Dutch politician Esther Ouwehand was asked to remove her first shirt (Palestine flag), so she came back wearing another one of watermelon seeds.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon/_as/_a/_Palestinian/_symbol]
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27 Comments
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 57 pts · 341d
What's the significance of watermelon seeds?
platypode@sh.itjust.works · 109 pts · 341d
Watermelon has been used as a plausibly deniable way to show support for Palestine since 1967 per Wikipedia, since it shares the same colors as the flag while being a completely common and innocuous item.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 340d
I was not aware of this. Thank you kindly
Birch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 339d
TIL about watermelon 🍉 support
E: there ought to be a list of hidden meaning of various emojis
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 341d
Same colors as the one she was told to remove.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 340d
Who asked her and under what authority?
This timeline is batshit insane
HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 340d
At least in Germany, and I imagine it would be similar in the Netherlands, it would be the parliament's president because political symbols on clothing are not allowed.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 340d
Not really. The Israeli flag has been raised over the German Bundestag building
grindemup@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 340d
You know that a building is not the same as clothing, right?
mrdown@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 340d
Why does it matter on what the political symbol is?
anzo@programming.dev · 3 pts · 339d
Aww, you're so cute. Like the law would care about common sense instead of opressing minorities ;p
hyacin@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 338d
Because you're talking about a law or rule - it is literally all about how it is written - people build entire careers on debating the interpretation of how they are written.
"No government employee can wear political symbols to work" is 100%, clearly and entirely not the same as "No political symbols may be shown anywhere on any government property"
Seriously?? A downvote?? You asked why it matters, I explained why it matters, jfc, leave the nasty Reddit behaviour on Reddit tyvm.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 340d
HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 339d
Yeah because the Bundestag voted for it (unanimously btw)
hyacin@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 340d
Had some similar silliness in the Ontario provincial parliament in Canada when they decided a keffiyeh was a 'political symbol' or some such bs - they threw a member right out for refusing to take it off.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 339d
IMO, it would be better if politicians were like Nascar drivers. At least it would be more honest.
thymos@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 340d
The speaker of the house asked her, but only when urged to by another member of parliament who reminded him that earlier this year, another member was asked to change the T-shirt he was wearing with a foetus on it during a debate about abortion. The rule is that the appearance of the parliament should be neutral.
By the way, because she was asked to change her clothes, the moment was aired in all talk shows that evening, with an explanation of the watermelon blouse she wore later (and which the speaker suggested she wore instead by the way), so this incident only helped to get her message out there.
Auntievenim@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 340d
Ngl both shirts go hard
Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 340d
freedom of speech
BilboBargains@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 340d
Go Esther. The people who asked you to remove that flag don't want to be reminded that they are standing by while a genocide is underway.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 340d
Make it into politics and men are still pressuring you to take off your shirt
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 341d
Yep those are two different shirts all right
Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 340d
Where can I buy both of these? I love this
spykee@lemmings.world · 10 pts · 340d
Okay, I confess I now want more Esther in my life.
...and Esther changing into different tops....has now woken something in me.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 339d
A new Antifa perhaps?
spykee@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 339d
As long as Esther is the poster
girlbabe, I'm fine with whatever new it is.WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 339d
So many nazis. We need to make a list!