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24th June 2015 00:02
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I'm going to miss the Confederate Flag as a teenagers REBEL Flag
Hello Everyone: Everytime you read the news you come up with more political correctness. Now it's the Confederate Flag which has been part of history and now companies are banning it! What a shame. If the powers that be are so afraid of a "Flag" then something must be sparking their fright!
I personally like the looks of the Confederate Flag. It's a really nice Flag!
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/23/politi...ate-flag-ebay/
article:
eBay to ban sale of Confederate flag merchandise
By MJ Lee, CNN Politics and Finance Reporter
Updated 2:03 PM ET, Tue June 23, 2015
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(CNN)eBay will ban the sale of Confederate flag merchandise, the auction site announced Tuesday, in a decision that follows in the steps of major retailers like Walmart and Sears.
"We have decided to prohibit Confederate flags, and many items containing this image, because we believe it has become a contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism," eBay spokesperson Johnna Hoff said in an email to CNN. "This decision is consistent with our long-standing policy that prohibits items that promote or glorify hatred, violence and racial intolerance."
A decade after the end of the Civil War, a veteran of the Confederate States of America examines a Union water bottle in front of a Confederate flag in 1875. Here's a look at the evolution of that flag:
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A decade after the end of the Civil War, a veteran of the Confederate States of America examines a Union water bottle in front of a Confederate flag in 1875. Here's a look at the evolution of that flag:
The first national flag of the Confederate States of America was created in 1861 and had seven stars to represent the breakaway states South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
The second National Flag of the Confederacy was issued by the Confederate Congress on May 1, 1863. This flag was designed to have a distinct difference from the Union's Stars and Stripes.
The third National Flag of the Confederacy was the final flag of the Confederate government and was adopted on March 4, 1865. The flag was not used long before the Confederacy surrendered.
The Confederate Battle flag known as the "Southern Cross" has 13 stars to represent the defeated Confederate States of America.
Dixiecrats resurfaced the "Southern Cross" flag as a political symbol around the time President Harry Truman supported efforts to end lynchings and desegregate the military in 1948. During that same period, the Ku Klux Klan began using the flag more widely.
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Hoff added that the company continually monitors and evaluates its 800 million products on its site to ensure that they are "consistent with our core purpose."
The company's decision mirrors that of Walmart and Sears, which have also removed Confederate flag products from their stores.
The controversial flag has come under intense scrutiny following a racially motivated mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, that left nine African-Americans dead in a historic church. On Monday, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley also called on the Confederate flag to be taken down from the state's capitol grounds.
A spokesperson at Amazon did not respond to repeated requests from CNN on Monday and Tuesday about its sale of Confederate flag merchandise.
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24th June 2015 12:06
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