My ex from Norway mentioned how unusual it was that so many places and people here fly our flag (USA), so I was curious to hear what it’s like for others here on the fediverse.

  • Tangentism
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    1 year ago

    UK here. A UK flag is only flown from govt buildings unless it’s some royal event or football but then it’s usually the individual national flag such as England, Scotland, Wales, etc

    The union flag & the St George cross (Englands flag) were co-opted by the far right in the 70s so flying one outside of the occasions named above had other people mark you as a bit of a nationalist & to be weary of you.

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      1 year ago

      Northern Ireland is also part of UK. When I lived in the UK people would always ask me about northern Ireland because I’m Irish. My response: “It’s your country mate, not mine”