This is where “flag shagging” becomes useful language. It describes the performative, possessive, almost erotic obsession that some right-wing nationalists have with flags. They don’t treat the flag as a symbol of shared democratic values. They treat it as their property. And as weapon to wave at migrants, First Nations people, climate protesters, students, Muslims, unionists, or anyone else who doesn’t fit their narrow idea of Australia.

— Gregory Andrews

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