[Jessica.]

And now after this insightful conversation we can think about why someone might fly a Palestinian flag, is it likely because they agree with one terrorist group or because they are showing support for the Palestinian people who have been and are still being murdered, displaced, injured, orphaned.. I could go on.

[Parmy]

You can deny it all you want, you know it's true.



And you can claim it to be true all you want, but until you actually talk to the home owners you know diddly Jack **** about their reasons, same as the rest of us.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Beso

You can deny it all you want, you know it's true.



And you can claim it to be true all you want, but until you actually talk to the home owners you know diddly Jack **** about their reasons, same as the rest of us.

Nonsense, humans are extremely social creatures and excellent at pattern recognition, meaning speculations on motivation are very often 100% correct.

We didn't get where we are as a civilisation by not being able to quite accurately make social assessments, blundering through life saying "Oh I dunno it could be anything!". Come on now.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

Nonsense, humans are extremely social creatures and excellent at pattern recognition, meaning speculations on motivation are very often 100% correct.

We didn't get where we are as a civilisation by not being able to quite accurately make social assessments, blundering through life saying "Oh I dunno it could be anything!". Come on now.

Luckily you wernt around in Nazi Germany pointing out suspected jews who you had never met, to the SS


Are you sure he's a jew TS, he's very good at skiing.

Yes mein fuhrer, look at the nose on him.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Beso

Luckily you wernt around in Nazi Germany pointing out suspected jews who you had never met, to the SS

I doubt many of them were hanging the Star of David from their window for anyone to point out?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Beso

Luckily you wernt around in Nazi Germany pointing out suspected jews who you had never met, to the SS


Are you sure he's a jew TS, he's very good at skiing.

Yes mein fuhrer, look at the nose on him.

Very odd to conflate someone's physical appearance with the choice to hang a Union Jack in their window, these are not even vaguely related Parmy, you're essentially arguing that no one should make assumptions based on appearance (which is correct, but ironically, not something most of your pals on this forum are very good at ) but you can make assumptions based on people's choices - such as flying a flag.

What you're saying is more akin to saying that in WW2, Jewish people shouldn't have hidden from SS officers coming down their street, because the uniform and Nazi flag might have been totally innocent and if you talked to them, you might find out that they actually really like Jewish people. Wild.

[Parmy]

Your assumptions can be detrimental to your flag flying neighbours, and you have no leg to stand on in regards to assuming things..its divisive, and without fact.

[Parmy]

Any person of any nationality can freely and proudly fly their nation's flag without comment or a 2nd thought given..

Not you though, your English, how dare you show pride in your country you big racist bigot that you are..


"Hi, jock, your saltire took a battering in that wind last night. Maybe tie it down next time" like that nazi basrard eirh the english flag next door did"

"Oh hi TS, yeah, it did, wish i had done the same as Simon"


"Oh, is that his name!, I've never spoken to him before"

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Beso

Your assumptions can be detrimental to your flag flying neighbours, and you have no leg to stand on in regards to assuming things..its divisive, and without fact.

Nah 99.9% of people flying a Union Jack from their house voted for Brexit and are probably voting Reform (unless they're still clinging to their Tory roots). That is my assumption and I'm confident in it. I'm sorry that I'm not willing to bend to your worldview where everyone is nice and peaceful and you can't make assumptions about them being xenophobic dickholes, but I'm happy enough with my viewpoint, thanks all the same.

Like I said it wasn't the case 10 years ago, the Union Jack has increasingly come to symbolise ultranationalist tendancies since Indy/Brexit/etc but that has nothing to do with "me", it's just a sociological fact.

Just like it was the EDL who trashed the St George's cross and them who are responsible for its now shocking reputation.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

And now after this insightful conversation we can think about why someone might fly a Palestinian flag, is it likely because they agree with one terrorist group or because they are showing support for the Palestinian people who have been and are still being murdered, displaced, injured, orphaned.. I could go on.

I mean if I'm going to be really blunt and non-partisan here I would say this:

Frankly most people flying any flag have no idea why they're flying it, beyond that they know "other people are doing it" / joining in. That applies in all of the above scenarios honestly. Some people are flying flags because of a political ideology, other people are flying them because Bob next door is flying them, and they're not sure what's going on, but hey, they usually agree with Bob.

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

And now after this insightful conversation we can think about why someone might fly a Palestinian flag, is it likely because they agree with one terrorist group or because they are showing support for the Palestinian people who have been and are still being murdered, displaced, injured, orphaned.. I could go on.

It will no doubt be a far left Nazi, showing their street how much they hate the jews.