Amazon.com, the point of the spear for America’s Great Sheep Forward, sent the following notice in the box with the cylindrical plastic Civil War Battle Set of army men, cannons, wagons and fencing my friend recently ordered. Each army gets a flag, as armies of belligerent nations are wont to do, waving their banners of oppression before the crying eyes of their enemies…

“Hello Customer,

“We want to let you know that per Amazon’s new policy, we cannot include a Confederate Flag piece in this set. In place of this flag, we have included a red flag to represent both parties in the Civil War. We apologize for any inconvenience.

“Sincerely,

“River Colony Trading”

There you go. One knows when an oppressor is truly evil—truly, un-redeemably vile entity with nothing positive to offer by way of commentary concerning the struggles of the past that set them on their rose-garlanded path to opulence, when they cannot even countenance that their forefathers’ attained greatness against a great foe, or even any old fool foe at all. Apparently, those third of a million Yankees died fighting no one, simply tripping on their shoelaces as they freed the African Americans of old from that botched vacation aboard Dutch Banker Cruise Lines.

One wonders how many Civil War table top games and history books will not be shipped until the covers have been replaced and the Confederate unit markers have been removed?

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