Racism under the guise of 'legitimate concerns' with asylum seekers
this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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This. Watch This is England, it's essentially the same thing now, except a lot worse.
It's a 'national pride' statement. It's been going on for over a week now.
People have been putting them up in protest to the channel crossing debacle that's going on at the moment.
Imo it's absolutely embarrassing, Xenophobic, and churlish.
Nothing says "national pride" like ordering thousands of flags probably from China
And then putting half of them upside down.
There are so many Union Jack's hanging upside down round here...
Someone should convince 'em to hang the English flags upside down
(they're symmetrical)
Or from what I have heard about... Buying them back off people who have taken them down!
I've read stories about right wing extremists using the English flag as a mean to show their support towards anti-immigration sentiments and to make immigrant people feel unwecomed in their neighborhoods but I am not really in the loop and I would wait for someone more knowledgeable than me to provide you with an explanation, especially because you identified the area pretty well. Could be that there's a festivity going around I am not aware of and that there could be a not-so-dark explanation for all the flags
It's not a festivity.
Where is "here"?
West Yorkshire.
Do you mean 🏴?
Were are you from?
I do. And, West Yorkshire.
In an area I drove through last week, they've spray paintied a red cross on every white mini round about hump as well.
This would make me want to spray paint a cock and balls on it just so the council will hurry up and repaint it.
There are other symbols of hate that you can easily make a red "plus" sign into.