Brits, what's going on with people showing the England flag all of a sudden?
Heard people are using it to scare immigrants which is obviously awful. Saw 2 of them today during a walk which weren't there before... Seeing this hate against coloured people spreading around the world is NOT what I want to deal with or see. It's sick. Can we please just treat eachother with respect?? Just be kind, it's not hard...
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To summarise briefly, some gullible people who accept uncritically anything served to them through their social media feeds, had a little too much time on their hands during the school holidays and thought it would be a good idea to present themselves as victims of a non-existent "establishment" plot to deny them certain rights. In the traditional and time honoured English manner this manifested itself in vandalism of public property 😞
@SunshineGirl That's true, but unfortunately there's no way to tell if people are using the flag because they like the country or because they're using it for racism.
So the better option would be to just use the union jack instead, far right people are just using the England flag
@JJones I have always preferred the union flag because it includes other British nations that I feel connected with. I have no objection to people who like the St George Cross, but it is too closely associated in my mind with exclusion and violence.
