EBay bans sales of Confederate flag on its site (And Etsy,Amazon, too)

AP ^ | 6-23-2015 | Joseph Pisani

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Calling it a "contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism," eBay said Tuesday that it will ban the sale of Confederate flags and similarly themed merchandise.

"This decision is consistent with our long-standing policy that prohibits items that promote or glorify hatred, violence and racial intolerance," said eBay spokeswoman Johnna Hoff.

The e-commerce company is the latest to prohibit the sale of Confederate merchandise following Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Sears Holdings Corp.

[Robert DeLong]

Five IMPORTANT Facts About The Confederate Flag

[Sarah Barracuda]

The left has already tried to destroy Christianity, Atheists have banned God from schools, they ban Christmas from schools..when you take God out of society this is what you get, and this is what the left wants..their utopian society with no religion except Sharia Law

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[OrangeDaisy]

The killings at the Charleston AME church were obviously the Confederate flag’s fault, along with the gun of course. Had nothing to do with a deranged human.

[matt04]

Ebay has people selling Confederate flags. A few back ordered until the 2nd week of July.

[ForAmerica]

I guess there is freedom on both sides, people have the right buy and fly the Confederate Battle Flag and Ebay and etc. has the right not to sell Confederate Battle Flag. It's still sold here in Texas.

And that same freedom allows me not to ever purchase or fly the Confederate Battle Flag.

[WayneS]

I guess the folks at Amazon don;t know their history either:

from: http://washingtonartillery.com/Def.htm

“The “Bonnie Blue Flag” (also known as the “Lone Star Flag”) is often linked to the Confederacy. However, the flag had its origins long before any southern state seceded from the Union. The first recorded use of this flag was in 1810 when it was used to represent the Republic of West Florida, a republic of English speaking inhabitants of southern Alabama, Mississippi, and portions of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River who rebelled against the reign of Spanish government and overthrew Spain’s provincial Governor de Lassus at Baton Rouge. The republic lasted barely three months, dissolved after the annexation of Louisiana’s portion of the disputed land to the United States territory.”

[Salamander]

Just grabbed two of these. :)

Already have plenty of the normal ones.

[WayneS]

As far as I know, these guys have no plans to stop selling the flags of the Confederacy, nor any of their other historical flags for that matter:

http://carrot-top.com/flags/american

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[Vigilanteman]

Zanzibar a Muslim enclave of islands located off the coast of present day Tanzania, was where the rich and famous of this sorry trade hung out together.

This is the biography of one of their favorite chieftians with whom BO's Luo tribe had extensive business dealings.

Short version of this long story is that Islam tends to impoverish every civilization which it touches. And the chiefs of many tribes so impoverished were willing to sell whole villages into slavery to maintain their status and lifestyles.

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[VanDeKoik]

I’m so far north that Toronto is south of me, and I’m damn close to buying one myself because I’m so sick of this contrived BS.

[Crazieman]

Political cartoon idea. Confederate flag holding a gun

[manc]

interesting , thank you.

[Joe Boucher]

The gift shop at Lookout Mountain has em.

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[manc]

my oldest son wears a shirt saying that on the back of it.

[miss marmelstein]

So Ebay sold/auctioned them for 15 years but because a murderous brat in a Gold’s Gym tee-shirt waves it in a selfie, we now have to erase it from our collective memory. Is that it? I guess so.