It's not appealing to watch, but it really isn't a big deal. It's not worth getting upset over.
I don't like it when people mess with the flags of theirs or other nations, but it's such an obvious and typical protest statement there really isn't much to it anymore. Plus, having the freedom to be able to do that even if it is wrong is kinda the whole point of the flag anyway.
I think it's just one of those situations where if you ignore it, it has less power than if you make a big deal of it. People like that just want attention.
The separatist movement is much weaker than it was in the nineties, and there is reason to think it may continue to slow and erode. Hopefully this is the case, but there will always be a population of people like this who will do stuff like this. It's not worth getting upset over.
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