'Dukes of Hazzard' episodes pulled from TV Land

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xBiffx

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'Dukes of Hazzard' episodes pulled from TV Land

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Always the nuclear option when going full retard as well.

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pontifex

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You're right, the Confederate flag has never been an issue since the Civil War! Well there was that whole Civil Rights thing, and well it's actually been nearly a constant issue outside of increasingly smaller pockets of brainwashed idiots. Also, that's actually kinda the point is that there were states where they thought it was ok to fly it at their government buildings in the guise of it being about "heritage" or other total bullshit attempts to whitewash the true heritage. This is more a moment of sobriety, where those remaining places that were acting like it was ok have finally reached a level where they realize it isn't and have acted swiftly to try and distance themselves from it.

Yeah because that wasn't an obvious bullshit ploy. Gee, I wonder why an American might know the Confederate flag that they were likely just recently deliberately told not to make better than the ISIS flag.

get off your high horse. you know exactly what i meant.
 

pontifex

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the flag hasn't been OK for 150 years. There have been at least a dozen fights to get it removed. The most recent in SC< I think ~1990 or so, got it removed from the state capitol building.

Remember when Georgia went through this more recently around 10 years ago? It has never been OK for a lot of people.



I lament it because I think this is excessive. Yeah, I haven't watched the show in many years because it's rather tough to watch, even in an "ironic" way...like when I tried to rewatch Nightrider ~1997. This stuff just doesn't age well.

Rather, I don't lament the show being pulled from TV, I just think this is approaching silliness. That being said, it's not like anyone has been happy with Brier Rabbit/Song of the South and old Loony Toons cartoons...but explicitly portraying african americans as subhuman monkeys in those old cartoons is a bit different than a background image of a flag that represents that time period.

State endorsement of the flag is unacceptable, and it seems that even republican leadership in these places agree with that. I don't think we should begrudge Bubba if he wants to wave it around on his chevy--it's not like we didn't already establish our opinion of Bubba anyway.

i've never seen this much "outrage" against it and the levels of stupid going on about it now. maybe a few people here and there mentioned it in the past. I live in the northeast so maybe thats why i've had little exposure to it? i dunno.
 

Ruptga

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i've never seen this much "outrage" against it and the levels of stupid going on about it now. maybe a few people here and there mentioned it in the past. I live in the northeast so maybe thats why i've had little exposure to it? i dunno.

It has been a sore point around here for a very long time; not actively talking about it is not the same as not caring about it. I don't know why you're apparently opinionated about something like this as an admitted outsider.
 

pontifex

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It has been a sore point around here for a very long time; not actively talking about it is not the same as not caring about it. I don't know why you're apparently opinionated about something like this as an admitted outsider.

i'm tired of hearing about stupid pointless shit. there's a lot more issues going on today than a flag that was created over 150 years ago. it's a bunch of people with nothing better to do.

and i'm not just referring to this 1 issue, there's tons of them out there.
 

Ruptga

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i'm tired of hearing about stupid pointless shit. there's a lot more issues going on today than a flag that was created over 150 years ago. it's a bunch of people with nothing better to do.

and i'm not just referring to this 1 issue, there's tons of them out there.

I can't fault you for that, but down here in BF Murricah it's not pointless. The racist idealism that flag represents is still kicking, and it's literally a banner for those shitheads to rally around.
 

BoberFett

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I can't fault you for that, but down here in BF Murricah it's not pointless. The racist idealism that flag represents is still kicking, and it's literally a banner for those shitheads to rally around.

What symbol do you rally around with your fellow shitheads? I'd like to ban that as well.

I've never had ANY desire to display the confederate flag until now, if only to piss off thin-skinned wankers.
 

Guurn

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It'd be nice if they could stop showing movies and TV shows that have Nazis as villians (and sometimes heroes, Operation Valerie). Swastikas are symbols of hate etc.
 

Rudee

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Thank God the shooter wasn't wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt. All that Mickey Mouse merchandise having to be removed from shelves at Disney.
 

MongGrel

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What symbol do you rally around with your fellow shitheads? I'd like to ban that as well.

I've never had ANY desire to display the confederate flag until now, if only to piss off thin-skinned wankers.


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Remobz

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I can't fault you for that, but down here in BF Murricah it's not pointless. The racist idealism that flag represents is still kicking, and it's literally a banner for those shitheads to rally around.

Those Southern rednecks can't get over the fact that they got their asses kicked in the civil war.

Nazi sympathizers rally around their retarded flag so I guess the good ole redneck boys need their own retarded flag to rally around as well.
 

BoberFett

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Oh, so you're a war criminal? Baby killer? You like invading foreign countries that haven't done anything to us, just because some weapons manufacturer and the oil companies want to get rich?

It's easy to call anyone out on anything in the current outrage culture.
 

Fritzo

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Just making sure- is it still OK to waive my Washington Redskins flag?
 

MrSquished

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What symbol do you rally around with your fellow shitheads? I'd like to ban that as well.

I've never had ANY desire to display the confederate flag until now, if only to piss off thin-skinned wankers.

holy shit you are an idiot. I love the interwebs never disappoints. why don't you go to a jewish temple service wearing full Nazi regalia.
 

MongGrel

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Oh, so you're a war criminal? Baby killer? You like invading foreign countries that haven't done anything to us, just because some weapons manufacturer and the oil companies want to get rich?

It's easy to call anyone out on anything in the current outrage culture.

I can honestly say fuck you atm.

With no reservations what so ever.
 

HeXen

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Companies like EA and Ubisoft are offended by the pirate flag.....just sayin
 

Sonikku

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Irony here is that Germany actually outright went out and banned people from being able to wave around their Nazi flags all the way at the top at the government level. The US government didn't ban Americans from anything. You can wave around whatever Nazi/Confederate flag you want and that's your privilege as a private citizen. The only call on the government was for whether the flag should be on public property, a fine detail that seems lost on the entirety on the South.

Now, it's private businesses making these kinds of calls. "THE LIBRULS DID IT!" Actually no. TV Land did. Want your show back? Direct your hate at them.

Direct your hate at where it's due.