Like so much, it’s about context. St George’s day, England playing football, New Year’s Eve in London, last night of the proms, all fairly normal places to fly flags. Sticking 17 of them round an Indian family’s house or standing outside a “migrant hotel” etc, a bit threatening. It’s not really difficult.
A day after a deadly attack at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, Neville posted a video online to say he had removed the flag from his property because it was being “used in a negative fashion”, as he urged his followers to question what it means to be patriotic.
Nah that’s an absolutely cringe reason. I don’t like Britain first. Also, the attack was done by a Jihadist, not a self-proclaimed “patriot”.
Take back the Union Jack. 🇬🇧 This is the flag of the WHOLE Kingdom and of her other realms and territories. Not some bigot or fascist’s flag.
Okay, and? Racists breathe (unfortunately) should we stop breathing also? There are plenty of people who identify as Christian but are hateful bigots, does that mean I shouldn’t be a Christian? If you started flying the Union Jack and St George’s cross more, the racists would find something else if this was the case.
What a dumb argument re: breathing. As before context. Their breathing isn’t specifically being used to target people even if it results in people being targeted. If everyone started flying flags all the time (which is frankly bizarre, there’s no historical precedent for this and frankly people who go all out over a flag in England have always been seen as a bit weird) the racists would see it as vindication and support.
which is frankly bizarre, there’s no historical precedent for this and frankly people who go all out over a flag in England have always been seen as a bit weird
Like so much, it’s about context. St George’s day, England playing football, New Year’s Eve in London, last night of the proms, all fairly normal places to fly flags. Sticking 17 of them round an Indian family’s house or standing outside a “migrant hotel” etc, a bit threatening. It’s not really difficult.
I think this was about putting them on streets, not around indian family’s homes
Would this persuade you otherwise?
Nah that’s an absolutely cringe reason. I don’t like Britain first. Also, the attack was done by a Jihadist, not a self-proclaimed “patriot”.
Take back the Union Jack. 🇬🇧 This is the flag of the WHOLE Kingdom and of her other realms and territories. Not some bigot or fascist’s flag.
Cringe reason or not it’s hard to deny it’s not being co-opted by far right organisations for racist reasons.
Okay, and? Racists breathe (unfortunately) should we stop breathing also? There are plenty of people who identify as Christian but are hateful bigots, does that mean I shouldn’t be a Christian? If you started flying the Union Jack and St George’s cross more, the racists would find something else if this was the case.
What a dumb argument re: breathing. As before context. Their breathing isn’t specifically being used to target people even if it results in people being targeted. If everyone started flying flags all the time (which is frankly bizarre, there’s no historical precedent for this and frankly people who go all out over a flag in England have always been seen as a bit weird) the racists would see it as vindication and support.
On VE day? That would most certainly come under special occasions, no? We’re talking about day to day hanging of flags in the street.