Flags..

Exactly. There are a lot of questionable posts from a few posters on here. And hilariously ironic, and disingenuous. Also nasty and rude to other posters who don't agree with them, insulting and bashing them.

The 'kind' and 'compassionate' left strikes again. 😆 As I said, the irony is breathtaking.

From someone taking an anti - racist position, your choice of words are strangely delivering quite the opposite. " foreign looking" - what do you mean? " speaking another language " - that's indicative of a multicultural society surely, and doesn't carry any bearing on nationality? " working for uber eats" - are you saying only specific ethnicities are employed? Do you mean speaking ' pashto or dari? They're the official languages of Afghanistan, not " Afghanistani " .hth.

From someone taking an anti - racist position, your choice of words are strangely delivering quite the opposite. " foreign looking" - what do you mean? " speaking another language " - that's indicative of a multicultural society surely, and doesn't carry any bearing on nationality? " working for uber eats" - are you saying only specific ethnicities are employed? Do you mean speaking ' pashto or dari? They're the official languages of Afghanistan, not " Afghanistani " .hth.

Nah, it'll have been a racist IMO.

Fixed that for you.

I did spell it out that they live in the hotel housing asylum seekers, combined with their obvious ethnic origin, speaking Afghanistani, working for uber eats I’m pretty sure from the fact they weren’t born in the uk. I’m not racist enough unlike some to think that because someone is Asian, black, Filipino, etc that they’re not British.

Nah, it’ll have been a racist.

Hmmmm, maybe I am a bit of a sceptic, but I do wonder if a member of the far left has done that just to discredit the people who want to fly England flags, ya know, just to cause problems and discord?

With the way some of them have been talking on threads like this, it wouldn't surprise me...

Hmmmm, maybe I am a bit of a sceptic, but I do wonder if a member of the far left has done that just to discredit the people who want to fly England flags, ya know, just to cause problems and discord?

With the way some of them have been talking on threads like this, it wouldn't surprise me...

'Foreign looking people?'

The irony is breathtaking !!!

You couldn't make it up! 😆

A PP has recently posted an image of a Chinese takeaway, with racial abuse painted onto it, and an instruction to go home.

Expressing love for their country. Pull the other.

WTF?? Hope someone got that on film.

They look threatening

why do they look threatening?

There are foreign looking people in my home town hanging around. They’re not speaking English, they aren’t white, they have deliveroo and just eat bags. I’m assuming they are probably immigrants of some sort, I see them coming and going from the hotel round the corner where asylum seekers are based.

I don’t feel threatened by them. They haven’t approached me for money. The only people who ask me for money are the white English “homeless” people in shop doorways.

I volunteer for a homeless charity in the town by the way, I wonder how many of the people suddenly concerned that immigrants get housing over “our homeless “ volunteer.

also asylum seekers aren’t illegal immigrants. It’s legal to claim asylum. 1951 refugee convention. Around half of asylum applications are granted, so they must have had a reason for being allowed to stay. Many others win their appeals. I do agree the process should be quicker and people who aren’t granted asylum should be made to leave.

Where is the evidence it is about superiority? Genuine question. I'm not sure what you mean by demanding loyalty either. I'm sure there are extreme outliers, as there are in every movement and it is not fair to use these extremes to malign the majority. However, the flag people - for want of a better term, are expressing a love for their country, in what way is this irresponsible

Why do I need to be specific? Are you expecting me to dox myself and reveal my location along details of victims names? What is your agenda there? Maybe you should just take people's word as you expect us to take your word that these are all hard working intelligent men who plan on boosting the economy. No further action was taken as the parents were strongly advised by the police to 'keep quiet' to prevent repercussions. Now if that isn't covering things up I don't know what is.

OK so you've done your research to show cases of white British people committing crimes, in particular sexual assault. The big difference here is they are prosecuted for it. I've never said white men don't commit crimes at any point, but do we really want to allowing more people to enter the country who will do that and in most cases never even be charged with anything. You are entitled to your opinion and it's clear you will never agree with anything else. I just pray that you or someone you know never becomes a victim at the hands of one of the hotel residents.

Why do I need to be specific? Are you expecting me to dox myself and reveal my location along details of victims names? What is your agenda there? Maybe you should just take people's word as you expect us to take your word that these are all hard working intelligent men who plan on boosting the economy. No further action was taken as the parents were strongly advised by the police to 'keep quiet' to prevent repercussions. Now if that isn't covering things up I don't know what is.

OK so you've done your research to show cases of white British people committing crimes, in particular sexual assault. The big difference here is they are prosecuted for it. I've never said white men don't commit crimes at any point, but do we really want to allowing more people to enter the country who will do that and in most cases never even be charged with anything. You are entitled to your opinion and it's clear you will never agree with anything else. I just pray that you or someone you know never becomes a victim at the hands of one of the hotel residents.

Patriotism is love of country, a sense of belonging and pride that can live alongside honest criticism and the wish to make it better.

Nationalism (the flag thing) is different: it elevates the nation above others, often in exclusionary ways, demanding loyalty and rejecting criticism. One is rooted in affection and responsibility, the other in superiority and division.