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I'm scratching my head over this. I know the tri-colour has been stolen by anti-vaxxers and racists in the past. Or was there some Irish sporting event recently that I don't know about.

Whoever your neighbour is they probably deserve better than having judgement passed on them because of a flag

 

[egg_]

Actually sorry, that sounds like I'm judging you, doesn't it? Sorry. What I was trying to get at is there's no real point in guessing what they mean - if they're like most neighbours you'll never have any contact with them beyond a "hello" in the street, and if not you'll find out of they have weird political views pretty quick anyway

 

[magicbastarder]

Put up a pride flag and a tricolor

do one slightly better - put up a tricolour where the white section is replaced with a pride rainbow.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

 

[GO]

I would assume they're homophobes until I had more evidence to the contrary

Edit.I probably also wouldn't be able to resist floating about weirdly waiting to ask some leading questions

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I could be wrong about this but whenever I see people who have the tricolour (or any national flag) on display and go in for overt displays of patriotism I usually assume they are not the most sophisticated in the aul brain department.

 

[Anthony]

I would assume they're homophobes until I had more evidence to the contrary

My thinking.

 

[magicbastarder]

Maybe they are supporters of a niche sport and the national team in that sport is in competition that day.

 

[ann post]

You could say nothing, but always wear tricolour hot pants when you go out and about.

 

[egg_]

I could be wrong about this but whenever I see people who have the tricolour (or any national flag) on display and go in for overt displays of patriotism I usually assume they are not the most sophisticated in the aul brain department.

Mrs. egg_'s (now dead) uncle used to always have the tricolour flying outside his house. Had a flagpole and everything. Not a dense man, nor prejudiced in any way that I ever noticed (relative to other culshies his age). Was in the army for years though

 

[JohnnyRaz]

do one slightly better - put up a tricolour where the white section is replaced with a pride rainbow.

that's a good approach to the 'pri-color' I suggested earlier.

although pri-color, when hypenated, sounds like a now banned wood dye from the 70's

 

[Unicron]

Mrs. egg_'s (now dead) uncle used to always have the tricolour flying outside his house. Had a flagpole and everything. Not a dense man, nor prejudiced in any way that I ever noticed (relative to other culshies his age). Was in the army for years though

My granddad shot some brits, or at least shot at some brits, in the 20's and when he was dying in the late 70's gave instructions to not let anyone go near his coffin with a flag.

 

[egg_]

In fairness the tricolour was fairly strongly politically charged in the 70s.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Some of the parents neighbors put up tricolours during the pandemic, they're still up. I took it as a "we're all in this together" thing but maybe it was a "patriots against the vaccine scam" thing

 

[Deadmanposting]

Victory Banner (Soviet Union) - Wikipedia

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"Banner of Victory #5" was raised just below a statue on the roof of the Reichstag building


The script reads "We're gonna rape every woman and girl in this city. Glory to Russia."

 

[seanc]

Flag that post.

 

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Victory Banner (Soviet Union) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Erm ... just in case anyone doesn't pick up the tone of @Deadmanposting 's comment there properly (like I didn't), it does not actually say "We're gonna rape every woman and girl in this city".

It says "150th Rifle, Order of Kutuzov 2nd class, Idritsa Division, 79th Rifle Corps, 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front."

 

[Deadmanposting]

Erm ... just in case anyone doesn't pick up the tone of @Deadmanposting 's comment there properly (like I didn't), it does not actually say "We're gonna rape every woman and girl in this city".

It says "150th Rifle, Order of Kutuzov 2nd class, Idritsa Division, 79th Rifle Corps, 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front."

My Russian is a little rusty
I was just stating the subtext