to be feeling uncomfortable [confused face]

[FoofFighter]

I'm English, been living in Scotland for a long while now.

Lots of people who are personal friends on Facebook commenting in not too pleasant terms about the Jubilee celebrations and England and making sarky comments, lots of independence talk arising from it, lots of name-calling and degroatory claptrap mixed with sectarian stuff.

It's not aimed directly at me but they know that I amongst other English friends living in Scotland will see it obviously.

I feel very sad that people I think are friends have such low opinions of the English as a whole, so they must mean me too by assosciation mustn't they?

Is anyone else getting this happening too?

I think not, we all know that Glasgow is the biggest area for sectarian stuff, can't really argue with that sadly. (saying that with a DP who is a Rangers follower btw)

To even up the score I'll happily say that you are more likely to find race hate crimes in big English inner cities, doesn't make my OP invalid

yes

DP being a genuine football fan and not at all interested in the Celtic/Rangers trouble I feel I should add!

Tidy no worries.

Well let's face it, there are twats everywhere! As a Scot living in England for the last 15 years I take it with a pinch of salt now. I've been told to fuck off back to where I came from because I was stealing an English persons job but I know that the reason this person was saying that was because they are a twat, not because they are English and I'd say the same apples here.

You must have very odd friends. i'm Scottish living in Scotland and have yet to see anyone even mention the Jubilee on facebook. Its not even on the radar.

I'm also Scottish, living in Glasgow with an English DH. I have not seen a single Facebook post mentioning the jubilee apart from joy at having a long weekend off work and neither has he.

Why on earth would you expect it in Glasgow in particular? I genuinely don't understand this remark. Have you lived in Glasgow?

I'm not on Facebook, so can't comment on what's supposedly being said on there. But, I can assure you - the Scots aren't fussed for getting right into the Jubilee extravaganza, but that's not because we hate English folk

So you're uncomfortable with sweeping statements about England, because you're English. But you're happy to make sweeping statements about Glasgow?

Im scottish and i have heard more negativity about the olympics than the jubilee , most of my scottish friends are pleased they are getting a holiday , I have seen 1 or 2 comments but nothing bad , I think you need to block your friends , not all scots hate the english or the queen ,

What a bizarre attitude about Glasgow.

Lived in Glasgow all my life (also, incidentally, a Rangers supporter). I absolutely disagree with the monarchy and I think the Jubilee celebrations are OTT. However I don't then Follow this up by saying I hate the English .

Why don't you challenge your friends on it? I bloody well would. I have friends on FB who at various times have outed their racist/benefit bashing/sectarian side and I'm quite happy to wade in and have a go at them!

Well, I'm in Scotland and have heard nothing negative about anything Jubilee related except the plastic tat in the shops, nothing on facebook about it at all.

I am the opposite - I'm Scottish (well my mum was English but was born there and spent my childhood there, so I'm scottish!) and have lived in England for more than half of my life - my husband is English, my children are therefore mainly English. Both of my brothers and their teenage children post anti English stuff - mainly about the rugby to be fair but still... Normally I let it go but every now and then I do remind, particularly my nieces and nephews that their parents (my brothers) are infact half english. Cue the tumbleweed....

I'm English living in Glasgow. Am attending a Jubilee street party. There is a general indifference to it all up here. My child's primary school hasn't really acknowledged it much but we are having a Jubilee-esque "Kings and Queens" Summer Fayre but there will be no Union flags or any Red White and Blue. I think that's more to do with a "sectarian" sensitivity rather than any anti-English sentiment. Am looking forward to having a local community knees-up

when I was a student in edinburgh saw people during world cup walking down the'street singing "if you hate the fucking english clap your hands" and a few times random strangers felt the need to tell me that all the english do is think about how much they rule scotland.

you know it isn't personal but yanbu to feel uncomfortable - def understand how you feel.

I love scotland - it is an amazing place - I def hope to live there again.

I'm English, & I live in Glasgow.

The children in the local schools have had 'jubilee' parties where they have had to wear red, white & blue.

That's about it. Nobody is buying the Union Jack stuff as it has such negative connotations here.

No street parties, nothing much in my area. Apparently there is something going on at Kelvingrove park,, but after the fiasco last year there we'll be giving it a miss.

If you mixed with my circle of anti-monarchist friends you'd be getting the same old shite on facebook. People are cynical. It's understandable. I even see dd's non-political friends have an opinion on the jubilee/olympics, etc and it's not very patriotic, I can tell you.

Just to say, my fb friends are a very anti-monarchy, pro-independence lot and I have seen no comments about the jubilee. Oh, one positive one but that is it.