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  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    46
    7 months ago

    I've been wearing a keffiyeh every day since October 7th and haven't gotten anything, not even a glance. Closest I've gotten is a coworker out of nowhere asking me if I'd heard of Palestine before, since it was the first time he'd heard of the place. He didn't seem instantly hostile, since he had never heard of Israel either. That's the level of people I'm dealing with.

    However I'd probably get skinned alive here for displaying a current Vietnamese flag (lots of Vietnamese gusanos here. Is there a better term for that?)

    • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
      hexbear
      33
      7 months ago

      I remember Luna Oi using the term “three-stripe” because of that dogshit flag they love to pair with the stars and bars

    • peeonyou [he/him]
      hexbear
      7
      6 months ago

      I live adjacent to an extremely rich area in California. I wore a shirt with a faded Palestine flag on a walk to the library and back through those neighborhoods and the first person I ran into was a young guy, maybe high school age, who gave me a full up-down look and then mean-mugged silently as we passed on the sidewalk. For a split second I wasn't sure what that was about, but then I looked down and realized. Shameful that anyone could support Israel in the US though. Even more shameful that anyone supports our government.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
        hexbear
        3
        6 months ago

        There's a church down the street from me that flies an Israeli flag. I've biked past them twice a day, clearly wearing a keffiyeh that's sometimes fully wrapped around my face, and even they haven't said or done anything even when there are people milling about outside.

        I've been practicing what I'd say or do if I encounter a rabid Zionist in the wild but so far it hasn't occurred