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.
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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.
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.)
Look for indy websites to start to come to life.
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.
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!
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.
Not any more, it isn’t.
Somebody used GoDaddy.
Bleah!
LOL
Pathetic, isn’t it?
“How did we get here?” some ask.
Well, *this* is how.
Spineless.
Thanks!
This is the same thing ISIS is doing in the Middle East. For G-d’s sake! People wake up!
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
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.
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).
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.
Dixie Republic, Travelers Rest SC
How long until VA police remove it from their uniform patches?
Not long I’m thinking.
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.
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