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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[–] 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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