Why does this bother me?

Now I do not consider myself a “tree hugging, pc, lefty”, I don’t stick to what might be considered a left sided view point and I am not right wing either.
I wear my poppy with pride and really believe that WW2 was the most important episode in World history and a completely “just” war, where good defeated evil.
However, today I was visiting Battle Abbey, (1066 and all that) and there are some park benches overlooking the battlefield which have small memorial plaques on them. Some of these are to the casualties of Iraq and Afgan.

One of the plaques was inscribed “To a true Anglo-Saxon warrior”.

I’m not sure why but this really didn’t sit well with me, it just seems to have some far right wing undertones.

Am I just being a tree hugging, PC lefty?

thats like a “patriotic” version of being a little englander.
Then again I am a pc lefty best ask one of the right wingers

I know what you mean. And I only live a mile away from there. But I think you have to see the geographical context. A place an Anglo-Saxon army fought the Normans. I think it is actually one of the few places where it does not carry that right wing connotation.

I think the geographical context makes it worse.
Besides the Anglo-Saxons lost! Anyway the management were all a bunch of Vikings on both sides.

The lad is dead. He’s earned whatever commemoration and plaudits his family wish to heap on him. RIP.

And there’s nothing wrong with patriotism.

What stoats said. If it was at our local park I’d be a bit suspicious but there, seems fair.

There’s a lot wrong with patriotism. Support for illegal and unjust wars for a start. Trouble is people think that if you aren’t then you must ‘hate’ your country which couldn’t be further from the truth.

I’m sure there’s an inscription on some memorial in Normandy that says ‘We came to liberate the land of our conquerer’

I suppose the real question is weather or not the soldier being remembered would want to be remembered with those words and what meaning He would attach to them…

The opinions of a bunch of hand wringing IT professionals with a passing interest in bicycles probably wouldn’t have concerned him…

…The opinions of a bunch of hand wringing IT professionals with a passing interest in bicycles probably wouldn’t have concerned him…

Couldn’t agree more

cookeaa +1 I concur

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is it not true that over 50% of the country come from anglo saxon origins?

ton that is only half true.

i must be a bit thick because i can’t see for one moment why acknowledging someones heritage makes you right wing or a ‘little englander’.

in fact if anything, using racial or cultural stereotyping like ‘little englander’ is probably the most right wing offering on the page.