23-11-2014, 02:31
(This post was last modified: 23-11-2014, 02:34 by St Charles Owl.)
(23-11-2014, 02:23)spireitematt Wrote:(23-11-2014, 02:16)St Charles Owl Wrote: At the end of the day its our national flag, so anyone should be allowed to fly it with pride!! In fact it should be encouraged, the only way to make it irrelevant to right wing parties is for ordinary folk to use it, show it and be proud of it. There is nothing wrong with being patriotic and proud of your country, and the flag is one of the ways to represent that.
Very true Charles. Do you fly a British or English flag in the states?
No, a lot of Americans fly the flag outside their homes and out of respect I choose not to fly a flag of any type. I do though wear a lot more clothing here with the flag on it than I ever did when I lived in England. I have a couple of England rugby shirts and football shirts as well as a bunch of tshirts with various England words and logos on.
While Americans can be a bit over the top with their patriotism, it is one aspect of them that I like. There truly is nothing wrong with loving your country, as long as its not at the expense or to the detriment of others. A lot of Mexicans fly theiir flag over here and no one minds them doing that, in fact a lot of Americans like that they show their pride in the home country.
One other thing, I tend to wear clothing with the Cross of St George on it rather than the Union Jack, and when asked where I am from I always say England. The UK or Britain doesn't register as much with Yanks as England does, and in a lot of cases they refer to the UK as England anyway, much to the disgust of the Scots I know!!!