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mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think she said Swiss in another post? There’s a lot of cultural cross-pollination

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- real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  they* but no, I’m ukrainian, it took off as a meme a while ago but not everyone is aware it started in nazi groupchats and sometimes gets used as a dogwhistle, so I’m wary
  
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  - agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh, I got mixed up in the comment chain, I was talking about OP
    
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- loics2@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s not seen as a nazi symbol in Switzerland (at least in the french-speking part). But off course, the right wing labels everything pro-Palestine as antisemitic, like pretty much everywhere I guess
  
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Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In America watermelons are associated with racist stereotypes about black people

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real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Nope, just tired of seeing it get associated with the word “based”, bc I know who came up with that association. I think you can sorta deduce my country from that lol

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- WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s based!
  
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  - real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Just don’t combine that with watermelons lol or I’ll assume you’re cool with nazis (or simply unaware). Peep the other comment, I explained it briefly
    
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    WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    But Palestine is based too.
    
    I hate the Hitler ate sugar trope, I will appropriate Nazi memes and use them against them all I want.
    
    It is only as evil as the user wielding them.
    
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    0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    If i understand correctly, in Ukraine watermelons equate to nazis?
    
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