To think England flags are intimidating?

[Nikki7506]

Let me start by saying I LOVE MY COUNTRY!🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
I am an Army veteran. I fly a tonne of flags for St Georges Day, major sporting tournaments, Royal occasions because I love the monarchy!! I'm the only person on my street who bothers to get the flags and bunting out, although, there is one other house on the next road who does too👍
Woke up one morning to find England flags all the way down the street. They were well high up on the lamp posts. I couldn't reach them so I complained to the council. I feel like I'm living in an EDL rally. The council finally sent an email saying they had removed the flags but they hadn't. They were still there.
So I decided to fly two pride flags from the lamp posts opposite my house. Before the end of the day an angry GAMMON 😡 ripped them down with such vigour I thought he might have a heart attack.
It made me really sad because to me the pride flag is a symbol of acceptance and kindness to everyone LGTBQ+, disabilities and everyone who is neither white nor English!!🏳️‍🌈
So I have to look at their flags (and its not the flag, the reason they're flying them is because Nigel wants everyone to hate immigrants and they are happy to use the England flag as a dog whistle ) but I can't fly mine😡
Am I being too upset by this? I'm seriously thinking of using a water gun with food dye in it. We have a diverse community here💖 The other day a man said hello to me in mandarin with his little toddler on his shoulders and it was lovely🌈 I don't just want to cut my neighbours loose and keep quiet😔 they are lovely people who deserve respect.
This feels like a Trump/Farage takeover😡
This sudden display of patriotism (Flag shagging) from folks who don't normally bother is a worry😬

I’ve never chosen to live in a country and then complain that I find the sight of their flag ‘hostile’ 🤨

We are mixed race and religion first gen immigrants. The flags don't intimidate us. It's a flag of England 🤷 We just chose the "let them get it out of their system and their point out" path. Now physical face to face threads would be a different matter.
I do wish some put bit more artistry into the drawn flags though at least. And I do wish others just let it go and stopped proving their "can't even fly own flag" point...

And pride (whichever edition) flag has nothing to do with us.

I hate it. I feels like the creep of nationalism which is opening the door to acceptable racism.

The Main Street in our village has them lining the road now and I feel so much shame and embarrassment about it. This doesn’t feel like a country that I feel proud of any more or want to be part of.

I’m too old to move but for the first time ever, I hope my kids and grandkids leave when they have the chance.

union jack flags look great
england flags remind me of the national front unfortunately, or football

You’re being pretty hostile to someone you know is an immigrant right there though. Why would that be?

Re the tones, keep practising them but don’t obsess over them. You’ll find things start to flow better pronunciation wise when you start getting more confident, increasing your vocabulary and making more sentences.

Have you ever lived in a country which displayed ‘No blacks, no dogs, no Irish’ notices when your parents first worked there?

Parody post or not, I completely agree OP. My family and I also find the England flags up in certain areas, hostile.

The England flag has become a divisive and hate-promoting symbol due to Farage et al.

And yes, I am English.

I actually agree with you OP. Not because the flag itself is offensive, but it's not our cultural norm to hang our country's flag up day to day (we are not Americans!!)

The cultural norm is to hang flags up only during big sporting events (e.g. England flags during big football tournaments) and for national royal events like coronations, royal weddings etc (more the union flag).

How ever much people may protest to the contrary, this deviation from the cultural norm is being driven by a nasty nationalistic, racist undercurrent. And I don't like it.

What a terrible day to have eyes that can read.

2/10.

Are you always this dramatic?

We recently were on holiday in England from another part of the UK and were taken aback at the amount of flags and painting on mini roundabouts etc. Also saw - in different towns! The same t-shirt being worn a few times. It had union flag print and said 'if you're offended by my t-shirt, I will help you pack'

Edgy 🙄

😂

It's the shittest flag, isn't it - two red lines on a blank piece of paper. 1/10 for effort.

Wales, now that's a country with a flag worth flying. (See also Lebanon, Dominica, Albania, Bhutan etc)

I agree.

If this is really someone ex Army then god help us.

even the Danish flag is more appealing

Oh get over yourself. Ffs

It's unbelievable isn't it.

Listen to yourself🙄

I agree. I love the union jack.
The England flag should be always flown next to the other national flags in the union. And no, it's not the same as Scots flying the Saltire. Scotland was absorbed into the union and the partnership was never equal. English nationalism is a different beast, especially nowadays. I love England. I don't want its flag highjacked by far right ideology. Some flags have been tainted that way forever, such as the Confederate flag. I have old friends in the deep South. They love their state but they wouldn't fly that flag in their front yard.

Where are all these Flags? I live on one of the shittest estates ever havent seen a single one

Its not about the flags, is the intent behind them. Other than for football or national events, we have no history of displaying our flags here. This has happened as a result of a campaign begun by people with racist/nationalist intent. It's intended to be a statement in support of certain views that are hostile to certain groups.
I don't believe everyone who has jumped on the trend is hostile, they are just joining in, taking it at face value, without knowing the intent. I dare say people will lose interest in time. Its nearly time for the huge inflatable santas.