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Background r/flags is normally a pretty chill place where people talk about flags and make up their own flags for various places. However, it's a semi regular occurrence that people will ask for help identifying flags their neighbors are flying that turn out to be (semi) obscure fascist/far right/neo nazi in origin. r/vexillologycirclejerk is typically a pretty funny satire sub about flags. vexillology is the study of flags. The United Kingdom and Their Racist Flag Problem The Union Jack, the flag that represents the United Kingdom is more or less the combination of three saltires, or emblems, of saints who represent the component nations within the UK: The red cross is the St George's Cross and represents England The red "x" is the Saltire of St Patrick and represents Northern Ireland The white "x" on the blue backgroud is the St Andrew's Cross and represents Scotland Wales is shit out of luck The St George's Cross is the flag of England, which does not get used a lot for official purposes other than international competitions where England, Scotland, and Wales compete separately. However, the St George's cross has long been used by right wing English nationalist groups. Post Brexit, this has evolved into widespread adoption by the racist far right who are currently attempting to co-opt and control the St George's Cross as a way of flying under the radar and attracting normies to their cause. There has been significant angst in the national press over the last couple years about whether the St George's Cross is becoming a hate symbol like the Confederate flag in the US. Soccer Stuff Arsenal, or more properly Arse Anal, is an English Premier League soccer team based in Islington, North London. Their flag incorporates the St George's Cross, as they are based in England. Despite being ranked first in the league, they are currently being accused of "bottling" or choking under pressure for playing poorly in a game. The Drama (Not Affiliated with A24, Robert Pattinson, or Zendaya) Earlier today, an Arsenal supporter (ha ha, hee hee) made a post in r/flags asking if the team flag he has over his bed comes off as racist, due to the far right cooptation of the St George's Cross at marches and political demonstrations. He specifically referenced the EDL or English Defense League. That post was pretty chill except for an American Ice Hockey Fan: omg you people can't do anything with another guy agreeing: It’s a wonder how they make it through life. Existence must be miserable but OP is unruffled, and it's what happened next that caused the real drama. A whole wave of generative AI parodies got posted. Some of them are just silly like the one that replaced the canon with a water bottle referencing the team "bottling," and people showed up not getting the joke. Another one involved a flag for death metal band Christian Death, who have had some unsettling lyrics in the past, but are no Burzum. The obligatory Nazi variant got posted and it was locked. OP of the original post appears remorsefully: what have i done Crimes against humanity (be an arsenal supporter) Another comment that got deleted by the mods really pissed people off: That’s like asking “what’s wrong with starving to death?” Lol it’s just an irrational and destructive way to be Profile pic checks out my god delete this fucking comment and leave you're embarassing yourself "Racism" as in acknowledging that there are socially relevant traits which are distributed differently among different racial groups, and that this distribution is in part genetically determined? Nothing at all. In fact, the hysteria against academics who dare dispute the equality thesis is ridiculous. "Racism" as in accepting the above but then denying that variance causes a lot of overlap, so that the rational (and moral) course of action is treating everyone as an individual? A lot, actually. Judging everyone by their group average is both morally and logically bankrupt. Sadly the people who are nuanced enough to accept both of these claims are like completely non-existent. The deleted comment must have been wild. Shit finally got real when someone posted an Ole Miss flag belonging to the University of Mississippi football (not soccer) team. The usual types appeared: Who cares. Should the 100 or so people who own it be put on a watchlist? If you're small minded and know nothing about history and a Yankee from up north then yes It's cringe, but its not racist. Then the usual fight about "democrats" and "republicans" breaks out: It's hilarious that this flag gets called racist by the very party that created the damn thing Dishonest or a moron? I think both It’s hilarious that people think parties cannot change over the course of 160 years I mean Eisenhower was a Republican who was fine a top income tax rate of 90%. Why do Republican heads explode if someone says, let’s raise the tax rate on high-income citizens? I mean it’s only been 70 years. Someone dunks on the confederacy: They fought to preserve slavery, lost and were a pariah state for it's 4 years of existence. No country recognized the confederacy as a legitimate country. The confederacy barely lasted longer than the Cleveland show. and a guy with a crusader flag/Pete Hegseth chest tattoo pfp pipes up: The British empire recognized them as independent no one enjoyed that: Among other things that wouldn't be recommended yes because they were dependent on cheap southern slave cotton and they gave no further support once Lincoln said fuck yall u dont get cotton while we at war (Fun historical fact, the UK textile factory owners sure did fly Confederate flags during the war and the largely Irish laborers in the factories raised money for emancipated slaves.) Meanwhile, there are a couple versions of the arsenal flag post including derogatory racist imagery 1 and 2 still up. There's also this unrelated ongoing shit show. 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just because I had an anime pfp, and it's not even girl or hentai or whatnot. The video is soccer related, nothing to do with anime/manga. submitted by /u/Keyr23 to r/PrematureTruncation [link] [comments]

I sincerely find it insane that people can say that with a straight face..... submitted by /u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ to r/Megaman [link] [comments]

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