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'The car is innocent': Dukes of Hazzard stars say 'the politically correct generation has gotten way out of hand' after controversy over the Confederate flag on the show's iconic General Lee car
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 9, 2020 | Ralph R. Ortega

Posted on 07/09/2020 11:15:33 AM PDT by C19fan

Dukes of Hazzard co-stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat addressed the long-time controversy over the show's iconic General Lee car, saying political correctness has gone too far as protests mount over the Confederate flag that the famed vehicle features prominently on its roof. Both stars defended the customized 1969 Dodge Charger used in the hit action and comedy show about cousins Bo and Luke Duke, former moonshiners who live in rural Georgia.

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TOPICS: History; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: confederate; generallee; johnschneider; thedukesofhazzard; tomwopat
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I recall one of the more popular country music groups in the early ‘90s was Confederate Railroad. Nobody seemed to make accusations about them being racist or their group’s name having racist connotations.


21 posted on 07/09/2020 12:04:50 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: C19fan

Anyone who wants The Dukes of Hazzard to be censored is a dipstick.


22 posted on 07/09/2020 12:08:25 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: OttawaFreeper

“I recall one of the more popular country music groups in the early ‘90s was Confederate Railroad. Nobody seemed to make accusations about them being racist or their group’s name having racist connotations.”

Actually, Governor Pritzger took advantage of a virtue-signalling opportunity to cancel an appearance by them at the state fair, IIRC. This was very recently, though.


23 posted on 07/09/2020 12:10:24 PM PDT by Nabron
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To: C19fan

I remember back in the mid 1990s when the old Nashville Network (TNN) brought back the Dukes of Hazzard show and that was the first time in more than ten years I had watched episodes. And it was done to promote the new show “Prime Time Country” as Tom Wopat was the first host of that program (believe that that show was a replacement for Ralph Emery’s “Nashville Now”). Oddly enough though, Wopat left Prime Time Country not long after it started, but TNN kept showing the Dukes for that few years afterward (until the network went out of business).


24 posted on 07/09/2020 12:12:06 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Arcadian Empire

There’s a episode of Counting Cars where the customer orders a General Lee clone but opts to have the Stars and Stripes on top instead of the Stars and Bars.


25 posted on 07/09/2020 12:19:15 PM PDT by Gasshog
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To: C19fan

The show sucked in 1979. It had nothing to do with the flag.


26 posted on 07/09/2020 12:23:22 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: treetopsandroofs

My wife and I were laughing about that the other day. We were saying, “Damn boy, some old lady yelled at him!”


27 posted on 07/09/2020 12:25:13 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: C19fan; Salamander; wardaddy

OMG!

The left must be doing the pee dance in their skinny jeans and yoga pants. Just look at all the crimes the General Lee is charged with.

Orange Man Bad....Orange Car worse

Confederate flag on roof

Big honking V8 Detroit Iron...ozone layer and environment killer!

Southron White Boy privilege!

Doubleplus Ungood multiply by, ummm Doubleplus elebenty sumpin'


28 posted on 07/09/2020 12:29:49 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Vermont Lt

Well it did replace The Incredible Hulk on the 8:00PM Friday timeslot on CBS in about 1981, lol.


29 posted on 07/09/2020 12:30:35 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: scottiemom

What about Sebastian Gorka? I haven’t seen him on any political shows since he turned snake oil salesman. They must be paying him tons of money.


30 posted on 07/09/2020 12:36:52 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: OttawaFreeper

I was always a Bill Bixby fan from way back. I will never forgive CBS.


31 posted on 07/09/2020 12:44:20 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Sans-Culotte

Anyone remember the actor’s strike in Hollywood? The Duke boys were a part of it so the Duke “Cousins” were brought in to fill their spot for a couple of months.


32 posted on 07/09/2020 12:56:51 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
This is a good example of what Morgan Freeman says, racism only exists so long as people keep talking about it, bringing it up. When Dukes of Hazzard was first on the air, nobody thought "Oh this show is racist! Look at that car!" Instead it was just a symbol of the south and rebellion.

I am not an authority on the Dukes of Hazard show, since I only watched it a few times, and briefly then over the years it was on, so someone correct me if I am mistaken (yeah, like that's going to happen on FR. /sarc)

No, the Dukes of Hazard and their car wasn't racist. I always believed, and still do, that the comedy show promoted the mocking and making fun of the South and those who lived there. It generally caricatured the characters as good ol' boys (and girls), hillbillies, rednecks and bumbling idiots and stereotyped anyone from the south as worthy of being ridiculed.

It was just harmless comedy at the expense of Southerners and all in good fun.

They can have General Lee (the car), but they better keep their hands off those Daisy Dukes.

33 posted on 07/09/2020 1:06:46 PM PDT by Perseverando (Liberals, Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I don’t recall it being an actor’s strike in about 1982. That was when both Tom Wopat and John Schneider quit the show over salary and endorsement money related issues and Byron Cherry and Christopher Mayer (RIP) were brought in as “replacement” cousins.


34 posted on 07/09/2020 1:08:24 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Hillary and Gore both have photos of the Bars & Stars on them.


35 posted on 07/09/2020 1:19:42 PM PDT by GailA (I'm a Trump Girl)
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To: Gasshog
There’s a episode of Counting Cars where the customer orders a General Lee clone but opts to have the Stars and Stripes on top instead of the Stars and Bars.

They will be coming for the Stars and Stripes next.
36 posted on 07/09/2020 1:24:55 PM PDT by bhive
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To: Vermont Lt

We were figuring the Blue Bloods studio was receiving angry letters. :)


37 posted on 07/09/2020 1:25:01 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Vermont Lt

Yeah, it was one of a serious of TV shows set in the South that was born in the Jimmy Carter years. Each show was worse than the other.

Notice how different the take on the South was when Bill Clinton came to the White House and you had such snobby liberal elitist shows like “Designing Women”.


38 posted on 07/09/2020 2:21:24 PM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: GailA

Whoa! Of course criticizing that is off limits by the left


39 posted on 07/09/2020 2:40:25 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Steely Tom

#CancelYale

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40 posted on 07/09/2020 3:02:09 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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