I was suprised that Spielberg had them leave the flag on the roof of the General Lee...

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Looks like you were wrong. Here’s the thing, contrary to what the anti-PC crowd loves to scream (they are as PC as it gets when they get challenged on many issues or get THEIR feelings hurt), most “PC people” like Spielberg aren’t trying to erase history (CGI in E.T. is a different matter). They just reasonably don’t want despicable things such as a racist flag... with racist origins and a great deal of racist supporters... to continue to be glorified.

So if having this stance is one of the many things that makes Spielberg PC in your eyes, then being called that term by those who don’t want the reputation of slave owning scum (they were the ones who created that flag) to be “disrespected” should be considered an honor.

Needles to say, although Spielberg does not approve of that flag, he isn’t trying to pretend that it never existed and that it might’ve meant something different to SOME people. At the same time, he isn’t showing it respect.

Maybe Spielberg has seen the tv show and knows that the Dukes were never racist and were shown as having black friends in several episodes. Maybe Spielberg is sick of crybullies acting like idiotic easily triggered snowflakes.

It's an accurate depiction of early eighties pop culture. No need to rewrite history. It's not an endorsement of the confederate flag.

The Dukes of Hazzard? Didn't even notice. I think I would've singled out a Confederate flag like that.

What are you talking about? I didn't see the General Lee in this movie at all, nor a second-generation Dodge Charger of any kind. Name the scene that it was in.

I could understand him leaving it. Spielberg is 100% against censorship. I suspect that opinion is also a means to protect his own properties.