Taylor LorenzNov 14, 2023
Etsy secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. While pro-Israel items like shirts with the Israeli flag bearing the slogan “These colors don’t run, they reload,” have been deemed fine by Etsy’s policy team. https://www.platformer.news/p/how-banning-one-palestinian-slogan
How banning one Palestinian slogan roiled Etsy

The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. Some employees aren’t happy

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Show threadNazaniNov 14, 2023
@taylorlorenz
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/meaning-from-river-to-sea-israel-palestine-gaza-hamas-war-20231112.html
‘From the river to the sea’ threatens to drown out any chance for peace

The phrase is code for eradicating the state of Israel, but some right-wing Israelis don't shy away from similar calls regarding Palestinians.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Show threadJuho Mäntysalo

@Nazani @taylorlorenz

In other words: no peace without apartheid?

Nov 14, 2023 at 2:51pmWeb
Show threadNazaniNov 14, 2023
@iju @taylorlorenz
You'd have to ask the author.
Show threadJuho MäntysaloNov 14, 2023

@Nazani @taylorlorenz

The question was mostly rhetorical.

But I do confess hating this modern world where every political slogan and hand-gesture used by left-from-far-right is interpreted to mean aims of the far right, and then treated as such.

For example,
👌🏻= white power
River-to-sea = genocide
Black lives = white genocide
Defend police = mob rule

It's not going to end well.