JamesGoblin [he/him] to politics • 1 year ago"Independent British Politics",from an old USSR paperimagemessage-square15 fedilinkarrow-up1112cross-posted to: politics
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minus-squareWheaties [she/her]hexbear30·1 year agoYou shouldn't be allowed to pick an animal outside your hemisphere for a national symbol. link
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear17·1 year agoLook man the Scottish have a unicorn and the Welsh have a dragon. Clearly the UK doesn't agree with that rule link
minus-squareWheaties [she/her]hexbear14·1 year agoImaginary creatures are fine and actually cooler. Just don't pick a lion if there's no lions on your island . and a premptive 'fuck you' to anyone who points at a zoo link
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]hexbear8·edit-21 year agoDoes the Tower of London count as a zoo? It technically wasn't. They kept Barbary Lions (and a bunch of other exotic animals) in the Tower of London and it's how it ended up as the symbol of England, practice started in the 1200s. link
minus-squareJustice@lemmygrad.mlhexbear11·1 year agonervous American googles if bald eagle is indigenous "Whew. I think we're safe, boys." linkfedilink
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear14·1 year agoyour whole country isn't indigenous link
minus-squareGriffithDidNothingWrong [comrade/them]hexbear12·1 year agoBenjamin Franklin wanted to go with the turkey because he thought eagles were assholes link
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them]MAhexbear10·1 year agoHe ain't wrong. But dude should've gone with ravens because those madlads are bigger assholes than eagles and will bully them for the lols. link
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlhexbear6·1 year agoTurkey was and still is much more important for the country. French have chicken and no fucks given about it, so that wouldn't be even that strange. linkfedilink
You shouldn't be allowed to pick an animal outside your hemisphere for a national symbol.
Look man the Scottish have a unicorn and the Welsh have a dragon. Clearly the UK doesn't agree with that rule
Imaginary creatures are fine and actually cooler. Just don't pick a lion if there's no lions on your island
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and a premptive 'fuck you' to anyone who points at a zoo
Does the Tower of London count as a zoo? It technically wasn't.
They kept Barbary Lions (and a bunch of other exotic animals) in the Tower of London and it's how it ended up as the symbol of England, practice started in the 1200s.
oh fuck the ankh-morpork hippos were real
lmao yes
nervous American googles if bald eagle is indigenous
"Whew. I think we're safe, boys."
your whole country isn't indigenous
Benjamin Franklin wanted to go with the turkey because he thought eagles were assholes
He ain't wrong. But dude should've gone with ravens because those madlads are bigger assholes than eagles and will bully them for the lols.
Turkey was and still is much more important for the country. French have chicken and no fucks given about it, so that wouldn't be even that strange.
Counterpoint: lions are cool