Flags again
It wasn’t just my Pride flag that got torn down. (Course, I say torn down but I didn’t actually see that. It could have been that the wind just blew it away. I kind of doubt it given the area I’m in, though.) They’re being torn down elsewhere in Leicester in direct acts of intimidation towards LGBT people.
Someone posted about it on r/leicester. I joined in. It wasn’t fun. There was the “clearly a hoax, no LGBT person has ever been abused” person:
The people who insist they’re not allowed to fly the English flag despite one flying in virtually every town for as far back as people can remember:
Guys who just really, really want to be allowed to say the r-word:
And same old tiresome , tiresome storybook monsters who think I’m a fool and a hypocrite for caring about other people.
Meanwhile, people have been killed for flying Pride flags.
September 20, 2025 @ 3:18 am
Never easy to be a decent person in an indecent world, but proud of you for staying true to conviction, especially on reddit.
September 20, 2025 @ 2:12 pm
Thank you! I never expected the specific Reddit for my (very diverse) hometown to be so toxic. It’s really disappointed me. :(