In my experience most of the hate I have seen toward the flags are not due to their history but due to those who are going out of their way to raise them.
Since I’ve been born, everyone around me and everyone I know has not cared for our flag or whether it is raised and from what I’ve seen, a lot of people throughout the nation also do not care. Due to this, people are displeased with this Operation because in a country where most people do not care for our flag, the few that do are raising it not for patriotism but because “we are being invaded” and as a way to take a stand against foreign people, or more specifically people of colour.
Whilst some may be raising it because they love their country, this operation is a movement largely based on racism due to the current political climate and their comeback is typically “oh we can’t have our own flag in our country?” however many fail to educate themselves on the fact that they are vandalising council property such as roundabouts (for example).
So what happens when the flags are removed by the council? More racism and hate toward issues such as Palestine or just Muslims in general.
The issue is, some want our flag to be normalised in the country however that’s very difficult to do with people who are apathetic to the “cause”.
Another thing I found funny was an experience from an immigrant. Apparently, they expressed their immigration status to someone who is against it but said person did not care because the immigrant was white and said person was one of those raising the colours. Obviously, I can’t quote the story and I don’t know what actually happened but with the people I see doing this event for flags (painting a Swiss flag on a roundabout), it wouldn’t surprise me if it was valid.
In summary, like I said: I think the issue is more toward the people raising the colours, not the history of the flags. This is topped by the general population who largely do not care about having flags raised.
In my experience most of the hate I have seen toward the flags are not due to their history but due to those who are going out of their way to raise them.
Since I’ve been born, everyone around me and everyone I know has not cared for our flag or whether it is raised and from what I’ve seen, a lot of people throughout the nation also do not care. Due to this, people are displeased with this Operation because in a country where most people do not care for our flag, the few that do are raising it not for patriotism but because “we are being invaded” and as a way to take a stand against foreign people, or more specifically people of colour.
Whilst some may be raising it because they love their country, this operation is a movement largely based on racism due to the current political climate and their comeback is typically “oh we can’t have our own flag in our country?” however many fail to educate themselves on the fact that they are vandalising council property such as roundabouts (for example).
So what happens when the flags are removed by the council? More racism and hate toward issues such as Palestine or just Muslims in general.
The issue is, some want our flag to be normalised in the country however that’s very difficult to do with people who are apathetic to the “cause”.
Another thing I found funny was an experience from an immigrant. Apparently, they expressed their immigration status to someone who is against it but said person did not care because the immigrant was white and said person was one of those raising the colours. Obviously, I can’t quote the story and I don’t know what actually happened but with the people I see doing this event for flags (painting a Swiss flag on a roundabout), it wouldn’t surprise me if it was valid.
In summary, like I said: I think the issue is more toward the people raising the colours, not the history of the flags. This is topped by the general population who largely do not care about having flags raised.