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General Lee From “Dukes of Hazzard” Losing Its Confederate Flag
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:21 am
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:21 am
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Say goodbye to the General Lee as you’ve always known it.
In the wake of the deadly South Carolina shooting and the decision by several major retailers to stop selling merchandise featuring the Confederate battle flag, the toy spawned by the hit TV series “Dukes of Hazzard” that became a Southern icon wearing those colors will no longer be produced.
While the car hasn’t been in front of a camera since 2007 — a direct-to-video sequel of the 2005 movie starring Johnny Knoxville — the General Lee remains a popular die-cast and model toy, widely available online. (One of the original cars used in the series sold for $110,000 at auction in 2012 to PGA golfer Bubba Watson.)
Following the move by Walmart, Amazon, eBay and others, and the steps by political leaders in South Carolina, Virginia and elsewhere to remove the flag from state capitols and license plates, Yahoo Autos reached out to Warner Bros. Consumer Products, the branch of the movie studio that licenses toys from the series, asking about the General Lee’s status. This was the official reply:
"Warner Bros. Consumer Products has one licensee producing die-cast replicas and vehicle model kits featuring the General Lee with the confederate flag on its roof–as it was seen in the TV series. We have elected to cease the licensing of these product categories."
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The confederate flag seems to be hurtling towards a hasty demise...the momentum can't be stopped.
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Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:33 am to Street Hawk
The United States has done a lot to offend, hurt, and even kill many people across the globe for over 200 years. It's time that we remove the stars and stripes flag from every retail outlet and government agency.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:35 am to Street Hawk
Cool. More revisionist history.
It was thirteen o'clock....
It was thirteen o'clock....
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:37 am to Hangit
You realize the whole lost cause argument is the actual revisionist history right?
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:38 am to Hangit
What a pussy arse country we live in
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:41 am to fouldeliverer
It does not matter. We no longer deal with absolutes. Only feelings and perception.
Math and science are losing to finger painting and the paste eaters.
Math and science are losing to finger painting and the paste eaters.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:44 am to Street Hawk
Just feel like this goes with the story.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:47 am to Hangit
As a white, heterosexual, southern Christian male, I stand for everything that is wrong with this country.
My grandparents own cotton farms in Mississippi. I think you can figure out what occurred on those farms in history.
The white guilt is become increasingly tough to bear.
Everyone, please forgive me for being born this way
My grandparents own cotton farms in Mississippi. I think you can figure out what occurred on those farms in history.
The white guilt is become increasingly tough to bear.
Everyone, please forgive me for being born this way
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:49 am to Hangit
Pretty sure science is losing out to conservative Christians with creationism and conservative oil puppet politicians in regards to global warming.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:50 am to Fat and Happy
Do you want to know how I know you are not part of the 47% ?
Posted on 6/24/15 at 4:54 am to Fat and Happy
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The white guilt is become increasingly tough to bear.
Everyone, please forgive me for being born this way
It's so dumb when people say this. Recognizing the evils of slavery the failure of reconstruction and legacy of Jim Crow isn't about triggering white guilt. Who is asking you to feel bad for being or or to apologize? We study the past to better understand the present. Are we not suppose to discuss America's abhorrent past?
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:01 am to fouldeliverer
That was me being sarcastic.
I'm not actually bothered by where I come from at all.
I'm very proud to be who I am.
I'm not gonna bend over backwards to make a certain sex, race, or religion feel any better about themselves just because of the past at all.
I had nothing to do with the bad parts of history.
I'm not actually bothered by where I come from at all.
I'm very proud to be who I am.
I'm not gonna bend over backwards to make a certain sex, race, or religion feel any better about themselves just because of the past at all.
I had nothing to do with the bad parts of history.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:08 am to Fat and Happy
You're sarcasm is what I'm calling silly and unnecessary. Why is it when there's a discussion of slavery, oppression, and racism someone typically responds sarcastically with this white guilt crap?
It's said in a joking manner to dismiss the importance of the conversation. It's said to belittle the significance of the realities of our dark past and present. There's no need to say you are proud of who you are or that you weren't responsible for those events, no reasonable person would expect you to. You're building a straw man. That's my point.
It's said in a joking manner to dismiss the importance of the conversation. It's said to belittle the significance of the realities of our dark past and present. There's no need to say you are proud of who you are or that you weren't responsible for those events, no reasonable person would expect you to. You're building a straw man. That's my point.
This post was edited on 6/24/15 at 6:44 am
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:12 am to fouldeliverer
Perhaps he was using his sarcasm in a way to show that he thinks what is happening with the flag is ridiculous.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:21 am to LNCHBOX
He may view it as ridiculous, so be it. But do you think the movement to take down the flag is about trying to make white people feel guilty? Or that white people who think the flag should be taken down do so because of white guilt? No, that's not what it's about. It's about understanding that symbols matter. And what that flag symbolizes both presently and historically is not good.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:23 am to fouldeliverer
Why does a certain minority use events of hundreds of years ago as an excuse for their abhorrent failures. They're building a straw man when they should be addressing the realities and significance of a dark present. They claim slavery, oppression, and racism to dismiss the importance of the conversation.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:24 am to fouldeliverer
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It's so dumb when people say this. Recognizing the evils of slavery the failure of reconstruction and legacy of Jim Crow isn't about triggering white guilt. Who is asking you to feel bad for being or or to apologize? We study the past to better understand the present. Are we not suppose to discuss America's abhorrent past?
Yes let's discuss it, but not in a vacuum. You have to discuss slavery over the whole planet at the time , not just the southeast US....... But yall don't wanna do that, do you?
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:25 am to fouldeliverer
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But do you think the movement to take down the flag is about trying to make white people feel guilty?
No, hence his sarcasm. Are you really this slow?
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:32 am to fleaux
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Yes let's discuss it, but not in a vacuum. You have to discuss slavery over the whole planet at the time , not just the southeast US....... But yall don't wanna do that, do you?
Who is yall?
If by yall you mean historians or liberal academics you couldn't be further from the truth.
There is a big trend in scholarship to study new world slavery as part as a larger hemispheric and global entity. Many recently published books deal with slavery and the growth of capitalism, globalization and industrialization.
The winner for the Bancroft (prestigious award for best academic history book) this year went to Empire of Cotton a global examination of slavery.
Again you're wrong.
This post was edited on 6/24/15 at 5:37 am
Posted on 6/24/15 at 5:35 am to LNCHBOX
You're the one not getting it. It's sarcasm to trivialize the discussion of our past and how our memory of that past affects our present.
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