Historically, Palestine as an ethno-nationalist movement, formed in opposition to Jewish return. The keffiyeh as a political symbol, only gained widespread popularity as a means to hide one’s identity from British authorities while protesting Jewish immigration - protests like mob violence, lynchings, burning businesses and homes, etc. Kind of like a Klan hood.
You’re just wrong on this one. Palestine existed way before the Zionist movement. If a group of people move into your ancestral home and tell you, “hey my fairy tale book here says this place is mine” will you leave quietly? Palestinian protests stem from this problem. Saying a keffiyeh is equivalent to a klan hood is fucking bizarre, because keffiyehs are a cultural symbol that come from people living in arid climates. It has become a political symbol to support Palestine in this genocide taking place against them.
Yeah, leftists would never support genocide in order to protect their own power structure. Except for that one time… Or that other time… And also…
But i’m sure you’d never see leftist college students TODAY running around LARPing as murderous ethno-nationalists.
But man, those liberals… Crazy, right?!
How exactly are these images supporting your claim of “college students LARPing as murderous ethno-nationalists”? Because they’re wearing a Kufiya?
Historically, Palestine as an ethno-nationalist movement, formed in opposition to Jewish return. The keffiyeh as a political symbol, only gained widespread popularity as a means to hide one’s identity from British authorities while protesting Jewish immigration - protests like mob violence, lynchings, burning businesses and homes, etc. Kind of like a Klan hood.
You’re just wrong on this one. Palestine existed way before the Zionist movement. If a group of people move into your ancestral home and tell you, “hey my fairy tale book here says this place is mine” will you leave quietly? Palestinian protests stem from this problem. Saying a keffiyeh is equivalent to a klan hood is fucking bizarre, because keffiyehs are a cultural symbol that come from people living in arid climates. It has become a political symbol to support Palestine in this genocide taking place against them.