Flags..

[Elephant9]

Just a chat to understand what’s going on with the influx of England and UJ flags all over the streets?

thoughts?
where did it stem from?
is it making you uncomfortable? (It is, me, but not entirely sure why)

Not that unusual though.

Exactly this. It's now 'wrong' to fly the England flag, but OK to fly the Palestine one? The former is intimidating but the latter is not? 🤔

Hmmmm, selective outrage I think that's called.

You weren’t “speaking facts”. Your post was abusive and misogynistic. All it achieved was to play up to the nasty lefty stereotype, making it so much easier for right wing commentators to dismiss us all.

I thought it was the 'racist flag shaggers' who were violent not you?

Whomp whomp. Maybe think in future about your own abusive and xenophobic comments. No one likes a cry baby.

Violence doesn’t discriminate unlike racists.

It’s fine if done properly, ideally a flag pole but lampposts and from motorway bridges is designs to intimidate.

You sound unhinged now. What abusive and xenophobic comments? 🫤

I'm glad to see England flags flying, I'm from Scotland and live down south, I've never understood why people flying England flags from their homes and cars were told to take them down when the Euros and other sporting events were taking place. its nice to see people are proud of their country, Wales and Scotland flags don't upset anyone,

But God forbid we trigger the undocumented rapists, murders and racists who are here by displaying outlets countries flag. Can't make them feel uncomfortable can we. Do you know what makes me feel uncomfortable? Not feeling safe in my own town due to these people. The young men who come here and harras women and children, sexually assaulting them, abusing them in public for dressing in a way that they don't like, the men that spit at the elderly outside our local church for daring to practice a religion they don't agree with. The young men that are openly carrying large blades weapons in our streets. I could go on. If being concerned about all of this and more and having a genuine fear for the safety of women and young girls makes me a racist then print me a t-shirt because that's what I am.

It started in York.

I live there, and there were some already up on lamp posts near York Sport way back in late June, I had no idea what it was, guess they were testing the waters and getting some footage to kickstart the campaign. This is orchestrated and deliberate, as I said before, those participating are either far-right activists, or gullible useful idiots.

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Oh dear, you're not trying to incite violence are you, not a good look.

@HangryLikeTheHulk

This is orchestrated and deliberate, as I said before, those participating are either far-right activists, or gullible useful idiots. IN MY OPINION.

Fixed that for you.

Where do you live?

I’ve never heard of most of that, anywhere.

People were only told to take them down at Euros time if they were traffic hazards!

I’ve heard of all of those things. They are always somewhere else.

You're very lucky.

Clearly you live in a nice middle class village that hasn't been shafted by your labour council and used as a dumping ground for thousands of these people. Just because it isn't happening in your town doesn't mean it isn't across multiple towns and cities across the country.

They're probably all over Tik Tok and YouTube.

I live Barnsley. I grew up in the 90’s and early 00’s in Rotherham. Yeah, that Rotherham. Shall I tell you how that went in great detail or would you rather live in your middle class bubble, with your middle class beliefs and your champagne socialist parties, pretending that all that didn’t happen or that it isn’t still happening? It’s a shame that a fucking St George’s flag wasn’t the only thing I had to feel ‘uncomfortable’ about growing up. But you flap about a flag like the good little virtue signaller the government wants you to be.

Love.

I grew up in Billingham. A tiny town, basically next door to Middlesbrough, where I lived for almost 8 years.

There’s a school in Middlesbrough that has such high EAL that it’s affectionately known as “Abadingdong” Primary. There are at least 2 whole areas in that one town that are almost fully Asian populated. To the point that a friend who lives in one of them had her windows put through last year, because it was assumed she was one of “them.”

I taught in Stockton. There were 20 kids in my class. 2 of them White British. We took PD days for Eid because there was little point opening the school. We were teaching kids phonics, who couldn’t even speak English yet. Teaching the English for “cow” before we could teach them “c-ow.” Non English speaking parents would come to parents evening with interpreters - often their older children.

Don't assume my background, please. I’ve seen racism face to face, and met racists, they walk my streets every day.

Middle class bubble 😂

As above. I grew up on a council estate in North East England. Zero silver spoons in this mouth.

What’s the matter, never met a working class person who doesn’t share your views? News alert - We exist.