[user104658]

Originally Posted by Greg!

It is NOT allowed and you should have reported it as soon as you saw it.

Originally Posted by Niamh.

An actual ISIS flag? They should be made take it down and they should be arresting them imo

I'd bet good money that what Brillo saw was simply the national flag with arabic of a middle-eastern country (Iraq, Saudi, Yemen etc. have writing on their flags), and not an actual Jihadist black flag.

Not least because an actual ISIS member flying an ISIS flag on their house would be REALLY stupid .

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I'd bet good money that what Brillo saw was simply the national flag with arabic of a middle-eastern country (Iraq, Saudi, Yemen etc. have writing on their flags), and not an actual Jihadist black flag.

Not least because an actual ISIS member flying an ISIS flag on their house would be REALLY stupid .

Yeah

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I'd bet good money that what Brillo saw was simply the national flag with arabic of a middle-eastern country (Iraq, Saudi, Yemen etc. have writing on their flags), and not an actual Jihadist black flag.

Not least because an actual ISIS member flying an ISIS flag on their house would be REALLY stupid .

It wasn't. It was an all black flag and had metal grates over the windows and doors. It looked really sinister.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

It was an all black flag

... so not an ISIS flag

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Withano

... so not an ISIS flag

Alright, what was it then? An all black flag with something written on it flying high on the front of the house.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Alright, what was it then? An all black flag with something written on it flying high on the front of the house.

Sounds like a fabricated story to further a point. Idk tho.

[MB.]

"I don't believe in labels" is a reasoning used for stuff like sexuality, not "I like the Nazis but I don't want to be called a Nazi", just fyi

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Withano

Sounds like a fabricated story to further a point. Idk tho.

Well it wasn't. That may be something you would do but I wouldn't.

The flag was on the front of a semi on a busy main road on the outskirts of London, somewhere between Chelmsford and London. As previously mentioned the house had metal grates/bars over the windows and front door as well. Thousands must have seen it.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I'd bet good money that what Brillo saw was simply the national flag with arabic of a middle-eastern country (Iraq, Saudi, Yemen etc. have writing on their flags), and not an actual Jihadist black flag.

Not least because an actual ISIS member flying an ISIS flag on their house would be REALLY stupid .

I've seen an actual IS flag several times, although not on a house. I've seen one fixed to the front of a a table in East Ham High Street (junction of Pilgrims Way, to be exact) alongside a man - and I use that term in its loosest possible sense - handing out leaflets and yelling into a bullhorn. I've also seen it being carried during demonstrations. It's as much of a disgrace as flying a Nazi flag on my opinion.

As for the USA, I think people in the States have so many freedoms compared to other places in the world that they imagine Freedom of Speech is something that allows them to do and say things just to antagonise... and we all know that's not the purpose of it.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

I've seen an actual IS flag several times, although not on a house. I've seen one fixed to the front of a a table in East Ham High Street (junction of Pilgrims Way, to be exact) alongside a man - and I use that term in its loosest possible sense - handing out leaflets and yelling into a bullhorn. I've also seen it being carried during demonstrations. It's as much of a disgrace as flying a Nazi flag on my opinion.

ISIS and Nazi ideology is pretty much identical anyway, if you think about it. Both are hard right, both are supremacist with the only difference being their definition of what it means to be "chosen" (Nazis it's genetics, ISIS it's religion). Other than that their driving forces and methods they use are chillingly similar. I suppose a major difference is that since Nazis believe in genetic supremacy, they will simply want to wipe out those who aren't like they are... where as ISIS is able and willing to convert those who can be converted and kill those who won't. Which I suppose makes them dangerous in different ways.