On a crowded shuttle in Frankfurt Airport.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

The passport control agent told me I should grow my moustache back.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

I just got a "Free Palestine!" from the coffee bar clerk who saw my flag pin. That felt pretty good. Is the Palestine flag illegal in Germany?

UPDATE: lots of discussion on this. Apparently it's not technically illegal but cops hassle people at protests who have visible signals like flags. IANAGL, TINGLA.

[benedikt@ruhr.social]

@evan I'm not aware of any point in time when it was illegal in Germany.

[leonardo@mastodon.bida.im]

@evan it was a pretty good moustache

[burnie@mastodon.online]

@benedikt @evan only the Hamas flag was banned afaik

[perspektivbrocken@social.tchncs.de]

@burnie @benedikt @evan The Hamas flag is banned, because Hamas is as an organisation. Symbols of banned organisations cannot be shown in public (as a support of the organisation).
I, too, have never heard of the Palestinian flag ever having been banned in Germany.

[tante@tldr.nettime.org]

@evan Palestine flag is not and has not been banned. Hamas flag is.

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@evan It isn't illegal in Germany. What's your source for that?

[hook@toot.si]

@evan, ah ok. Safe travels!

I think there is a route back to London, if it happens to coincide with your plans.

Also, you're welcome to join us at the pinball museum today, if that's your jam.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@jwildeboer

Search for "Palestine flag Germany arrest" and you can find quite a few examples. It seems to happen mostly at protests, though, and rarely if ever at airport coffee bars.