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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What’s the significance of watermelon seeds?
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.
I was not aware of this. Thank you kindly
TIL about watermelon 🍉 support
E: there ought to be a list of hidden meaning of various emojis
Same colors as the one she was told to remove.
Who asked her and under what authority?
This timeline is batshit insane
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.
Watermelon is often used as a symbol of Palestinian resistance as it has the same colours as the flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_as_a_Palestinian_symbol
Ngl both shirts go hard
freedom of speech
Yep those are two different shirts all right
Make it into politics and men are still pressuring you to take off your shirt
Okay, I confess I now want more Esther in my life.
…and Esther changing into different tops…has now woken something in me.A new Antifa perhaps?
As long as Esther is the poster
girlbabe, I’m fine with whatever new it is.
Where can I buy both of these? I love this
So many nazis. We need to make a list!
