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Full of coded comments ..it will be interesting to see how Trump and Cruz respond to her calls for moderation in rhetoric.
Comments form FB and David Preston about South Carolina and Amazon:
David Preston
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Huckster Morality
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Some of you will surely remember the recent flap over the Confederate flag. Last summer, a demented and evil teenager wrapped himself in that flag, figuratively speaking, and shot up a Black church. Whereupon the left, blaming the flag for all the trouble, began an all-out push to banish it from public life. As the flag came down from South Carolina’s statehouse grounds, a handful of large retailers like Wal-Mart and Amazon dot com declared that they would no longer sell Confederate flags in any form. Even the storied General Lee car from Dukes of Hazzard had to go.
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Many on the left hailed Amazon’s decision and saw it as evidence that mega-capitalists like Jeff Bezos could be “progressive” too. The only hitch is that Bezos wasn’t trying to be progressive; he was merely doing what was politic, and thus good for his business. When Amazon banned the rebel flag, they didn’t revisit any other or their morally dubious offerings. They still have a selection of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman clothing, for example. (El Chapo, for anyone who’s been living in a cave, is a Mexican drug lord directly responsible for murdering thousands of people and subverting the Mexican government. I dare say he has a better record of corrupting youth than the hayseeds of the Dukes of Hazzard ever did.)
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Amazon also peddles a book called How To Be a Drug Dealer (for “entertainment purposes only” [wink]) and sales are brisk. Here’s the blurb on Amazon’s sales page:
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“Are you tired of working all day and night without having anything to show for it? Would you like to be able to afford a vacation, or just be your own boss? This book will do just that by teaching you How to be a Drug Dealer! Are you already a drug dealer, but want to expand your business? Look no further than this book to help you increase your profits and grow your empire!”
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That’s just for starters. I’m sure I could find dozens of examples if I really went looking.
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If Amazon’s Confederate flag ban had been part of some kind of wider corporate good citizen program, I would give them more credit. I mean . . . I would STILL be against banning things as a matter of free speech . . . but I couldn’t deduct any points for hypocrisy or double standards. As it is, though, I DO have to deduct points, because Mr. Bezos IS a hypocrite. He and his shareholders continue to profit from glorifying a vicious drug lord, even as the left applauds him for pulling an innocuous child’s toy off the shelf.
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David Preston “How to Be a Drug Dealer” book on Amazon
How to be a Drug Dealer
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Hillary Avenali Cash Liberal asshole.
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David Preston
David Preston I don’t see him as either liberal or conservative. When you’re that rich, you’re above politics. Anyway, he has a reputation for being a cruel son-of-a-bitch to work for.
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