Have you hung a Ukrainian flag?

pgj2015

I haven't seen too many outside houses here in Ireland. just outside hotels and places like that.

Saw one with the Irish flag outside a house in the middle of nowhere yesterday, thought it was a nice gesture as there are a lot of Ukrainians living where I live. must buy one and put it up. better than having a flag on your facebook profile anyway where no one can see it only your Irish friends.

corner of hells

Don't be acting the bollix with "flegs" , you know we're not far from marching season.

Plant a few sunflower seeds instead , they're a symbol of resistance and hardiness.

"On Feb. 24, sunflowers entered the world's consciousness thanks to a video clip first posted by Ukraine World. In the brief clip, a Ukrainian woman is seen challenging a heavily armed Russian soldier, insisting he pocket a handful of sunflower seeds so that they'll grow when he's killed on Ukrainian terrain. "

TooTired123

Pointless virtue signalling.

Find out if there are refugees living near you. Go down there. Invite them up to your place for a cup of tea and a slice of cake or take them for a drive.

And do you know what’s good too? Don’t bother telling anyone that you did it.

maestroamado

I do not agree with the flag thing... i often notice people who have lived in a different County from their birth in Ireland and the home County is playing the native flag is up... i think its silly but i am expecting a toasting from the gaa...

PsychoPete

No, couldn't give a sh!te

BattleCorp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058246889/have-you-hung-a-ukrainian-flag

Aren't ya great having a Ukranian flag on your FB and outside your house. Virtue signalling is all that is.

blade1

Handy business for the flag makers.

I suppose they donate all proceeds.

olestoepoke

No..Embarrassing virtue signalling from some people I'd wager wouldn't have been able to pick out Ukraine on a map.

Whatdoesitmatter

I've got a nice Russian one I might hang out. Just for a laugh

Gregor Samsa

My Clare flag has got knocked 90 degrees off kilter in the wind, does that count?

OP, you should realise from the above comments that "virtue signalling", i.e. any kind of harmless activity or comment that could possibly be construed as a public endorsement for any cause, is the number 1 cardinal sin here on Boards. In fact, the only virtue that one is allowed to signal is how much one is against virtue signalling, and that (ironically) should be done loudly, frequently and unashamedly at the slightest of appropriate opportunities.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119097020#Comment_119097020

Don't forget the Union Jack while you're at it

Strumms

No,

if I want to look out a window I’d like it not to be blocked by a flag. A flag will decrease the natural light coming into my home while painting the inside of the place in a curious blue and yellow hue, no thanks…Also I don’t own a flag pole. I don’t own a Ukrainian flag… neither situation is imminently going to change..

I see one of the Garda stations has had its Ukrainian flag stolen and pole damaged from outside.

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058246889/have-you-hung-a-ukrainian-flag

would in my bollix be hanging any flags outside my house

dil87

No, does absolutely nothing, same as having it on any social media or anywhere. Hanging a flag does nothing but make you feel better about yourself for doing so, no offence.

SuperBowserWorld

Flags and nationalism have created this mess.

Plant a tree if you want to do something positive for the planet

blade1

I'd love to pose as a Ukrainian, go around knock on any doors that have flags and say I'm stuck for a place to stay for the night.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119096877#Comment_119096877

I don't have a facebook account or a flag up.........yet.

I see nothing wrong with hanging a flag, it may make the refugees feel welcomed, no harm in that.

I have donated boxes of food and other supplies to Ukraine by the way and didnt tell anyone about it, well apart from now and no one knows me on boards. some of you guys would want to cheer up a bit, trying to tear anyone down who posts threads like this, you would think I asked about hanging flags with a huge Z on them.

Real Donald Trump

No but I gave them a vote in the Eurovision. Just playing my part for Ukraine.

Miadhc

The same people hanging Ukraine flags are still going around wearing masks outside. Brainwashed.

thefallingman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099084#Comment_119099084

Comparisons with Niall Quinn and mother Teresa

pgj2015

Im definitely putting one up now, a big one, just to piss off the sad acts on here who it would annoy.

Dempo1

I live quite rural and there's a few gobshytes have them up, Virtue signalling nonsense. Local shop was selling them for "Charity" in support of Ukraine, I declined asking if they'd let me know when Syrian, Afghan and Yemen flags arrive in.

The Hypocrisy is vomit enducing.

blade1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099135#Comment_119099135

You're putting a flag up to piss off strangers on the internet and calling them sad acts 🙊

pgj2015

LOL such pathetic responses on here. The Ukrainians are here because their Country is being blown to bits, they have shown themselves to be unbelievably brave and patriotic in standing up to fight against a much stronger invader. Any I have met here are lovely people, most are working away while their husbands and siblings are fighting in Ukraine. I am just putting one up to show support to them, where im putting one up you wouldnt even know if its me or my neighbour who put it up.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099215#Comment_119099215

There might be similar cynics driving around in the real world who might pass my house.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119097020#Comment_119097020

I bet you wouldn't do that.

Wanderer2010

Nope. Its just attention seeking from strangers and a pathetic attempt to validate yourself as a "good" person to anyone who may see it. Donate money or belongings or take in a family if you are able to, and say nothing about it on social media.

Flag waving is right up there with the nauseating "be kind" Caroline Flack crap a few years ago.

dil87

Not hanging a flag doesn't mean people aren't supportive of Ukraine and they're struggle right now. Hanging your dirty laundry will have the same impact is what people are saying. Hang however many flags as you'd like, you don't need the internets approval 👍

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099241#Comment_119099241

im not even on social media. boards and thats it.

I might put it up somewhere away from my house maybe, I couldnt care less about getting attention from strangers or anyone else to be totally honest with you.

SouthWesterly

I've hung around with a few Ukrainians. Will that do?

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099243#Comment_119099243

Say Ireland was invaded and you had to move to another country as a refugee, would you not like seeing an Irish flag flying in your new country?

sam t smith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099215#Comment_119099215

🐒 He is probably only saying he will put one up.

Taking the online kudos without actually doing it in real life.

Might do that myself. 🇺🇦

dil87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099254#Comment_119099254

I wouldn't care. In fact it would probably make me more uncomfortable to see people going out of their way to hang a flag that is meaningless to them, just because it has become a trend

sam t smith

@pgj2015 if you go put up a flag, make sure it isn’t upside down like these idiots:

https://nypost.com/2022/03/16/teachers-union-leaders-slammed-for-upside-down-ukrainian-flag/amp/

I've had elective eye surgery to remove the colours yellow and blue from the spectrum of light I'm able to process. Looking up is a bit weird though. And I probably won't be able to go to the beach again. But, totally worth it.

sam t smith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099290#Comment_119099290

Seems extreme. What do you see in place of yellow and blue?

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099263#Comment_119099263

Kudos from strangers on boards, good god, I hope that is a joke.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099220#Comment_119099220

Are you suggesting we put up flags for every country bombed or at war, Seriously, if that's the case houses would look like the United Nations building in New York

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099312#Comment_119099312

No, I don't see how you could think I suggested that at all.

corner of hells

I dunno , OP , if stuck up the Ukrainian flag , people might just think you're from Roscommon.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099316#Comment_119099316

Fair enough but you feel responses here are pathetic, I presume because you disagree with those who think it's just simply silly and Virtue Signalling.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099339#Comment_119099339

“I think I heard the fella in there is from Ballaghaderreen”

*try saying that with a few pints on ya.

i might stick a Jamaican flag up..

whisky_galore

I dont do flags, Irish or sportsball team or Ukrainian, they all look naff imo.

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099316#Comment_119099316

Hmmm so it's only Ukrainians getting bombed that bothers you? Why them?

Mundo7976

Just like the clapping for nurses ballsology, no.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099368#Comment_119099368

That is a bit like saying why do you only support Liverpool, do you not support all teams in the premier league?

I guess some causes just strike a cord with different people.

eggy81

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099499#Comment_119099499

No. It’s not even remotely like that.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099503#Comment_119099503

It is. Maybe its because they are fellow Europeans I don't know but I support them and hope they succeed. That doesn't mean I have to support any other Country involved in a war.

archer22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099368#Comment_119099368

Because they white and Russia isn't keeping to the western "rules based international order" that says you can only bomb brown and yellow people.

eggy81

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099520#Comment_119099520

If the us were the ones who came in to cleanse them of their nazism/resources do you think you would feel as sympathetic towards them. And would we be accepting refugees?

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119099559#Comment_119099559

Yes to both questions.