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Watermelons became symbols of Palestine amid censorship of the Palestinian flag because of its similar colours.
Ah, ok - before reading I thought someone had got their stereotypes mixed up.
I bet none of these "apolitical" organisations would act if someone displayed a Ukrainian flag and I bet none of them would claim it was potentially sensitive and offensive to Russians.
Supporting Ukraine = nonpolitical
Supporting Palestine = political
Mega double standards when it comes to the two conflicts.
(I am against the Russian invasion, just in case it seems otherwise)
Ukrainian flag - not political. Russian flag - political.
Israeli flag - not political. Palestinian flag - political.
I think that's the point of the lawsuit. You can't claim you're "completely apolitical and non-biased" when you actually support one side of a conflict and punish your employees who support the other side.
supporting the status quo is always political but invisibly so
All flags are inherrently political. A flag is the ultimate symbol for nationalism. Usually you shouldn't display them in any context, especially in a job that makes you face people from different backgrounds, ethnicities or nations.
So yeah, I'd tell someone to take off the Ukraine background too, not for the "someone might be offended" reason
Imagine being so racist that you get upset over a watermelon.
And not in the way you'd think
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I can't believe you would post something so blatantly antisemitic!
:sprinkles some tajin on it:
Watermelon
Ow, my... Judaism? Idk, can I have some too? I'll share my gala apples.
How dare you
Guaranteed they'd embrace pineapples, with bells on.
The same people that think not murdering babies is antisemitic
There is a lot of antisemitic views these days
A bowl of fruit doesn't really qualify no matter how you spin it. Also criticizing Israel does not mean criticizing all Jewish people. The Jewish faith is getting pulled into politics which really sucks for everyone who is not Israel. The current Israel administration likes to scream antisemitism for every bit of criticism. They are directly fueling antisemitic views.
That's their hope. The administrations of some governments are purposely doing moves to embolden terrorism, embolden racism, embolden hate. Then when someone with the wrong skin color does something terrible, they can say, "see? War were declared." Let the wartime profits rain in!
Jewish people are great, the people of Israel seem to be smart and clever, their engineering seems first-class. Their government? Up there with the USA Federal government on the list of terrible things that need to go away.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2025
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