Shift-4 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Lemme guess................Boss Hogg will be dressed in rainbow suit too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyBoy44 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 That flag stands for racism. The people who fought under that flag, were fighting to keep slaves. Just because some ignorant southerner tried to re brand it in the 60's/70's does not mean it is not associated with racism anymore. It is like a present day German putting a Nazi flag on their car. Don't say it is THAT different under that flag(and prior) The Confederate States killed hundreds if not thousands of African Americans for no reason. That flag was created to represent their RACIST views. This has NOTHING to do with liberal vs conservative. In fact the US was under Republican government when they outlawed that flag, and fought the army that represented it. It is doing what is right. Just because something is old, does not make it right. The number #1 song in Canada in 1906 was "White Canada Forever", that does not mean it should ever be played again. It was ok for people of Jewish faith to be banned in certain neighbor hoods in Canada(and it was perfectly legal) in the early 1900's, that does not make it right. Understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Why not erase the Duke Boys from history altogether then? They were the frickin' General Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 This is gayer than Graham James, I mean seriously... Anyways both the Confederate and Union/U.S. flags stood for racism when it comes down to it. The Union wasn't so much against slavery as it was against undermining the economic base of its rival faction, and by casting its war as a war against slavery it prevented the European powers from assisting the Confederacy for fear of appearing pro slavery. The treatment and status of Black Americans for a good 130 years after the war tells the real story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 As for the topic, if it doesn't have confederate flags on it it's not the general lee.... Basically they are saying that they are no longer making them but they are making orange dodge charger. So if you collect Dukes of Hazzard toys good news they just went up in value since they aren't making the general lee anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Sikes Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 That flag stands for racism. The people who fought under that flag, were fighting to keep slaves. Just because some ignorant southerner tried to re brand it in the 60's/70's does not mean it is not associated with racism anymore. It is like a present day German putting a Nazi flag on their car. Don't say it is THAT different under that flag(and prior) The Confederate States killed hundreds if not thousands of African Americans for no reason. That flag was created to represent their RACIST views. This has NOTHING to do with liberal vs conservative. In fact the US was under Republican government when they outlawed that flag, and fought the army that represented it. It is doing what is right. Just because something is old, does not make it right. The number #1 song in Canada in 1906 was "White Canada Forever", that does not mean it should ever be played again. It was ok for people of Jewish faith to be banned in certain neighbor hoods in Canada(and it was perfectly legal) in the early 1900's, that does not make it right. Understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan87 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The car or the actual General? Cause I couldn't give a rat's ass about the actual General, Robert E. Lee. He was a racist who argued to deny black people the right to vote. He was a patronizing bigoted piece of $h!t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan87 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The car or the actual General? Cause I couldn't give a rat's ass about the actual General, Robert E. Lee. He was a racist who argued to deny black people the right to vote. He was a patronizing bigoted piece of $h!t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Actually slavery only became an issue later in the war, the primary reason was resistance to a centralized government, the Confederate states wanted a much more loose confederation with the state not a central government holding most of the power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Anyone who loses sleep over this type of symbolism, either way, is just not paying attention to the world and its current situation .. who gives a "flying farcical"? .. geez people .. ever since they took the swastika off my condoms, I find it "hard" to care .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtpasc Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The car or the actual General? Cause I couldn't give a rat's ass about the actual General, Robert E. Lee. He was a racist who argued to deny black people the right to vote. He was a patronizing bigoted piece of $h!t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I hate racism , but this is a bunch of crap . if you have watched the show , black people are treated with respect and dignity , often the duke's are helping to fight intolerance . and just to set the record straight , lincoln himself always maintained the war was about union , slavery was always a secondary issue to him . my partner and i have the australian version of the dodge charger, it is the valiant charger . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I took American history and was taught that he was one of the few southerners to be against slavery. Although he felt a sense of loyalty to his home state Virginia and that is why he answered the call of the Confederacy. People like to boil down history to be simple but there is a lot of gray area. Lincoln was a very unpopular President while he was alive and many northerners were upset when he granted universal freedom to African Americans. I would like to see you provide some evidence to back up your claim that General Lee ever argued to deny black people the right to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Lemme guess................Boss Hogg will be dressed in rainbow suit too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 "All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Then what are you doing posting on a message board when there is genocide in Africa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Then what are you doing posting on a message board when there is genocide in Africa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 "So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained." General Robert E. Lee, May 1, 1870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan87 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Well thanks for that. I guess I was mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNoelPatrol Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 This is the good , Jefferson davis hogg . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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