Flags are political and politicised. Asking me to choose to hold up a flag, be it the Union flag or the Republic of Cyprus' or both, I'd say
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no because doing so feels inherently exclusionary. This is the case for many ethnic minorities in the UK. We might have left "home" due to
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war, the regime, etc. We might not want to be seen as associated with something that hurt us. Diversity cannot be quantified using a proxy.
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I'm going to end with Eddie Izzard's thing on flags. Because fuck flags. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UTduy7Qkvk8 …
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Replying to @o_guest
valid view, you make me think; never liked labels for they're constrictive limitations so, why would I like flags? Don't they do the same?
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Yet there is something to the bonding effect it undeniably has on particular movements...



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Flags for movements that aren't ethnonationalist are not what I'm talking about. Also labels are extremely useful.
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I read again & understand. As labels go I'm sure my difficulty comes from own confusion had in labeling self!
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Often the lack of finding appropriate labels is exactly cos whatever underprivileged group/label you are thinking of where not allowed to
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