realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoPro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placardwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down16
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkPro-Palestine protester stands trial for racial offence over ‘coconut’ placardwww.theguardian.comrealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·7 days agoAnd they crop the billboard out in the photo so we can’t decide for ourselves how bad it is.
minus-squarerubikcuber@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoGiven that this person is being prosecuted for holding up this billboard in public, perhaps the newspaper is erring on the side of caution by not reprinting it!
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoI’d say there’s a very good chance you’re right.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s like calling a black person an oreo. It’s a racial slur, full stop.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoOh definitely. I wanted to see the cartoon depiction though.
And they crop the billboard out in the photo so we can’t decide for ourselves how bad it is.
Given that this person is being prosecuted for holding up this billboard in public, perhaps the newspaper is erring on the side of caution by not reprinting it!
I’d say there’s a very good chance you’re right.
It’s like calling a black person an oreo. It’s a racial slur, full stop.
Oh definitely. I wanted to see the cartoon depiction though.