This post, authored by Jack Watson, is republished with permission from The Daily Sceptic
Pride Day has just passed in my hometown of Hull. Pride flags were publicly displayed, replacing Union flags; countless posters were plastered on shop windows and adverts invaded social media feeds. One could not miss that the event was approaching.
Fortunately, away in Stockport watching football, I escaped the parade of men in dresses; their giveaway cock and balls openly dangling between their legs. This came weeks into Pride Month, a fleeting four weeks dedicated to the LGBTQwerty community.
Pride awareness, however, does not stop there. There are more upcoming events in a local town around Hull: the Pride of Beverley, which is also hosting a Dog Walk of Pride – hold me back. It is evident this community is always in the limelight. What for though? Scaring children, exploiting women and playing fancy dress?
In other news, people took to the streets in Birmingham on August 14th to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day. The council put on big parades, turned their library into a giant Pakistani flag and lit up the building in green and white. Around the city streets, they were taking Union and St George’s flags down, which locals had attached to lampposts in preparation for VJ Day (Victory over Japan) the following day.
While the virtue-signalling is rammed down our throats, scant attention is actually paid to celebrations which recognise Britain’s success as a country. With a lack of prior advertising, I only found out about the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on the day of the event while reading the Telegraph. Street parades were not organised, Union flags were sparse and there were no public displays. Shops, cafés, restaurants and pubs did not have an armed forces’ theme. It was just like a normal day.
VJ Day is the annual commemoration of Imperial Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. After the US (accidentally) dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 9th 1945, it caused a devastating effect on the country, killing many and destroying thousands of homes and buildings.
During the Potsdam Conference, the Allies offered Emperor Hirohito an opportunity to sign a peace deal or they would continue their attacks. He signed the deal on August 15th, effectively bringing the war to an end. However, VJ Day does not just signify peace: it honours the legacy of the soldiers who put their lives on the line to fight for the UK – a nation they would now be ashamed to fight for.
It is vexing to witness British heritage and history erode away, becoming overshadowed and neglected by its own people. To quote Tennyson: we should honour the armed forces, “Honour the charge they made!” They sacrificed everything, enabling us to still have a country to work, eat, sleep and survive in.
Instead of honouring the memory of our ancestors, woke policies sidetrack Britain with DEI box-ticking exercises. I do not oppose Pride or non-British events in my country, but surely it is right for national events to get the same, if not more, traction – especially when they are as important as VJ Day?
Why do we have a problem with patriotism? I have just spent a week in Istanbul, and there were many Turkish flags proudly looking over the streets and rivers. No other flag was flown. Their countless mosques stood tall, all broadcasting the call to prayer five times a day.
Families gathered in public spaces, radiating joy and pride. This is seldom seen in British culture. Secularisation is rising, the most common name is Muhammad and Union flags are ripped down. When it is time to feel proud of our culture, we are damned and punished.
As I grow up, everything my ancestors worked for will be meaningless. My education will be pointless, and my country will no longer be mine. These are worrying times for my generation. One wonders what happens to a nation’s identity, if its defining historical moments are forgotten and condemned? I really don’t want to know.
Jack Watson is a 16 year-old schoolboy in Year 11. You can read his Substack about following Hull City FC here. Follow him on X here. This article originally appeared in the New Conservative.
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What is the rock solid definition of a nation: A nation is a group of people with a common ethnic heritage. Failure to adhere to that simple solid definition leads to eventual chaos followed by dissolution of a political and cultural bond. There is a definite, deliberate movement behind the scenes in virtually all Western countries to scrap this common sense definition of a nation.
Silly, silly Watson Bros. England is a fully Queer nation. You are owned and operated by the mutant LGBTQueers. Period. Full Stop. And you’ll probably be FORCED by your mutant nation to take down this “hateful” post. No, this is a joyful post that celebrates heteronormativity. But that is a CRIME in your nation, and you know it.
But these are just the ramblings of an old Boomer … who is so out of touch with the progress of the mutants. So fly those Freak Flags high … over the St George … over the Union Jack-off flag.
England has fallen. God save your Queens.
All lines of credit are maxed out so the problem will resolve itself. Might be a good time to diversify. 25% into 4 different asset groups will hopefully minimize the coming losses plus for God’s sake sell that overpriced brick and mortar now. The realtor snorts coke before every showing.
Yee brought it on yourselves with your blind faith and cognitive dissonance. Deal with it!
The author is 16 years old. He hasn’t had time to do anything. Every adult (including yourself) before him though have done nothing except type some agony-aunt shite thinking they’re oh so clever. I really feel for Jack Watson that these are the quality of adults he has to look to for answers. To the many weak people on this planet (and in these posts) buckle-up you’re in for hard times too so I wouldn’t be to smug if I were you.
Not true, I tried to form a resistance militia and movement to fight it the way it would be fought. Two people were willing, the rest coward like yourself because you are too cowardly like the bought watson brothers to actually do what is required. You know nothing of whats going on. Enjoy your netflix.
“I do not oppose Pride or non-British events in my country, but surely it is right for national events to get the same, if not more, traction…”
And there is your problem. Your enemies don’t compromise, and if you straddle the fence, you might as well join them, which obviously, most of your fellow citizens have already done.