Seems like the Streisand Effect is at play here. I never would have noticed a watermelon as a political symbol if they hadn't reacted this, i would just think it's a bit of whimsy. Now tons of people are reading about it

[–] motruck@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Except the organization wasn't trying to stifle dissent. They were trying to avoid any poltics. How dare they. Politics is life.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Can't tell if you're being facetious or not but banning politics broadly from an event and then being selective regarding what is or is not considered political is a way of stifling dissent. Would they have kicked someone out for wearing a US flag pin? How about an Israeli flag? The watermelon pin is not a flag, but it's meant to represent the Palestinian flag because of the matching colors, so what if someone wore a blue and white pin representing the Israeli flag?

Because anything could be considered political one way or another there is no way to ban politics from an event without imposing one's own political perspective on the attendees by selectively enforcing the ban.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware that "people have the right to exist" was political.

[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Hahahahah. Then you sir, madam, whstever are fucking dumb. Just like guy in the article, what it was just frut. Stfu. And before you go ohh ohh. I support Palestine but I also support people not wanting to est shit and breath it.

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 3 points 23 hours ago

"I'm inserting myself into this thread of a topic that I don't care about and don't want to be a part of!!"

Are you Meghan and Harry in a trench coat? An energy vampire? Do you need a hug?