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To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!

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TempNameForObviousReasons · 26/08/2025 01:38

For those of you who think the flags and roundabout paintings are tacky...

What do you make of this house?

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To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
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LadyMary50 · 26/08/2025 13:30

TonTonMacoute · 26/08/2025 10:44

Well, let's think about who started all this flag crap.

Who decided we need a flag for LGB pride? Who decided we then needed a trans flag? Who decided we needed to fly the LGBTGI+ flag all down Oxford Street? Who painted zebra crossings and police cars rainbow colours, decided sportsmen had to wear rainbow laces, National Trust guides had to have rainbow lanyards? Who decided Palestinian flags should be flown everywhere?

Its been ramping up for years, why are we surprised that people finally react when they are told that they can fly any flag except their own?

Absolutely this👆

KTheGrey · 26/08/2025 13:29

ChaosCoordinator2 · 26/08/2025 12:31

Dumb with flags or Dun with flags😀

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Dunflaggin?

Peclet · 26/08/2025 13:16

PInkyStarfish · 26/08/2025 12:26

Well done to everyone taking part.

Surely not? Or is this ironic.

Far right extremists co-opting the flag has transformed the meaning of the flag into something very dangerous and aggressive.

For those thinking- what’s wrong with the flag , shame on you for your simple mindedness.

We live in terrifying times.

Sgtmajormummy · 26/08/2025 13:16

Do you want an example of flag wielding with malicious intent?
Union Jacks during Marching Season in NI.

Epidote · 26/08/2025 13:15

A lot of effort but it is not going to last long. Paint weather quickly in a facade unless it is done in a particular way. If I cross that street I would think is a kid of hospital tbh. I wouldn't associate it with the English flag. I don't find it disturbing or anything I just don't like it much as a facade decoration. A flag would look better in my opinion.

WooleyMunky · 26/08/2025 13:10

TremendousBanana · 26/08/2025 09:48

What would you call the board?

I’m thinking something like

Flag Talk
England Flag Appearances
National Symbolism Discussion

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Flag wankers.

ThatCyanCat · 26/08/2025 13:02

decenteringmen · 26/08/2025 03:36

Well there's also this

You should credit House Beautiful when using their images.

Tigergirl80 · 26/08/2025 12:57

Simonjt · 26/08/2025 05:36

A guy on the street my mum lives on has spray painted a red cross on his house, he’s also done the same on peoples walls, fences and cars.

I like how door paint person didn’t realise England contains a second n, so had to squeeze one in.

Just proves the intelligence of the flag graffiti painters. He has no right to vandalise other people’s homes. I hope he gets fined and made to clean off his handiwork.

ViolaPlains · 26/08/2025 12:56

Is that you, Emily Thornberry.

myplace · 26/08/2025 12:50

The point with St George is that he’s by no means English. He predates the current map, and nationality was a bit different then anyway with Greeks and romans and so on.

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 26/08/2025 12:47

decenteringmen · 26/08/2025 03:36

Well there's also this

That’s so awful it’s actually brilliant … like they forgot how to spell the so called land of hope and glory and then thought “oh yea, that pesky last N” and squashed it in 😁

God I thought my neighbours were idiots …

Purplecatshopaholic · 26/08/2025 12:45

Fuck me that’s bloody awful. I can laugh though, as I don’t live near it. Poor neighbours..

HareWonTheRace · 26/08/2025 12:44

What worries me is the flags handing from motorway bridges, what happens when they blow off and land on someone's windscreen, idiots

FluffyBoob · 26/08/2025 12:44

X marks the spot doesn't it?

CeciliaDuckiePond · 26/08/2025 12:42

decenteringmen · 26/08/2025 03:36

Well there's also this

That's one of the most depressing images I have seen this year.

BeanQuisine · 26/08/2025 12:36

PInkyStarfish · 26/08/2025 12:28

Being patriotic and proud of your country is something that we have lost in recent years, so it’s great to see people coming together to celebrate.

people coming together

Disingenuous. I'm sure you're well aware that these flags are highly divisive, as they're intended to be.

They're not remotely "patriotic" because the statement is: This country is for people who agree with my far-right views, and no-one else.

lifeonmars100 · 26/08/2025 12:35

I'd laugh. Be interesting to check back in a few years time and see how it ls looking

Purplebunnie · 26/08/2025 12:33

Grammarnut · 26/08/2025 11:32

The St. George flag is flown on churches on certain feast days, by law. Are they being tacky too?
What's wrong with England's flag? Mind, I think I will go for the White Dragon of Wessex myself, though Alfred, being a man of his time, was distinctly pro parts of Europe - not those bits full of Danes who fancied taking a bit of English real estate.

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I thought the white dragon on the red background was for St Edmund who was our original patron saint. Or have I got that wrong?

IVbumble · 26/08/2025 12:32

TremendousBanana · 26/08/2025 09:48

What would you call the board?

I’m thinking something like

Flag Talk
England Flag Appearances
National Symbolism Discussion

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Flag It Up!

ChaosCoordinator2 · 26/08/2025 12:31

TremendousBanana · 26/08/2025 09:48

What would you call the board?

I’m thinking something like

Flag Talk
England Flag Appearances
National Symbolism Discussion

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Dumb with flags or Dun with flags😀

PInkyStarfish · 26/08/2025 12:28

Being patriotic and proud of your country is something that we have lost in recent years, so it’s great to see people coming together to celebrate.

To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
PInkyStarfish · 26/08/2025 12:26

Well done to everyone taking part.

To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!
Conniebygaslight · 26/08/2025 12:24

Simonjt · 26/08/2025 05:36

A guy on the street my mum lives on has spray painted a red cross on his house, he’s also done the same on peoples walls, fences and cars.

I like how door paint person didn’t realise England contains a second n, so had to squeeze one in.

And a good old mixture of upper & lower case letters...

Someone2025 · 26/08/2025 12:24

AHellOfAGoodNight · 26/08/2025 03:14

Dickheads.

Poor neighbours.

Agree, so frustrating for the neighbours if it is real

koolkatxx · 26/08/2025 12:23

KTheGrey · 26/08/2025 12:12

This is not the first time we have done this dance with the struggle over ‘what the flag means’ - there was a lot of fuss about the St George cross during some international sporting event a few years ago.

Either flags are private and only official places can fly them, or they are public and everybody can put them up. What they symbolise is part of the rough and tumble of public debate. Free speech, I guess.

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That’s true. And I agree that in theory, flags can either be for everyone or reserved for official use. The issue for me isn’t just about whether people are “allowed” to fly the flag, it’s more about the way certain groups are using it right now. When racist mobs deliberately plaster the flag everywhere, they’re not celebrating England in a neutral way, they’re sending a message about who belongs and who doesn’t. That changes the meaning of the flag in practice, even if technically it’s “free speech.” Free speech allows them to do it, sure.. but free speech also allows the rest of us to call out how it feels when a national symbol gets co-opted in a way that alienates whole communities. It's sad to be honest, ones own flag should be a joyful thing, but hey ho