Rip the flags down! A call for action!

[Ilovemychocolate]

The sudden appearance of the English flag hung on lamp posts, railings etc has absolutely sickened me, and my dd.
I am proud to be British, but the misappropriation of the flag by thugs, intending to intimidate, is absolutely not acceptable in a diverse society.
So tonight myself and my adult dd ripped them down in our area, and tomorrow we will be going on a flag hunt, to rip down any more we find.
I would strongly urge those of you that feel the same way, to also remove them, as long as you feel safe and comfortable to do it.
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PLEASE read the thread!
I am not sickened by our national flag.
I am sickened by the misappropriation of it!

Cant you see that you are perpetuating the hate for ''our'' flag by ripping it down?

If you were ripping down hateful slogans id cheer you on. Your ripping down your own countries flag. Why not fly o e yourself and encourage every single non racist person you know to do the same and reclaim the flag for 'normal' use by 'normal' people?

If everyone is flying it it's no longer the fat right's flag any more is it?

How can you tell good flag from a bad flag, op?

Scrambled begs on toast.

Second hand embarrassment, another bell end who only perpetuates the rhetoric of flying your nations flag as being offensive or racist.

Nation's worldwide fly theirs with pride get we're made to feel ashamed for flying ours.

What a weapon you are OP. Whilst you're 'cleaning up' maybe give your bin a clean too.

@Ilovemychocolate ”I refuse to let our flag to be used as a method to intimidate people“

How about other flags? Do you feel the same way about them? Or would you say that when it’s other flags, they don’t intimidate people?

Then start (or join in) with un-misappropriating it. You tearing it down and them putting back up is getting us no where .

Lets fix it by using it the right way by all the people.

Anyone can fly it on their own property. Tying it to lampposts and graffiti-ing it everywhere, on the other hand…

Just out of interest, can anyone just stick a flag or a poster or whatever on telegraph poles or other public property willy nilly?

I am coming to the belief that flags could be displayed at your own property, but not anyone else's including that of the general public.

Ah, so now you will do the “us” and “them”.
I would suggest you are the one obsessed with race and whilst trying to be the offended victim you are projecting your racist stereotypical views.

Newsflash: It is possible to be racist to white people.

Tell her to get a grip. There are far more serious problems in the world today than our national flag being flown, and I suggest your reaction to this is entirely disproportionate and unhealthy.

Being proud of the flag and using it to intimidate are two contradictory positions.

Not only are you assuming you know the motive of everyone who has hung a flag you are also giving power to those who may have misappropriated it, you can stop giving them oxygen anytime you like.

Removing people’s property? You sound nice.

Is your daughter at university? If so I can understand why she feels this way, they are vehicles for brainwashing the next generations into this woke tripe.

Why are you ripping down your own country's flag and chucking it in a bin? Very bizarre behaviour

With respect, that doesn’t actually solve what is happening right now.
There is a concerted move to display the flag in order to “claim back our country”.
This is being orchestrated to cause dissent and create division.
All I’m asking is if people see these flags in public places, where they wouldn’t normally be placed, that they remove them.
With, obviously, their safely at the forefront of their minds.

Fly it on your own property - absolutely fine.
Litter the place with it intending to intimidate - not fine.

Oh dear. Anti intellectualism too. It’s not a great look.

Woke tripe?
Yes she is at university.
I’m not, I’m 57 years old and agree with her wholeheartedly.

So you are the person, a hidden figure on MN who knows the “true” meaning of a flag that has been around since 1190.

Incredible.

@Ilovemychocolate can’t you look at what has happened in Northern Ireland and realise that ripping down the flags only gives it energy and makes the sort of people who want to put them up more likely to do it

Eh?! Please tell me where I said anything about intimidation? I was simply replying to somebody else's comment about "people of colour" and pointing out that lots of "people of colour" are English and are proud of their nation's flag.

Don’t be silly.

Whatever you think of the flags and of what OP did, obviously if someone ties a flag to a lamppost and leaves it there, they can’t complain if someone else takes it down. They’ve left it! It’s not a dog tied to a post. It’s a cheap flag abandoned in public.

They should be banned from public property unless flying on a public building or for a National special occasion/celebration. Otherwise no and they should be removed by whoever is responsible, probably local councils. On your own property, no problem at all.

Of course. What I’m saying is that the flags the OP is referring to ar3 being put up to intimidate.