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Because more customers are upset by confederate flags right now than Che t-shirts.
Don't think there was ever any motivation besides profit.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064772681 said:And it looks like you know nothing of what you are defending.
The US flag flew over slavery for at least 87 years, the Confederate flag for 4.
You obviously don't get the point. If you want to take down/ban symbols of slavery then take down the US flag too. Or, just continue with your selective outrage, which I'm guessing you will do.
Prove that none of them were racist.
The rebels were racists and traitors.
One difference is obvious: Lenin and Stalin were leaders of a country. Guevara was a revolutionary considered by many to be a hero. Don't know if he was also an official.
Second difference: The latter are people. The former is a symbol.
Third difference: The latter don't have direct connections to a harmful period in our history.
Fourth difference: There have not been any mass murders in recent history by people carrying or wearing pics of those people.
Fifth difference: They are not representations of the denial of any Americans their constitutional rights.
Pitiful to try to connect the selling of the Confederate Flag with pics of historical people. Although I can only imagine the kind of wackos who would buy any of that stuff, whether it's the Confed. flag or pics of dictators.
If the US flag represents slavery then what does the confederate flag represent?
One could say the same about those who fought the British in the late 1700s.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064772791 said:Since you want a symbol of racism taken down then take them all down. Seems fair to me. To do otherwise is hypocritical.
So tired of hearing this. Prove that they were traitors and that all of them were racist. Show me one single court case of someone convicted for treason that served under that flag. Prove that every single person that fought under that flag was racist.
So....anyway care to defend Amazon.com and it's support for murderous commies?
Sad thing is I can hear my granddaddy turning over in his grave right now. He warned me for years that this kind of thing was gonna happen, and he was sadly right. Of course someone forgot to tell Mitch McConnell that there is at least one monument to President Davis that he cannot get his paws on. I know where it is also.
Sadly this should have happened a few generation before your granddaddy ever uttered his prediction.
Better late than never I suppose.
Sad thing is we are not blaming our horribly pathetic mental health system for these mass shootings, but a flag. That is very sad.
The US didn't fight for slavery, it fought against it. Your argument is stupid.
There is no easy fix, nor easy "kick the can" method to address the mental health issue in the US. Therefore it is ignored, even though everyone knows its the 800lb. gorilla in the room.
Sadly this should have happened a few generation before your granddaddy ever uttered his prediction.
Better late than never I suppose.
We'll see about that.Μολὼν λαβέ;1064773317 said:What's stupid is commenting on something you obviously no nothing about.
People were outraged. Does Harpers Ferry ring a bell? It was called the abolitionist movement....I'm not surprised you've never heard of it.It was legal for at least 87 years in the USA. Still selective in your outrage I see.
How about these racist slave owners? Should their likenesses be taken down from government buildings or on forms of government currency? Why not just take down the Declaration of Independence as well?
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Sad thing is we are not blaming our horribly pathetic mental health system for these mass shootings, but a flag. That is very sad.
There is no easy fix, nor easy "kick the can" method to address the mental health issue in the US. Therefore it is ignored, even though everyone knows its the 800lb. gorilla in the room.
Exactly. Horrible mental healthcare not to mention stigmatizing the mentally ill is what has gotten us to this point. The flag, US, Confederate, Rainbow, or whatever has not caused all this
Not much we can do about the racist slave owners before the war. But there is no excuse for honoring those that caused the war or kept the southern cause alive.
AKA: I am selective in my outrage against those who were "racist slave owners".... as only those involved in the Confederacy.