• crawancon@lemm.ee
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    can you explain the racism part of it to a non brit? like I’m five /stupid american pls

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      The EDL often used the England St George Cross flag. The National Front used the British Union Jack flag.

      I think the only other time you see our flags apart from sport, is for royal family related days off work, which about all they’re good for.

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      Not OP, but British, seems you only really see them on house for football as previously stated and on the houses of people that tend to be ignorant and/or racist so they fly the Union Jack St George Cross Flag as a means to be patriotic to this shit hole.

      Edit: Put the wrong flag, as evidently I’m a moron today.

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        Worse if it’s the St George Cross imo. I’ve never understood the “away with immigrants” argument from a nation of immigrants. Do they think life evolved in the UK?

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          That’s the flag I meant. I’m just a moron today apparently.

          They’ve just been conditioned to target their frustrations at the wrong people by the media they consume.

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          Yes - just like the American ones as well.