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Warner Bros. Bans 'Dukes of Hazzard' Car With Confederate Flag
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:31 am
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:31 am
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ETA: not sure if Germans, sorry if so. also tried to fixed link, but shits not working.
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Following South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol, some of the nation's biggest retailers have similarly promised to stop selling items bearing that symbol. Now, one of pop culture's most visible uses of the Confederate flag – the General Lee, an orange Dodge Charger from the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard – is about to get a makeover. According to Vulture, the lone company that was licensed to reproduce the Confederate flag-branded General Lee as a toy will no longer make that item.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) is responsible for licensing the rights to Duke of Hazzard merchandise. "Warner Bros. Consumer Products has one licensee producing die-cast replicas and vehicle model kits featuring the General Lee with the confederate flag on its roof — as it was seen in the TV series" a WBCP spokesman said. "We have elected to cease the licensing of these product categories."
However, the General Lee – with its Confederate flag plastered atop its cabin – will continue to have a presence on television, as The Dukes of Hazzard is still popular in syndication, especially on cable network CMT.
Warner Bros.' decision to stop the license on Confederate flag-bearing General Lee replicas comes just days after Walmart, Sears, eBay, Google Shopping and Etsy all announced they would stop selling items that featured the Confederate flag; soon after, Amazon stepped up their efforts to remove all items bearing that symbol on their online marketplace. However, the sudden purge of items branded with the Confederate Flag has also resulted in a sales surge as collectors stock up before that merchandise ultimately becomes unavailable, the New York Times reports.
"We have decided to prohibit Confederate flags and many items containing this image because we believe it has become a contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism," eBay said in a statement. In the case of Amazon, that company eventually agreed to remove Confederate merchandise after they were barraged social media by users promoting the hashtag #TakeItDown.
ETA: not sure if Germans, sorry if so. also tried to fixed link, but shits not working.
This post was edited on 6/24/15 at 11:34 am
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:32 am to BarkRuffalo
This better be bullshite
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:36 am to BarkRuffalo
Let me bring a little joy to this thread.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:37 am to BarkRuffalo
This is starting to get out of hand
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:00 pm to BarkRuffalo
This is getting fricking ridiculous. I think I still have one of those die cast cars stored away somewhere from when I was a kid..need to go find it and hold on to it. Might be worth something one day
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:05 pm to deltaland
You are welcome to start making your own cars with Confederate flags on them
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:22 pm to StopRobot
Even though I do think removing he confederate flag from government property was a good idea, I do think this is over the top.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:38 pm to BarkRuffalo
Somewhere in the afterlife, Uncle Jessie is kicking the shite out of his manservant.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 1:03 pm to BarkRuffalo
Please God make it stop.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 1:04 pm to knight_ryder
They should leave the flag, throw some lo pro blade 28's on it and call it a day..
social progression
social progression
This post was edited on 6/24/15 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 6/24/15 at 1:09 pm to knight_ryder
I'm all about compromise.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:13 am to BarkRuffalo
And now the show has been yanked
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Bo and Luke Duke are no longer flying through Hazzard County on TV Land. The network has pulled episodes of "The Dukes of Hazzard" from its schedule, a spokesperson for TV Land confirmed on Wednesday. The network would not comment further on whether reruns of the series were pulled due to its inclusion of a 1969 Dodge Charger known as the "General Lee" which has the Confederate battle flag painted on its roof.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:46 am to BarkRuffalo
LOL
this country is turning into the biggest vagina
this country is turning into the biggest vagina
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:04 am to BarkRuffalo
PC and horrible goverment leadership has ruined a once great nation.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:23 am to kywildcatfanone
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PC and horrible goverment leadership has ruined a once great nation.
Yeah, but at least we got rid of racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and global warming.
Oh, we only made it worse? Huh.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:46 am to BarkRuffalo
Ok frick it, it's time to move to Mexico, this shite is getting ridiculous.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:01 am to BarkRuffalo
Oh for fricks sake. If people are offended by the image of a confederate flag on an old tv show, then they're too stupid for everybody else to worry about.
Everybody walking around on egg shells hopelessly trying to avoid offending anybody else accomplishes nothing.
Everybody walking around on egg shells hopelessly trying to avoid offending anybody else accomplishes nothing.
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 9:02 am
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