• Awoo [she/her]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    You should ask yourself who the people waving this flag define as "English".

      • Awoo [she/her]
        hexagon
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        edit-2
        2 years ago

        Fuck off patsoc. Go somewhere else and defend american communists waving the american flag, it's the same fucking thing. Seriously do not want to receive another message from you. Period.

          • Awoo [she/her]
            hexagon
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            edit-2
            2 years ago

            Believe you pay infinite times more attention to those people than I do.

            You are those people

              • Awoo [she/her]
                hexagon
                ·
                2 years ago

                :england-cool: :england-cool: :england-cool: :england-cool: :england-cool:

                  • Awoo [she/her]
                    hexagon
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                    2 years ago

                    What people do you think waving the English flag is "getting on their side" ? And what people do you think it is alienating to? Given its usage outside of sports is regarded as racism.

                    I'll ask you again. Who do you think the people waving this flag define as "English" ?

                      • Awoo [she/her]
                        hexagon
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                        2 years ago

                        but you can’t do it by calling the people who use them racist when they only use them because it represents their country and they’re not even thinking of the bad things it might symbolize

                        I don't think you quite understand how thoroughly the English flag is used to represent "England for the English" type of rhetoric. Outside of the sports context (the only justified use of it today) the people waving the English flag rather than the union jack are doing so to intentionally make a statement about being white, it is utilised in all cases as a dogwhistle for anglo-white English racism.

                        This is why "Who do you define as English?" is such an important question here. I guarantee you that someone with afro-caribbean ethnicity (quite common in the UK) or indian or pakistan ethnicity, but born in England, is not considered "real English" to the people who fly this flag. I stress the outside of sports part here.