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Originally Posted by garinda
No, but you implied that any house displaying a flag, outside a football tournament, and all those who live there, are extremist nationalists. Hence your decision not to canvas those homes, irrespective of other people residing there, who perhaps had no say about a flag being displayed.
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I did canvas those homes, I spent about six months visiting houses throughout Oswaldtwistle and in that time I learnt where I was likely to get a good reception and where I was likely to get abused, ranted at or sworn at. So after a bit I started to recognise some identifying features and some similarities so that I could avoid being abused, ranted at or sworn at. And yes, the Union Flag flying was one of those identifying features. Again, just for the record, I still delivered leaflets to those houses on the off chance that some of the residents there might be receptive, but I never knocked again because not unsurprisingly, I didn't like being abused, ranted at or sworn at.