, but you don't have to get in my grille about it. am i bald? yeah, but you don't have to put that in my face, either. am i ugly? yeah, but so's yer' mom. :D

there's no reason to offend people and if a person is so callous that they do things they know will hurt other folks, they need to re-think their actions.

karma is a bitch. :-/
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cwatkin


Removing historically accurate depictions of anything historical, especially from something meant to be educational, is not a good thing. There are people who don't believe the Holocaust happened and want that removed from the history books too. Apple removing an educational game from their store because of a Confederate Flag is stupid.

Remember: You may not care about the Confederate Flag but they will come after what YOU care about next! The NAZIs came for the Jews, the gays, and whatever else. Then there was no one to speak up. When you can't even repair a church sign without someone jumping your case, this country has problems.

Conor
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cwatkin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoIzbvEfG7Y

This guy will have to repaint the roof of his Geo before long. Better save this video if you like it. Youtube may remove it because of an offensive symbol on this Geo! Seriously, if there are any videos you think may be banned that you like, go to a site called Keepvid and save them for yourself. It looks like it may be coming to that.

Conor
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cwatkin


Everything is a hate crime these days! http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/25/us/charlotte-north-carolina-church-fire-arson/index.html Hot off the press. Just watch it be something else but they have you convinced even before anything is uncovered.

Besides, the liberal media wouldn't give a crap if a church got burned unless it was a black church. Christian bashing is the acceptable form of hate after all!

Conor
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cwatkin


I just saw someone had a picture of a potato posted on Facebook and it says "I am offended by this potato." I like that!

Conor
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