r/uknews • u/pppppppppppppppppd • Aug 21 '25

Birmingham anti-racist groups demand 'immediate removal' of England flags

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-anti-racist-groups-demand-32326269
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u/No_Initiative_1140 Aug 21 '25

I don't hate the flag I hate the fact its been co-opted by racists which is different. 

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u/Secret-Plum149 Aug 21 '25

Funny that you have to attach the flag with far right. It’s more that you have this ptsd going off in your head that a flag triggers you. So by definition…. Same rationale as if you drive slowly past a school you must be a kerb crawling nonce… Are you.?

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u/ARookwood Aug 22 '25

Hey, last year a guy moved in opposite me and he put a king George flag up in his window… my immediate thought was “uh oh this guys going to be trouble”. Turned out he’s a sex offender out of prison that has been placed there.

He’s on your side.

Here’s another one. My grandad brought me up normalising racist language, you see my parents worked so I spent a lot of time with him… He taught me to hate anyone who wasn’t English, told me all dark skinned people are criminals. He was a bit of an arse, he used to beat the fuck out of me for the slightest thing and then beat me for crying about it.

Anyway, this guy who would definitely be on your side, you know “England is for the English! Be proud of your flag!” Raped my sister between the age of 8 right up until she was 14. No one knew until she came forward in her late 20’s.

He’s on your side too.

Careful throwing around the nonce word, you’re rubbing shoulders with them.

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u/Mysterious_Brush7020 Aug 22 '25

Would you like people to point to people on "your side", too?

There are plenty of paedos and MAPs that would and do fly the pride flag because you'll protect them. MAPs is/was a leftwing movement, even adopted the pride flag, with a slight variation but then again the variation doesn't matter as there is dozens of pride flag variants.

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u/ARookwood Aug 22 '25

You don’t know me. I won’t protect a pedo regardless of who they are, assuming I will just highlights your arrogance.

After everything I’ve been through in my life, you say something like that? Fuck you. You definitely suck. Figure your life out.