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'Dukes of Hazzard' Star Rips TV Land for Dropping Show: (because it shows Confederate flag)
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | July 1, 2015 | Paul Bond

Posted on 07/01/2015 3:37:07 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

John Schneider is blasting TV Land for its decision to erase from its schedule — due its depiction of the Confederate flag — reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard, the wholesome show that made the actor a teen idol in the 1980s.

“The Dukes of Hazzard was and is no more a show seated in racism than Breaking Bad was a show seated in reality,” Schneider told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday.

TV Land confirmed Wednesday that it pulled the show in the aftermath of the June 17 shooting in Charleston, S.C. perpetrated by Dylann Roof, who was a fan of the Confederacy, known in the 19th century for its defense of slavery.

Schneider says his residuals from the show “have never been much to write home about,” but he would like the show to persist because of the old-fashioned values it promotes, such as honesty, courage, chivalry, rebelliousness and the like. Those who seek to malign the show because the famous car it featured had a Confederate flag painted on the roof are missing the point, he says.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: confederate; confederateflag; dixie; flag; hollywood; itsabattleflagdammit; starsandbars
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1 posted on 07/01/2015 3:37:07 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; NFHale; ExTexasRedhead; GeronL; ..

Oh, FFS. What are they gonna do next, ban “Gone With The Wind?”


2 posted on 07/01/2015 3:38:55 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: Clintonfatigued

There’s been talk of doing just that.


3 posted on 07/01/2015 3:41:29 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Look on the bright side of things, Bo...


4 posted on 07/01/2015 3:44:29 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Clintonfatigued
Loved that show back in the day.
Liberals have some seriously empty lives...
5 posted on 07/01/2015 3:45:32 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I never had a desire for a Confederate Flag.

Now I want one.

This entire banning everything is insane.

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6 posted on 07/01/2015 3:45:45 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Rodamala
"Now them Duke boys can walk down the aisle...or start hittin' them gloryholes."

(End of scene guitar sound, cut to commercial)

7 posted on 07/01/2015 3:46:34 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Clintonfatigued

We do live in interesting times. I think things will get worse before they get better. I really think this could be the straw. The straw that ignites a real conflagation.


8 posted on 07/01/2015 3:47:24 PM PDT by Tupelo (I fell more like Phillip Nolan every day.)
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To: Mears
I never had a desire for a Confederate Flag. Now I want one.

Me too. as well as a copy of Gone With The Wind movie they're howling about. maybe a bootleg copy of Uncle Remus as well. And some Aunt Jemima pancakes. This is starting to add up.

9 posted on 07/01/2015 3:50:02 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: Clintonfatigued

John Schneider had several hit country songs, and both he and Tom Wopat have had successful Broadway roles.


10 posted on 07/01/2015 3:50:51 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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To: Bob

They will probably then ban “The Carol Burnett Show” as they did a send up of it “Went With the Wind” (really, really hilarious TV) with Dinah Shore as the special guest star. It will probably “Bonanza”, “Gunsmoke”, “Maverick”, and most other westerns as well. How about “BJ and the Bear” for its treatment of animals? The blue blooded money that runs the entertainment industry has got no balls, period.


11 posted on 07/01/2015 4:01:01 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Will "Smokey and the Bandit" be next? I believe Burt Reynolds drove a car with a "flag" on the front license plate area.
12 posted on 07/01/2015 4:16:14 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: BipolarBob

Time to find my old copy of Little Black Sambo too. Oh wait, that was outlawed years ago.


13 posted on 07/01/2015 4:18:57 PM PDT by cyclotic ( Check out traillifeusa.com. America's premier boys outdoor organization)
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To: machogirl

That was the old GA flag in the old free country.


14 posted on 07/01/2015 4:19:49 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: Blue Jays

Liberals have no souls.


15 posted on 07/01/2015 4:21:52 PM PDT by beelzepug (liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Why can’t they blur out the Confederate flag? It is done all the time. Why is that so hard to figure out?


16 posted on 07/01/2015 4:30:14 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental deficiency: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Carry me back to old Virginia! State song until...
Virginia folded like a cheap lawn chair
Minority opinions... gash... give me a break.


17 posted on 07/01/2015 4:40:50 PM PDT by Recompennation (I'm tied of dis!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

CANCEL AMAZON


18 posted on 07/01/2015 4:49:47 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Clintonfatigued

Dukes of Hazzard made fun of anything southern including that flag.. it was a comedy..

Who’s next Gilligan?.. Bunker?.. Cheers?.. Frasier?..


19 posted on 07/01/2015 4:49:55 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

Hogan’s Heros


20 posted on 07/01/2015 4:59:58 PM PDT by windcliff
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