Apparently it had been bought for my world flag collection before the al-Aqsa flood, and ever since then it's just been kinda sitting there all folded up at the back of the gifts-to-give shelf for over a year, because giving the Zionist flag to me on any occasion would be incredibly tone-deaf, and has only continued to become progressively more tone-deaf as... *gestures broadly at everything*

So finally it was decided to just give the flag to me today because "that's where the Christmas story happened" — and I said to this justification, "Bethlehem is in the West Bank, you have to go through like eight checkpoints to get there from Nazareth nowadays."

...But in any case the deed is done: I am now in possession of the flag of a settler-colonial vassal of empire currently committing an active, brutal genocide, to realize its expansionist ambitions under its racist ideology of ethnic supremacy. In other words, I have basically been given the equivalent of the Hakenkreuzflagge for Christmas of 1944.

After reviewing my options for things I can do with this gift, I have decided that I want to try redyeing the flag into either the Palestinian flag or the flag of the PFLP. I haven't dyed any fabric in nearly a decade so it'll be a good opportunity to practice that sort of crafts skill, I think.

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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    3 days ago

    So you don't think bleaching and redyeing it is a good idea, either?

    Edit: because it's a synthetic fabric things work a bit differently. I'm gonna have to look into how to do this right. Worst case scenario I'll try spray paint instead of dye.

    • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]
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      4 days ago

      I mean, if you'd think it be a nice arts and crafts project then have fun. I don't think it would send more of a message than a clean Palestinian flag if you were planning on flying it.