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MadDAsHell

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2. I find it ridiculous that we've allowed a handful of white nationalist to co-opt this from the rest

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2019, 11:21 AM

May 2019

of the world. I'm black, as was nearly every classmate I had in high school, and we indeed used it to play the circle game. FUCK THAT if you think I'm gonna let white supremacists co-opt this symbol as something bad. The very fact that the Cubs did this is legitimizing their co-opt. Are we going to allow them to co-opt handshakes next?

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I find it ridiculous that we've allowed a handful of white nationalist to co-opt this from the rest MadDAsHell May 2019 #2

Just FYG, it's the upside-down version of the OK sign. . . DinahMoeHum May 2019 #3