• real_squids@sopuli.xyz
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      4 hours ago

      What’s up with the watermelon? Asking bc it’s a nazi-adjacent thing where I’m from

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 hours ago

        Guessing you’re German? It is used in place of the Palestinian flag, because it has the same colors. Since Germany is terrified of being labeled antisemitic, (and Israel immediately jumps to “you’re an antisemite” whenever anyone disagrees with them,) the German government has their tongue all the way up Israel’s asshole. So the German government labeled it antisemitic, (and started trying to propagandize their population to believe so as well, by equating it with Nazis) because they don’t want any Germans making headlines by using the emoji to support Palestine.

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        3 hours ago

        Are you from Germany by chance? Been adopted as a symbol of Palestinian resistance and therefore labelled anti-“semetic” by certain governments