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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
It may be to the news that a bunch of Canadian retailers, as well as EBay, have announced they are pulling confederate merchandise off the shelves.
It is a bit of a reactionary response and I'm not sure if it will do anything, but perhaps something is better than nothing.
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It's still not banning. It's retailers joining the chorus that won't sell anything with a "racist" symbol. No one is infringing on anyone else's right to display it, just government organizations. As for individual businesses, they're just exercising their own free speech. I'm not sure it's any more reactionary than normal business practices with any non essential merchandise that might be deemed controversial.
It's a separate issue from violence prevention and more about acknowledgement of the negative connotation of an historical symbol.