Wednesday, June 24, 2015

This thing with taking down the Confederate Flag, the Heir was musing, he shares the cynicism of those who believe that politicians in favor of it may wish to sidestep race issues entirely, and possibly pretend that taking down the flag somehow means that mission is accomplished.  Very easy thing to do, very symbolic, and the politicians don't have to face difficult issues which may not always have a clear answer.  Another reservation the Heir has, which he doesn't want Sonya and Naomi to know about (too late Heir, they're reading this), that as divisive as the flag is, is about the potential for censorship.  He wonders whether we're going to use CGI to repaint the General Lee in the Dukes Of Hazzard in Special Edition DVDs.  We may repaint the flag with a Barney-ish Pokemon type flag, and the confederate march in the car horn will probably replace with the chortle of a Model T Ford.  Because let's not stop there.  The Confederate march will be seen as a reference to the southern side in the Civil War, possibly also socially offensive now.  So when the car swings into action to save the townspeople from the corruption of Boss Hogg, you won't hear a heroic fanfare, you'll hear the choking chortle, hardly something that the characters get their hopes high on.  We'll see soon enough.

"I'm against any sacrilege on the Dukes Of Hazzard General Lee."

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