Tricolours at music gigs

Mesrine65 · 29-07-2015 10:30AM

Jaysus if ever there was a streak of self loathing in a nationality, it has to be us Irish (myself not included I might add)...where's the 'Irish pride'?

FFS it's people enjoying themselves at a gig, what harm?

If you have that much loathing for all that is Irish, change you fúcking nationality :mad:

When I hear comments like 'scumbaggery, allows me to identify the people to avoid, morons etc.' just because someone is waving/wearing a flag at a concert, I truly despair...what a sad bunch of self loathing bastards we've become, sickens me

iDave · 29-07-2015 10:32AM

Is it really worth getting worked up about never mind starting a thread on it.
People need to calm down.

smash · 29-07-2015 10:36AM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

where's the 'Irish pride'?

It went bust, and then The Brits bought it

Badly Drunk Boy · 29-07-2015 10:36AM

smash wrote: »

Do you hang a Man City flag out your window when they play?

I'm not a flag person myself, but plenty of neighbours always fly the local GAA team's flag during the club Championship season, and the team's colours in their cars too.

And one Kilkenny neighbour has his Kilkenny flag flying all year round (although that might be because he's in his 70s now and probably can't climb up to take it down.)

29-07-2015 10:40AM

In the Mighty USA, if you have the stars and stripes outside your house more then likely you are ex or current military i.e There are guns in the house, do not fook with the occupiers.

eeguy · 29-07-2015 10:41AM

jamesbere wrote: »

I've a thong myself

Yeh, but that was only green when you bought it.

Time and use has resulted in the other two colours.

Barely There · 29-07-2015 10:42AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I always hang the tricolour out the window when Ireland are playing in a World Cup or European championship finals as do hundreds of thousands of others in the country

Acceptable.

Streetwalker wrote: »

Bring the flag away on holidays and hang it from the balcony with pride.

Idiotic.

Buona Fortuna · 29-07-2015 10:45AM

6541 wrote: »

In the Mighty USA, if you have the stars and stripes outside your house more then likely you are ex or current military i.e There are guns in the house, do not fook with the occupiers.

Sounds like a great reason to get one

Streetwalker · 29-07-2015 10:47AM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Jaysus if ever there was a streak of self loathing in a nationality, it has to be us Irish (myself not included I might add)...where's the 'Irish pride'?

FFS it's people enjoying themselves at a gig, what harm?

If you have that much loathing for all that is Irish, change you fúcking nationality :mad:

When I hear comments like 'scumbaggery, allows me to identify the people to avoid, morons etc.' just because someone is waving/wearing a flag at a concert, I truly despair...what a sad bunch of self loathing bastards we've become, sickens me

It really is pathetic isn't it. Look at the Americans, hang their flag with pride outside their houses the length and breath of that country but do it in Ireland and your a scumbag according to the hipsters. What the feck is wrong with having pride in your national flag?

29-07-2015 10:49AM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Jaysus if ever there was a streak of self loathing in a nationality, it has to be us Irish (myself not included I might add)...where's the 'Irish pride'?

FFS it's people enjoying themselves at a gig, what harm?

If you have that much loathing for all that is Irish, change you fúcking nationality :mad:

When I hear comments like 'scumbaggery, allows me to identify the people to avoid, morons etc.' just because someone is waving/wearing a flag at a concert, I truly despair...what a sad bunch of self loathing bastards we've become, sickens me

A lot of the comments you read on boards nowadays remind of the sort of joyless ****es you'd meet in real life, who are too busy looking down on everyone to actually have a bit of a laugh

Streetwalker · 29-07-2015 10:50AM

Barely There wrote: »

Acceptable.

Idiotic.

If it annoys the likes of people like yourself who think it's idiotic it's a good thing in itself. Must be hard going around disliking those of us who love and display the flag with pride

c_man · 29-07-2015 10:50AM

Jesus Christ, people stressing over flags at concerts... Sorry Irish flags. I know ye wouldn't give a flying fuk if it was any other nation.

smash · 29-07-2015 10:53AM

c_man wrote: »

Jesus Christ, people stressing over flags at concerts... Sorry Irish flags. I know ye wouldn't give a flying fuk if it was any other nation.

Sure the American flag and Union Jack are pretty much just fashion brands now. The Irish flag is pretty ugly if I'm honest.

seamus · 29-07-2015 10:56AM

conorhal wrote: »

Give me the morons any day over some sad hipster sneering from behind his half-cafe latte. :rolleyes:

I agree.

MonkeyTennis · 29-07-2015 10:58AM

My neighbours have a tricolour flying in their garden the whole year round. Think of it what you will.

smash · 29-07-2015 10:59AM

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

My neighbours have a tricolour flying in their garden the whole year round. Think of it what you will.

All I can think of is Sinn Fein supporters / council estate.

c_man · 29-07-2015 10:59AM

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

My neighbours have a tricolour flying in their garden the whole year round. Think of it what you will.

Do you live beside Aras an Uachtarain by any chance? :P

Barely There · 29-07-2015 11:10AM

People who say they have 'pride' in a flag, which is essentially a bit of material with some colours painted on it, don't have very much else to be proud of I suspect.

Mesrine65 · 29-07-2015 11:11AM

smash wrote: »

All I can think of is Sinn Fein supporters / council estate.

There's an elderly man in Tipperary, not far from my home, that raises his county flag & the national flag every morning on his own land & takes it down every night before sunset.

He is neither Sinn Fein or council estate, just proud of who & what he is & following a tradition passed down from his father before him.

smash · 29-07-2015 11:12AM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

There's an elderly man in Tipperary, not far from my home, that raises his county flag & the national flag every morning on his own land & takes it down every night before sunset.

He is neither Sinn Fein or council estate, just proud of who & what he is.

Who and what he is, doesn't have much to do with a flag. I'd hazard a guess that the majority of his neighbours are Irish and from his county yet they don't do it. Who's he trying to impress? It's not as if he moved abroad and wants to display his heritage.

Mesrine65 · 29-07-2015 11:17AM

smash wrote: »

Who and what he is, doesn't have much to do with a flag. I'd hazard a guess that the majority of his neighbours are Irish and from his county yet they don't do it. Who's he trying to impress? It's not as if he moved abroad and wants to display his heritage.

From post #50...

'he is & following a tradition passed down from his father before him.'

I doubt he's trying to impress anyone, he does it because he wants to do it, what harm?

padohaodha · 29-07-2015 11:18AM

And........not up to your standards is it?

smash wrote: »

All I can think of is Sinn Fein supporters / council estate.

MarkY91 · 29-07-2015 11:19AM

zoobizoo wrote: »

Who wakes up and thinks, I need to have a tricolour cape to wear to that gig I'm off to?

Why would you bother - what are you trying to say / do / achieve ?

Is it a uniquely Irish thing to do?

Which gig/festival is that? Look at any international festival. You'll see hundreds of flags from all over

If it's for a festival in Ireland full of irish then it's a bit stupid

OrgasmicBaz · 29-07-2015 11:23AM

I have a Union jack draped out my front window

smash · 29-07-2015 11:36AM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

From post #50...

'he is & following a tradition passed down from his father before him.'

I doubt he's trying to impress anyone, he does it because he wants to do it, what harm?

Post 50 didn't say that when I quoted it so nice ninja edit. Although it doesn't really matter. I didn't say there was harm in it, just that I find it obscure.

padohaodha wrote: »

And........not up to your standards is it?

It's meant that to me, our national flag has become associated with "the vulnerable" in society.

keeponhurling · 29-07-2015 11:37AM

OrgasmicBaz wrote: »

I have a Union jack draped out my front window

Me too, and I wear them at concerts.

It shows how mature I am as a person, and whatever you say about past wars, the famine etc. - it shows I'm like SO TOTALLY OVER IT.

padohaodha · 29-07-2015 11:41AM

Well I'm neither sinn fein nor council estate nor 'vulnerable'but I do respect our flag and have no shame in displaying my colours.

smash wrote: »

Post 50 didn't say that when I quoted it so nice ninja edit. Although it doesn't really matter. I didn't say there was harm in it, just that I find it obscure.

It's meant that to me, our national flag has become associated with "the vulnerable" in society.

conorh91 · 29-07-2015 11:41AM

smash wrote: »

Who's he trying to impress?

Has it occurred to you that he isn't trying to impress anybody?

If old women can light church candles to an omnipotent god without being bothered by anyone, I don't see why an old man can't pay his daily respect to a far more tangible and real entity, such as the democratic society we are upholding.

I see the national flag as reinforcing the idea that we must all live together, and that we all have mutual right and mutual obligations as a cohesive society. If anything, the national flag is not visible enough in public places and on public buildings.

smash · 29-07-2015 11:44AM

conorh91 wrote: »

I see the national flag as reinforcing the idea that we must all live together, and that we all have mutual right and mutual obligations as a cohesive society.

But that's not what it stands for. All it says is "I'm Irish" and even at that, non Irish people can pick one up in any gift shop.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 29-07-2015 11:50AM

seamus wrote: »

Because it's incredibly cringey. Wearing your nationality as a badge of pride is what morons do.

I don't own a tri colour or a county gaa Jersey but I don't see anything wrong with people being proud of where they're from.

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