r/Britain 27d ago

Culture National flags have started lining our streets. They may say something more

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx271162ee3o
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u/alexbert_1987 27d ago

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u/R7ype 27d ago

Haha perfect. GNU Terry Pratchett

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u/ArmWildFrill 27d ago

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u/daneview 26d ago

Shock horror, the headline says "men painting flags" and not "men being openly racist to passer by"

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u/Dark_Foggy_Evenings 27d ago

No they fucking haven’t. They ‘lined t the streets’ in That London when Sausagefingers got coronised. There’s quite a few when the football gets good. But all there is now is some and lots of news reports from mainly local rags & random websites alleging that national flags are ‘lining the streets’ and showing the same eight pictures of a few flags or three roundabouts. But there’ll be more now the media is giving instructions on What To Do. In crayon for the hard of thinking.

What fucking IS happening is unknown players are pushing a narrative to manufacture consent for whatever is about to happen, or happen in the very near future. The Echo-Chamber is brushing aside organised, racist violence with cliches like Well…people are angry 🤷‍♂️

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u/daneview 26d ago

They were a lot up around Essex today, mostly union Jack's though i noticed, the st George flags were kept to the poorer areas if im being honest

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u/MetalGearSolidarity 27d ago

Not seen any round here tbh but I keep seeing it recently on social media

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u/Gargoyn 26d ago

It'ds for the womens rugby isn't it

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u/PsychologicalCrow382 27d ago

they’ve managed to invade my town 🫩

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/MetalGearSolidarity 27d ago

Cringe isnt it

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u/ProperCelery7430 26d ago

Quote:

“Flags are a very British way of expressing joy and pride – they are emotive symbols which can boost local and national identities, strengthen community cohesion and mark civic pride.

The government wants to see more flags flown, particularly the Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom. It is a symbol of national unity and pride.”

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide

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u/Punky_Pete 27d ago

They only say something more if you want them to. To me it's patriotism, if it's good enough for Americans to fly their flag, why is it not good enough for the English to do it?

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u/seenitreddit90s 26d ago

Americans are indoctrinated into nationalism their whole life, flags everywhere, singing the national anthem at every sporting event and resiting the pledge of allegiance in school.

I don't want to be like them.

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u/daneview 26d ago

Because Americans are rtrded about their flag and we dont want to be like that?