Math folks: what are the odds that the "14/88" thing with the new Drumpf FB ads was coincidence?

[bbernardini]

I've always sucked at math problems involving odds. Call me a conspiracy nut, but I think the 14/88 stuff in the new Drumpf ads is intentional. However, it got me to wondering...what are the odds that something like that could just happen accidentally, by chance?

[boston bean]

1. I have no idea what this means or to what you are referring. Can you give a hint?

[Zoonart]

5. 14/88

14/88
"14" representing 14 words written by David Lane, "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."

This is correct

The 88 defs are all wrong.

"88" refers to 88 words from Mein Kompf (author Adolph Hitler) about the supremacy of the white race.
14/88 and 88/14 are a common sign-on and sign-off on IRC Nazi channels.
#88/14#mein kompf#kkk#adolph hitler#david lane

[boston bean]

7. Ok but what ad? Is there an example?

Thank you for the explanation.

[boston bean]

12. I looked up David Lane. He also wrote 88 Precepts.

God, was a fucking disgusting man.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Correction on the 88:

"88" refers to the eighth letter of the alphabet, H.

Heil Hitler.

As others have said, what ad?

[Fullduplexxx]

16. I thought 88 was HH . Hiel hitler

[Zoonart]

17. All Nazi all the time.

[Aristus]

2. Pretty low.

It's a very obvious dog-whistle. Although to anyone not in the white supremacy movement who understands the significance of those numbers to the Neo-Nazis, it's as clear and overpowering as a factory whistle.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. I am obviously not a Neo-Nazi then because I have no idea what the numbers mean

[RockRaven]

4. Zero. You don't need to perform any calculations to know that.

This is who Trump's people are.

[qazplm135]

6. what is the 14/88 stuff in the ads?

Can you point us to it?

[LiberalArkie]

8. From the ADL

1488 is a combination of two popular white supremacist numeric symbols. The first symbol is 14, which is shorthand for the "14 Words" slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." The second is 88, which stands for "Heil Hitler" (H being the 8th letter of the alphabet). Together, the numbers form a general endorsement of white supremacy and its beliefs. As such, they are ubiquitous within the white supremacist movement - as graffiti, in graphics and tattoos, even in screen names and e-mail addresses, such as [e-mail]. Some white supremacists will even price racist merchandise, such as t-shirts or compact discs, for $14.88.


And there was a movie called 14/88. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3387980/

[ProfessorGAC]

9. The Odds Against Random Are Infinity!

Any two numbers from an infinite set? The odds of randomly picking those numbers is 1 over infinity, which is infinity.
Even if they were looking for two 2 digit numbers, the odds are 1 in 8,010 that they pick those 2 specific values.
So, the answer is, no it was not random.

[bbernardini]

10. Some clarification...

The ads that Facebook removed were posted to 88 different Facebook pages, and each one started with a 14 word sentence. See the above posts for a better explanation of 14/88 than I can provide. It's a pretty common thing for neo-Nazis to try and slip in 14/88 references whenever they can.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. Now, that's weird. NT

[chowder66]

11. Are you referring to this Mother Jones article?

Media Matters noticed the campaign had purchased a total of 88 ads featuring the concentration camp badge symbol, which Mother Jones confirmed. Each ad started with a 14 word sentence. The number 1488 is a common neo-nazi hate symbol that makes reference to Adolf Hitler and a widespread white supremacist slogan.

https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/06/trump-upside-down-triangle-antifa/

[soothsayer]

15. Between Qanon and nazi codes

...I’m beginning to see why it doesn’t bother his supporters that he speaks in gibberish.

They’re probably trying to decode it.