Confederate flag gets dukes of hazzard yanked!

[FerrelGeek]

Times change, attitudes change. The nation's character changes with it. Looks like it's inexorably evolving in favor of one social and political demographic over another.

That's life. Don't like it? Well, that's an intrinsic part of the evolutionary process too.

Welcome aboard.

You wouldn't be saying that if society was moving in a direction that you didn't like. You'd be squealing as loudly as anyone on here if the SCOTUS decision went the other way.

For the record, I never got into the show when it was on originally. Yeah, Daisy was fun to look at, but I couldn't deal with the rest of it. But I think canceling the show due to PC angst is stupid.

 

[Rustler]

It's been under attack for a long time now from both sides. Basically whoever is offended brings down the suppression hammer.

Better check your 4th amendment too, that one is close to vapor now.

And with the SOCUTS rule on gay marriage, next is to attack religion.........................yep we gonna have a Govertment opression all over the place.............................

 

[ivwshane]

So the free market decides to start censoring itself and all the sudden free speech is being suppressed? What a crazy world you righties live in.

 

[Rustler]

so the free market decides to start censoring itself and all the sudden free speech is being suppressed? What a crazy world you righties live in.

not free market knee jerk reaction are driving this.................

 

[Victorian Gray]

Some people really, really, really, really want to be martyrs (as long as it doesn't entail that one actually suffers any real inconvenience).

 

[ivwshane]

not free market knee jerk reaction are driving this.................

Oh really? Can you show me who is pushing for these bans? Go ahead and use walmart as an example since they appeared to be the first ones banning things. I'm curious to see what liberal groups have this sort of power.

 

[nickqt]

FreeMarket knows best.

Until it doesn't.

Also: Benghazi.

 

[OutHouse]

So the free market decides to start censoring itself and all the sudden free speech is being suppressed? What a crazy world you righties live in.

You never fail in posting stupid shit, almost to neckbeard level.

 

[cubby1223]

So the free market decides to start censoring itself and all the sudden free speech is being suppressed? What a crazy world you righties live in.

Free markets? Please, you only believe the markets are free when it aides in a joke you're trying to make.

The markets are in bed with the government.

Perfect example is the recent stories surrounding the Washington Redskins.

Do what those in charge of the government want, get rewarded for it. Don't and get legally harassed. The power is where the money is, and the biggest revolving sum of money sits at the federal government.

 

[nickqt]

FreeMarket knows best.

Until it doesn't.

 

[Hugo Drax]

So if a show called I love Louie came out the show being about two gay men who Get marriedmand raise a child was cancelled because of Christian Twitter outrage. Would you be okay with it as well?

 

[bshole]

Man you guys have run amok. Please post a link proving that ANYBODY was calling for the Dukes of Hazzard to be pulled from TVLAND. A SINGLE FUCKING LINK OR SHUT THE FUCK UP! TVLAND made the decision outside of ANY outside pressure.

Weirdly I loved the show when it came out when I was a teen. Now watching it, I simply can't understand how I ever liked such dreck.

The fact of the matter is if you are a southern racist it is a 100% guarantee that you have confederate flags. Racist movements have adopted the confederate flag as an emblem of their hatred.

 

[ivwshane]

Man you guys have run amok. Please post a link proving that ANYBODY was calling for the Dukes of Hazzard to be pulled from TVLAND. A SINGLE FUCKING LINK OR SHUT THE FUCK UP! TVLAND made the decision outside of ANY outside pressure.

Weirdly I loved the show when it came out when I was a teen. Now watching it, I simply can't understand how I ever liked such dreck.

The fact of the matter is if you are a southern racist it is a 100% guarantee that you have confederate flags. Racist movements have adopted the confederate flag as an emblem of their hatred.

They can't which is why they attack me instead of the actual point. Like I said, what a crazy world the right must live in.

 

[Victorian Gray]

So if a show called I love Louie came out the show being about two gay men who Get marriedmand raise a child was cancelled because of Christian Twitter outrage. Would you be okay with it as well?

Why do you have so much of yourself invested in a flag used by the Slaver's Revolt.

 

[Ackmed]

So Bill Cosby is alleged to sexually assault dozens of women... and the Cosby Show is still on. Nothing wrong with that at all apparently. It is not like Dukes of Hazard was Blazing Saddles or anything, it was a good wholesome family show. I didn't grow up watching it but I have seen several episodes.

Man you guys have run amok. Please post a link proving that ANYBODY was calling for the Dukes of Hazzard to be pulled from TVLAND. A SINGLE FUCKING LINK OR SHUT THE FUCK UP! TVLAND made the decision outside of ANY outside pressure.

Weirdly I loved the show when it came out when I was a teen. Now watching it, I simply can't understand how I ever liked such dreck.

The fact of the matter is if you are a southern racist it is a 100% guarantee that you have confederate flags. Racist movements have adopted the confederate flag as an emblem of their hatred.

They may or may not have had talks from higher ups, but saying that they didn't have any outside pressure to remove the show is silly. They felt the pressure because of all this talk about the flag. Perhaps no group, organization or whatever approached them to take it down, but they felt pressure. As did Apple to remove Civil War games. The public's opinion matters, too much sometimes.

Do you have stats to back up your opinion that all southern racist have the Confederate flag? No you don't, stop counting your opinion as fact.

 

[michal1980]

LOL liberals are funny. They are against censorship and business having the right to serve as long as its one of their 'protected' classes. Everyone they disagree with, well in a liberals world good riddance, burn those free thinkers at the stake.

 

[bshole]

LOL liberals are funny. They are against censorship and business having the right to serve as long as its one of their 'protected' classes. Everyone they disagree with, well in a liberals world good riddance, burn those free thinkers at the stake.

It would be nice if you put a little thought and nuance into your posts. Posts like the one above do nothing but confirm the general opinion that right wingers are very shallow thinkers. I am certainly not a deep thinker but even I blanched at the banality of it.

 

[Hugo Drax]

Why do you have so much of yourself invested in a flag used by the Slaver's Revolt.

I don't care about that flag at all.

I find it odd that hypocrisy quite telling. And the questions you refused to answer yes/no to.


A business is not allowed to not sell a cake to a gay wedding couple. (free market bad)

but a business is allowed to not air a tv show. (free market good)

so which is it.

 

[Victorian Gray]

So Bill Cosby is alleged to sexually assault dozens of women... and the Cosby Show is still on. Nothing wrong with that at all apparently. It is not like Dukes of Hazard was Blazing Saddles or anything, it was a good wholesome family show. I didn't grow up watching it but I have seen several episodes.

"However, the meme (and tweets) had it wrong. TV Land (along with a number of other entertainment outlets) had stopped offering The Cosby Show and/or cancelled future projects with the comedian back in November 2014, several months before the Confederate flag/Dukes of Hazzard controversy:

TV Land has pulled planned repeats of “The Cosby Show” from its schedule amid sexual assault allegations against the comedian.
A TV Land spokesperson [said] the shows will stop airing immediately.
NBC and Netflix also shelved projects with the comedian. A spokeswoman for NBC said the network’s Cosby project was no longer in development, but offered no further comment.
​

While it’s possible that The Cosby Show is still more accessible than The Dukes of Hazzard across all the platforms that currently offer vintage television series for viewing, the comparison made in the meme seen here is inaccurate. TV Land cancelled further airings of The Cosby Show when sexual abuse allegations against Bill Cosby came to light, and they removed The Dukes of Hazzard a week or two after national debate over the use of Confederate flags had begun. Neither show was treated more favorably than the other, and both appeared to have been removed from TV Land’s schedule in response to current social and political controversies."

http://m.snopes.com/2015/07/02/cosby-show-vs-dukes-hazzard/

 

[bshole]

"However, the meme (and tweets) had it wrong. TV Land (along with a number of other entertainment outlets) had stopped offering The Cosby Show and/or cancelled future projects with the comedian back in November 2014, several months before the Confederate flag/Dukes of Hazzard controversy:

TV Land has pulled planned repeats of “The Cosby Show” from its schedule amid sexual assault allegations against the comedian.
A TV Land spokesperson [said] the shows will stop airing immediately.
NBC and Netflix also shelved projects with the comedian. A spokeswoman for NBC said the network’s Cosby project was no longer in development, but offered no further comment.
​

While it’s possible that The Cosby Show is still more accessible than The Dukes of Hazzard across all the platforms that currently offer vintage television series for viewing, the comparison made in the meme seen here is inaccurate. TV Land cancelled further airings of The Cosby Show when sexual abuse allegations against Bill Cosby came to light, and they removed The Dukes of Hazzard a week or two after national debate over the use of Confederate flags had begun. Neither show was treated more favorably than the other, and both appeared to have been removed from TV Land’s schedule in response to current social and political controversies."

http://m.snopes.com/2015/07/02/cosby-show-vs-dukes-hazzard/

Holy shit, you scorched the fuck out of him! VERY WELL DONE SIR!!!

 

[Victorian Gray]

LOL liberals are funny. They are against censorship and business having the right to serve as long as its one of their 'protected' classes. Everyone they disagree with, well in a liberals world good riddance, burn those free thinkers at the stake.

Gov. Haley is still wondering if you agree with the remarks Ann Coulter made about her. She also wonders why it's so difficult for you to answer the question.

And I wonder why you appear to have so much invested in a flag from the Slaver's Revolt.

 

[ivwshane]

I don't care about that flag at all.

I find it odd that hypocrisy quite telling. And the questions you refused to answer yes/no to.


A business is not allowed to not sell a cake to a gay wedding couple. (free market bad)

but a business is allowed to not air a tv show. (free market good)

so which is it.

You seem to be too stupid to understand the difference between free market forces and descrimination as it pertains to the constitution. Maybe when you understand the differences you'll see how silly your question is.

 

[ivwshane]

"However, the meme (and tweets) had it wrong. TV Land (along with a number of other entertainment outlets) had stopped offering The Cosby Show and/or cancelled future projects with the comedian back in November 2014, several months before the Confederate flag/Dukes of Hazzard controversy:

TV Land has pulled planned repeats of “The Cosby Show” from its schedule amid sexual assault allegations against the comedian.
A TV Land spokesperson [said] the shows will stop airing immediately.
NBC and Netflix also shelved projects with the comedian. A spokeswoman for NBC said the network’s Cosby project was no longer in development, but offered no further comment.
​

While it’s possible that The Cosby Show is still more accessible than The Dukes of Hazzard across all the platforms that currently offer vintage television series for viewing, the comparison made in the meme seen here is inaccurate. TV Land cancelled further airings of The Cosby Show when sexual abuse allegations against Bill Cosby came to light, and they removed The Dukes of Hazzard a week or two after national debate over the use of Confederate flags had begun. Neither show was treated more favorably than the other, and both appeared to have been removed from TV Land’s schedule in response to current social and political controversies."

http://m.snopes.com/2015/07/02/cosby-show-vs-dukes-hazzard/

Schooled!

 

[Victorian Gray]

I don't care about that flag at all.

I find it odd that hypocrisy quite telling. And the questions you refused to answer yes/no to.


A business is not allowed to not sell a cake to a gay wedding couple. (free market bad)

but a business is allowed to not air a tv show. (free market good)

so which is it.

1) I don't believe you for a second.

2) No one has prevented any tv network in the United States from showing the series so stop lying.

 

[zinfamous]

LOL liberals are funny. They are against censorship and business having the right to serve as long as its one of their 'protected' classes. Everyone they disagree with, well in a liberals world good riddance, burn those free thinkers at the stake.

Hello, michal1980. I see that you have brought your strawman into this thread, as well.