Facing pressure from angry consumers, Amazon on Tuesday joined other big retailers in deciding to remove Confederate battle flag merchandise from its offerings.
The giant online retailer followed Walmart, Sears and eBay in discontinuing sales of such products after the shooting of nine black parishioners in a South Carolina church by a white gunman. Etsy, the online retailer, also decided to drop flag-related items.
The killings have renewed a focus on the Confederate flag, which had been displayed in photographs of the gunman. And large segments of the public have demanded that it be removed from its perch at the statehouse in Charleston, S.C. On Tuesday, as the flag continued to be held up as a symbol of hatred and slavery, South Carolina lawmakers were considering whether to have it taken down.
By KINGSMEN
'KINGSMEN' -Atlanta's Photographer|Videographer|Blogger|Editor
Keep it flyin
I have same flag on my wall too brother
All mad huh
It offends the hell out of me especially since 3 of my ancestors died fighting for the confederacy it’s my heritage and my damn right Walmart and all the others can kiss my rebel southern bred ass it’s just another thing taken from the white man
God bless you
Yankee by birth….Rebel Blood by the grace of God
They can take the damn flag, but they can’t touch the spirit behind it !!!
Fuck ya…!!!!
Not a huge fan of it, but it is a part of American history. Take that away, and you take away history so I am inclined to agree with you. Plus, it’s a symbol of the south 🙂
Hope they took all the white sheets off the shelfs too they offend me
It’s stupid.
And there is still direct buy from china
Yuk.. I’ll make one before I buy one from another country. Ehhw
Or me
Hell no Its bs to begin with
You may take them out of stores but you won’t take them from me