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Dutch politician Esther Ouwehand was asked to remove her first shirt (Palestine flag), so she came back wearing another one of watermelon seeds. (media.expressional.social)
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Dutch politician Esther Ouwehand was asked to remove her first shirt (Palestine flag), so she came back wearing another one of watermelon seeds.

see original post: https://techhub.social/@mahmoudoov/115232831501836545

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[-] platypode@sh.itjust.works 108 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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 points 1 week ago

I was not aware of this. Thank you kindly

[-] Birch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

TIL about watermelon ๐Ÿ‰ support

E: there ought to be a list of hidden meaning of various emojis

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