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Daniel Sohege 🧡 Profile picture
@stand_for_all
Apr 23 • 5 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Thread: As it is #StGeorgesDay allow me a little rant. Not about where St George was from or any of that stuff, but about right now. The last time I wore these cufflinks was at an embassy dinner in the middle of a conflict more than a decade ago .1/ Image
I am a mongrel, I am happy to admit that. I can celebrate St Andrew's, St David, hell even Saint Denis. There is nothing wrong in that, or celebrating the patron saint of your country. 2/
You know what affects me? It is that I feel embarrassed to wear those cufflinks. Why? Not because of "woke lefties". But because of the way the cross has been coopted by nasty little xenophobic far right pillocks, who don't speak for this country. 3/
I won't get rid of my cufflinks, because I will wear them again. I'll wear them when we stop seeing the flag as a political point or an all encompassing identity. I'll wear them when the flag is no longer corrupted by those who deny others human rights to appeal to bigotry. 4/
There's nothing wrong in being proud of your country. There is when you resort to xenophobia. Bigotry isn't something to be proud of. It is an embarrassment, and I despise those who have made me feel embarrassed to wear my cufflinks because of how they have co-opted the flag. 5/

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The phrase "internment camps" rightly conjures horrific images, yet, in a purely factual sense, that is exactly what the UK government is proposing to implement. Due to additional factors, they are planning camps to detain individuals indefinitely without criminal charges. 1/
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