English people are second class citizens

[NotAnotherScarf]

Aibu To be annoyed about so many Facebook posts about celebrating st George's day being racist. No one post this for st Patrick's day, st Andrew's or st David's.... Hogmanay and burns night have parties

By celebrating being English, passing democracy to the world, Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, TV, the jet engine, the internet... railways, the industrial revolution, beer, the Beatles... All should be celebrated.

Yes we did some shite things...but white slavery (20+ million), the Holocaust, programs in Eastern Europe. King Leopold of Belgium hunting African people. The depopulation of parts of the USSR, the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia.....all things that in the last 125 years England has nothing to do with...yet people like to think that we who celebrate our Englishness are scum.

Most of you are in fact second class citizens. You live in a society that has a caste system masquerading as a class system.

To be fair how many countries celebrate a native to their country saint? One to research if you feel bothered. I would support a change to St Edmund myself.

Why? You can’t just call people names without explaining what about the post is idiotic. I think she’s right that other countries are allowed to be patriotic and we are not. I think saying that the right-wing use the flag to hide their racism as patriotism is also fair comment. But calling people ‘idiot’ and disappearing is against the spirit of the site.

I've just looked and there's loads going on. A festival in London last weekend, various events round the country, at NT places and castles, and English Heritage have a page on their website about events. You obviously aren't that patriotic OP if you couldn't have a quick Google to find out how to celebrate.

Lots of peoples built Empires. Its hardly unique to the British.

Explain that.

You do know where St George was probably from, don't you OP?

It wasn't Milton Keynes, as a clue.

So is posting goady threads. But that hasn't stopped the idiot OP.

Growing up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s it wasn't ok to fly an Irish flag. This was because of the Troubles in NI and the very prominent place of flags on both the UK and Ireland in the identification of the parties involved in the conflict. People didn't want to be seen to support extremism. Maybe you can see a parallel?

Most are aware. Doesn't mean you can't celebrate. 🙄 Just googled St Andrew. He never even visited Scotland or was Scottish. Why celebrate him then? Why not one of those saints living on Iona for example.

Came here to say the same thing. OP, for the love of God…who taught you that the English invented democracy?

Why do you feel victimised by bot bollocks on the Internet?

The problem is literally the 'yes, but' attitude. Stop minimising.

Shut up, start DOING shit to make the world better, not whinging 'they did it first/ worst'.

Sadiq Khan has planned a big St George's Day party in London.

Ironically that just angers some people more

He can't win.

Cats 😸

Cats rule.

They didn't but the Magna Carta is the basis for many modern constitutions.

Who is stopping you being patriotic?

I mean my kids made flags and painted shields at nursery today. Same kind of things they do for St Patrick’s Day. Same kind of celebrating my family does for all patron saints (ie nothing).

Not seen any posts. Tbh its post like this that make it seem racist because I dont understand your intentions. Same with the covering places in union jacks, it was following a racist movement. Im happy for flags to be flown, my grandad had a flag pole, but fly them continuously if its because youre around not because someone's told you too.

People now are so hung up on this now. Someone was murdered near me, 4 black British and 2 eastern Europeans charged.... still same comments about the usual types even though 4 was British, because they're black they must have got citizenship couldnt possibly be born here.

I have no need, I don’t particularly like this country, but I think people who would like to celebrate are made to feel like they are racists.

I’m you think they are a troll, report them.

Much of the Magna Carta is borrowed from European continental feudal law.

The irony being you could have festooned your house with Irish flags in England because no one would recognise them 😀

That was because the police gave out their ethnicity when they didn't need to.

A middle class town where only working class people attend parties? 🥳