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Woke change to England flag.

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Careforcarers · 22/03/2024 09:12

Surely flags are flags but no Nike did a 'playful update' adding trans colours to the England football kit.

Imagine changing the flag of others countries!

What is it with companies like Nike that they have to push trans down everyone's throats.

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Saschka · 22/03/2024 11:57

Hoppinggreen · 22/03/2024 11:11

I am certainly not a Bigot and I doubt you consider yourself one either so not everyone here has the same agenda.

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You could change the name of this board to “the Daily Mail Political Correctness Gorn Maaad!” board, and most of the posts would still be on topic. It doesn’t have much to do with feminism or women’s rights any more, and hasn’t for about 5 years.

MintDreamer · 22/03/2024 11:52

'A playful update to the flag of St George appears on the collar to unite and inspire.'

Huh? How? The colours are not recognisable as representing anything, that's why we're all having to guess. It is a strange thing to do. Seems a risky business decision. I'm not into football, but I'm not surprised to hear fans don't like it.

VitoCorleoneOfMNMafia · 22/03/2024 11:50

KnickerlessParsons · 22/03/2024 10:13

They'd better bloody not touch our beloved draig goch! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Yup, it's draig goch, not drag cock.

I'll see myself out...

Combattingthemoaners · 22/03/2024 11:47

I can’t find anywhere where Nike have said this is in support of Trans or the LGBTQ+ community? Rather it seems people have realised it’s a different colour and have attached their own connotations in an attempt to engage in yet more culture wars.

The word “woke” needs to be banned! It’s what thick people describe everyone or anything they don’t agree with.

oneinamillieon · 22/03/2024 11:32

it's really not that serious babes.

Alwaysgoingforit · 22/03/2024 11:31

Woke just needs to fuck right off. I will never observe ANYTHING under that guise.

Myalternate · 22/03/2024 11:16

Bigots? 🤣

Someone who is not tolerant of others having different beliefs…

Ereshkigalangcleg · 22/03/2024 11:13

I can't see what the point is. It's not the trans colours. It all seems silly from all sides. But imagine if some corporate "playfully" changed the trans flag, that would be amusing.

Hoppinggreen · 22/03/2024 11:11

Fuschia01 · 22/03/2024 11:05

As far as I can make out this board is full of bigots so it fits nicely.

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I am certainly not a Bigot and I doubt you consider yourself one either so not everyone here has the same agenda.

RapidOnsetGenderCritic · 22/03/2024 11:07

We certainly get visits from people who are bigoted against women who stand up for women.

Fuschia01 · 22/03/2024 11:05

CrossPurposes · 22/03/2024 09:26

What's this got to do with FWR?

As far as I can make out this board is full of bigots so it fits nicely.

Peetra · 22/03/2024 11:01

CrossPurposes · 22/03/2024 09:26

What's this got to do with FWR?

It's woke.

PatatiPatatras · 22/03/2024 11:01

To be a fly on the wall of the Nike marketing team. Quickly scrubbing all reference to "inclusion" from their packs and replacing it with "uniting".

The subtleties, oh the subtleties.

I'm certain this has no focus on the T but I bet my bottom dollar this was seen as a nod to DEI.

Mumsnut · 22/03/2024 10:57

Well ... if the people who generally fork out £125 on a replica t-shirt don't, because they dislike the tinkering, I guess Nike won't make money. If they do buy it, it clearly isn't an issue with many people, and Nike will make money.

So it will be self-correcting.

Cazpar · 22/03/2024 10:50

Bloody hell this thread.

Nothing to do with trans yet made out to be trans.

Association of being trans with paedophilia (by more than one poster).

And people say there's no transphobia on MN...

Iamtheoneinten · 22/03/2024 10:48

Well, Keir and Emily Thornberry (always a George Cross fan, that one…not) are totally in agreement.
There must be a general election in the offing…

TathingScinsel · 22/03/2024 10:42

uhOhOP · 22/03/2024 10:34

Yeah, these are not the trans flag colours. These colours are a lot closer to those of the lesbian flag.

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Naw, the lesbian flag is orange and pink. You are thinking of the bisexual flag.

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McPancreas · 22/03/2024 10:39

Whilst Nike definitely partake in cringey attempts to ‘improve society’ by playing along with the nonsense people can change sex, I don’t see this design as part of that.

Hoppinggreen · 22/03/2024 10:38

Snowypeaks · 22/03/2024 10:31

Iirc, there's white in the trans flag as well, so no reason to read anything into the designer leaving out the white from the 1966 collar and cuffs.

They have obviously gone so woke that they hate white people

uhOhOP · 22/03/2024 10:34

Gnarly · 22/03/2024 09:28

I don't see trans colours. I see navy, light blue and purple, and on the vertical line, red and pink.

Trans colours are pale pink, pale blue and white I believe.

Yeah, these are not the trans flag colours. These colours are a lot closer to those of the lesbian flag.

Snowypeaks · 22/03/2024 10:31

Iirc, there's white in the trans flag as well, so no reason to read anything into the designer leaving out the white from the 1966 collar and cuffs.

EasternStandard · 22/03/2024 10:28

Hoppinggreen · 22/03/2024 10:25

Absolutely agree
Its posts like this that immediately blame anything on Trans or Woke that stop people listening to the legitimate concerns women have around Trans issues such as Men in Women only spaces or hormones for children. Worry about that, not a piece of bloody material (which isnt even in the Trans colours anyway)

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I doubt it’s ‘trans’, it’s more likely just general ‘diversity’ ie talking about uniting. That’s the point of the flag as pp says, why change it?

Plus I doubt other countries would be fine with their piece of material changing

Hoppinggreen · 22/03/2024 10:25

Snowypeaks · 22/03/2024 10:22

Haven't RTFT, OP, so apologies if this has already been pointed out. They're not "trans colours", don't even look like them.
Nike says it's meant to recall the 1966 side, which doesn't seem inappropriate! I can understand traditionalists being upset, though, because it's not immediately recognisable as the flag of St George.

Absolutely agree
Its posts like this that immediately blame anything on Trans or Woke that stop people listening to the legitimate concerns women have around Trans issues such as Men in Women only spaces or hormones for children. Worry about that, not a piece of bloody material (which isnt even in the Trans colours anyway)