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In South Carolina, the governor has called for the Confederate flag to stop flying over the capitol. The governors of Virginia and North Carolina quickly declared that they would remove the flag from state license plates. Meanwhile, several of the country's top retailers -- including eBay and Amazon -- announced in quick succession that they would stop selling Confederate flag merchandise. Now MJ Lee reports at CNN that the debate over the Confederate flag is the most recent and vivid illustration of how changes in the business community can influence and pressure politics. "What you are seeing is a broad, acknowledgment across both the consumer, the political and the business community that that particular emblem is no longer part of something that should be a state-issued emblem," says GOP strategist Scott Jennings.
Walmart, Amazon, eBay and Sears announced within the span of one day that they would ban the sale of Confederate flag merchandise from their stores, saying they had no intention of offending customers. As Walmart CEO Doug McMillon put it, the decision was straightforward: "We want everybody to feel comfortable shopping at Walmart." Corporate and business leaders say that the abandoning the flag is a step towards inclusiveness for a region that has long struggled to shed negative images. "The business community -- they have a lot of say and power all over the country, whether it's on religion or ethnicity or LGBT issues," says Ralph Northam. "When you're running a business, you have to have the doors open and welcome diversity."
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Note: These moves are in response to the events in Charleston.
Original Submission
(Score: 1, Troll) by jmorris on Thursday June 25 2015, @01:32AM
"We want everybody to feel comfortable shopping at Walmart."
"When you're running a business, you have to have the doors open and welcome diversity."
Translation, offending non-persons doesn't count. But when the SJWs yell jump our only response is and forever shall be, "How high O' Master."
Amazing how it always shocks when a surrender to the intolerant SJWs never leads to peace, only more fresh demands for abasement. Like Lucy and the darned football.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2015, @03:22AM
> Translation, offending non-persons doesn't count. But when the SJWs yell jump our only response is and forever shall be, "How high O' Master."
As a professional clinician I'm going to recommend a treatment of suicide for you.
Your life is going to get progressively worse as history marches on pushing defenders of injustice like yourself further to the margins. Your only hope to achieve peace of mind is to opt out.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Thursday June 25 2015, @04:38AM
I swear the AC post above isn't me sockpuppeting to prove my own point. No need, they apparently can't help themselves... or are just really that stupid.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2015, @04:56AM
> I swear the AC post above isn't me sockpuppeting to prove my own point.
Nope, just someone tired of your incessant one-note whinging and offering you the obvious solution.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2015, @05:21PM
Exactly which "non-persons" would you be referring to? Please do enlighten a candid world as to whom you consider to be "non-persons" that we need not bother with concern over whether they are offended or not. You have piqued my curiosity.
(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Thursday June 25 2015, @11:08PM
jmorris' list may differ, but let me help.
Caveat: The wealthy elite Masters of the Universe always matter.