I was in a Palestinian rally about 2 weeks ago (9 August) and decided to bring along my SACP flag alongside the Palestinian flag I usually carry, waving both at the Estonian Foreign Ministry and carrying it along our path to a nearby park, with the intent to carry it through the Old Town and at the conclusion in front of the Riigikogu (Parliament).

Some random bystander was repeatedly saluting Elon Musk and about 10 minutes later, approached behind me to do the same thing, until he ultimately left. Another participant in our rally also took offense to me carrying the SACP flag, stating this is a pro-Palestinian rally and not a communism advocacy, oblivious to the critical role of specifically, the South African Communist Party’s central role bringing Palestine to the world’s attention following the end of Apartheid rule in South Africa.

Note that communist symbology such as the display of the hammer and sickle is not illegal under Estonian law. Some time later, I got approached by several police officers and escorted behind a police van that parked rather aggressively in the middle of Tammsaare Park (our destination after the Foreign Ministry) where we were rallying. I got held for questioning over having a flag with a hammer and sickle on it, with the officer running the usual liberal gambit of “totalitarian regimes and possible support of the Russian aggression in Ukraine”, even though the hammer and sickle is not associated with the war and the symbology in question is not banned. I got held for some 15-20 minutes as the officers waited for backup and to decide how to proceed, with even the threat of a €600 fine because Estonians are hopelessly ignorant of politics outside of KKKracker-washed narratives slop, this even according to the officer (obviously the cop didn’t say KKKracker, lmfao). Eventually I was let go and allowed to proceed with a warning, under the condition of rolling up the flag and not waving it. Good thing they didn’t notice the dozen USSR and Lenin pins on my EFF beret, else I’d have a lawsuit in excess of €5,000 for something that is legally permissible.

Also the person who reported me to the cops was the same dude doing the Elon Musk salute, a gesture which actually is outlawed in Estonia.

Seriously not beating the allegations. Death to piSSrael.