I'll Take 'White Supremacist Hand Gestures' for $1,000

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44. This started as a troll

on the chans. They wanted to push the idea that some common and innocent symbol was actually a sign for white power, and the "OK" sign was a really handy one to use. People have used it to symbol OK or the number 3 for who knows how long. It was somewhat adopted by white supremacists, but not all that much really.

Most often its use is completely unrelated to politics and when it is used for political purposes, it's more often a troll than an actual declaration of white power. Just like in the picture above, groups like the Proud Boys like doing things that get liberals to do things just like this, where they crucify some dude for using it on Jeopardy. Then, if it happens enough, it becomes a boy who cried wolf type of thing. Start accusing everyone of being a white supremacist and you have no credibility left to point out the actual ones.