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1 posted on 12/30/2004 11:00:22 AM PST by Ellesu
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"a symbol that has become quite the object of controversy since the original TV series' seven-season run starting in 1979. "

Well, I remember watching the "dukes" quite often, and I was in radio at the time, with full availability to network and teletype news, and I don't remember any controversy at that time. That is not to say it didn't occur, but spending 8 hours a day around an AP teletype machine, and news broadcasts every half-hour, you'd think there would have been some mention of it.

Anyway, I don't think it's so much all the liberals, as it is a small contingent of them with well-placed access to the main stream media.

In fact, most of the "controversies" we hear about are media-sourced and media-amplified. They love to start a controversy, it's ready-made news. And we all know the great percentage of the media is made up of liberals.

This was probably stirred by some pulitzer-pundit seeing the new movie version of "Dukes" and looking for a story. But, they can't hate the Confederate Flag nearly as much as I hate the media.
45 posted on 12/30/2004 11:18:48 AM PST by FrankR (Don't let the bastards wear you down...)
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-vomiting-


47 posted on 12/30/2004 11:19:19 AM PST by Jon Alvarez
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Luke understands, and explains to Bo that some people find the flag offensive and a "symbol of slavery...

...and then Bo and Luke kiss and have anal sex while Daisy has an on-screen abortion right before she lectures both Duke boys on gun control, world peace and organic farming.

By now Bo understands and says "I can see now that George Bush IS Hitler" and facilitates further discussion by performing an interpretive dance. "Every vote must count" he shouts.

Then, both brothers weep for the oppressed plight of all womyn throughout the world, throughout history (herstory).

FIN

49 posted on 12/30/2004 11:19:40 AM PST by martin gibson
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"Bo and Luke ask a group of African-American college students for directions. "Is this a joke? Some kind of reality show?" one of them asks. Bo, the dimmer of the Dukes, explains the flag is cool and that their friend Cooter, a Civil War buff, painted it when he fixed the car. But Luke understands, and explains to Bo that some people find the flag offensive and a 'symbol of slavery.' That Luke, he always was perty' smart."

I think this scene is just injecting humor into the controversy.


51 posted on 12/30/2004 11:21:05 AM PST by Revenge of Sith
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I hope the makers of the Dukes of Hazzard movie talk themselves right out of the profit margin with this stupidity. And now, I'm going to go run out my Confederate battle flag over Col. Robert Gould Shaw's body and whistle Dixie . . .


56 posted on 12/30/2004 11:23:54 AM PST by Brig_Gen_George_P_Harrison_CSA (Deo Vindice!)
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I got a Dukes first season DVD for Christmas. We were watching the first episode last night. In an early scene, the boys hook up with 3 other guys, one of them black, to pull a scam on the Sheriff. The black guy doesn't seem to offended by the flag, as he is leaning up against the car it is on.


63 posted on 12/30/2004 11:26:41 AM PST by 1L
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And with that sop to the South-bashers and PC crowd, not even Jessica Simpson in a pair of Daisy Dukes and a bikini top could get me to see this movie. I hope it makes "Alexander" look like a blockbuster.

}:-)4


66 posted on 12/30/2004 11:28:34 AM PST by Moose4 (I'm patriotic--just a white guy in a blue county in a red state.)
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To: Ellesu

Oh, no. The PC Visigoths have ruined one of the stupidest TV shows ever. Noooooooooo!


69 posted on 12/30/2004 11:32:41 AM PST by ScottFromSpokane (We're none of us prefect.)
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Oh, yeah. The original show was so un-PC (note sarcasm): The only recurring black character was the Sheriff (Sheriff Little) of the neighboring county. He was the only competent representative of the law on the show, and everyone respected him. The boys always high-tailed it back to Hazard as soon as they realized they had wandered into Chickasaw, ol' Roscoe and Boss Hogg stayed away from him so as to avoid getting nailed for their various dastardly deeds, and even Uncle Jesse took different routes out of the county so as not to tangle with him.


Of course, now that I think of it, the libs will still hate the show, because Sheriff Little was, as a lawman, most likely conservative, and we all know libs don't consider conservative blacks to be legitimate.


70 posted on 12/30/2004 11:33:14 AM PST by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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I am violently opposed to Jessica Simpson playing Daisy Duke. The more I read about this movie the less I want to see it.


76 posted on 12/30/2004 11:38:17 AM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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PC ruins the Dukes ping.


77 posted on 12/30/2004 11:38:50 AM PST by Petronski (Thank God I'm only watching the game....controlling it....)
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Liberals rewriting history....how nice.

does anyoe remember the re-make of PEARL HARBOR??

Notice anything odd? Not a single person in the entire movie was seen smoking a cigarette. Now back then, probably the majority of sailers and regular folks smoked.

88 posted on 12/30/2004 11:50:51 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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As a Dukes fan, I'm going to skip this movie.

There's no substitute for the original.

102 posted on 12/30/2004 12:01:35 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("BZZZZZT You are fined one credit for violation of the Verbal Morality Statute")
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Hello - Northern US Ships use to bring slaves to the US and then sell them to the South. So, I guess the US Flag is racist too (and all the flags of US states that were in the Union until 1863).


106 posted on 12/30/2004 12:06:53 PM PST by GianniV
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I am personally offended by the Kwanzaa flag
115 posted on 12/30/2004 12:12:57 PM PST by todd1
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More PC crap.


134 posted on 12/30/2004 12:26:48 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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Read my tagline...


139 posted on 12/30/2004 12:34:13 PM PST by TXnMA (Attention, ACLU: There is no constitutionally protected right to NOT be offended -- Shove It!)
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I wonder if anyone remembers this...

When the Dukes of Hazzard premiered, the networks were still volutarily complying with Jimmy Carter's "Family Hour" between 8 and 9. Apparently it was PC to put Daisy on in the skimpiest costume possible at that hour...the only stipulation was, there could be NO GUNS!

Being an inventive sort, the producers of Dukes of Hazzard cooked-up a story line where the boys were paroled from prison on two conditions...Uncle Jesse would promise to give up the moonshine biz, and they would not own any guns.

As a substitue though, the Dukes were allowed to strap sticks of dynamite to arrows, light them and fire them into the bad guys with a crossbow. More than one way to skin a peanut farmer I guess.


150 posted on 12/30/2004 12:42:19 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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"... And all you fans are racist pigs!"

TS
Well, they might as well have said that.

151 posted on 12/30/2004 12:42:26 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Sorry, I'm off from school for the week, so I'm in a silly mood.)
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If this story is factual they might as well release the video now and avoid the embarrassment of having it bomb in the theaters... sounds like a "Redneck Alexander".
154 posted on 12/30/2004 12:47:18 PM PST by RedEyeJack
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