Grrr indeed!
Now, it's a while since I did a blog to make me more unpopular, so it's about time I got round to offending everyone again with one of them there controversial rants o'mine.
So, Remembrance Day is upon us - 11.11.11 (that's Skyrim Day for The Yoof Of Today), where we remember the sacrifice of those who died in The Great War on the anniversary of the Armistice of 11am on November 11th 1918.
These brave soldiers died so that we can enjoy freedom of choice under a democratic society.
Or so I thought.
Seems that there is a rising tide of Neanderthal gormsters whose mental capacity is such that they need to wear a poppy to remember the dead, instead of being able to remember the simple numeric iteration of 11am on 11/11.
And, naturally, lacking cognitive capabilty, such cretinous types declare themselves Patriots Who Wear Their Poppy With Pride, and anyone not wearing a poppy is unpatriotic scum to be villified and abused.
And as these dumbass racists are invariably "footie" fans, they get all het up and angry because FiFaFoFum have never allowed charity emblems on their shirts, so this year it's suddenly an intolerable disgrace! FiFaFoFum have now bowed to this fascist insistence of conformity and are allowing a poppy on a black armband.
And then they start creating posters about how if you don't wear a poppy you can pack your bags and fuck off out the country.
Well, no jumped up little Hitler has the right to try and bully people into some form of Nazi dictated conformity - these brave soldiers fought for the right for people to choose how to honor their dead. If you choose to wear a poppy - all well and good. If you choose a minutes silence instead @11 on 11/11, all well good. If you disagree with wearing a poppy full stop due to its association with the stupidity of war, all well and good.
However, don't dishonor their brave sacrifice by becoming the very thing they fought against. If you are so outraged or offended by people exercising their right to choose not to wear a poppy, then you might as well just be honest about it and swap your poppy for a swastika and have done with it.
Poppy fascism makes a mockery of what the poppy symbolises. By all means wear it with pride... just don't try and force everyone else to, or try and make people feel bad for not wearing one.
Will I be wearing one? Doesn't matter. I don't have to justify my choice either way, and I accept and respect anyone's decision to wear one or not without judgement. That's what they fought for, and that's how best to honour them.
Not by being intolerant and abusive at non-poppy wearers.
