Fucking flags

[xmaspud3]

I know this has probably been done to death on here and there will be lots of threads about it already but I cant be bothered to trawl through the site for them so here I am.

I’m so irritated by the England flags popping up everywhere. There has been an influx put up in my area over the last week, it seems to be increasing by the day. I don’t hate the flag, but I hate the fact it is being used to send a clear message by racists. People aren’t doing it to be patriotic they are doing it to be hateful towards those that they don’t feel ‘belong’ in their country.

I don’t want to see all of these flags in my area. If people are entitled to put them up then why am I not entitled to go and cut the fuckers down? And don’t get me started on the spray painting of public roundabouts and road signage by people who allegedly love their country so much that they are vandalising it at the expense of public money.

If I see one more person give a ‘big well done to whoever has erected the flags on xyz street’ on Facebook I will explode. Does anyone else feel ragey over it?

Great illustration of fascism right there. Pathetic.

Well, yes, when one of the "opposing views" is a social media post that says "diversity is white genocide" then I think it's best we do call that stupidity.

If you’re THAT affected by hotels, you really need to get some professional help.

People have said they are intimidated. What don’t you understand about that?

You can call it what you want. You won't be changing anybody's mind if they are hell bent.

Plenty of people call it the England flag and why are you bothered if that poster isn't British? It's an international forum.

Reported.

No, but I do think we should challenge it all the same.

Ah so all us who, regardless of our political persuasion, object to the England flag being used to intimidate and vandalise are bots?

Nope. The truth is that there are more of us than there are of you.

Absolutely and isn’t it causing rage.

Challenge yes, bully and sneer, no.

And MY grandfather and great uncle would be in absolute disbelief that people are being called nazis and fascists for erecting British flags.

My grandfather was only 16 in the 1st world war and was a flag bearer.
So young, the French called him petit garcon. Carring the BRITISH FLAG with pride.

Shame on you all who want it hidden.

@xmaspud3 Yep, I’m ragey, drained, depressed and ashamed.

Astonishing how easily some people can still be whipped into a racist frenzy. Thought I’d seen the back of all that hateful nonsense when we had to fight it off in the 70s and 80s.

the war was literally fought against people like Farage. That was the whole point.

What do you mean by your last paragraph - who, exactly are us and you?

Where other countries fly flags, they are usually done properly. Not cheap ones cable-tied to lamp posts. One place where I do remember seeing flags everywhere was in Republika Srpska. If you know the history behind the place, you know why seeing Serb flags everywhere in that part of Bosnia is so disturbing. Flying flags everywhere like that is just not normal, stick to public buildings.

No, there was a war fought against true fascists, who wanted to obliterate, murder, annihilate a race of people. This constant comparison to today's pride in one's country is ridiculous.

We’re not at war, so I’m not sure we currently need flagbearers. This isn’t a battleground.

As my Nan used to say (RIP): “I didn’t live through The Blitz to see a bunch of racists roaming the streets”.

We don't want it hidden we just don't want it highjacked by right wing thugs.

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This should clarify the current situation:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Raise_the_Colours

Yes, I agree.
It certainly seems to be a problem for some.

Pissing myself at the right wing being called thugs. Breaking into military bases to disable engines, attacking police with sledgehammers, attacking women just for daring to fight for single sex spaces - all carried out by the left. Antifa - the biggest fascists on earth.

Im watching England. Booooooooooooo! 🤣

No, it is to remind the government that we-the British- are here. And that maybe they should refrain from telling us that asylum seekers' rights trump ours.