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.
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thomas@feddit.uk 1 day ago[deleted]
Denjin@feddit.uk 1 day ago
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.
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.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Depends where you live tbf
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.
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.
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
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 22 hours ago
The term “flag shagger” is so uniquely British because for whatever reason we are one of the few countries in the world that seems to hate ourselves. They felt the need to neuter the coronation to cater to the whining of people who weren’t even going to watch it in the first place. So it creates a reactionary response.