This One Tweet About the Confederate Flag Shows Why Everything Is Awful

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Update 2:42pm ET, Tuesday, June 23, 2015: Amazon says it is pulling Confederate merchandise, too.

BREAKING: #Amazon to pull down Confederate flag merchandise from its site

— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) June 23, 2015

Walmart and Sears and a bunch of other retailers are doing the wise thing and dropping Confederate flag merchandise from their stores. So, what’s a Confederate (I just vomited in my mouth a little) to do? Well…

Confederate flag sales at Amazon up 2,305% in Patio, Lawn and Garden -> http://t.co/FrDirvWzVR pic.twitter.com/2SYGMw58bz

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 23, 2015