How the OK sign came to be used by white supremacists

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Oh yah
Racism is just a hoax
Anti semitism doesn’t exist.
You betcha.
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SouthernIslander wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:09 pm https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/o ... power.html

I read the whole article before commenting. So now we are investigating white people for simply throwing the OK sign at a ball game?

WTF.
The OK sign at ball games?
Ive never seen that. And I’ve been a baseball fan for decades.
I kinda think that sign indicates white supremacy .
Racism and anti semitism are on the rise again. They’re enabled.
It’s okay again. Unfortunately.
So distressing.
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GMa4all wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:25 pm Oh yah
Racism is just a hoax
Anti semitism doesn’t exist.
You betcha.
🙄
These guys were being stupid and just playing “the game” we did it in high school and apparently it’s still going on. I knew it was because the teens I work with do it. This time is wasn’t racism it was just them being dumb.
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GMa4all wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:28 pm
SouthernIslander wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:09 pm https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/o ... power.html

I read the whole article before commenting. So now we are investigating white people for simply throwing the OK sign at a ball game?

WTF.
The OK sign at ball games?
Ive never seen that. And I’ve been a baseball fan for decades.
I kinda think that sign indicates white supremacy .
Racism and anti semitism are on the rise again. They’re enabled.
It’s okay again. Unfortunately.
So distressing.
I’ve seen OK signs everywhere. I wasn’t talking about just ball games.
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SouthernIslander wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:48 am
GMa4all wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:28 pm
SouthernIslander wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:09 pm https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/o ... power.html

I read the whole article before commenting. So now we are investigating white people for simply throwing the OK sign at a ball game?

WTF.
The OK sign at ball games?
Ive never seen that. And I’ve been a baseball fan for decades.
I kinda think that sign indicates white supremacy .
Racism and anti semitism are on the rise again. They’re enabled.
It’s okay again. Unfortunately.
So distressing.
I’ve seen OK signs everywhere. I wasn’t talking about just ball games.
Oh
Sorry.
I saw you mention only ball games in your reply.
Years ago the “ okay” sign everywhere meant Okay .
Now days , not so sure anymore.
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GMa4all wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:52 am
SouthernIslander wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:48 am
GMa4all wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:28 pm
The OK sign at ball games?
Ive never seen that. And I’ve been a baseball fan for decades.
I kinda think that sign indicates white supremacy .
Racism and anti semitism are on the rise again. They’re enabled.
It’s okay again. Unfortunately.
So distressing.
I’ve seen OK signs everywhere. I wasn’t talking about just ball games.
Oh
Sorry.
I saw you mention only ball games in your reply.
Years ago the “ okay” sign meant Okay. Now days , not so sure anymore.
Unless someone shows a pattern of racism, I am not calling people racist over the OK sign.

It doesn’t take a sign or nitpicking for me to pick up on it anyway.

And you’re fine, no apologies needed.
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hockeymom87 wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:16 pm
GMa4all wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:25 pm Oh yah
Racism is just a hoax
Anti semitism doesn’t exist.
You betcha.
🙄
These guys were being stupid and just playing “the game” we did it in high school and apparently it’s still going on. I knew it was because the teens I work with do it. This time is wasn’t racism it was just them being dumb.
"The game" is to punch someone after you trick them into looking at the sign when you flash it below your waist. What is the point or objective of doing it on tv?
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jessilin0113 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:19 pm
hockeymom87 wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:16 pm
GMa4all wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:25 pm Oh yah
Racism is just a hoax
Anti semitism doesn’t exist.
You betcha.
🙄
These guys were being stupid and just playing “the game” we did it in high school and apparently it’s still going on. I knew it was because the teens I work with do it. This time is wasn’t racism it was just them being dumb.
"The game" is to punch someone after you trick them into looking at the sign when you flash it below your waist. What is the point or objective of doing it on tv?
People do it in pictures too. I think they were trying to be funny. It wasn’t something racist just dumb.
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hockeymom87 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:50 pm
jessilin0113 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:19 pm
hockeymom87 wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:16 pm

These guys were being stupid and just playing “the game” we did it in high school and apparently it’s still going on. I knew it was because the teens I work with do it. This time is wasn’t racism it was just them being dumb.
"The game" is to punch someone after you trick them into looking at the sign when you flash it below your waist. What is the point or objective of doing it on tv?
People do it in pictures too. I think they were trying to be funny. It wasn’t something racist just dumb.


Fun game
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jessilin0113 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 5:41 pm
hockeymom87 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:50 pm
jessilin0113 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:19 pm

"The game" is to punch someone after you trick them into looking at the sign when you flash it below your waist. What is the point or objective of doing it on tv?
People do it in pictures too. I think they were trying to be funny. It wasn’t something racist just dumb.


Fun game
Do you know why he did that? to help perpetuate the hoax. He had multiple trolling references in his manifesto too. including saying candace owens inspired him. He said it because he knew the media would report on it seriously.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-zeala ... esto-video
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