(TW: dead bodies in replies) https://twitter.com/elivalley/status/1710703675813810419?t=mP3Ybaow8Kudbh8Co2aATw&s=19
Yo I kinda hate the use of Israel Kamakawiwoʻole as a substitute icon for the apartheid state of Israel, given that used his music to identify the US State of Hawaii as an apartheid state against the native Hawaiian population.
Izzy K was a very cool figure, if u are not familiar with his work u should give him a listen!
I thought the whole joke was that the emoji is called israel-cool and he was a cool guy called Israel.
It’s not a good fit for the apartheid ethnostate, though.
Yes, the point is that we don’t want an actual :israel-cool: emote because we dont want an emote of the star of david on fire, even if it’s only on their shitty flag. but we want an :israel-cool: emote to use in situations like these, so we’ve got an emote of the only cool israel as a stand-in
