Fun With Flags! DCC Edition

So, have many immigrants actually expressed offense with all the flags, or is it the usual suspects being offended on behalf of others.

To be fair you are all over the place on this. In one post you are saying

"Yeah I think you should require permission to have flags permanently plastered all over a neighbourhood, which is completely different to a flag hanging out of a car."

And the next you are saying

"You would need permission from the council to hang on public property. Peoples houses you can do what you want."

You still haven't outlined who you think should issue permission "to have flags permanently plastered all over a neighbourhood"

And the example of the jeep with the flag is the only one that is illegal based on where it was and the size of it.. but you have no issue with that.

It's a perfect example of how nonsensical the whole thing has got.

Whatever the intent, are the flags actually intimidating immigrants and making them feel unwelcome? If not then the intent is not relevant.

During the hunger strikes in the North in the 80s there were black flags on every lamp post in Shannon, it had a large northern community and they were never taken down. There are Catholic posters on lamp posts all over the place to this day, admittedly not the same volume.

There are posters by small left and right organisations on poles all over cities and towns all around the country and manky looking stickers too and none absolutely none have permission. Including for Gaza and the like. Are ye demanding these are taken down...because it certainly doesn't happen. They are litter really and are offensive to many.

Personally I'm offended by the nonsense that goes on every lamp post in the country during elections and will happen again for the presidential race but I wouldn't ask or expect them to be taken down. I do know they have a time frame but that is not and was not abided by many candidates and ended up flying away in the wind.

But to somehow deem the tricolour as some how offensive is bonkers beyond belief...regardless of what you believe the motives are.l or arent..in case someone's feelings are hurt?

Get a bloody grip. That's life. People get offended about lots of things and you can't negate all of them. The Irish flag being seen as offensive or hurtful is horse manure or the highest order no matter how you dress it up.

People using the Irish flag to intimidate non-irish or be xenophobic is pathetic. Not sure why people would try to defend it.

Times its appropriate to wave an Irish flag. St Patricks Day. And anytime an irish sportperson/team is involved.

Any other time is just some bollocks.

Agreed, the reaction is ludicrous and counter productive. I've never been a flags person like most people in Ireland, but the actions of the DCC might change that. How dare they tell people that they cannot fly the national flag.

From what I can see it's bad actors erecting them wherever they feel like it (which you generally can't legally do as is). I wouldn't say that's showing any particular respect for the flag and it being for xenophobic and racists purposes makes the sentiment even worse.

Since the Irish government have adopted globalism they now see our flag as a threat to their economic units

It does matter what people are intending when they put it up. If a load of people who are anti immigrant put up a load of flags to show that they're anti immigrant, then when you see the flag you know it means that.

In England the St Georges flag has been hijacked by the far right. Whereas the St Andrews flag or St Davids flag is a celebration of Scottish or Welsh culture, the St Georges flag is only even seen at football matches or far right rallies. That's a pity but it's the racists who are to blame for that.

In northern Ireland the flag of Ulster is more associated with unionists than nationalists. To the extent that there have been paramilitaries that have been named after it.

The swastika had a different meaning once but thanks to a certain german group, it now has a completly different meaning. At least in Europe. In the far east, it's still used as a spiritual symbol.

So yes, a flag can have a different meaning depending why it's being displayed and who's displaying it.

Why do you think that you get to control how people feel about anything?