• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    Since the 1980s, the watermelon has been an emblem of Palestinian solidarity,

    I did not know that.

    Is it common knowledge outside of political action circles?

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      I heard this once a few years ago, said “really?”, and then promptly forgot about it until now, where this was briefly new news to me again. Is this like, a very regional specific thing, or am I just out of some very big loops?

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      I certainly didn’t know that. I thought maybe they were a Saskatchewan Roughrider’s Fan

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      Anyone with any knowledge of the middle east should be aware of it. The genocide has been going on for your entire lifetime. In fact there is no human alive today that was not alive during a period where zionists were not killing Palestinian children.

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        It’s on par with the kufiyeh

        Another word I had to look up.

        I recognize the object, but didn’t know it’s name.

         

        Something being common knowledge for some people doesn’t automatically mean it is for everyone.

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    Ge asked whether wearing a Pride flag would be disallowed if it made a homophobic person uncomfortable.

    “I don’t know if that’s the point of the discussion,” Farber said.

    Isn’t it though?

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      “I don’t know if that’s the point of the discussion,” Farber said.

      It’s not, but it is related to a far more important one.

      The current discussion is if a watermelon pin is appropriate attire for a professional. The larger, more important discussion is “What causes are appropriate for someone to publicly support?”, and further “Who gets to decide what causes are approved?”

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    Here is laid bare, the infiltration of Israeli misinformation into Canada.

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        I have an autistic friend who loves watermelon and has watermelon socks, watermelon drinking glasses, watermelon everything. He wears his watermelon socks at work, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he had watermelon pins.

        I would argue that the ban of watermelon imagery should be explained and it is definitely not clear for the general population.

        I just learned about this symbolism today, and I’m usually more aware than the average person.