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

• 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

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨23⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The people doing this use the flag intentionally because it makes it almost impossible to complain about it. They’ve highjacked the flag and warped what it stands for.

      There is also an element of 90’s football hooliganism. Before this recent right-wing stunt, when I see a st Georges flag raised my first thought is the person raising it is a football idiot.

      So I don’t think it’s people hating their country or the flags specifically, it’s more about disliking the morons who use it and what they think it stands for.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Then unwarp it. Our forefathers fought and many died for what that flag truly represents.

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    • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nations are dumb and I don’t care about the monarch or have any strong feelings, positive or negative, toward the flag. Sue me.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So there’s no problem with there being crowns and jacks everywhere then? Especially if put up with good intentions

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