About flags?

[grimewineandslime]

I'm sure most of us thought the jubilee was great, waving, boats, bunting etc. We all started to believe that England would rise to glory in that football game. It's wonderful when even for a few weeks a nation reclaims its flag from the idiots on the far right and we can be proud of being proud of this great nation.... However the football and the jubilee are long gone and everytime I've walked past a house with a tattered old England flag in the window I have assumed the occupants to be vile racists.... A I b u ?

I wouldn't know grime, given the fact I don't recognise your name

Different flag as I currently live abroad, same concept

Chilean's display their flag, shops, houses, restaurants, national events, you get the picture. Are they all vile racists then? The entire population, because they take pride in their national identity?

I'm a bit confused - why would people have the St George flag up for the Olympics? Isn't it Team GB? So not just england...

Anyway. It's is sad that the BNP have appropriated the George cross as their own symbol of stupidity, but I try really hard not to assume that people who fly the flag must be BNP members. Especially at this time of year, when it could be for a variety of reasons. but then, I'm not much of a patriot, and find the flag flying a bit silly anyway.

I don't want you all to think I'm climbing down but I should have pointed out I know I'm ur but I can't help it! Maybe as much to do with where I live as the flag itself

Why do you not want us to think you are "climbing down"?

The most noble and brave thing in AIBU is for someone to be told that they are BU and to say "OK, I am BU, I accept that and will try to be less U in future".

You're clearly deeply prejudiced. Of course you can help it!

YABVU.

If you are in a position where you feel a countries flag needs to b reclaimed from anyone then I suggest you move to a nicer area. As far as I know, I have never encountered anyone who sees the union flag as anything other than the flag of GB.

If there are twats out there who want to use the symbol as something else, or who see it as something else, then that's not my problem. I am free to use my countries flag whenever and wherever I like. And I will, because I'm supporting team GB in the Olympics.

Actually, having thought about it a bit more there is clearly something sinister going on at the DD's school. Chilean flag, Union flag ( as in union jack) and, this is the shocker, the Scottish flag. Because the school was founded by a Scott's lady. See the poor fools here think you can display these things without being accused of being a racist.

For who ever asked about crosses up for the olympics:

I'm flying the C of St.G rather than the Union simply because it's the only flag we happened to have in the house when the Jubilee kicked off. I'm not attempting to change it for the olympics simply because one particulaly windy day 2 weeks ago our neighbour noticed it had come loose and kindly put it back up on our guttering with industrial grade plastic things and i'm not tackling those on a whim.

No sinister reason in this case.

YABU.
olympics still to come.
why cant we be proud all year? doesnt make you a racist to fly a flag. my dh is not british but we fly the union jack. hes proud of our country as am i (mostly, some people let us down).