General Lee From “Dukes of Hazzard” Losing its Confederate Flag

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by Vahan

Warner stopped producing merchandise. That's enough for me to say they banned it.

That I know but stopping the production of merchandise doesn't mean the show is actually banned.

[TMC]

Amazon is considering dropping The Dukes of Hazzard from IMDb TV over the Confederate flag

The racial reckoning following George Floyd's killing has already led to NASCAR banning the Confederate flag. The Dukes of Hazzard could be next, reports Josef Adalian. But it woudn't be the first time. In 2015, after Dylann Roof killed nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church, Warner Bros. TV stopped licensing images of the General Lee race car while TV Land dropped the show's reruns. In the past few years, however, The Dukes of Hazzard ended up on Amazon Prime before migrating to Amazon's free streaming service IMDb TV. "It’s worth noting that Dukes has never faced any protests over the scripted content of the show, save perhaps from TV critics at the time who lamented how silly and stupid the show could be," explains Adalian. "It didn’t use blackface; it didn’t delve into politics. When TV Land pulled the show in 2015, the decision seemed entirely related to the use of the flag, which was in the news because of the Dylann Roof shooting." He adds that even if Dukes is pulled, it will still be available on iTunes and Amazon's digital video store.

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by TMC

Amazon is considering dropping The Dukes of Hazzard from IMDb TV over the Confederate flag

The racial reckoning following George Floyd's killing has already led to NASCAR banning the Confederate flag. The Dukes of Hazzard could be next, reports Josef Adalian. But it woudn't be the first time. In 2015, after Dylann Roof killed nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church, Warner Bros. TV stopped licensing images of the General Lee race car while TV Land dropped the show's reruns. In the past few years, however, The Dukes of Hazzard ended up on Amazon Prime before migrating to Amazon's free streaming service IMDb TV. "It’s worth noting that Dukes has never faced any protests over the scripted content of the show, save perhaps from TV critics at the time who lamented how silly and stupid the show could be," explains Adalian. "It didn’t use blackface; it didn’t delve into politics. When TV Land pulled the show in 2015, the decision seemed entirely related to the use of the flag, which was in the news because of the Dylann Roof shooting." He adds that even if Dukes is pulled, it will still be available on iTunes and Amazon's digital video store.

I heard they've ALREADY done it. Why not ban ALL American history before a certain date that liberals tell us??

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by wiseguy182

Zoneboy, why did you feel obligated to put a rolls eyes emoticon on this thread?

Because liberals are acting like FASCIST DICTATORS! ONLY what's acceptable to them can stay!

Even BLACK former Secretary of State says do NOT tear down Confederate statues because you're erasing history. This is just a TV show for cryin' out loud!


Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized efforts to tear down southern monuments to Confederate leaders because she doesn't believe in sanitizing history.

"I am a firm believer in 'keep your history before you' and so I don't actually want to rename things that were named for slave owners," she said Monday on Fox News.

"I want us to have to look at those names and recognize what they did and to be able to tell our kids what they did and for them to have a sense of their own history. When you start wiping out your history, sanitizing your history to make you feel better it's a bad thing," she said.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/c...down-monuments

[MA]

Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

I heard they've ALREADY done it. Why not ban ALL American history before a certain date that liberals tell us??

It’s still on IMDB TV.

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MSNBC's Chris Hayes says he was "strictly forbidden" from watching The Dukes of Hazzard as a child

"Just remembered when I was little kid I was strictly forbidden from watching the Dukes of Hazzard by my mom because of the flag on the car. Good work, mom!" Hayes tweeted, referring to the General Lee car's Confederate flag.