There’s been a steady rise in cases in some parts of England where raising the St George’s flag has become synonymous with hostility towards immigrants. That’s why it’s considered as a cause of ‘alarm and distress’, at least in this case. Especially given the background of this guy who’s been doing it.
So this isn’t just a case of an overreaction to a harmless act of national pride (which is what some might come away with if they didn’t read the article or know the context).
It’s a shame that the flag has become a proxy for racism. Not least because a lot of people put up the flag purely out of pride and with no malicious subtext.
But you can usually tell the areas where there’s a racist undertone because they have a ridiculous number of flags up.
Yeah I think they changed the headline, because now it says “UK flag-raising group”, which makes it ambiguous about whether the flags or the group is of the UK. But I think they mean the group, because they’re primarily raising the English flag of St. George, as a white nationalist symbol.
There’s been a steady rise in cases in some parts of England where raising the St George’s flag has become synonymous with hostility towards immigrants. That’s why it’s considered as a cause of ‘alarm and distress’, at least in this case. Especially given the background of this guy who’s been doing it.
So this isn’t just a case of an overreaction to a harmless act of national pride (which is what some might come away with if they didn’t read the article or know the context).
It’s a shame that the flag has become a proxy for racism. Not least because a lot of people put up the flag purely out of pride and with no malicious subtext.
But you can usually tell the areas where there’s a racist undertone because they have a ridiculous number of flags up.
Edit: fixed some typos.
In Canada, it was normal to have a flag on your house or car or whatever. Not a whole bunch, but one.
Then the pandemic happened, people went crazy, and the far right decided that they’d use MORE Canada flags to signal their craziness.
As the number of Canadian flags on a car or house increased, so too did the chance they were crazy… exponentially!
Yeah I think they changed the headline, because now it says “UK flag-raising group”, which makes it ambiguous about whether the flags or the group is of the UK. But I think they mean the group, because they’re primarily raising the English flag of St. George, as a white nationalist symbol.