To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!

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For those of you who think the flags and roundabout paintings are tacky...

What do you make of this house?

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So? People can decorate the front of their own homes however they like. I'm sure you do whether other people like it or not.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zohp3u6GCeXDQNDy9

Sorry I have only posted the link, it is from Google maps. I think it is sophisticated as it has the three lions. They are out of reach of random spray cans.

Can you explain why people should not be allowed to paint / hang their own nations flag on / by their own home ?

Do you fancy going to the USA ( or any other country) and telling them they have to follow your idea of right and wrong .

You ( and others ) seem to be presuming the home owners are in someway racist because they fly this country's flag .

I agree the one on the front door shouldn't be allowed but that's because imo it's a terrible paint job.

I am well impressed with in how good nick it's kept for decades! Loving the lions

Haha! My dad was raised in Cotton.

Anyway - it's got the 3 lions on it so it's football related.

(edited to add - now I'm all nostalgic about my grandparents, I've not been back there since they died)

I’ve always hung my one for football internationals. As soon as the football is done, it’s taken down.

A flag is not racist, but unlike America, we’ve nerved been into the flag hanging over here anyway. 🙄

Oh yes!

Yes I agree about reclaiming our flag. I got mad when the Labour Party nicked the red rose

The St. George flag is flown on churches on certain feast days, by law. Are they being tacky too?
What's wrong with England's flag? Mind, I think I will go for the White Dragon of Wessex myself, though Alfred, being a man of his time, was distinctly pro parts of Europe - not those bits full of Danes who fancied taking a bit of English real estate.

Not St. George. He might have come from Turkmenistan but possibly from Cappodicia - Georgia (the country not the US state) is named after him, as well. Either way, not Turkish, wrong time frame.

I see no "obvious reason" why someone would need to create a temporary name to start this thread

‘Sheldon Cooper’s Fun with Flags’, surely?

But St George was a Christian, he put himself and his valuable horse in danger to rescue a woman.

Wow, quite the judgement there.

Do you think it’s impossible to be proud of your country without being against multiculturalism? America would suggest not.

I live in Portugal, the flag and the Portuguese culture is seen to them as something to be proud of and something to retain. In Spain it is similar, why is it only us that has to have negative connotations?

My DC wanted trans/pride flags flown from the house and I said ‘no’ and tried to explain what’s wrong with flags more generally (IMO) but it didn’t seem to be taken onboard.

To all the posters here implying that displaying the England flag makes you racist/thick, why do you think that?
Is it ok to display Welsh or Scottish or Palestinian or Ukrainian flags? Does that make you racist or thick?

I think because the lines aren’t centred its saying Christmas to me rather than England!

It’s quite a serious issue at the moment. (to those complaining there are too many threads)

I posted on my story about writing to my councillor about every child’s right to play in their local play park free from intimidation from the political motivations on these flag hangers.

A friend replied to say that their local school has been daubed with the words **ck migrants. Which is the inevitable outcome of emboldening racists.

The council won’t do anything about the flags the moment as they are worried about inflaming the situation.

People should stick to putting them on their own property and think about how they are making the wider community feel.

Because apart from national and sporting occasions, the only people who fly them or put them on their property (especially in the past few weeks) are without a doubt racist dickheads. It's an instant assumption and a correct one.

Other national flags are a symbol of patriotism, here they are now hijacked as a symbol of racism and the far right.

I’m a person of colour and I’m Muslim. I think there’s an important difference between people who are taking part in the current “flag stuff” and people who simply love their country and want to display their national flag. In almost any country in the world, you’ll see flags flown proudly without controversy. What’s happening now, though, with certain racist groups in the UK hijacking the English flag by painting it on roads, walls, roundabouts, and other random places. Because of this, they’re feeding into the subconscious idea that the England flag automatically equals racism. That association isn’t fair, but unfortunately, it’s being reinforced by their actions. At the end of the day, they’re the ones to blame for turning a national symbol into something people now debate as racist.

I’ll let my mum know her eyes deceive her as does the police report from multiple neighbours to hopefully get it sorted asap.

I don’t think it’s a legal requirement to fly the St. George flag on feast days, more a church tradition. But I agree, all this flag flying is terrible…I mean have you seen what Regent Street looks like some times 😂

It's hideous and undoubtedly lived in by twats.

The current wave of flag shagging is making me depressed.

That's amazing tbf. It's football related, rather than having racist connotations. We wouldn't have decent football teams or the amount of good British boxers, if it wasn't for immigration.
On a seperate note, I'm watching King and conqueror and the way, Edward the Confessor, is being portrayed is diabolical. He was our patron saint before St George.