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  1. OxR

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    Means **** all to me anall lad. I’m Barnsley and Yorkshire. There’s too many people I have absolutely zero in common with to have any pride in being English.
     
    OxRed, Aug 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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    I have a little social experiment planned.
     
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    Can I bite?
     
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    Let’s just say I’m testing a theory I have, around the actual motivations behind this sudden surge in patriotism.
     
    Marc, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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    If it's painting a roundabout with a Palestinian flag I'd be careful. That counts as an act of terrorism
     
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    I'd love a campaign where non-christian faiths all agree to fly the flag outside their places of worship as a symbol of how proud they are of England's welcoming and multicultural nature. Watch the Facebook flag nonces' heads explode as they try to express why they aren't happy with it without going full mask off racist.

    Celebrate what's good about the country and rob the flag of its power as a racist dog whistle.
     
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    Well I'm glad I'm a quarter Scottish ;).
     
    Stephen Dawson, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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    I await your theory with bated breath but the motivation for the current spate of flag shagging is hardly a secret is it?
     
    OxRed, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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    Definitely won’t be doing that. However it would equally interesting to observe the reaction.
     
    Marc, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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    Born in Turkey, believed to be raised in Palestine.
     
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    Well I’m born and bred in this country, never lived abroad (that’s not a dig at those that are, and have) Pay taxes via PAYE, VAT on purchases etc, etc, The vast majority of my spending is locally and nationally.I donate regularly to local and National charities, In my view I couldn’t be more patriotic. I don’t feel the need to fly a flag and/or point fingers at others. Oh, and along with thousands of others, a Prime Minister said I was ‘The enemy within’
     
    Tarntyke, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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    That’s very true tbf. :D
     
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    Nice chart. Does it apply to other flags?

    Seems like flags are a major source of controversy - sadly. Even in Barcelona where the flag of Catalonia outweighs the flags of Espana.
     
    icer, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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    From what I understand, he's also a hero to several other countries too.
     
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    Growing up in the 1950s I only remember seeing a flag on the town hall. It wasn’t until the world cups and euros of the 1990s when St. George’s flags were at games, bedroom windows and those stalks on car windows. But, it was only during the tournaments. The real proliferation started with Brexit which fuelled Europe xenophobia. The current hysteria of anti-immigration flag waving is not patriotism it is jingoism.
     
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    And he killed a dragon.
     
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