Why have thousands of St George’s and union jack flags gone up?
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As the child of 2 immigrants (both legal and were naturalised before I get hate messages), why are we questioning people flying our country’s flags?
They’re all round my bit of Birmingham.
I don’t know who put them there, but I love it!
There is no winning this. No matter what you do or say you look ridiculous. You are just fighting bait so just leave it alone and it does nothing, the only way this works is if you take up the ridiculous position of the flag is racist which is exactly what the people hanging the flags want you to do.
Cultural war nonsense. There’s not much to see here
It’s hilarious seeing the pendulum swing back.
10 years of activists trying to make our entire existence about their insecurities – and look what you achieved!
So people know when storm Erin has arrived in England and….er the UK, silly.
There are quite a few streets near me that now have flags up. It’s really nice, and I personally would like to see more around.
The flags represent all of us. The person (or group) who put them up is irrelevant.
If this is an act of protest, it’s peaceful and should be welcomed. Hopefully, this sparks councils and communities across the country to follow suit.
Luv are cuntrys flag
Luv spurs
Luv me pints
Ate the wife
Ate forrruners
Simple
It is the media purposely trying to force division. Trying to class flags as racist, trying to class any pride in Great Britain as racist. Pushing anyone who disagreed into more extreme opinions and divide people. And to ignore the actual causes of general upsets.
Because we’re in England which is also in the united kingdom, and i think we forgot that for a while
Just another cultural war to “trigger the libs”, just ignore them.
Is anyone really bothered apart from those putting them up and those taking them down?
The main root of this is a story last week of a council that took down St George and Union Jacks because they deemed them to be inflammatory. Sure *some* people flying them might be doing so in solidarity with the Tommy Robinson brigade. Most are flying them in defiance of the suggestion that they are offensive. (Even middle of the road Keir Starmer waded in to say people should he proud to fly the flag. So it’s not a “vocal minority”)
There’s a lot wrong with this country, but it’s still not the worst place on earth, if you are proud of where you live, why not show it?
I’ve never understood why people treat our nation’s flag as if it’s somehow offensive.
Because they hope someone will take them down and then cry about it on Facebook.
Its all a bit weird tbh. I love to see flags. I’m happy for any countries flag to be flown to represent solidarity. I don’t understand the shame that seems to have become a thing in the last 10 years towards the england flag though. I think it started with councils making people remove them and now has become a bit of a cat and mouse game. I also don’t think I’ve ever met one foreign person who finds our country flying its own flag to be offensive and I work with different nationalities on a daily basis. They all seem to love a national celebration and are always very enthusiastic to join in.
Well obviously everyone’s getting behind our Brave Lasses in the Rugby World Cup, right? Right?
If left wingers fly the flag it will be a left wing symbol. Not hard is it.
Lots of insecure people feel they can’t ‘be english’ anymore because they let some botherers on the internet convince them this was true, despite the reality they can see with their own eyes being vastly different.
plus far right PR campaign
Might be to do with the Rugby World Cup kicking off, too?
I quite like seeing county and national flags flown to cheer on athletes and raise a bit of exitement. That’s what flags are for.
Because they are agitators. They know people don’t care about the flag in particular. But they know, and others know that they are doing it so they go blow any small criticism , real or otherwise up, then they can make the argument “see , britishness it under threat” within those claim their is a quagmire of dogwhistles and more explicit racists will weponise it.
>Half the sub shudders at the site of their own flag
This country will never win another war again
Next you’ll be saying the Red Arrows flying over, will be deemed as intimidating.
“The singing of the National Anthem was always a ragged affair, the good people of Ankh-Morpork feeling that it was unpatriotic to sing songs about how patriotic you were, taking the view that someone singing a song about how patriotic they were was either up to something or a Head of State.*
*i.e., up to something.
Terry Pratchett, “Unseen Academicals”
Two issues.
1. The flag has been taken by the far right far to long, it’s now associated with that.
2. Telling British people they can’t or shouldn’t do something will always result in them doing said thing.
For the record I couldn’t care less if you want to fly a flag
Normalise going back to calling these people “flag wankers”
There’s someone who I drive past regularly who proudly displays a Union Jack on a proper flagpole in his garden. Sometimes he changes it for a help for heroes flag, and sometimes it’s a rugby flag. For a while it was a MAGA flag though. I’m starting to think he’s subscribed to ‘flag of the month’ if that was a thing!
Patriotism traditionally involves a civic spirit and a willingness to sacrifice for the common liberty of a political community. It is often linked to political virtues and the preservation of political liberty. Nationalism, however, is more about a spiritual attachment to the nation, emphasizing cultural unity and distinctiveness. It often involves a desire for a separate and independent nation, driven by a shared culture, history, and language. This can sometimes lead to a belief in the superiority of one’s nation over others, which is a key distinction from patriotism.
Sure both aspects are being covered. However, let’s not confuse the words. Listen to the individuals to see what their motivation is and then make your mind up.
As a pretty bad Geoguessr player, I really welcome this behaviour, particularly during summer when street view is most active.
Please can South American nations do the same?
Takin bac Britain for the English innit, dont like seein a flag you can go bac to wherever u cum from innit. It’s are cuntry innit. Etc etc ad nauseam
It’s not the Union Jack unless at sea. It’s the Union flag
These days if you say you’re English **you’ll be arrested and you’ll be thrown in jail.**
Immigrants are welcome. If you don’t abide by our laws and customs and are in favour of another law that is less than mindful of females and children, you should be deported straight away. If I went to another country and tried to overturn their laws and rules, they would either put me in prison or deport me straight away. Everyone knows this is the case so let’s not pretend otherwise. The Liberals are the dumbest people I know. They think being nice and accepting everyone’s way of life somehow makes everything work out. The young women and girls that have been raped by grooming gangs would beg to differ.
Can we at least put them at the top of the lampposts so it doesn’t look like we’re in mourning
More the merrier for St George’s and Union jacks. At one point I saw so many palestian flags I thought I was palestine.
The point of raising the flag is make people who are uncomfortable with the flag being flown feel more uncomfortable.
If the British or English flag makes you angry, you’re the problem.
It pains me that they have them all flying at half mast.
Flags should be flown from flagpoles. Lamp posts are inappropriate for the job.
It is disrespectful to fly the flag incorrectly.
It is disrespectful to paint flags on the ground for people to drive or walk on.
These people aren’t proud, they are the type of yobs who would write on a flag or make clothing out of it. They don’t have any pride. They don’t have good bearing. And they don’t know how to treat our flag respectfully.
They are putting them up so councils hve to take them down and they can make it an issue
I don’t even get the hate with England
See in Scotland, we have people flying Union Jacks and/or Scottish flags, no one says anything really
Yet in England if you fly the St Georges cross, you are somehow right wing/racist?