KKK flags flies in Belfast

Sunnyisland · 02-07-2014 08:25AM #1

A Ku Klux Klan flag has been placed in an area of Belfast at the centre of a recent surge in racist attacks in the city.

There has been a spike in racist attacks in Belfast, with the Police Service of Northern Ireland confirming its officers are investigating up to three racist incidents every day. A large proportion of racist attacks and intimidation is taking place in the loyalist east.

The Alliance party MP said the appearance of a KKK flag off Island Street in the east of the city gives "an even more sinister edge" to xenophobic attacks in the area.

Long said: "Yet again we see those who wish to bully anyone different from them use flags and emblems to assert dominance and control over a community. To put up these flags in broad daylight shows just how brazen the culprits are.

"To use flags hailing a hate group such as the KKK is sickening and lends a further menacing element to recent events. It is essential that every right-thinking person unites against those who engage in racist, bigoted or otherwise intolerant behaviour and does so with consistency."

Over the last year Northern Ireland has become one of the worst hot spots for racist crimes and race-hate-linked incidents in the UK, but the authors of the report say the region is home to only 1% of all the non-EU/EEA migrants who have come into the UK.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/01/ku-klux-klan-flag-erected-east-belfast-racist-tensions

As well as every other flag we now have the KKK flying here !

I suppose it's just a one off as there is never much trouble up here about Flags or banners before ! ! !

jellyboy · 02-07-2014 08:30AM

Time to invest in washing powder shares…

whisky_galore · 02-07-2014 08:38AM

realies wrote: »

I suppose it's just a one off as there is never much trouble up here about Flags or banners before ! ! !

It's actually a 'fleg'.

iDave · 02-07-2014 09:07AM

A large proportion of racist attacks and intimidation is taking place in the loyalist east.

Find that hard to believe. Its not like they have a history of intolerance to other cultures :rolleyes:

Rhys Essien · 02-07-2014 09:09AM

Christ,the irony here is gas.Blow-ins not wanting other blow-ins.

shruikan2553 · 02-07-2014 09:11AM

Are they Catholic foreigners or protestant foreigners?

bilston · 02-07-2014 09:15AM

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Christ,the irony here is gas.Blow-ins not wanting other blow-ins.

I think everyone in the history of the world is a blow in to be fair.

There seems to be people driving this disgusting racism in East Belfast, probably elements of the UVF involved in a power struggle and who are exploiting people to do their dirty work. I've said it before and have been shot down by others here who dont actually live in the area but the majority of people in East Belfast want nothing to do with this nonsense.

The flags were taken down pretty quickly but they should NEVER have been put up in then first place. Any form of racism is disgusting and any connotation with the KKK is all the note sinister.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-07-2014 10:07AM

Is it the Southern Cross flag Cork people use?

Philo Beddoe · 02-07-2014 10:13AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is it the Southern Cross flag Cork people use?

The American Confederate flag used to be fairly popular with Cork GAA fans (perhaps it still is), but probably more to do with the fact that it's mostly red and they are known as the Rebel County, rather than any association with the racist connotations.

FYI The Southern Cross is the name of the constellation depicted on the Australian and New Zealand flags. I'm not sure the phrase is ever used to identify the cross of stars on the Confederate flag.

02-07-2014 10:14AM

Bigotry in July? Well I never.

whisky_galore · 02-07-2014 10:18AM

Philo Beddoe wrote: »

The American Confederate flag used to be fairly popular with Cork GAA fans (perhaps it still is), but probably more to do with the fact that it's mostly red and they are known as the Rebel County, rather than any association with the racist connotations.

FYI The Southern Cross is the name of the constellation depicted on the Australian and New Zealand flags. I'm not sure the phrase is ever used to identify the cross of stars on the Confederate flag.

To be a pedant, it's the Confederate Navy Jack that's most commonly used.
There used be (prob still is) a smattering of WW2 era Japanese Rising Sun flags by Cork GAA fans, they're probably oblivious to the dark history of both designs...they're just considered 'cool' flags I suppose.

The flag in Belfast is a blue KKK design based about a Nazi type 'Reichsadler' eagle. Def. not cool.

BeardySi · 02-07-2014 10:44AM

whisky_galore wrote: »

It's actually a 'fleg'.

Only if it's being flown upside-down

Herb Powell · 02-07-2014 11:11AM

Well, at least they're finally being honest about what they stand for.

Davarus Walrus · 02-07-2014 11:18AM

Your life must really suck if you actually have to end up immigrating to Norn Iron.

keano_afc · 02-07-2014 11:33AM

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/linfield-shop-sign-tricolour-is-ivory-coast-not-republic-of-ireland-flag-30357592.html

This is caliber of people you're dealing with. Its backwards NI is going, I despair for it. I love Belfast and spend quite a lot of time up there. Vast majority just want to get on with their lives, but these knuckledraggers are adamant that a shared society is not the way forward.

cournioni · 02-07-2014 11:44AM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Your life must really suck if you actually have to end up immigrating to Norn Iron.

Don't you mean emigrating? :pac:

I don't mind Norn Iron, as a lot of people have said already, these people are very much in the minority nowadays. I'd much rather move to Belfast than Dublin anyway.

Philo Beddoe · 02-07-2014 11:50AM

whisky_galore wrote: »

To be a pedant, it's the Confederate Navy Jack that's most commonly used.
There used be (prob still is) a smattering of WW2 era Japanese Rising Sun flags by Cork GAA fans, they're probably oblivious to the dark history of both designs...they're just considered 'cool' flags I suppose.

I remember watching Cork games on the television when I was a kid and there were usually numerous examples of each. It was always seen as a positive thing, this being in the days before wearing county jerseys/hats etc was ubiquitous in the stands, so they added a bit of colour to the occasions. Never any question about the dark history of these flags as I recall.

whisky_galore · 02-07-2014 11:53AM

Philo Beddoe wrote: »

I remember watching Cork games on the television when I was a kid and there were usually numerous examples of each. It was always seen as a positive thing, this being in the days before wearing county jerseys/hats etc was ubiquitous in the stands, so they added a bit of colour to the occasions. Never any question about the dark history of these flags as I recall.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/gaa/rebel-fans-rebel-against-flag-ban-calls-160301.html

jimgoose · 02-07-2014 11:54AM

Philo Beddoe wrote: »

I remember watching Cork games on the television when I was a kid and there were usually numerous examples of each. It was always seen as a positive thing, this being in the days before wearing county jerseys/hats etc was ubiquitous in the stands, so they added a bit of colour to the occasions. Never any question about the dark history of these flags as I recall.

It's used to represent the underdog, as in The Lost Cause Of The Confederacahhh, as well as right-and-proper Southern sovereignty, y'all!

Son Of A Vidic · 02-07-2014 12:12PM

realies wrote: »

KKK flags flies in Belfast

Since KKK members have attended the 12th celebrations in the past, this should come as no surprise.

Rhys Essien · 02-07-2014 12:17PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is it the Southern Cross flag Cork people use?

No,this is the flag they used.

http://www.thejournal.ie/kkk-flag-belfast-1549600-Jul2014/

Micky Dolenz · 02-07-2014 12:19PM

They do love a flag.

Duckworth_Luas · 02-07-2014 12:24PM

I suppose the flag of this anti-semitic organisation was flying next to the flag of Israel

neamhspleachi · 02-07-2014 12:26PM

It's the flag of the 'New Order Knights of the KKK', an even more extreme offshoot of the nefarious society

F7Z · 02-07-2014 12:28PM

Jaysus the north must be a right ****hole. The south east and west too but thats beside the point

Rhys Essien · 02-07-2014 12:30PM

F7Z wrote: »

Jaysus the north must be a right ****hole. The south east and west too but thats beside the point

Some say south eastern northern Ireland is a nice place.

bear1 · 02-07-2014 12:51PM

F7Z wrote: »

Jaysus the north must be a right ****hole. The south east and west too but thats beside the point

There is always one :rolleyes:

The One Doctor · 02-07-2014 01:03PM

The IRA is sick of having no Protestants to attack so they've changed their agenda to attacking people with different passports.

They'll have to change their name to the Irish Racist Army now.

suicide_circus · 02-07-2014 01:10PM

Except its not the IRA, its the other ****

FTA69 · 02-07-2014 01:12PM

The One Doctor wrote: »

The IRA is sick of having no Protestants to attack so they've changed their agenda to attacking people with different passports.

They'll have to change their name to the Irish Racist Army now.

Epic fail.

bear1 · 02-07-2014 01:15PM

The One Doctor wrote: »

The IRA is sick of having no Protestants to attack so they've changed their agenda to attacking people with different passports.

They'll have to change their name to the Irish Racist Army now.

^^ wow

KKK flags flies in Belfast

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