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Flag waving

TheCatWoman

It seems that the English flag is being used again as a symbol of nationalism, being paraded around the streets by those wanting rid of asylum seekers and placed in gardens.

Do you feel comfortable with it? I don't, for me it's tainted by Neo Nazi's and other fascists, or for football.

In Britain we've never had a habit of flag use and worship like some other countries, mostly seen in America and I wouldn't like us to acquire the habit. 

Am I the only one to find it ironic that St George was a Turk? He supplanted St Edmund as Englands national saint on a whim of Richard the Lionheart, we have lots of native saints to choose from, St Alban, St Edward, St Thomas A'Becket, St Hilda, and so many more often more obscure ones like St Petroc or St Willibrord.

I also feel uncomfortable that as a non Christian the flag is a blatently Christian religious symbol, at least in Wales we have Ye Ddraig Goch, The Red Dragon, nice and mythological and non religious.

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  • I don't feel comfortable with it at all. It's very alarming to see. I assumed it was a world cup thing, but never knew anyone to paint roundabouts when that was around, I was suspicious, especially as I don't really have pride for the UK (As a British Citizen too mind you). Then it turns out a bunch of fascists were branding it to combat immigration and racism.

    And the evidence for the claims supporting their protests? - Scaremongering (AKA, GB News, who are also on TikTok, so it's reaching younger people too)

    If this is how gullible they are, the next group it will be is either going to be disabled people or women. Someone vulnerable for sure.  

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  • I don't feel comfortable with it at all. It's very alarming to see. I assumed it was a world cup thing, but never knew anyone to paint roundabouts when that was around, I was suspicious, especially as I don't really have pride for the UK (As a British Citizen too mind you). Then it turns out a bunch of fascists were branding it to combat immigration and racism.

    And the evidence for the claims supporting their protests? - Scaremongering (AKA, GB News, who are also on TikTok, so it's reaching younger people too)

    If this is how gullible they are, the next group it will be is either going to be disabled people or women. Someone vulnerable for sure.  

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