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Trump flag in a caravan park

75 replies

Belleende · 30/08/2019 17:48

I am in a caravan park (first timer). Lots of people have flags hoisted from their caravans. One has raised a Trump flag. AIBU to sneak out in the dead of night and replace it with a rainbow flag?

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LadyRannaldini · 30/08/2019 22:16

Everyone is free to fly a flag of which you approve? Do you have any concept of the meaning of democracy? Such a MN attitude and my late mother's, everyone's entitled to my opinion.
To paraphrase someone said
I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It.

LetsTryToLetGoOfAnger · 30/08/2019 22:23

I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It.

A noble, principled and high-minded position.

The average philosophically primitive inhabitant of the 21st century west would no more understand that notion, than a cave dweller in the stone age would understand a motorcycle.

MidLifeCrisis2017 · 30/08/2019 22:24

Leave it so people know who to avoid!

Belleende · 30/08/2019 22:26

DoctorTwo going with your suggestion, despite the Mumsnet fun police being out in force. If I can't wipe my arse on a trump flag, then what can I wipe it on?

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LynetteScavo · 30/08/2019 22:36

@soapona I know it's been said, but just in case you missed it, Hitler was not a socialist.

Madfrogs · 30/08/2019 22:39

Campers get custom flags made. Many of which will be their own surnames or a group name this is well known between regulars. Sometimes they have group flags like the family camping group.

You have decided based on one word on a flag what type of people they are. I don’t think camping/caravans is for you. Campers tend to be one of the least judgemental types as long as you follow campers etiquette.

I have a Frogs flag. Most of the campers on a Facebook page have some type of flag personalised or other. Some even have lights up them.

JoxerGoesToStuttgart · 30/08/2019 22:42

People bring flags to a caravan park? Confused are they the same idiots that bring Union Jack flags to Spain and hang them from their balcony?

isadoradancing123 · 30/08/2019 22:42

It may actively invite contradictory opinions, thats fine, like i say everyone is entitled to their opinions

hereforasillygoosetime · 30/08/2019 22:44

The flag owner would love to get a reaction from a 'Lefty', otherwise they wouldn't be waving it. You'll just be proving their point.

Elieza · 30/08/2019 22:48

A trump flag, wow. It’s gotta be a joke. Surely.

Rubadub1 · 30/08/2019 23:35

Typical left attitude.
Someone has a different opinion than me. How dare they!!
Try looking at what he has actually done during his time in office and not jump on the bandwagon and listen to biased media.

StoneofDestiny · 31/08/2019 00:07

Try looking at what he has actually done during his time in office

Yes, the stuff of nightmares!

TiredOldTable · 31/08/2019 00:14

So is Trump their name?

TiredOldTable · 31/08/2019 00:17

www.192.com/people/search/

Lots of UK Trumps-put Trump into the people box at the top

TeaForDad · 31/08/2019 07:40

The tolerant left in action!

PurBal · 31/08/2019 07:42

Haha

BlackCatSleeping · 31/08/2019 07:47

I know someone who wears a MAGA hat ironically. I have told her before that people don’t actually know that she is being ironic.

Bubsworth · 31/08/2019 07:48

Yeh for a group of people who demand tolerance, the hypocritical left sure take the biscuit.

Pamplemousecat · 31/08/2019 08:22

It’s as though everyone thinks we live in a democracy with free movement and speech which they, in theory, advocate but the moment someone has a difference of view or opinion they must be silenced. That’s not democracy. So we want a democracy but only when you do as we do and say what we say? Sorry but it doesn’t work like that. The leftie liberals should know better too, supposed intelligent thinkers

Pamplemousecat · 31/08/2019 08:24

As an aside, I would never choose Trump as President but clearly others support him. That’s up to them. Dictators choose what others think, feel, say. Oh but hang on....

BritWifeinUSA · 31/08/2019 08:45

In the UK? Seems odd unless they are Americans visiting there. You see Trump flags everywhere here so if it’s a caravan park in the US it’s nothing new or unusual. He is our current president, after all, and campaigning for re-election.

Whilst I don’t agree with other people’s views, I absolutely support their right to have their own opinion. Why would you want to remove their flag? Do you really think you have more right to your opinion than they do to theirs?

Ohflippineck · 31/08/2019 09:00

JoxerGoestoStuttgart

“People bring flags to a caravan park? confused are they the same idiots that bring Union Jack flags to Spain and hang them from their balcony?“

Seriously? People actually do this? Good grief.

BlackCatSleeping · 31/08/2019 11:04

We take a flag camping do the kids can find our tent easily. It’s not a trump flag though.

InfiniteSheldon · 31/08/2019 11:08

Quite excited to be called the Mumsnet fun police although I think the problem IP is that you thought you were snidely calling out a judgmental bigot and actually you've proved yourself to be one

PhilSwagielka · 31/08/2019 12:42

I never get this whole thing about 'left-wingers dislike people who have different opinions'. I've had tons of abuse from right-wingers calling me shit like 'dirty Jew bitch' or 'libtard', or making fun of me being autistic just because I said I didn't like the word 'mong', or coming on left-wing groups and posting abusive bullshit about how we're all retarded or whatever. Goes both ways.

Seeing all the women sucking Trump's dick on here is depressing though. He's a rapist piece of shit, he thinks it's acceptable to grab women by the pussy. To him we're nothing but pieces of meat, tits and cunt. I don't understand why women are so happy to defend men who hate them. i'll get deleted for this but I don't care.

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