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49. Snopes verdict is that the claim that the OK sign is a white power symbol is unproven
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 06:10 PM
Sep 2018
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 ain’t going anywhere near that s***.”

People are often eager to believe what they want to believe.

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Isn't that the sign for asshole? GusBob Sep 2018 #1
Who is she? Sure looks like she's flashing that white power sign., and she's sitting right behind... brush Sep 2018 #5
They do shit like this on purpose to distract. joshcryer Sep 2018 #10
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
She got doxxed. Let's see if she laughs once the consequences come down. brush Sep 2018 #38
Details Please Me. Sep 2018 #51
Have you not watched as all the cell phone racists who've called the cops on AAs just living life... brush Sep 2018 #54
AaH Me. Sep 2018 #58
She's already been doxxed. We'll see if there are consequences. brush Sep 2018 #59
The Consequences Is What Makes It Such Me. Sep 2018 #60
You're right. What's next, the peace sign? Vermijelli Sep 2018 #50
She's identifying herself as a racist, & communicating that racists in the white house. AnotherMother4Peace Sep 2018 #68
Like the other person said, it's a false flag type thing. joshcryer Sep 2018 #22
Zina Bash. Trump advisor. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2018 #16
Just another Faux pas Sep 2018 #2
Ahh the familiar darkside right-wing KGOP republican a-hole gang sign Achilleaze Sep 2018 #3
Zina Bash hlthe2b Sep 2018 #4
Thanks, hit. nt Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #7
I wonder whether she did it while Cruz was up Sanity Claws Sep 2018 #15
Thanks.. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #41
Well, she did work on Immigration issues with Stephen Miller et al, so I'm betting there's something hlthe2b Sep 2018 #43
Hope twitterville can find out...ewwwww Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #6
oh , another deplorable, in you go! JHan Sep 2018 #8
+1 dewsgirl Sep 2018 #52
She used to work for Cruz Skidmore Sep 2018 #9
I don't think you are reading too much into it at all. Anon-C Sep 2018 #11
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
I find her at the most, ordinary looking Sanity Claws Sep 2018 #17
Attractive?? Lol. honest.abe Sep 2018 #23
"Washington is Hollywood for ugly people." Paul Begala alfredo Sep 2018 #35
I saw that Tweet too PatSeg Sep 2018 #48
#NotOK demmiblue Sep 2018 #13
You realize that picture started as a 4 Chan troll of liberals, right Lee-Lee Sep 2018 #29
And yet the trolling was picked up by the right LanternWaste Sep 2018 #36
Ain't working. Kingofalldems Sep 2018 #39
Trolling you say? Kingofalldems Sep 2018 #42
Who holds their arm that way? RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #18
Very nasty looking woman. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #19
I'm gonna go with she's letting the world know Cha Sep 2018 #27
+1. Nasty, arrogant, obnoxious, ugly character. dalton99a Sep 2018 #69
Brazen Roland99 Sep 2018 #21
Zina Asshole is not helping her stupid cause. Cha Sep 2018 #24
Yeah, we see you Asshole. Cha Sep 2018 #25
Seems awfully childish to me. CatMor Sep 2018 #28
worked on immigration policy for rump AmandaRuth Sep 2018 #30
+++ exactly ! lunasun Sep 2018 #61
More information about Zina Bash Blueplanet Sep 2018 #31
Thanks and welcome to DU, Blue! - just found this as well: Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #34
Kick for this shared info. Thanks. nt oasis Sep 2018 #45
Oh tea party dad book ! Well no doubt before and not now lunasun Sep 2018 #62
You folks know the whole "OK sign white power" thing is a troll from 4chan, right? Lee-Lee Sep 2018 #32
Life imitates farts. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #33
Wow, twice in one thread. Kingofalldems Sep 2018 #40
May have started that way, but seems alt right has embraced it... hlthe2b Sep 2018 #44
Just joking you can tell :( lunasun Sep 2018 #63
I think she may saying he's an asshole ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #46
Why work for him? lunasun Sep 2018 #64
Kavanaugh's assistant Zina Bash giving the white power sign right behind him Gothmog Sep 2018 #47
Why does she do this if her father is of Polish Jewish descent and her mother Mexican? k8conant Sep 2018 #55
Stephen Miller is a racist and white supremacist even though he is Jewish Gothmog Sep 2018 #57
Miller 100% Jewish . His family had to escape hate in Europe lunasun Sep 2018 #65
Snopes verdict is that the claim that the OK sign is a white power symbol is unproven mythology Sep 2018 #49
Here is a slightly different take on the sign. Caliman73 Sep 2018 #56
Fwiw, she was on trumps transition team Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #53
Yes, I think too much is read into this particular case Hav Sep 2018 #66
Is it real? Doesn't look right. IADEMO2004 Sep 2018 #67
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