I took down some flags and DH wasn’t happy

[LittleChopper]

On my commute today, I noticed someone had hung three large St George flags on a bridge coming out of our village. They have been popping up everywhere but this particular instance I thought “I’m not having that”. On the way home I pulled over and took them down.

when I got home and DH asked why I was binning three large flags I told him and he.. had some interesting opinions. He told me I shouldn’t be pissing off people in the village, that they have every right to hang an England flag in England, and that I’m being too political.

For a start, I would argue that I’ve always been quite strongly opinionated so he shouldn’t be surprised I did it.

Just as others have the right to their opinion I have mine. We have people in the village who are migrants… why should they have to look at that. It’s clear why they were hanging there given what’s going on at the moment and I’ve never see a flag hanging in the village in the decade we’ve been here so why else would they be there now.

I’m just so disappointed with it all. With the UK, with DH.

Next time maybe I’ll add to the collection instead. 🇬🇷🇮🇪🇮🇳🇦🇫🇧🇸🇵🇰🇪🇸🇸🇩🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Showing pride in sowing hate and violence.

OK, got it.

How dare they?

Perhaps because this is a free country, and people are allowed to have opinions which differ from your own, and to vocalise them.

No way you can look the footage and honestly believe that’s 100,000 people. It’s more.

But it's ok to call everyone on the march a racist would you say? That's being judgemental too, and you've no idea what taxes people pay. Again, you're being judgemental.
And if you could manage to get all those people into a Taylor Swift concert you must be a magician.

Absolutely spot on 💯

Maybe where you live things are different.

Yep, pure hypocrisy

It’s what you meant though isn’t it?

Are benefits for white people only?

You’re not legally qualified to decide who is illegal and who isn’t.

If you want a gp appointment then stop supporting/ voting for governments that intend to sell the nhs off or run it further into the ground.

I perhaps didn't explain myself well - I agree with you. My point in responding to the quoted poster is that it's simply disingenuous to say the current flag activity is a reaction to not being allowed to display them. Context is key.

Well, apparently it's not so different since we have also acquired hundreds of new flags in the last few days.

Why is that necessary when - as I mention - it was clearly perfectly fine to fly the Union flag previously?

What point is being made here? Why do we now need so many of them?

The only people I've ever heard use that word are incels.

The sheer fucking irony.

The point is a message to the Government that the people of this Country will unite to show the Government that they won't be silenced any longer. People have lobbied their MP's tirelessly, to no avail.

Because no one has listened, people have resorted to protesting (peacefully) and the flags represent unity (not racism).
I'm sure next year's march will be twice as big, if not bigger. Good.

No way you can look the footage and honestly believe that’s 100,000 people. It’s more.

Here we go. 'Alternative' facts. The highest estimate was 150k.

It was absolutely massive too, hundreds of thousands.

Why is it that the only socially acceptable time to put the flag up is during kicky ball? It's always so felt strange to me.

Op lives in a wee village. I reckon she might feel differently if she lived next to the Bell Hotel. All well and good to be "pro immigrants" when you live a million miles away, isn't it? Op's daughters won't be getting followed home from school. I find it odd she's not angry on others behalf though? NIMBY? I'm so angry for the poor people in Epping and similar places - they are my countrymen, and we stand together.

I grew up in a city with a huge immigrant population - some areas had no English people at all. Let me tell you, these people had no desire to integrate. They wouldn't even allow their adult children to date "white trash". And they didn't even try to hide their general disgust at English people - my Mum worked with immigrants and they openly talked about how they wouldn't allow white trash into their home. My mum never complained to HR (she should have). Our city also stopped putting up the "Merry Christmas" banners and replaced them with "Happy Holidays". FUCK OFF. Can you imagine getting away with that in any other country?

People have had enough. And quite rightly so.

I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I disrespected the flag of MY own country - what an utter disgrace.

Your poor DH.

The only people spitting their dummies out, along with their name calling and insults are the anti protesters.

Another disingenuous post. We are not offended by "the mere sight" of our national flag. We're deeply offended by it being misappropriated and defiled by successive far-right groups (BNP, EDL, Reform UK) and Tommy Ten Names - they've spoiled it for us. And now the self-styled "Weoley Warriors" - founded by three men a couple of months ago who are using it for exactly the same purpose (to send an intimidating, racist message to immigrants) but who refuse to be interviewed by the media. Why, if their motivation for and involvement in "Operation Raise the Colours" is so wholesome? (Some people who know them know why, and say about them "They know what they're doing" and "They should know better".) If you want to be aligned with such people, that's your choice. Decent people don't want to be - we just want to reclaim our flag from these far-right thugs so we can fly it for appropriate occasions, in appropriate locations, with pride.

The only flags in my part of London are along the Kings Rd in Chelsea. They were put up as part of the Chelsea Flower Show, when all the shops had flower displays etc. They are put up properly by the council. Nobody has an issue with this. Obviously.

This type of flag use is a world away from this sudden putting up of flags or painting roundabouts at the incitement of Yaxley Lennon.

When my son went into Essex last week, there were grown men, in their 50s - I'm sure you can picture the type - sitting on deckchairs under their pathetic little flags on a high street - to guard them. I mean, how sad can you get?

It's the first time my 22 year-old son, who looks vaguely Middle Eastern - has experienced a racist vibe in his life. He saw a Deliveroo guy go past on a bike, who was black, and the men were chortling to themselves, between swigging their beer, and heard to say "He can fuck off too."

These people, and people on here who try to excuse them, are the scourge of society.

They - and you - will be the scourge of society whether there are immigrants here or not. You may be in denial, or unable to see yourselves, but everyone else sees you for who you are. And it's very ugly,

It was great to see people of all ages there too. I'm sure if my grandparents were alive they'd have joined them if possible!

Look at the source where the estimates are coming from, then see the real proof with your own eyes.

COME ON! Anyone with eyeballs could see that it was way more than 150k people. 🙄

Yep, the highest estimate by the people who loathe anyone who flies their own flag in their own country, calls anyone who disagrees with them slurs and is desperate to shut down any and all peaceful protest was 150,000 - there were a LOT more than that.

And, as I said earlier, the only reason why flying the flag of your own country in your own country could ever be considered controversial is if you are under enemy occupation.

“Op's daughters won't be getting followed home from school.” You know schoolgirls have been followed home (and in some cases murdered) by British-born white men, right? This may come as a surprise to you but many criminals were born here.

Sigh. You’re statistically more likely to be harmed/killed by your own brother than some ‘foreigners’ but do continue to…