have been told that the English get a hard time if they fly their flag in England , which i find bizarre ...
2007-03-17 06:14:44 · 12 answers · asked by jizzumonkey 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Racism is not always about skin colour ....
2007-03-17 22:58:05 · update #1
1. It's just another example of phoney anti-racists coming up with daft ideas. Sadly, these Islington types are all over the place, devising ideas for their better world, at their all-white middle-class dinner parties. Most of them do not even socialise with the people they think they are helping, and so they don't know what is actually required - hence all the tokenist gestures that get inflicted upon us.
2. In the 1990s, I lived in Milton Keynes, which had a free open-air festival, in the summer. The organisers adamantly refused to have a beer tent, because it would deter muslims. So every year they had an alcohol-free festival, but still no muslims. It never occurred to the organisers that if they genuinely wanted to encourage muslims, then they should have moved the musical content of the festival away from one that was almost exclusively blues and rock, and introduced some bands that actually had some Islamic relevance.
3. Personally I am for multiculturalism, but whilst white middle-class liberals control local authorities, voluntary associations and the media, we are always going to get these farcical ideas imposed upon us. They do not take the cause of a multicultural society any further forward - on the contrary they engender ill will and hostility.
2007-03-17 06:20:42 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flying flags is a great idea, why, even today I saw a fantastic flag flying near where I live, it was the flag of Owain Glyndwr, it's lots of lions on the flag with the colours yellow and orange, neet! (Owain Glyndwr was the last Welsh leader to whoop the English
2007-03-17 06:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by Greybeard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have an allegedly racist group called The British National Party who have comandeered our flag as its own. Therefore the link between those who fly the flag is quite wrongly made. Also our football supporters like to fly it too which also links wrongly to football hooliganism . We also have namby pamby foolish politicians who think we should not be proud of Nationalism and flying our flag because they think it promotes racism. What an idiotic,weak,ineffectual dangerous,money-squandering government we have here in The UK.
2007-03-17 06:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all the correct term for everyone flying a flag, in their particular country would be "nationalistic", not racist. It has nothing what-so-ever to do with the colour of your skin. It's a national or country thing.
2007-03-17 16:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by graywolf1949 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is bizarre, just like you say. but it is considered that we may be offending the immigrants. I think its taking all sense of pride away from us. I will fly the flag any time I wish to, it`s my Country and I`m proud of it.
2007-03-17 06:27:38 · answer #5 · answered by JoJo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this type of questions is starting to get BORING. it is not seen as racist, people are just believing all the crap they read in right wing stupid newspapers like the daily male. i am an ethnic minority in the uk, & i have no prob with the english flag at all, i fly it! i think if people stopped being so afraid of embracing their culture& accepting the differences between cultures instead of trying to mingle it into one, there would be a lot less problems.
2007-03-18 02:36:25 · answer #6 · answered by helen b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah its true... every other culture is allowed to but we get called racist and what have you by flying our flag, even for when the world cup was on... im sorry but that aint right... it intergrates with the christmas oops i mean WINTER lights thing!!! its pathetic... how come everyone else is allowed to do it but when we do its racist?! confused. I hated that i couldn't support my team without someone saying i was a racist... how nice!!
2007-03-17 06:20:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What do you expect from scottish rule of Britain that panders to the minority?
Its backfired though and more people wave the flag where i live than ever before.
2007-03-17 06:20:10 · answer #8 · answered by Mohammed A 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't know but its classed as offencive to the ethnic minorities in this country which is out of order. its politically incorrect if we fly the George flag for football that is why our government is crap
2007-03-17 06:21:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only from the Left whingers and the Media who create racism where there is none
2007-03-17 06:18:31 · answer #10 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋