What does it mean for our country when you can buy a Confederate bikini?
So I've been cursed with a hi-speed internet connection here in Gulf Shores. Tropical Storm Cindy just passed through the other day, that was interesting, very windy.
So Gulf Shores and the surrounding area sometimes go by the name of the Redneck Riviera, because a lot of Southerners come here to vacation, instead of somewhere in Florida. So I'm surrounded by southern accents. :p Either way, looking in all these stores, I can't help but be worried by how commercialized the Confederate flag is here. You can find it on most anything, shirts, boogie boards, bumper stickers, beach towels, I even saw a bikini with the pattern on it. As I see all this, I wonder, who would buy this stuff? The Confederate flag represents a period of turmoil for our country, its not a good symbol, so why is it so commercialized? Why am I able to buy a Confederate bikini? How is their a market for this stuff? It boggles my mind.
Sometimes this country confuses me.
So Gulf Shores and the surrounding area sometimes go by the name of the Redneck Riviera, because a lot of Southerners come here to vacation, instead of somewhere in Florida. So I'm surrounded by southern accents. :p Either way, looking in all these stores, I can't help but be worried by how commercialized the Confederate flag is here. You can find it on most anything, shirts, boogie boards, bumper stickers, beach towels, I even saw a bikini with the pattern on it. As I see all this, I wonder, who would buy this stuff? The Confederate flag represents a period of turmoil for our country, its not a good symbol, so why is it so commercialized? Why am I able to buy a Confederate bikini? How is their a market for this stuff? It boggles my mind.
Sometimes this country confuses me.