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In reply to the discussion: Weird. She just held it there. Who is this? [View all]mythology
(9,527 posts)49. Snopes verdict is that the claim that the OK sign is a white power symbol is unproven
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/intern-white-power-hand-gesture/
According to the prominent anti-hate group the Anti-Defamation League, the idea that the hand gesture signifies white supremacist sympathies started as an Internet hoax:
The OK hand gesture hoax originated in February 2017 when an anonymous 4channer announced Operation O-KKK, telling other members that we must flood Twitter and other social media websites claiming that the OK hand sign is a symbol of white supremacy. The user even provided a helpful graphic showing how the letters WP (for white power) could be traced within an OK gesture. The originator and others also suggested useful hashtags to help spread the hoax, such as #PowerHandPrivilege and #NotOkay. Leftists have dug so deep down into their lunacy, wrote the poster, We must force [them] to dig more, until the rest of society aint going anywhere near that s***.
People are often eager to believe what they want to believe.
According to the prominent anti-hate group the Anti-Defamation League, the idea that the hand gesture signifies white supremacist sympathies started as an Internet hoax:
The OK hand gesture hoax originated in February 2017 when an anonymous 4channer announced Operation O-KKK, telling other members that we must flood Twitter and other social media websites claiming that the OK hand sign is a symbol of white supremacy. The user even provided a helpful graphic showing how the letters WP (for white power) could be traced within an OK gesture. The originator and others also suggested useful hashtags to help spread the hoax, such as #PowerHandPrivilege and #NotOkay. Leftists have dug so deep down into their lunacy, wrote the poster, We must force [them] to dig more, until the rest of society aint going anywhere near that s***.
People are often eager to believe what they want to believe.
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Who is she? Sure looks like she's flashing that white power sign., and she's sitting right behind...
brush
Sep 2018
#5
She a long-time. right wing, repug apparatchik. Why would you think she's doing it for a joke?
brush
Sep 2018
#14
There's some question as to whether the sign itself is a false flag trap by right-wingers
RhodeIslandOne
Sep 2018
#20
Where have you been doing this whole white power movement uptick. Most people here know they've...
brush
Sep 2018
#26
They co-opted something that's common and they should not be allowed to!!!!!
RhodeIslandOne
Sep 2018
#37
Have you not watched as all the cell phone racists who've called the cops on AAs just living life...
brush
Sep 2018
#54
She's identifying herself as a racist, & communicating that racists in the white house.
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2018
#68
Well, she did work on Immigration issues with Stephen Miller et al, so I'm betting there's something
hlthe2b
Sep 2018
#43
Give her a black hat and a broom and you've got a Trumper version of wicked witch of the west.
honest.abe
Sep 2018
#12
You folks know the whole "OK sign white power" thing is a troll from 4chan, right?
Lee-Lee
Sep 2018
#32
Why does she do this if her father is of Polish Jewish descent and her mother Mexican?
k8conant
Sep 2018
#55
Snopes verdict is that the claim that the OK sign is a white power symbol is unproven
mythology
Sep 2018
#49