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Old 09-04-2012, 07:01 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Good News. It looks like someone finally refused to cower to the PC Nazis.

The General Lee of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' Will Keep Flying Its Flag - NYTimes.com
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Old 09-04-2012, 07:06 AM
 
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Good News. It looks like someone finally refused to cower to the PC Nazis.

The General Lee of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' Will Keep Flying Its Flag - NYTimes.com
So basically you post a cite that says the OP was full of crap. O.K. a lot of fake emotion for nothing. I guess this makes this thread an Epic Fail.
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Old 09-04-2012, 07:10 AM
 
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Maybe the General Lee can replace the Confederate Flag with a decal of Michelle Obama.
A rainbow flag more likely...
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Old 09-04-2012, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Va. Beach
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If it doesn't have the flag on the car, it's not the General Lee, and people won't buy it.

That means I have to go out and buy all the ones that are left, because their value will soon go up dramatically, if they actually decide to drop the flag.....
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Old 09-04-2012, 11:37 AM
 
Location: Humboldt Park, Chicago
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Nothing like living in an authoritarian state.
What an idiotic statement.
What does a private company's marketing decision have to do with any state, let alone your imaginary "authoritarian" one?
If they change their product because they feel it's a good business decision, good, bad, PC or not, that's the marketplace working, not the state.
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Old 09-04-2012, 11:43 AM
 
Location: Humboldt Park, Chicago
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Ach Tung, PC police strike again, freedom of speech takes another hit.

Perception is reality.
I'd love to hear what you think a private company's marketing decision has to do with free speech.

As long as you can go online and buy these, your freedom of speech is just fine, even if the decals don't come with the actual kit.

Try to breathe into a paper bag or something to stop the hyperventilating.
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Old 09-04-2012, 12:57 PM
 
Location: California
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Wow. 5 pages on nothing. I just had to be part of it.

At least a couple people go to say "PC" and feel all indignant. That's what counts.
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Old 09-04-2012, 01:09 PM
 
Location: The D-M-V area
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Maybe they can compromise and put Bill Clinton shirtless in a pair of denim overalls holding shotgun instead of the confederate flag on the General Lee?

'A few years ago he would've been carrying our bags': New report reveals the insensitive racial remark Bill Clinton made about Barack Obama in 2008
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Old 09-04-2012, 01:20 PM
 
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Just so you know........hippies endured the same. My ex brother in law hated hippies and he and his buddies would find joy in cutting their hair off. This made me wonder for awhile about anyone in cowboy boots, but I have come to find their not all like that some are just plain azzholes just like every other culture.
For me, it was about a different culture. I lived around the culture, but never fit in easily. It wasn't for me. I'm into soccer, baseball, hockey, coffee, and alot of things from the SWPL culture.
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Old 09-04-2012, 01:45 PM
 
Location: Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne
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This is tragic, the fracking world = going to come to an end!

Forget about Afghanistan, Syria, the European financial crisis our economic crisis taking the rebel flag off of models... this requires the attention of the UN.
Censorship and social engineering are as valid a domestic concern as it gets. You may not be a fan of the Confederate flag, but I hardly see how helping Afghanistan, Syria, and the world's economy obviates the need for a free society in the U.S.

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Maybe the General Lee can replace the Confederate Flag with a decal of Michelle Obama.
I don't get it.

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A rainbow flag more likely...
Ah, joebaldknobber, see this? This makes sense. It has humor value unlike your simplistic, jingoist ad hominems.
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