Comment on 'Criminal' flag-raising causing alarm and distress, court told

Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Except the flags are poorly put up pieces of shitty polyester.

  We all know which country we’re in, we don’t need violence and plastic waste littering the streets to remind us.

  It’s not patriotism, it’s brain dead virtue signaling. Patriotism would involve improving the lives of people in this country, this achieves nothing but make the place worse.

  source

  • towerful@programming.dev ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I fucking hate the flag-shagging.

    Some folks tried that in Edinburgh, and they were taken down in a few days. Then put up again. Then taken down again.
    Cheap polyester madie-in-china tat cable tied to lampposts.
    It’s not patriotic, it’s insipid and cliche.

    source
  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ideally we should have flags and improve people’s lives imho

    Flags on lampposts is a common thing where I live. They’ve specially adapted the lampposts to accommodate them in some places, to make it look nice and tidy. Works well.

    source

    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sounds like hell on earth

      source

      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Nah, best part of the UK

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• thomas@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  [deleted]

  source

  • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s the fact that the only groups mobilising people to put flags on lampposts are the far-right ones. For migrant or LGBT folks living there, the flags are a constant reminder that people who hate them are close by and organised.

    source

    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s why everyone should use the national flag. It’ll take it back. A good example is the Labour Party beginning to prominently use it.

      source

      • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Not everyone wants to shag the flag though. It would be nice to get on with our lives without it being shoved in our faces. People shouldnt be compelled to be patriotic

        source

        • -> View More Comments
  • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What about the Nazi flag? Could easily cause alarm and distress. Just because you don’t perceive something as likely to cause distress, doesn’t mean that someone else does if fact get distressed by it.

    source

    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The difference is, the Union Flag and St George’s Cross represent the they’re placed in. The Nazi flag represents Nazi Germany. The problem is that mainly right wingers are using the national flag. I think everyone should be using it.

      source
  • Fluke@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A shitty flag made in China and cable tied to a lamppost suggests there is at least one racist piece of shit nearby.

    To anyone non-white, that is a cause for alarm and distress. The fact you can’t conceive that notion speaks volumes about you.

    source

    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Depends where you live tbf

      source