AIBU to think tatty lampost flags are imposing on communities?

YANBU, they look bloody awful.

They always looked tacky but now they’re weather beaten and look like floppy rags.

large couple of square meters of material

All square metres are the same size - they don't come in small/medium/large.

Can't believe you called 999.

Exactly this. I am house hunting now and if I see flags on the lamp posts I don’t even bother stopping. Dirty old, worn out flags sadly flapping about in the wind is not patriotic, it’s pathetic looking and frankly the opposite of patriotic!

People in Ireland fly our flag with pride all the time during sporting events or on St paddy’s day. It’s the national flag.

But there has also been times where it has been hijaked by other groups and used for different meanings like the IRA or more recently far right groups. Context matters. It’s not the flag itself.

Yep, it certainly gives an impression that "Hi, we're a bunch of racist chavs here!"

Your comment makes absolutely no sense. Its not my fault that chavs want to put up cheap plastic tatty flags on lamposts. I think they should be arrested for littering personally.

No one said flag is used to always intimidate. Most have posted about how they love to see the flag flown appropriately and with respect.☺️

What? You are blaming @soddingspiderseason for the flags?🤯

Not the people who use cheap, plastic facsimiles of our flags like dog piss to mark territory on lampposts?🤔 Not the intimidating, threatening men who put them up?🤔

No, it's the fault of women on Mnet for calling it out and objecting.🙄

"She made me do it", the cry of abusers everywhere.

We are all know they were put up by racist scum, so anyone supporting or defending them are also likely to be racist scum. Our council have just had to replace street furniture that said racists also painted their little wonky crosses on.

Absolutely no problem with people flying flags on their own property. The public buildings here also have both the Union Flag and St George Cross, and our city and county flag are flown at various places in our city centre.

So last year don't you know.
Said in abfab style voice.

Yes, it's a big deal if you have experienced a rise in racist abuse to you and your kids in recent years both online and in the street and you know that the lamppost campaign has been created by violent racists with criminal records who have designed it to embolden their followers and intimidate people of colour.

Maybe think beyond your own cosy experience towards people who might not find it so "trivial".

I have no problem with displaying the England or UK flag per session, I mean it looks amazing in London along the mall. But tatty flags tied to lamp posts just looks a bit common and actually disrespectful.

@soddingspiderseason your viewpoint demonstrates the lack of understanding that makes these cheap, nylon flags proliferate.

Myself I object to cheap nylon tat altogether on many grounds; environmental, human rights, slave labour, carbon footprint etc.

By objecting to the display of English national flags you're adding fire to the fuel you dimwit. I thought the insult d'jour was 'crackhead skank' and "chav" went out of fashion yonks ago.

You can do better surely.

I'm not bothered by flying national flags, I'm bothered by the intent and reason behind them being flown. I used to love it when I saw the Saltire being flown, it lifted my heart. I loved it when I worked in England during the week and saw loads of St George's Cross flags being flown during football season. It felt like being part of a massive community.

Now every time I see them, I think of the horrible hatred and polarisation that seems to be on the rise, and how social media is just fuelling the mis- and dis- information causing the hatred.

It could be seen as pathetic to get so upset about them? Is it a big deal? Letting such trivial things interfere with your life in such a negative way is totally embracing that inner chimp IMO

Ridiculous circular logic. Cheap plastic tatty flags put up by sad flag shaggers, is what demeans both the union flag and the St George flag. Its just so chavvy.

What amazes me is the people who wanted to fly the flags, acting because they are proud, and it was important to do it. Are quite happy for them to sit, tatty, half ripped, looking awful. So, proud of the English flag but not proud enough to want to maintain them.
I don’t think they should be on lampposts anyway, but the way they look now is awful.

Perhaps they’d have been better spending money on buying a flag pole for their garden!.

I live in a 'flag' area, it marks it out as tatty and depressing, the flags haven't worn well and many are tangled in trees. It's bringing house prices down for sure, I've thought of moving out myself.

I'm a big believer in flags being flown on flagposts, in public buildings and in areas that denote national pride.

That's not my area, sadly!

Are you in England? If so there is no real reason to find the English flag objectionable. I'd hazard a guess that if fewer people found displaying the English national flag objectionable within England then fewer England flags would be displayed.