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originally posted by: irishhaf
a reply to: Kromlech
Oh ffs..I really hate the PC crowd... Yet another piece of my childhood memories gone.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
the PC crowd didn't push them to do this.
originally posted by: tnhiker
Its another knee jerk reaction to be politically correct in this nation of thin skinned cry babies. Jump on the PC bandwagon or be branded by those in power, or those in the media as racist or backwards or illiterate or any of the other derogatory terms I have seen applied to the south in the past week. Reading most reports on the south and you would think we are all huddling together in our shacks, barefoot, drinking moonshine and spitting tobacco and reminiscing about the war that happened that we should have won.
You know what? Frankly I am sick of it. I have lived in the south my whole life. I have gone to many civil war battlefields, they are mostly well maintained, its tranquil, and its a harsh reminder of what happens when two sides refuse to listen to each other. Its history. Removing parts of it from viewing is the first step to removing and rewriting history.
I read this morning they are wanting to rename parks, streets and schools that are named after anything to do with the confederate war, even going as far as to remove the word "memorial" from memorials. No matter what you think the civil war was fought about, or how you feel when you see the confederate flag, it was two sides with different viewpoints killing each other. All war is brutal, but this was brother against brother, family killing family. A great divide through the country, very similar to what they are trying to push now. A divide. Division.
What will be the next revision of history? The trail of tears? Smallpox blankets given to natives to kill them? WWII? 9-11?
Oh wait, those facts are already changing and being ignored.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Benevolent Heretic
EXACTLY! Bunch of whiners in this thread complaining because a company is trying to get ahead of the will of the market.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: irishhaf
a reply to: Kromlech
Oh ffs..I really hate the PC crowd... Yet another piece of my childhood memories gone.
Oh boohoo. For one, if it is so important, go buy the tv series on dvd and watch it. You can see the General Lee to your hearts content. For two, the PC crowd didn't push them to do this. This was a decision the Dukes of Hazzard made on its own.