Rainbow Flags?

[PassingStranger]

Those who don't want the English flag up, and try and take them down, would they feel the same if people were putting Rainbow Flags up..

Exactly this.

In what way does flying a flag “support” anyone?

Rainbow flags are a symbol of tyranny now. All my gay community rejects it as a dishonest: we didn’t ask to be included in the alphabet…it’s compulsory conscription. Toxic flag. Needs to be cancelled.

They are saying that they will tolerate abuse towards people with realistic understanding of sex in society.

Sadly the rainbow flag has been hijacked. It is no longer inclusive of the original meaning.

The progress flag is homophobic, it is offensive to LGB.

The progress flag is homophobic by its very nature. I find it highly offensive.

What?

Bumbeleena, as part of the 10% L&G, it is exactly like this. If you think otherwise count yourself lucky you have not encountered this blatant attempt of transing away the gay.

Like this @Mumtobabyhavoc ?

Such a kind. Inclusive not threatening at all lovely group of people!

It’s one thing to display the flag in your house, it’s another to litter and graffiti public property which is what these people are essentially doing. Furthermore there is a big difference between showing support for a marginalised group, than using the flag of a colonising nation to intimidate. (The progress flag can get in the bin).

It means hope and diversity, it doesn’t mean any of what you wrote

Where's the hope and diversity in my post above?

They may have hope for themselves and want the world to be diverse. However they’re going the wrong way about it, same as the vegans who protest they all get it so wrong. A small group of people don’t define their whole community. The same way the racists putting up flags don’t speak for the whole of the UK

'Hope for themselves' and for all those who parrot their chants...
'Decapitate Terfs'
'Die in a grease fire' and so on to those who have a different view of the world.

in what world ? Not in this one, for sure.

I find the progress flag equally objectionable. It's promoting a homophobic & misogynistic ideology.

As a bisexual woman, no thank you.

(& yes flag shaggers of all varieties, please keep them on your own property).

In this world it means that, people just don’t apply it

You’re out of date.

If they were putting them up with the intent to intimidate, scare and alienate people, yes.

As I feel like I have to explain to about 300 obtuse people lately; it’s not the flag, it’s why the flag is being put up.

In what way?

And in just the same way, flying the England flag is showing pride and patriotism to England.
I don't disagree that some people are flying St George's flags for the wrong reason but that is the whole raison d'etre behind the movement, to reclaim the flag from the far right.