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EBay bans sales of Confederate flag on its site (And Etsy,Amazon, too)
AP ^ | 6-23-2015 | Joseph Pisani

Posted on 06/23/2015 12:52:50 PM PDT by tcrlaf

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braking; bullys; censorship; confederate; confederateflag; corporateliberalism; cowards; dixie; flagphobia; freedom; homofascism; liberalcrappers; liberalhate; searchworks; speech
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To: tcrlaf

This is about diluting and eventually extinguishing southern culture. The south is the last region for the progs to conquer and they’re working at it overtime.


81 posted on 06/23/2015 2:11:01 PM PDT by clintonh8r
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To: tcrlaf


Thankfully Amazon doesn't think this offends anyone.

http://smile.amazon.com/Mein-Kampf-Vol-II/dp/1508488681/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1435093831&sr=8-5&keywords=mein+kampf
82 posted on 06/23/2015 2:15:31 PM PDT by 109ACS (If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
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To: txrefugee

I have absolutely no desire to have a Confederate flag, but I am considering buying one anyway. Don’t tell me what I can and can’t buy. (Are we sure this isn’t just a ploy by Confederate flag makers to boost sales???? I know I’m not the only who feels as I do.)


83 posted on 06/23/2015 2:16:48 PM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Look for indy websites to start to come to life.


84 posted on 06/23/2015 2:16:54 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Charles Martel

Luckily, I live where a half hour drive in any direction gets me all of them that I would want.

All they’ve done is create an inflated market.


85 posted on 06/23/2015 2:21:36 PM PDT by Salamander (Vested Subhuman)
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To: VanDeKoik
I’m so sick of this contrived BS.

Amen!! Me too. Contrived is the word indeed. Manufactured outrage seems to be the thing these days. That Muslim "don't insult the prophet" thing must be contagious. We need an antidote!

86 posted on 06/23/2015 2:21:54 PM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: ETL

This is different .....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEDAL-OF-PUBLICITY-OF-COCA-COLA-swastika-OF-LUCK-UNITED-STATES-NO-NAZI-/251992998289?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aabf40191

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csEXmU14N28


87 posted on 06/23/2015 2:22:08 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Charles Martel

I was still able able to get the original “Stars and Bars” flag which the actual political flag. The battle flag is not available, however. Crazy times. I mean idiotic times.


88 posted on 06/23/2015 2:22:20 PM PDT by Augustinian monk ("Beware the Ides of March!")
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To: Uncle Miltie

Not any more, it isn’t.

Somebody used GoDaddy.

Bleah!

LOL


89 posted on 06/23/2015 2:23:13 PM PDT by Salamander (Vested Subhuman)
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To: Terry L Smith

Pathetic, isn’t it?

“How did we get here?” some ask.

Well, *this* is how.

Spineless.


90 posted on 06/23/2015 2:24:17 PM PDT by Salamander (Vested Subhuman)
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To: MagnoliaB

Thanks!


91 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:13 PM PDT by Salamander (Vested Subhuman)
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To: x1stcav

This is the same thing ISIS is doing in the Middle East. For G-d’s sake! People wake up!


92 posted on 06/23/2015 2:25:47 PM PDT by Aleya2Fairlie
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To: Cheerio

Oh the left designated that flag to be racist a long time ago..as soon as the Tea Party started flying them the left called them racist..basically here is the bottom line, you’re a racist if you vote Republican that’s how the left sees the world, if they could force every single person to vote Democrat they would do it


93 posted on 06/23/2015 2:27:17 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Cheerio

When you search for “Confederate flag” on eBay and Amazon, the Gadsden always comes up as a “suggested item”.

Proves exactly who this is targeted towards, IMO.


94 posted on 06/23/2015 2:27:18 PM PDT by Salamander (Vested Subhuman)
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To: tcrlaf

Let’s also have a ban on Che Guevara T-shirts and posters. Also that miserable so-called “peace” symbol(aka Footprint of the Great American Chicken).


95 posted on 06/23/2015 2:28:13 PM PDT by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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To: ohiobuckeye1997
I’m not southern, but will be sporting some stars and bars as a show of support!

You know I think that the "stars and bars" flag was replaced by the battle flag of Northern Virginia because it looked too much like the "stars and stripes" flag and there was confusion on the battlefield. So, technically, the so-called "confederate flag" is really the "battle flag" of the confederacy. No big deal but there is some confusion on this.

96 posted on 06/23/2015 2:30:47 PM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: matt04

Dixie Republic, Travelers Rest SC


97 posted on 06/23/2015 2:32:18 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: mc5cents

How long until VA police remove it from their uniform patches?


98 posted on 06/23/2015 2:32:28 PM PDT by Salamander (Vested Subhuman)
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To: Salamander

Not long I’m thinking.


99 posted on 06/23/2015 2:34:18 PM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: generally

I have no interest in one either but when these stores start acting like the morality police on what is offensive it really gets my dander up. I can’t stand piece signs because of their origin, Che stuff, black panther party items, Nation of Islam, anti-Christian items but I would never tell or expect a business to not sell something that is a LEGAL item to possess just because it is offensive to me. Maybe they should take a good look at what happened to J.C. Penny’s business when they started injecting an agenda into selling their clothing and wares.


100 posted on 06/23/2015 2:34:54 PM PDT by MagnoliaB
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