In Britain, every few years some group or another links the strength of your feelings about the country in which you’re born, or raised, or live, to how ardently you choose to display the Union Jack .
Some of these groups also choose the flag as a visual representation of how they feel about those they believe do not have the right to be born, raised, or live in their country.
Let’s not beat around the bush: some of these groups are far-right in their political leanings – and their targets tend to be those of a darker hue.
And before anyone comes at me about the right to free speech, these groups are allowed to believe what they believe, as long as the way in which they choose to get their opinion across doesn’t break the law.
It’s not even as though waving the flag all over the plac