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cbdo2007

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77. symbols are in the eye of the beholder

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 05:34 PM

Feb 2019

the only reason this is a white power sign is because people have started recognizing it as a white power sign. If we ignored them and said, why the hell are these guys using the OK sign so much??? Then it would lose it's power and be nothing.

I used this sign today to let someone know they did an OK job at something. Neither them, nor I interpreted it as a white power sign.

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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