Dutch politician Esther Ouwehand was asked to remove her first shirt (Palestine flag), so she came back wearing another one of watermelon seeds.

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Who asked her and under what authority?

This timeline is batshit insane

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (10 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    political symbols on clothing are not allowed

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

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Why does it matter on what the political symbol is?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year 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.

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