Because the wearing of poppies has become synonymous with the now deduct BNP and the rest of the British right wing for a lot of us.
You can thank Stephen Yaxley-Lennon for that.
Because the wearing of poppies has become synonymous with the now deduct BNP and the rest of the British right wing for a lot of us.
You can thank Stephen Yaxley-Lennon for that.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 days ago
That’s a bit silly. The symbol has existed as one of remembrance for over 100 years. We shouldn’t let fascists take claim of it
raltoid@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Of course it’s silly.
It’s also silly that people get upset at a bunch of Asian countries who still use the swastika. But a lot of people outside the cultures instantly think of Nazis. In the same way that remembrance poppies aren’t really a thing outside the commonwealth. So to some it’s a symbol of racism.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 days ago
We shouldn’t be getting upset at swastikas being used within their asian context.
Fluke@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Correct.
They are where you’ll find the deeply ignorant, xenophobic, Daily Mail readers frothing at the mouth and red in the face with anger over how “forriners” are stealing all the jobs, while simultaneously being lazy criminals that come here to claim benefits for them and their 16 kids.