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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.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon/_as/_a/_Palestinian/_symbol]

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

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same colors as the one she was told to remove.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Who asked her and under what authority?

This timeline is batshit insane

[–] thymos@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

At least in Germany, and I imagine it would be similar in the Netherlands, it would be the parliament's president because political symbols on clothing are not allowed.

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

political symbols on clothing are not allowed

Had some similar silliness in the Ontario provincial parliament in Canada when they decided a keffiyeh was a 'political symbol' or some such bs - they threw a member right out for refusing to take it off.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

IMO, it would be better if politicians were like Nascar drivers. At least it would be more honest.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

political symbols on clothing are not allowed

Not really. The Israeli flag has been raised over the German Bundestag building

[–] grindemup@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You know that a building is not the same as clothing, right?

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why does it matter on what the political symbol is?

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because you're talking about a law or rule - it is literally all about how it is written - people build entire careers on debating the interpretation of how they are written.

"No government employee can wear political symbols to work" is 100%, clearly and entirely not the same as "No political symbols may be shown anywhere on any government property"

Seriously?? A downvote?? You asked why it matters, I explained why it matters, jfc, leave the nasty Reddit behaviour on Reddit tyvm.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Aww, you're so cute. Like the law would care about common sense instead of opressing minorities ;p

[–] HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

Thats cute that you say opressing minorities because that decision (to put up the flag on that day) was made unanimously.

[–] HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah because the Bundestag voted for it (unanimously btw)