İf you're against the anti immigration rhetoric in the news...

[Welikebeingcosy]

Will you join me in hanging a flag in solidarity of the people who make up our great diverse country?

I had an immigrant grandfather so I've just ordered a flag from that country to hang from my window, as well as one from the country my daughter was born in. Please note, this isn't an idea to vandalise anything or anywhere and hang flags from places other than our own homes. This also isn't an anti UK flag post, but rather, let's showcase all the backgrounds which make the UK what it is, including the UK flag.

Excellent point 👌

I saw someone flying a smiley face flag on my way to work and it made me smile. Maybe that’s the antidote we need (though due to my age, I did also think “aciiiiiiiiiiid!!!”)

İf you read my comment again you'll see my thought process ended with me deciding to fly the USA flag, because a flag to myself, is not about current or recent politics of a country but the people, their language, food, music etc, and that's my personal belief so I'm celebrating that.

But you believe the England flag is racist?

Have I shown anywhere where I say that the England flag itself is racist?

Why wouldn't you fly the flag of the country you live in alongside the other 2. Surely that is a stronger message.

The fact you want to stage some kind of bizarre counter protest by erecting flags of any country but the UK is a good indicator?

You don't want me to fly a flag of the country which makes up the rest of my ethnicity?

I don’t want to fly any flag, I don’t like them. I’d happily put something in my window though that meant “Racists can fuck off”… any ideas?

Because they're being requested to be flown for a political agenda I don't agree with. I could definitely do so for the next euros or something, which is a traditionally English custom to follow. I'd rather say actually I'm not fully English and many of us aren't, here's our heritage.

Same. Flags are too much a target of negative co-option for me now. Too much corrupted symbolism. I get the argument about reclaiming these symbols, but on a practical level I’m not sure any kind of flag has the effect of making immigrants feel supported or welcome, really. I think the problem is far too profound for that now. Where I am the Saltire could be a support for Scottish independence or sport or an anti-immigration cry nowadays, and no one really knows which unless they know the person flying it. The OP’s is a nice sentiment, though. It’s not the sentiment I object to.

You know there's nothing wrong with living on a council estate. Sneering at the white working class is part of what's got us here.

Also I live on a council estate so the message would be lost if I hung up an England flag...

I quite like this:

www.zazzle.co.uk/keep_the_immigrants_deport_the_racist_window_cling-256361849805019565?srsltid=AfmBOorIF-d8NNmJAnxm2atvBpY969CQCn5mNYV8rTPzYmKYYGRkUh7GcUw&trchd=true

I was just googling other flags/banners of welcoming immigrants and saw something similar!

This is a great one, for those in the 'reclaim the flag' camp :)

I'm just imagining if one of my neighbours put one of those up

I would feel like I couldn't talk to them anymore - but presumably it's me you're trying to get rid of

I'm a woman of colour who needs some right wing friends. Honestly, I don't know if people are lying, but all I meet is people like the OP on this thread. Considering where I live, it doesn't really make any sense.

what a fucking mess. < sighs deeply.>

Maybe you could join a local right wing political group if you're feeling isolated and want to be around people who align with your beliefs? I'm sorry if people 'like me', make you feel uncomfortable, I hope you find your community and feel better soon.

@Welikebeingcosy sorry I'm feeling massively ranty and that wasn't clear at all

I am meeting a lot of people like you. We are getting on great. It's fine. I just feel very isolated because of some of the things they say. Yes, I probably do need to join some groups but weirdly and unfortunately, they all seem to be in London. I've not long escaped from London so not much inclined to trek in in the hopes of finding like-minded people.

The person who actually made me feel uncomfortable was the one who I think probably thinks I'm a racist. But I have no idea what definition of racist anybody's working with these days.

Hence, I feel we're in a massive mess

And I've probably got my threads confused because now I'm not sure which thread I posted on saying that me and my mum are probably considered racist now for daring to question the immigration policy.

Loved this post.n

It was great to see when the England women's team had their parade because that was a celebration and I'm saying that as a Scot.
Raise the colours is very different, anything that TR is involved with will have racist connotations.
Britain First donated money for flags .A neo fascist group says it all really.

What about racist immigrants? Do they have to go as well?

What about the racist immigrants?

So fly it and create your own agenda. Putting up flags from other countries just to agitate is just silly, and will increase tensions further which ultimately as a white person you won’t suffer from. If I was non white and worried about the escalating tensions the last thing I would want would be well meaning white people further inflaming to make themselves feel good.

Is there any particular reason why you're choosing to do this now when you could have done this many years ago? I'm not trying to be goady. It's just the timing of this seems quite weird, like it's in response to something. Do you know a lot of meaningful things about the country your grandfather was from?