maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 20 days agoHow did I miss this important Australian historical event?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHow did I miss this important Australian historical event?www.youtube.commaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezero_gravitas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoHaha, I saw it around when it was originally posted. It’s just so bizarre I didn’t know what to make of it. I couldn’t find an extended version or anything describing the context around it.
minus-squarePsaldorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoI think it’s because people used watermelon emoji to represent Gaza support (because of the colours) so now watermelons are antisemitic
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agowatermelons are an old racist anti African American symbol but you knew it was a hate symbol already , now you are playing victim 🙄
Haha, I saw it around when it was originally posted. It’s just so bizarre I didn’t know what to make of it. I couldn’t find an extended version or anything describing the context around it.
I think it’s because people used watermelon emoji to represent Gaza support (because of the colours) so now watermelons are antisemitic
watermelons are an old racist anti African American symbol
but you knew it was a hate symbol already , now you are playing victim 🙄