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?

But you are in England, why would you have to assert that? It doesn't make sense. I know how you might answer this, but it still doesn't make sense.

I guess they are giving the hard left thugs a run for their money. They've got way to go before they are whacked on a proscribed terrorist list.

Yes, bigger problems such as the rise of the far right who are behind the flag flying campaign.

There are two grubby sad looking ones in a nearby street. If I could reach them I would cut them down.

Ask France, Germany, Spain, etc why they assert their nationalism. Nah, we won't bother to do that. Good old white Englanders - the easy target. 🥱 must find my paracetamol.

No, where I live there have been have been pro-Palestine protests that have deliberately gone through residential Jewish areas to intimidate the area, deliberately waving the flag to spout racism.

Your posts aren't doing much to persuade anyone that an educated opinion is something you're capable of

How do you know this? Have you asked every person who has done it?

I wish we could fly the Union and St George's flags the way the Scots can fly the saltire and the Welsh theirs. First one and then the other have become hijacked and loaded by association with views many of us do not hold and are seen as more about division than unity.

I also think people who are using them for racist purposes would be very disappointed by the origins of the figure most likely to be the basis for St George. Very far from white Anglo Saxon.

I’m really not understanding the reference to medals and gold stars. Why are you trying to suggest I’m after some sort of reward simply for noticing and disliking blatant racism?

I think @xmaspud3 probably loves it because many of those fascists are anti Muslim rather than anti semites at the moment, but that can change in a heartbeat and they'll soon change their tune.

Fabulous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

😆 be careful nobody catches you. I find a bit of devilry still quite appealing.

It’s not clutching pearls to hate disgusting, thick racists.

Totally agree op. The gammony Reform voters can get to fuck! They don’t represent the decent people of my country. Absolutely shameful!!

Again, how is it Britishness to wear a flag? It’s just as British to wear fish and chips.

I don’t know about the girl you mention but at my kids school- culture day is about just that, culture. Flags are banned for all.

The ones on motorways make me laugh because they’re outraged when councils remove them. They’d be the first to moan if the wind flew a flag across their windscreen.

I guess the 40% saying you are unreasonable are Farage followers.

Nope - they are definitely not the same thing. The fact that you think they are is quite telling

Yours are certainly doing the sneery left stereotype much service.

Oh jog on!

It concerns me how many people are. He makes my skin crawl, vile man no better than Trump.

Ooh, how edgy. I guess we don't need to give a bollocks what you think. 🤷