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Confederate flag sales are skyrocketing
Business Insider ^ | 06/23/2015 | Hayley Peterson

Posted on 06/23/2015 11:40:24 AM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Amazon's sales of Confederate flags have skyrocketed by more than 3,000% in the last 24 hours.

People are snatching up the flags online after several major retailers, including Wal-Mart and Sears pulled them from shelves.


(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: confederateflag; dixie; flag
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1 posted on 06/23/2015 11:40:24 AM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

UPDATE 2:38 ET: Amazon has taken down Confederate merchandise from its site.


2 posted on 06/23/2015 11:43:18 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

It’s a beautiful flag and does not represent slavery. It has been used by Russians, East Germans and Chinese as a sign of rebellion against a heavy-handed - actually quite murderous - governments. Not that I compare the Union to any of these evil regimes.


3 posted on 06/23/2015 11:43:27 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Maybe Jim Robinson should add a ConfederateShop.com on the side to finance Free Republic?


4 posted on 06/23/2015 11:43:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Crazieman

I have a feeling once they look at the profits, they’ll quickly reinstate them. Or, they were overwhelmed.


5 posted on 06/23/2015 11:44:29 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Crazieman

F-— Amazon anyway


6 posted on 06/23/2015 11:45:30 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Crazieman

As of 2:47 lots of them still turning up in Amazon search results.


7 posted on 06/23/2015 11:46:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: miss marmelstein

after a few months when this dies down, I wouldn’t doubt they add them back...


8 posted on 06/23/2015 11:46:34 AM PDT by scbison
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I just bought a flag on amazon.


9 posted on 06/23/2015 11:46:58 AM PDT by scbison
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To: scbison

I’ll bet a few weeks!


10 posted on 06/23/2015 11:47:41 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Disrespect of Southern/American heritage is expected from Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley, a.k.a. Nikki Haley, a child of Indian Sikh parents.


11 posted on 06/23/2015 11:47:45 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: miss marmelstein

I hear walmart has some surplus they might be willing to let go for a reasonable sum. Since they no longer choose to sell such evil items.


12 posted on 06/23/2015 11:48:27 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

I’m proud to say that I contributed to that number.


13 posted on 06/23/2015 11:48:31 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: miss marmelstein

Profits take a back seat to left wing idealism.


14 posted on 06/23/2015 11:48:34 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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‏@Reuters BREAKING: Prominent U.S. flag maker, Valley Forge Flag, says to stop producing and selling Confederate flags
15 posted on 06/23/2015 11:49:22 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: central_va

That’s often true. But I still think they’ll add them back once the media starts chasing the next stupid story.


16 posted on 06/23/2015 11:49:53 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: CodeToad

Balderdash....... you are a bigot, a racist of the worst kind. You are a disgrace to all conservatism


17 posted on 06/23/2015 11:50:18 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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bert, you’re a known idiot willing to sacrifice your country for party. I’m not.


18 posted on 06/23/2015 11:51:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Crazieman

I just searched amazon and found many available for purchase.


19 posted on 06/23/2015 11:52:06 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
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To: bert

If she was so proud of her own heritage she’d use her real name.


20 posted on 06/23/2015 11:52:21 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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