put up a union jack flag

You might want to read up on what happened after that.

Them's flegs.

Lads there's no way that in a British city of 500,000 people no one at all is pro-British or pro-monarchy.

There are even Rangers Supporters Clubs in Dublin and Donegal for cryin out loud.

i dunno is it necessarily just a 'grr feck the brits' attitude anymore though. i think for alot of people, in this country and others, the monarchy and all that goes with them is/are symbols of a horrible imperialist past, which the queen is the head of and most ordinary britons are completely ignorant to.

Hard to know and depends where you live. If on a rural byroad, likely no great problem for a day or two. Your neighbours are your neighbours and will understand your background.

If it's an urban city or town area with lots of people passing that you don't know or who don't know you, probably not the wisest idea sadly. Most people wouldn't care but there's always gobshytes who take it upon themselves to be arseholes in these matters.

So... precisely a 'grr feck the brits' attitude?

A slightly nuanced 'grr feck the brits' attitude.

I doubt most colonial powers own up to the consequences of their history. The Germans owning up to WW2 is probably pretty unique in that regard.

How much do ismriah people own up to Irish raiding and slaving from the neighbouring coasts in Scotland, england and Wales. The kind of raiding that resulted in St Patrick "relocating" from Britain to Ireland?

I doubt most Irish people even really know about that partner Irish history, let alone take any ownership for that behaviour.

Sure. I wasn't brutalised by the brits alive today. So I'll just be happy for them when they have their jubilee events.

The ones I know are generally ignorant of the consequences of empire. They're ignorant of the fact that there're ignorant so there's absolutely no point being cross with them about it because it's not really their fault. It's a collective ignorance resulting in the modern brit having no idea why Irish people hold hostility towards them.

sorry but there are very few similarities between that example and the colonoziation of half the world by the british state

exactly this. i do also find a large proportion of ordinary brits who still refuse to accept that their history is tainted despite being presented with the facts unfortunately

The scale is different. The fact that Ireland has shameful parts to its history which we don't "own" as you put it, is the same.

For the Pedants corner:

There is some debate about it but it is thought that the Union Flag is the correct description. With Union Jack only referring to a Union Flag flown on a ship:

🧐

terminological inexactitude, dahrlin'

Ah, shur there was loads of raiding and slaving between the British and Irish Islands. For example the Irish and Scots were raising each other for centuries, slaves, invasions and so on. The Bruce invasion of Ulster was pretry successful at one point or another. Lots of slaving, murder, raiding and so on. I don't take any responsibility for it because I wasn't there and didn't take part and thst was the way it worked back then. St Partick was one of the victims of Irish slaving and raiding industry. I don't expect the average Brit to take much responsibility for the same ressons.

It would be nice if they knew a bit more about it alright, but they don't. So the options are to get over it or get thick about it. I'll just be happy for them if they enjoy their jubilee celebrations.

I'm not sure what you want kind of information want from me. I'm certain you won't be satisfied with my answer. But I don't think you were asking in good faith.

Burn this thread to the ground mods.

Genuinely would like the op to give this ago just to see what outcome could be, hoping nothing at all would come of it.