Flags and the Thought Police
Posted by robgambrill 9 years, 10 months ago to Culture
I never really cared for the confederate flag, but I heard today that E-bay had banned their sale.
Just to see what would happen, I decided to try and order one off of Amazon, just as they decided not to allow the sale of rebel flags as well.
As they were taking down the offerings, I noticed that other historical flags were being pulled as well. The picture is from my "Wish List". Not sure the web masters knew which flags to pull off the site.
I eventually managed to order both a "Don't Tread on Me" flag and a small rebel flag as a souvenir of the day the thought police decided I shouldn't be able to buy a flag because of somebodies idea of what it stands for.
I could be mistaken, but I think for a lot of people, the confederate flag has to more to do with a wish to be free of the federal government than history or race issues.
The seller shipped the rebel flag right away, guess he didn't want to get stuck with the inventory.
. I guess I am not comfortable with banning the sale of flags, even unpopular ones.
Just to see what would happen, I decided to try and order one off of Amazon, just as they decided not to allow the sale of rebel flags as well.
As they were taking down the offerings, I noticed that other historical flags were being pulled as well. The picture is from my "Wish List". Not sure the web masters knew which flags to pull off the site.
I eventually managed to order both a "Don't Tread on Me" flag and a small rebel flag as a souvenir of the day the thought police decided I shouldn't be able to buy a flag because of somebodies idea of what it stands for.
I could be mistaken, but I think for a lot of people, the confederate flag has to more to do with a wish to be free of the federal government than history or race issues.
The seller shipped the rebel flag right away, guess he didn't want to get stuck with the inventory.
. I guess I am not comfortable with banning the sale of flags, even unpopular ones.
