Posted on Jun 23, 2015
Walmart to remove all Confederate Flag items; Do you think their response went overboard?
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Walmart said in a statement Monday that it is removing "all items" promoting the Confederate flag for sale from its stores and its website.
The move came the same day that Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina called for the removal of a Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds in Columbia. Her announcement in turn came in the wake of last week's shooting at a historically black Charleston church that left nine dead.
Charged in the killing is Dylan Roof, 21, who is white and has been attributed with making white supremacist statements. He has been pictured with images of a Confederate flag.
"We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer," Walmart spokesman Brian Nick said in an emailed statement. "We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the confederate flag from our assortment -- whether in our stores or on our web site."
The statement continued, apparently answering an inquiry from CNN that cited items for sale based on Confederate flag imagery that were available on Walmart.com. A story on CNN's website said the Walmart statement was in response to a network inquiry about sales of Confederate flag-related items.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/06/22/walmart-confederate-flag/29133531/
The move came the same day that Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina called for the removal of a Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds in Columbia. Her announcement in turn came in the wake of last week's shooting at a historically black Charleston church that left nine dead.
Charged in the killing is Dylan Roof, 21, who is white and has been attributed with making white supremacist statements. He has been pictured with images of a Confederate flag.
"We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer," Walmart spokesman Brian Nick said in an emailed statement. "We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the confederate flag from our assortment -- whether in our stores or on our web site."
The statement continued, apparently answering an inquiry from CNN that cited items for sale based on Confederate flag imagery that were available on Walmart.com. A story on CNN's website said the Walmart statement was in response to a network inquiry about sales of Confederate flag-related items.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/06/22/walmart-confederate-flag/29133531/
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It is nice to learn that the problem was not guns but another inanimate object the Confederate Battle Flag! I think it wise to ignore the actual problem and provide fake cures...we will be much safer....especially in WalMart.
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SrA Edward Vong
Sir! If the flag was used as a guidon with the spear end, it can do TREMENDOUS damage!
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MSG Brad Sand
SrA Edward Vong
Excellent POINT...get it, I am a pun master. I know that guidon spearings have been a terrible problem lately...well in the last two centuries...not so much the last century but you know what I mean.
Excellent POINT...get it, I am a pun master. I know that guidon spearings have been a terrible problem lately...well in the last two centuries...not so much the last century but you know what I mean.
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CPL James Ross
SrA Edward Vong - Sir; it is not the flag, nor the guidon doing the damage …. it is a miss-guided idiot.
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Overboard? Yes. The right thing to do? Probably. At the end of the day, that flag was furled and stowed when we lost the war. The only time we should ever see it is in history books, museums and re-enactments.
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Worked for Wal-Mart here in Alabama for 5 months last year, and I honestly do not remember seeing a lot of merchandise bearing the flag, I am sure there probably was some, just do not remember it being prominently displayed or marketed. A good move on their part, but in the long run for those that wish to wear/display the flag, there are lots of places that they can go to get what they desire.
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SGT Jeremiah B.
Yeah, this is the funny part. I grew up in the South and remember very little of this stuff. I doubt this is a huge move on their part.
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