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the poppy became a symbol of the political right
It sounds like you might be filtering through your own bias. It's a symbol for commemorating those that have died in service of this country.
That inevitably gets picked up by some for its nationalist connotations - like a St. George flag or a Bull Dog.
In the last few years there's been a few "you're not even allowed to wear Poppies any more" and the "PC brigade are now telling us they're racist" bullshit stories, although Tbh I think these have always been around. Although after the revelations over the last 6 months, you can't help wonder how much of that is Russian troll farms.
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It's a symbol for commemorating those that have died in service of this country.
That's what it's portrayed as. Really, it's just highly successful marketing by the right to raise money for the soulless meatheads who have joined the British army on its crusades of extermination in countries which have resources we want.
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You're forgetting the "you're not wearing a poppy in mid October, you must be an unpatriotic communist" types AKA the Daily Mail and its ilk. There is a right wing element to it
Edit: should have refreshed
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frankenbike
You know that thing where you don't know someone's name and the longer you talk the more awkward it feels to ask?
So.... what the fuck are the poppies all about? I am aware of the basics references to veterans and WWI. But it also has this right wing, but not exclusively right wing, thing going on that I never quite worked out. Labour politicians wear them too right?
My current understanding is that in the 1970s (?) the pacifist left had a thing about using WWI as a prime example of the futility of war, so in the subsequent decades the poppy became a symbol of the political right, as a kind of counter-reaction to the lefties.
I may or may not have gotten that right.