https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRurnbvWf4o
If you’re in the business of selling Confederate flags and other Confederacy-themed merchandise, it hasn’t been a good week. In the wake of the shooting deaths of nine people at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the South is finally waking up to the fact that the Confederate flag is a racist symbol. After calls by John Oliver, The Daily Show and even NASCAR to remove Confederate flags, the country is listening. Walmart, Sears, and eBay — among others — are pulling Confederate-themed merchandise, South Carolina and Mississippi are calling for removal of Confederate flags in their states, and even Warner Bros. is scrapping Dukes of Hazzard car toys. Even Glenn Beck — GLENN BECK — is calling for its removal.
However, not everyone is happy about the removal of confederate flags. Anne Coulter, for one, has attacked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as “an immigrant” who doesn’t understand Southern history for calling for the Confederate flag’s removal.
Then, there’s the guy in the video above, who sells Confederate-themed memorabilia in South Carolina. On the one hand, his industry is being attacked all over the country. On the other hand, with Confederate flags being pulled at major retailers, his business is probably BOOMING right now with racist hangers-on clinging to the past, hoarding Confederate-themed merchandise while it’s still available.
In either respect, he wasn’t happy to be interviewed by CNN, going on a profanity-laced tirade against a CNN reporter, accusing the networking of “stirring sh*t up,” and following them around in a futile attempt to get them to stop filming, as though trying to stop CNN from documenting racism.
Thanks to the First Amendment, however, this guy can continue selling Confederate flags as long as he wants. On the other hand, his customer base is — hopefully — rapidly dwindling.
And yes, of course the video ended with the man flipping off the camera, saying that “you’re all part of the problem.”
(Via Mediaite)
