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BrosefThomas t1_ivjvb6p wrote

Reply to comment by Desiman4u in Kerala Muslim women burn hijab in solidarity with Iranian movement | Watch by sirbarani

Legally sure. But if you are in a family or community that mandates it, it's pretty mandatory. And that exists in Kerala as well.

So I wouldn't call what they are doing symbolic.

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Calligraphie t1_ivjzwej wrote

Politically symbolic but ideologically impactful, maybe?

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Desiman4u t1_ivkbukx wrote

But if it’s a family issue, wouldn’t it make sense to do this at home for the members enforcing this upon you. I mean, if my family member enforces me to eat hotdog everyday, you wouldn’t see me burn a hotdog in middle of street. I’ll burn that mf in front of my family members to make a point.

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Cethinn t1_ivkdq42 wrote

Why is there always someone in the comments saying someone is protesting wrong? How in the world would that be more impactful? It's not like their families can't see this, plus other families can as well.

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Winjin t1_ivlzu1k wrote

There's always a lot of people protecting all the backwards things because they actually like them.

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BrosefThomas t1_ivkg345 wrote

Well sure if your family is the only one forcing you to eat hotdogs. If there were thousands/millions of families forcing their kids to eat hotdogs, what then?

It's the point of protests like this to initiate conversation. So if a handful of the million families that do this, stop and think, that's a win.

Trust me when I say this. For me, all this hits home a lot more than you would know. Exposure to these ideas in public are important.

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Desiman4u t1_ivkgh8a wrote

I agree, if you scale the scenario then protesting outside definitely makes sense. I take back what I said about protesting at home.

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