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jberryhill

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56. Yes and so was Clinton

Fri Sep 7, 2018, 07:22 PM

Sep 2018

In fact, any number of people can be shown to be making this gesture for decades back. So what. You keep making that assertion about Spencer in the apparent belief that just because some anonymous person on the internet says so, it is true. Please produce any pre-2017 explanation of this symbol. Not someone making it, but a reference proving what you keep asserting without evidence.

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Posting this for anyone who argued Zina Bash was an innocent victim on Tuesday [View all] kpete Sep 2018 OP

That's what I thought when I first Cha Sep 2018 #1

Bash got her queue from someone on Eyeball_Kid Sep 2018 #65

I read that.. and smirked her way through it. Cha Sep 2018 #69

Regrets, but I'm standing up for restraint. Hortensis Sep 2018 #88

Is this legit? Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2018 #2

PBS, via non-anon Twitter. Here she gives White Power sign, unnaturally & obviously, previous day Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #20

Thanks. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2018 #25

I watched the entire hearing. pazzyanne Sep 2018 #26

Why is she wearing a Ruth Bader Ginsberg style lace collar? CottonBear Sep 2018 #3

In her case money, place , power see Miller, &Mnuchin but what about the deplorables who are lunasun Sep 2018 #5

One name atreides1 Sep 2018 #6

Said and done. UTUSN Sep 2018 #63

how can Stephen Miller be a nazi? barbtries Sep 2018 #16

There were Jews serving in Hitler's army. LiberalFighter Sep 2018 #17

--- because she doesn't get it, her best buds hate her. 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #23

Ask Ben Carson how he supports a blatantly racist President. NT Adrahil Sep 2018 #31

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There are a lot of people of color, or who belong to culturally marginalized groups... Caliman73 Sep 2018 #59

And then they cry tears of shock and surprise when ICE comes to deport them DFW Sep 2018 #70

True. Caliman73 Sep 2018 #71

What? His best bud behind him? No! Video link lunasun Sep 2018 #4

Thank you. I was shocked by the deniers on DU earlier this week. Pretty can be ugly. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #7

brings to mind a quote by Maya Angelou FM123 Sep 2018 #8

wait...educate me, please? Trueblue Texan Sep 2018 #9

Good point who throws out an OK instead of covering their mouth while yawning ? lunasun Sep 2018 #12

What people are leaving out is that the ADL doesn't regard this as a white power symbol mythology Sep 2018 #22

Yep jberryhill Sep 2018 #52

Catch up. The white supremacists co-opted that sign and they... brush Sep 2018 #62

Sorry... that's fallacious FBaggins Sep 2018 #83

Sorry. The fact that others use it as an ok sign doesn't stop... brush Sep 2018 #84

You're missing the fallacy FBaggins Sep 2018 #90

Nobody is missing any fallacy, just as no one is saying anyone who... brush Sep 2018 #91

Lol! Did you somehow miss the rest of the thread? n/t FBaggins Sep 2018 #92

Give it up. You don't want to admit the sign was re-purposed. brush Sep 2018 #93

Jury is still out on that. Caliman73 Sep 2018 #53

I had a half-Jewish cousin like Zina Bash Beakybird Sep 2018 #10

Undeniable. Zina Bash is a vile creature. dalton99a Sep 2018 #11

Those who argued her righteousness are clueless... LanternWaste Sep 2018 #13

It looks like an OK sign to me. No? LAS14 Sep 2018 #14

The White Power hand sign is held differently than the OK hand sign. haele Sep 2018 #21

Oh ffs Alea Sep 2018 #29

Thank you. Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #34

That's wrong. W_HAMILTON Sep 2018 #37

I'll rely on the Anti-Defamation League for accurate information. Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #38

You can rely on whatever you want, but facts are facts. W_HAMILTON Sep 2018 #39

Where does it stop? Alea Sep 2018 #43

It is also a fact that a broken analog clock is right twice a day. It doesn't mean it isn't broken. Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #50

Yes and so was Clinton jberryhill Sep 2018 #56

No shit it was a perfectly normal gesture before white supremacists started using it. W_HAMILTON Sep 2018 #80

Lots and lots of people were using the "OK" hand gesture in advance of the thread on 4chan. PoliticAverse Sep 2018 #79

Universal hand gesture for OK hijacked by alt right Alea Sep 2018 #44

Here you go ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #47

The clips purporting to demonstrate that she is flashing the white power symbol Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #54

So what's this? The okay sign? Kingofalldems Sep 2018 #85

It's someone who knows that liberals believe the hoax Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #94

It's not the symbol, it's the person Fla_Democrat Sep 2018 #96

From my twitter feed Gothmog Sep 2018 #76

Whoever she is, she's being an ass Catherine Vincent Sep 2018 #15

even after the first brouhaha, AmandaRuth Sep 2018 #18

Coincidences Take Planning... dlk Sep 2018 #19

Yep. n/t demmiblue Sep 2018 #24

seriously someone needs to ask her AmandaRuth Sep 2018 #27

I would like to know the answer to that. demmiblue Sep 2018 #30

Yes clearly they are just saying OK to the camera and like Bash it was nothing more. lunasun Sep 2018 #86

threepers Ponietz Sep 2018 #28

Wait a minute.... Adrahil Sep 2018 #32

It was not highjacked by white supremacists. Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #35

And the fact that white sumpremacists are now using it? Remember when Pepe was just a troll? NT Adrahil Sep 2018 #42

Exactly! rusty fender Sep 2018 #45

Nonsense. Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #61

You are ignoring its use in context. rusty fender Sep 2018 #68

Exactly. Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #72

Yes, and some people stick their heads in the rusty fender Sep 2018 #74

Why keep denying it. It's what it means to them not you or me or the ADL. brush Sep 2018 #81

I think what it means now is that they are yanking our chain, Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #95

See post #84. brush Sep 2018 #97

Like a kid brother who discovers that his big sister reacts to a particular gesture, or face, or wor Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #51

It's just a bizarre distraction. joshcryer Sep 2018 #46

It's gaslighting RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #58

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Bonx Sep 2018 #36

I can't believe white supremacists let a non white into their group. blueinredohio Sep 2018 #40

I have read about some white supremacists accepting European Jews and IluvPitties Sep 2018 #49

This DailyBeast article addresses this - as apparently it is not uncommon anymore salin Sep 2018 #87

Where are our peeps with their hand signals? ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #48

Zina is apparently an anagram. C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #55

Hmmm...interesting. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #82

Isn't that also an "OK" gesture? oberliner Sep 2018 #57

It certainly can be. Caliman73 Sep 2018 #64

Great post RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #66

Thanks. Caliman73 Sep 2018 #67

That looks like a booger-flinging gesture Donkees Sep 2018 #60

It's not okay. Swede Sep 2018 #73

From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Sep 2018 #75

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Dang it. even the Buddha. aikoaiko Sep 2018 #78

Having seen all the info back and forth I stand... LAS14 Sep 2018 #89

"I Am an Idiot: Zina Bash's OK Sign Was Completely Innocent After All" PoliticAverse Sep 2018 #98