Aren't we? You know a lot of people on the left and in liberal circles (mostly the middle classes it seems) like to claim that the english are racist and so is any attempt at fostering an English identity.
Well no... Surely rather than criticising the behaviour of people around the world cup and other big events, why not encourage people to come together under a shared English identity?
Rather than encouraging people to describe themselves as "Afro-carribean" or Muslim, or "Anglo-Saxon" why not just say English?
Maybe that gay English flag is just another example of the latent fascism of the English people...
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I don't understand, what does a gay flag have to do with racism?
It doesnt have anything to do with racism, I just found it on google image search and thought I'd chuck it in as an example of inclusive 'Englishnes' bit cackhanded I know.
I see. Well, you may have a point; there does seem to be a certain demographic that is both racist and homophobic, perhaps one reason why there seems to be such little racism down here in Brighton.
Just to be clear - I'm trying to pointout that the English flag and English patriots are not automatically bigoted in anyway.
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