Sorry C.C. It means Greenie on the outside and Marxist on the inside. - green on the outside, red on the inside. The people who use that term probably wouldn't know a Marxist from any sort of melon.
Reminds me of the Hitlerists' term "beefsteak Nazis" for SA leader Röhm's socialist faction that Hitler had purged in the Night of the Long Knives, meaning "brown on the outside, red on the inside", since it was where many former members of the Communist Party and other members of the working class had gone, and of course they were the Brownshirts.
Röhm himself wanted to overthrow Hitler, believing Hitler to have failed to fulfill the socialist part of the revolution, and supposedly had plans for wealth redistribution of the richest Germans and nobility. Röhm was well-known at the time to be the only member of Hitler's inner circle to have never fallen for his spell and to have always seen right through him.
Of course, Hitler ultimately had him killed and slaughtered his entire faction, replacing the SA with the SS, and denouncing his former friend as being a "depraved" homosexual—Röhm was publicly, openly homosexual and the SA was known for its gay underground—something he and others had not ever previously cared about, and as a Marxist, etc.
Just how many food metaphors are there to describe people's politics? I would not be surprised if the Australian usage of "watermelon" is derived from Nazi "beefsteaks", considering how much Nazi language has entered common vernacular and continues to poison us today.
Thank you for mentioning ZoI as I just watched trailer and brief discussion and though the references are painful to watch it is particularly important to understand how we are 'living' in this nightmare without end...insight and discussion is essential...thank you again!
Yes, it is beyond reprehensible.
When people ask; "how was the holocaust allowed to happen" I laugh.
You’re seeing exactly how it was ALLOWED to happen right here before our own eyes...in our own time.
One day future generations will ask..."how was it allowed to happen AGAIN ?" !
BTW, I love your Watermelon Avatar!
In Australia 'watermelon' means someone who is green on the outside and red on the inside. Personally, I'm happy to wear both colours on the outside.
first time i saw it was in a quote from Roberto d'Aubuisson, Reagan's favorite fascist at the time.
Didn't know that. What exactly does that mean - "Green on the outside and red on the inside" ?
Sorry C.C. It means Greenie on the outside and Marxist on the inside. - green on the outside, red on the inside. The people who use that term probably wouldn't know a Marxist from any sort of melon.
Reminds me of the Hitlerists' term "beefsteak Nazis" for SA leader Röhm's socialist faction that Hitler had purged in the Night of the Long Knives, meaning "brown on the outside, red on the inside", since it was where many former members of the Communist Party and other members of the working class had gone, and of course they were the Brownshirts.
Röhm himself wanted to overthrow Hitler, believing Hitler to have failed to fulfill the socialist part of the revolution, and supposedly had plans for wealth redistribution of the richest Germans and nobility. Röhm was well-known at the time to be the only member of Hitler's inner circle to have never fallen for his spell and to have always seen right through him.
Of course, Hitler ultimately had him killed and slaughtered his entire faction, replacing the SA with the SS, and denouncing his former friend as being a "depraved" homosexual—Röhm was publicly, openly homosexual and the SA was known for its gay underground—something he and others had not ever previously cared about, and as a Marxist, etc.
Just how many food metaphors are there to describe people's politics? I would not be surprised if the Australian usage of "watermelon" is derived from Nazi "beefsteaks", considering how much Nazi language has entered common vernacular and continues to poison us today.
Totally agree! That new film just released, Zone of Interest, will be particularly poignant for the times we are living in.
Thank you for mentioning ZoI as I just watched trailer and brief discussion and though the references are painful to watch it is particularly important to understand how we are 'living' in this nightmare without end...insight and discussion is essential...thank you again!