Places where people wave flags are scary.
As a counterexample, Danes seem to enjoy flag-waving quite a lot, but are IMHO pretty unscary.
I agree with your general point though.
You’ve obviously never watched a flotilla of longboats approach your shore.
Nor looked up the etymology of the word “danegeld”.
They do, but other than that when I was there I didn’t get the impression that “Danish” is as much of an applause light there as, say, “Irish” is in Ireland, “American” is in the US, or “Argentine” is in Argentina.
As a counterexample, Danes seem to enjoy flag-waving quite a lot, but are IMHO pretty unscary.
I agree with your general point though.
You’ve obviously never watched a flotilla of longboats approach your shore.
Nor looked up the etymology of the word “danegeld”.
They do, but other than that when I was there I didn’t get the impression that “Danish” is as much of an applause light there as, say, “Irish” is in Ireland, “American” is in the US, or “Argentine” is in Argentina.