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. 🇬🇷🇮🇪🇮🇳🇦🇫🇧🇸🇵🇰🇪🇸🇸🇩🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good job I'm not selling it then, eh?

Revolution? He’s a grifter who has a history of assault (including of police, passport fraud, mortgage fraud, stalking and anti-Muslim hatred.

He was living it large during the riots at a £400 per night hotel in Cyprus funded by his buffoons and crones. Let him take their money though. Couldn’t happen to nicer people.

We do have St George’s Day! It’s just not like modern St Patrick’s Day celebrations which originated with the brewers of Guinness who started giving out free stuff to promote the beer and it’s got bigger from there.

Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and Elon Musk and their ilk are the ones pushing them. Stirring them up. Egging them on. They are the ones stoking the division.

Perhaps you're one of the ones actively stirring things up, or perhaps you just can't see how you're being manipulated. It doesn't matter.

Nobody is being forced into the arms of the far right. That is just a myth that people like to promote. People are responsible for their own choices. Some of them are choosing hate.

No, that's YOUR interpretation. It's really just a flag.

Nobody wants it even if you're giving it away for free. It's a bit of an embarrassing look.

Yep, and a finger is just a finger.

DH won't let you?

So flags are bad. But controlling husbands are perfectly acceptable.

It certainly does sound like an implied threat. "Shut up or our bully boys will start attacking both migrants and white left wing people."

…You are in England. I’m in Australia and I would like to see that if I was visiting. It would be quaint.

I think you are being ridiculous and what you did was an act of aggression.

Also thank you for coming to this country and working in the NHS, without migrant workers it wouldn’t exist. I honestly don’t think everyone hanging the George Cross flag hates migrants.

Just 25 arrests at Saturday's UTK rally out of a crowd of thousands of people from all creeds, colours and backgrounds. Yeah, sounds really 'hateful'. 🤔

But, whatever... carry on spouting this nonsense. The more you continue, the closer old Farage gets to occupying No.10. But while scratching your head wondering: 'How the hell did that happen!?' do remember to take a look in the mirror.

It's definitely a threat. And I've seen quite a few comments along these lines since the Tommy Robinson march. It seems to be the new strategy.

Sounds like virtue signalling to me...

But that pretty picture of the flags line the mall is not what is being discussed here and I think you know that.

It won't be my fault if idiots and racists vote in a far right government. However, you might want to keep that mirror handy for the moment when you realise what you've done.

And for what occasion were they there?

Yeah - Look - There's even an arrow painted on the road directing people to the right. Knuckle-dragging racists, the lot of 'em! 🤣

This brown girl commends OP. Calling anti-racists virtue signallers is just right wing attempts to shame decent people into becoming not decent human beings.

Not a threat of any kind... just given the depth of feeling, I am somewhat surprised we haven't seen mass civil unrest already.
But I suppose Saturday's largely peaceful rally proved significantly that those on the right are not the 'angry' ones.
No, they'll just quietly express their frustrations at the ballot box.
Night, night!

They are despicable.

Honestly your decision to take down the flags is ridiculous. The reasons people are putting up flags vary massively - people are not monolithic. You have assumed the worst and achieved what exactly?

Nah, you can keep it! 👍

Nothing to say about the rape of an Asian woman then or the forcing of a black boy to kiss a shoe, then? Thought not! Nighty night!