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AwareOne

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7. Next they should remove the American flag

Reply to ariesgem (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 07:48 PM

Jun 2015

because of our nation being founded on slavery, the massacres, the illegal wars the genocide of native Americans the, oh , wait, I forgot, our indignation only goes back to 1861. Never mind. Three cheers for Old Glory!

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Walmart to stop selling Confederate flag merchandise [View all] ariesgem Jun 2015 OP

SO NOW THAT THEY HAVE MADE THE MONSTER... luvspeas Jun 2015 #1

China should stop making Confederate flag merchandise. tridim Jun 2015 #2

(I wonder if there is a way..... lastlib Jun 2015 #30

Considering how widespread LiberalElite Jun 2015 #3

Wow, that will bite into their sales, might even bring down their stock price. R Merm Jun 2015 #4

they will cut wages for the low paid workers to make up the difference rurallib Jun 2015 #19

Finally...it only took how long and how many deaths? Bad for business, eh? Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #5

I attender a wedding on Saturday and at the dance that evening I saw a young man with a jwirr Jun 2015 #6

Next they should remove the American flag AwareOne Jun 2015 #7

So what do you suggest? We dissolve our nation? cui bono Jun 2015 #18

I think he just thinks we need a new flag for the times. I suggest: Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #20

For the most part Pirates were not racist they respected talent and they did not cheat other Pirates gordianot Jun 2015 #29

I was referring to our plundering republican officials - the plunder of America. Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #33

The Pirates of old also plundered they also had a code of ethics. gordianot Jun 2015 #34

Agreed! Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #37

Walmart=the devil Va Lefty Jun 2015 #8

Cheer good things! 63splitwindow Jun 2015 #9

Yeah sure GP6971 Jun 2015 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author GP6971 Jun 2015 #11

Which takes the eyes right off what the workers are being paid to sell them. Good job! jtuck004 Jun 2015 #12

They're doing this for publicity kimbutgar Jun 2015 #13

Thanks Wal-Mart! dobleremolque Jun 2015 #14

time to get all retailers as well as the online ones to do the same, especially Amazon beachbum bob Jun 2015 #15

Great idea! SunSeeker Jun 2015 #22

They will probably open a new store specifically to sell that shit. nt Mnemosyne Jun 2015 #16

I remember in the 1970s the last War Surplus store in Downtown Pittsburgh selling KKK items happyslug Jun 2015 #17

Recently retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, Alan Page, dflprincess Jun 2015 #24

Good. nt SunSeeker Jun 2015 #21

This must dry up a huge percentage of this hateful merchanise. Change has come Jun 2015 #23

To bad. First because I dont object to them selling shit like that...........after all cstanleytech Jun 2015 #25

Perhaps they can start selling the WHITE FLAG of SURRENDER, that would be more accurate n/t vkkv Jun 2015 #26

Wow Wal-Mart does the right thing for once! Initech Jun 2015 #27

Good! ybbor Jun 2015 #28

Next step is to get WalMart to stop selling merchandise. n/t OakCliffDem Jun 2015 #31

What about all those Confederate flag t-shirts ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #32

In the long run, I think this is more significant than Nikki Haley's announcement. Paladin Jun 2015 #35

Oh no, one stop shopping for the Confederate flag, guns, and truck nuts going down!! Sancho Jun 2015 #36

All this excitement about a 150 year old symbol of a failed state. candelista Jun 2015 #38