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Caliman73

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40. Yep. Other places too.

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 02:25 PM

Feb 2019

The three fingers up are the ASS with the hole at the end. I think that the primary use was to signal OK but its use has changed over the years.

It is definitely used by White Supremacists to signal each other and to deliberately tweak liberals, so that would in context, make it a racist gesture.

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Please stop denying this is a white power sign [View all] EffieBlack Feb 2019 OP

Do people refute that? MrGrieves Feb 2019 #1

Yes, they do. Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #2

It depends a lot on context. Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #6

You are 100% accurate SCantiGOP Feb 2019 #17

you said it a lot better than I did MrGrieves Feb 2019 #30

the V for victory and the peace sign are not the same scarytomcat Feb 2019 #62

"I think right wings are just fucking with us" because they are RACISTS EffieBlack Feb 2019 #68

no I'm saying whether they are or are not gang signs/white supremacists signals scarytomcat Feb 2019 #70

You don't think their hand gestures are important, but we should wait until they lynch someone? EffieBlack Feb 2019 #71

no I really don't think finger gestures should be an important discussion topic scarytomcat Feb 2019 #73

Thank you. The Mouth Feb 2019 #95

Just to make it even more confusing EarlG Feb 2019 #67

Yep JackInGreen Feb 2019 #76

I'm 55 and I remember that game since at least the 80s OriginalGeek Feb 2019 #80

Thank you Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #83

Thanks. I've only seen that in a couple of images w/people saying "Look @ that white power signal" Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #85

Here's a link to an explanation of the beginning of that as a hoax.... Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #86

Here on DU I see it refuted. yardwork Feb 2019 #39

It's being refuted right in this thread ... EffieBlack Feb 2019 #69

I know. yardwork Feb 2019 #75

I know, and it's sickening. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #81

That just means "A, OK". They probably like the service at this bar. Tom Rinaldo Feb 2019 #3

Good point. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #79

Kick dalton99a Feb 2019 #4

Whatever the sign may have been in the past, the Reichwingers totally own it now. Girard442 Feb 2019 #5

Thank you! Raster Feb 2019 #7

In Central America, volstork Feb 2019 #21

Yep. Other places too. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #40

Not just Central America. It's ASL ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #45

🤟🏾 BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2019 #84

You bet. We need to recognize a hate gesture when we see it. Hortensis Feb 2019 #8

Of course it is. And those who try to defend it only make themselves look silly. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #9

Absolutely. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #37

The guy on the right must not be in on it. ego_nation Feb 2019 #10

And the second guy from the left seems to be purposely NOT doing it. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #11

I agree. While it can be interpreted in other ways, MineralMan Feb 2019 #12

" gang sign for racists" - best description I have heard rurallib Feb 2019 #14

That's how I see it. MineralMan Feb 2019 #15

Unfortunately, the proud boys do have a few token minorities to claim they're not white nationalist IronLionZion Feb 2019 #13

How the "OK" Symbol Became a Popular Trolling Gesture (from the ADL) oberliner Feb 2019 #16

The 3 extended fingers ... aggiesal Feb 2019 #29

It is annoying how they co-opted what was once an innocuous gesture oberliner Feb 2019 #42

This ain't no basketball game Blue Owl Feb 2019 #18

I know, and it sucks! ... malchickiwick Feb 2019 #19

I do that, as well - and in that context it would be possible to make a change without any harm. Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #82

I doubt that, if you're diving, anyone is going to mistake your hand gestures for white supremacist EffieBlack Feb 2019 #89

They may well be teeming with Proud Boys Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #90

The joke was started to troll liberals. SansACause Feb 2019 #20

If you "troll" people by using a gesture that has become widely associated with racists EffieBlack Feb 2019 #23

The OK gesture was innocuous for quite a long time until the white power folks co-opted it recently oberliner Feb 2019 #43

Funny how this gesture keeps turning up in photos of white men and boys who seem to have problems EffieBlack Feb 2019 #46

There are many photos of black people making that gesture outside of a basketball court oberliner Feb 2019 #54

Oprah 30+ years ago. Ok, whatever, Boo. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #58

Here's Beyonce more recently oberliner Feb 2019 #59

You're still completely missing the point, Boo EffieBlack Feb 2019 #61

How else would one find the pictures other than by Googling? oberliner Feb 2019 #64

I've already read the article EffieBlack Feb 2019 #66

Yes, these people just don't understand that this gesture was "co-opted" so we should stop EffieBlack Feb 2019 #65

The klan used it decades ago IronLionZion Feb 2019 #24

Do you have a link to more information about that? oberliner Feb 2019 #44

My mistake, it's this similar one IronLionZion Feb 2019 #47

Got it - thanks oberliner Feb 2019 #56

Maybe so... Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #31

Started is the operative word. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #41

What appears to be working is a scheme to MineralMan Feb 2019 #48

Exactly EffieBlack Feb 2019 #50

Yeah, "whatabout" that? MineralMan Feb 2019 #52

You're absolutely right EffieBlack it is a white power sign ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #22

Unfortunately, I believe you are correct. MicaelS Feb 2019 #25

It used to simply mean "ok". Now? gtar100 Feb 2019 #26

They all need TwistOneUp Feb 2019 #27

If it's on a basketball court, it's a sign of a three pt shot Roland99 Feb 2019 #28

It is clearly a white power sign Gothmog Feb 2019 #32

That photo was taken in Salem, Oregon a couple of years ago. Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #33

They are disgusting. Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #34

Boys will be boys,... magicarpet Feb 2019 #96

Oh no! Covington defenders claim that's the 3-point signal!!!11!!! Kingofalldems Feb 2019 #35

In the very limited context of a basketball game Codeine Feb 2019 #38

I can't believe that people are responding to a photo showing a well-known racist posing with EffieBlack Feb 2019 #53

We must wait for all the evidence! Iggo Feb 2019 #57

Did you look at ALL of the pictures? EffieBlack Feb 2019 #60

Also, racists in blackface flashing white-power signs at basketball games aren't being racist. Iggo Feb 2019 #63

Thugs displaying their gang sign. I'm sure their mothers are so proud. Hekate Feb 2019 #36

I'm sticking with the The Anti-Defamation League pintobean Feb 2019 #49

You do that EffieBlack Feb 2019 #51

Individual 1 Rorey Feb 2019 #55

It is, but I think people can innocently make that sign Alhena Feb 2019 #72

There's a difference between innocently making that sign EffieBlack Feb 2019 #74

symbols are in the eye of the beholder cbdo2007 Feb 2019 #77

People didn't suddenly and randomly start "interpreting" this as a white power symbol EffieBlack Feb 2019 #78

The beer-hall setting with black-clad fanboys has a definite Teutonic look. VOX Feb 2019 #87

It is hardly a German style beer hall. Celerity Feb 2019 #92

Thanks for nazi-splaining. VOX Feb 2019 #93

Accusing me of nazi-splaining is pure rot Celerity Feb 2019 #94

Hand signals Aussie105 Feb 2019 #88

We should start interpreting it as "It's not gay if it's a three way." McCamy Taylor Feb 2019 #91