[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I didn’t notice it was Ireland to be fair.

The rest of the point stands though - they weren’t adding Syrian or Iraqi flags OR accepting tonnes of refugees. That’s not to single out Ireland of course - the same is true of the whole of Europe. Visible support of Ukraine is “trendy”. That’s not to say that people SHOULDNT support civilian victims of war, wherever that war may be, of course they should, but… reasoning isn’t irrelevant.

It is trendy but then it's not the only thing on this flag that's an attempt at that. Some things just grab the publics attention and the Ukraine war is one of those although over time people will become desensitised to it unfortunately as always happens and those flags on twitter handles will fade away. I'd say that's partly why there's not similar shows of support to the countries you mentioned - because the Middle East has been a hotbed of conflict for years and years

[Beso]

Originally Posted by MTVN

It is trendy but then it's not the only thing on this flag that's an attempt at that. Some things just grab the publics attention and the Ukraine war is one of those although over time people will become desensitised to it unfortunately as always happens and those flags on twitter handles will fade away. I'd say that's partly why there's not similar shows of support to the countries you mentioned - because the Middle East has been a hotbed of conflict for years and years

Or it could be as simple as the colour of their skin is more acceptable to the LGBT community.