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(07-04-2015 10:09 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 09:56 AM)dawgitall Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 09:46 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote:  My boss said they are flying everywhere at the lake this weekend. On $1,000,000 homes, boats, girls in the Rebel flag bikinis. He's a Miss State fan and said he hasn't seen this many since Ole Miss football games years ago.

I also thought it was hilarious that when Barry came to Nashville earlier this week, many people lined the streets his motorcade drove down and waved Confederate flags. That's what TN thinks of you Barry.

Flag shops and Army Surplus stores cant keep them on the shelves. My brother bought the last 2 that a local AS store had. They were expecting more, but people are buying them up like crazy.

Finally, I'll just leave this poll from right wing propaganda outlet CNN right here:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/politics/c...ern-pride/

Fly 'em high with pride boys and girls!

So basically we are entering a new era of the misuse of a flag that should be treated with respect. More than 1/3 of a million men died under that flag. It isn't meant to be trivialized for political [/B]OR commercial purposes. They are insulting the memory of those men when it is reduced to this.

Tell the left

I tell them all the time. How about telling the people that wear it or fly it for political purposes how insulting it is to do that.

Brown vs Board of Ed. You are celebrating the time period when that flag gained popularity. Congrats!

(07-04-2015 10:23 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Brown vs Board of Ed. You are celebrating the time period when that flag gained popularity. Congrats!

Not really. Our education system is so awful most don't even know about brown v board of ed.

They are flying it to piss you off because you told them they can't and it's working

You still don't get it

No you don't know your history.

(07-04-2015 10:35 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  No you don't know your history.

Neither do you, but it certainly is amusing to see you try.

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 06:13 AM)john01992 Wrote:  The amount of people using it will decrease and the amount of people that disprove of it will increase. However the select idiots who already owned it will just display it more.

The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

NASCAR, Walmart, Amazon, etc. didn't pull it because they are political correctness panzies. They did it be because they are a business and it didn't make $$$ sense to have the flag.

(07-04-2015 09:27 AM)dawgitall Wrote:  What does the Streisand Effect mean?

Think that North Korean film. When you are told you can't have something...you want it even more.

GTS isn't really using it in the correct way.

(07-04-2015 11:08 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 09:27 AM)dawgitall Wrote:  What does the Streisand Effect mean?

Think that North Korean film. When you are told you can't have something...you want it even more.

GTS isn't really using it in the correct way.

Barbara Streisand tried to have pictures of her house suppressed, but it resulted in more media attention on the pictures, essentially having the opposite of the intended result.

What a time not to be invested in Confederate and LGBT flags. Perfect time to be a manufacturer. I have no problem making money off of idiots. Maybe the dye from one crosses onto the next.

(07-04-2015 11:07 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 06:13 AM)john01992 Wrote:  The amount of people using it will decrease and the amount of people that disprove of it will increase. However the select idiots who already owned it will just display it more.

The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

NASCAR, Walmart, Amazon, etc. didn't pull it because they are political correctness panzies. They did it be because they are a business and it didn't make $$$ sense to have the flag.

They gambled it doesn't make money sense. They could very well be mistaken.

(07-04-2015 01:11 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  What a time not to be invested in Confederate and LGBT flags. Perfect time to be a manufacturer. I have no problem making money off of idiots. Maybe the dye from one crosses onto the next.

Gays vs the confederates. Lmao

(07-04-2015 08:15 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 02:04 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I use to see it some. I haven't been out and about much recently. But today as I went out to scout a spot to watch the local city 4th of July fireworks .... it was EVERYWHERE. Mailboxes. Bumper stickers. Window clings. Giant house sized flags welded or strapped into roll bars of pickups.

Cool, just keep it out of state houses, court houses, govt buildings, and publicly owned parks...

this I easily agree with along with ER's take of squashing the sjw folk.....

the rest of the 'controversy' is akin to pissing into santa ana winds...

there was never a doubt shite like this was gonna happen.....they come out of the woodwork when the ants start chewing...

(07-04-2015 01:18 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 11:07 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 06:13 AM)john01992 Wrote:  The amount of people using it will decrease and the amount of people that disprove of it will increase. However the select idiots who already owned it will just display it more.

The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

NASCAR, Walmart, Amazon, etc. didn't pull it because they are political correctness panzies. They did it be because they are a business and it didn't make $$$ sense to have the flag.

They gambled it doesn't make money sense. They could very well be mistaken.

They're large profitable corporations. They're going to make money with it or without it. They'll do fine either way. So no, it's not exactly a $$$ decision.

What drives their decision is risk. They each made decisions that getting rid of it reduced their risk compared to keeping it. Sounds to me like a very reasonable and practical decision on their parts.

For Joe's Souvenir Stand, which makes X% of its income from selling them, it might be a $$$ decision. And for that reason, Joe might make a different decision.

That's the difference between the way corporate America makes decisions and the way ordinary Americans make decisions.

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 06:13 AM)john01992 Wrote:  The amount of people using it will decrease and the amount of people that disprove of it will increase. However the select idiots who already owned it will just display it more.

The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

CNN, not a conservative network by any stretch, did a survey and 57% said the flag represented a symbol of pride (similar to 59% saying so in 2000). Those ignorant are those who don't understand that it can be a symbol of pride.

(07-04-2015 02:45 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 01:18 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 11:07 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 06:13 AM)john01992 Wrote:  The amount of people using it will decrease and the amount of people that disprove of it will increase. However the select idiots who already owned it will just display it more.

The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

NASCAR, Walmart, Amazon, etc. didn't pull it because they are political correctness panzies. They did it be because they are a business and it didn't make $$$ sense to have the flag.

They gambled it doesn't make money sense. They could very well be mistaken.

They're large profitable corporations. They're going to make money with it or without it. They'll do fine either way. So no, it's not exactly a $$$ decision.

What drives their decision is risk. They each made decisions that getting rid of it reduced their risk compared to keeping it. Sounds to me like a very reasonable and practical decision on their parts.

For Joe's Souvenir Stand, which makes X% of its income from selling them, it might be a $$$ decision. And for that reason, Joe might make a different decision.

That's the difference between the way corporate America makes decisions and the way ordinary Americans make decisions.

It makes sense for Walmart given their customer base. Amazon was a knee jerk decision and ridiculous given what they still sell. But people will find it elsewhere and it can't be that big a deal for them.
NASCAR is giving the middle finger to its base. That's just stupid.

(07-04-2015 03:30 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 02:45 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 01:18 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 11:07 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

NASCAR, Walmart, Amazon, etc. didn't pull it because they are political correctness panzies. They did it be because they are a business and it didn't make $$$ sense to have the flag.

They gambled it doesn't make money sense. They could very well be mistaken.

They're large profitable corporations. They're going to make money with it or without it. They'll do fine either way. So no, it's not exactly a $$$ decision.

What drives their decision is risk. They each made decisions that getting rid of it reduced their risk compared to keeping it. Sounds to me like a very reasonable and practical decision on their parts.

For Joe's Souvenir Stand, which makes X% of its income from selling them, it might be a $$$ decision. And for that reason, Joe might make a different decision.

That's the difference between the way corporate America makes decisions and the way ordinary Americans make decisions.

It makes sense for Walmart given their customer base. Amazon was a knee jerk decision and ridiculous given what they still sell. But people will find it elsewhere and it can't be that big a deal for them.
NASCAR is giving the middle finger to its base. That's just stupid.

NASCAR has been doing that for the better part of the past 20 years.

(07-04-2015 03:34 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 03:30 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 02:45 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 01:18 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 11:07 AM)john01992 Wrote:  NASCAR, Walmart, Amazon, etc. didn't pull it because they are political correctness panzies. They did it be because they are a business and it didn't make $$$ sense to have the flag.

They gambled it doesn't make money sense. They could very well be mistaken.

They're large profitable corporations. They're going to make money with it or without it. They'll do fine either way. So no, it's not exactly a $$$ decision.

What drives their decision is risk. They each made decisions that getting rid of it reduced their risk compared to keeping it. Sounds to me like a very reasonable and practical decision on their parts.

For Joe's Souvenir Stand, which makes X% of its income from selling them, it might be a $$$ decision. And for that reason, Joe might make a different decision.

That's the difference between the way corporate America makes decisions and the way ordinary Americans make decisions.

It makes sense for Walmart given their customer base. Amazon was a knee jerk decision and ridiculous given what they still sell. But people will find it elsewhere and it can't be that big a deal for them.
NASCAR is giving the middle finger to its base. That's just stupid.

NASCAR has been doing that for the better part of the past 20 years.

True.

(07-04-2015 03:24 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 06:13 AM)john01992 Wrote:  The amount of people using it will decrease and the amount of people that disprove of it will increase. However the select idiots who already owned it will just display it more.

The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

CNN, not a conservative network by any stretch, did a survey and 57% said the flag represented a symbol of pride (similar to 59% saying so in 2000). Those ignorant are those who don't understand that it can be a symbol of pride.

there is a word in the english language that applies here - homonym

however, when the out-of-control-agenda-based-dictatorshite (liberal media) tightens its grip, the other definitions suddenly become that spawned from satan

this entire 'issue' is about as stupid as it gets.....ranks right up there with the washington redskins drama....at least Dan Snyder has some balls...

(07-04-2015 06:15 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 03:24 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 08:08 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 06:13 AM)john01992 Wrote:  The amount of people using it will decrease and the amount of people that disprove of it will increase. However the select idiots who already owned it will just display it more.

The number of people disapproving isn't going to continue to increase. Most likely it will be quite the opposite as the knee-jerk reaction calms down.
Too bad there hasn't been a single honest discussion about why this guy murdered 9 people and how we as a country can try to limit the occurrence of events like this. It was silly enough to blame the gun for Sandy Hook, and just stupid to blame a flag in a picture for Charleston.

CNN, not a conservative network by any stretch, did a survey and 57% said the flag represented a symbol of pride (similar to 59% saying so in 2000). Those ignorant are those who don't understand that it can be a symbol of pride.

there is a word in the english language that applies here - homonym

however, when the out-of-control-agenda-based-dictatorshite (liberal media) tightens its grip, the other definitions suddenly become that spawned from satan

this entire 'issue' is about as stupid as it gets.....ranks right up there with the washington redskins drama....at least Dan Snyder has some balls...

I actually agree with them on the Redskins. I don't think they are ignorant racists for using it. I won't tell them what they should think. But there's no majority (like with the rebel flag) or significant minority that doesn't think that term is offensive. It would be kind of like calling themselves the Washington N words. Just that there aren't as many Indians and they don't have as much political influence.