I recently read an article of a student in the United Kingdom where he was ordered to take out the flag displayed because it smacks of racists undertones. There were other precedents where individuals were ordered by the police to do the same act. Since when does showing a patriotic symbol as being racist in context? Probably the persons involved were just showing patriotic zeal and not something else.
UK is like the USA where migrants gather in search of better opportunities and with it several cultures naturally co-exist. But certainly displaying a host country's
flag is only patriotic and not as otherwise claimed.
In the US, the display of flags is not limited to public and government buildings, but private individuals themselves have it on their residences, their offices and in gatherings. The passion for these flag is very evident in the populace. We never consider displaying a host country's flag as a crime, nor does a migrant's country's flag as such.
We respect each migrant passion for his culture. Take the case of the Latinos in the US, they are free to display whatever forms of cultural symbols, speak their local dialect so long as it does not violate local statutes.
The Chinese, the Japanese, the Arabs and other expatriates now permanent residents in the USA have their different cultures showcased in different cultural presentations, yet we allow them simply because freedom of expression is guaranteed by our constitution.
We tolerate our migrants display of veneration to their emblems, why not us Americans, go ahead then display our flag, no law has been legislated to prohibit one from doing his patriotic duty.
by:
The Flagman
