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cstanleytech

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

Reply to ariesgem (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 09:38 PM

Jun 2015

people want to buy that kinda shit so be it but the 2nd and main reason is seeing someone wearing, carrying or driving around displaying it was an excellent asshole detection device.

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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