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bettyellen

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20. Well I've seen actual racists pick it up after the 4Chan thing so I guessed you missed that...

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Wed Jul 18, 2018, 03:15 PM

Jul 2018

Weird assumption that trolling isn’t a real thing that can be racist - or that it doesn’t matter because it was on the net? Or just defending cops because you were LEO.

And I am neither a liar or stupid- so fucking spare me. Your logic sucks here. Sometimes self professed “experts” are clueless. Cultural catchphrases and symbols are ever evolving, they change and spread via the internet. Doesn’t matter that it started as a joke- it started as a racist joke.

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Alabama officers suspended for alleged 'white power' gesture [View all] demmiblue Jul 2018 OP

From the looks of the house, they obviously caught a kingpin. Scurrilous Jul 2018 #1

LOL malaise Jul 2018 #2

Same group is also famous for the great peanut butter escape sarah FAILIN Jul 2018 #7

Straight out of Idiocracy. Scurrilous Jul 2018 #9

It's frightening that they are allowed to carry guns HopeAgain Jul 2018 #3

White power cops in the Alabama police?! superpatriotman Jul 2018 #4

They got 2 weeks off. sarah FAILIN Jul 2018 #6

I got in an argument with their buddies last night sarah FAILIN Jul 2018 #5

It isn't a white power symbol. Never was Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #10

I'll give you the number he gave me sarah FAILIN Jul 2018 #14

Some random kid you know isn't a valid source Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #16

You haven't talked to him. sarah FAILIN Jul 2018 #21

No, the circle game is not a white power symbol. What BS Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #8

Ah, the "liberals will make them racists" canard. That's not how it works. bettyellen Jul 2018 #11

So you think there won't be any effects from a baseless accusation and suspension? Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #13

I am certain there's more than the photo. And just because the gesture started on 4chan as a joke bettyellen Jul 2018 #17

Post removed Post removed Jul 2018 #18

Well I've seen actual racists pick it up after the 4Chan thing so I guessed you missed that... bettyellen Jul 2018 #20

It's funny how supremacists bust on minority gangs using signs, while they have their own gang sign. TheBlackAdder Jul 2018 #12

They do, but this isn't one of them. Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #15

It isn't? CakeGrrl Jul 2018 #22

When I was a kid, many eons ago, it was called "caught your eye". Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #19