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NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
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It's the national flag of England.
It depends on the context doesn't it. Lots of people will fly the England flag or wear an England shirt during a football tournament, and all they mean by that is "I support the England team" without a further political meaning. But the meaning of the current flag-flying from lamp posts seems to essentially be "we don't want immigrants in the UK" which can make the flags intimidating (which is probably the exact intention).
Here's another example of context changing meaning. Churchill used to give a two-fingered salute (see picture below), and his intended meaning of that salute was that it was a "V" for "victory" in WW2. But of course these days, that same outwards two-fingered salute means "fuck off". Context changes the meaning.
The outward facing V of two-fingers meaning offence predates Churchill by a few centuries.
Fair enough, but according to a couple of sites that Wikipedia refers to, Churchill originally didn't know that the outward facing gesture was rude until he was told about it. If true then I guess his gesture was intended to mean "here is a V for victory" instead of "fuck off you lot" or "fuck the Germans".