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St George’s Day: The Tragic Irony, Myths and Lies
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Today is St George’s day in England.
Long before Joseph Goebbels and the Bolsheviks gave the term ‘propaganda’ a very bad name, England had great form in this extraordinary pastime.
Central to the selling of the greatness of this small overachieving Northern European country was the creation of all kinds of myths.
And at the heart of this myth, was the image of this great dragon slayer, who had conquered all before it and one that the gatekeepers would have us believe was a native born Englishman.
But nothing could be further from the truth.
The patron saint of England actually was an immigrant from a place called Cappadocia, which is situated in Modern day Turkey.
Now this is a highly inconvenient fact.
Not least for those on the football terraces, who like to associate St George with whiteness; with English exceptionalism and racial homogeneity.
Not least for those, who have always linked this mythic figure to England’s accomplishments in conquering Ireland, Scotland, and France.
And certainly not least for those who sold the great lie of the United Kingdom being able to go it alone once Brexit became a reality.