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In reply to the discussion: Go ahead, Tell me again how I'm the hysterical one misinterpreting this hand 👌 sign as racist.. [View all]salin
(48,955 posts)14. When it first started out - reportedly as a 4 chan troll, the difference was in the "O"
formation. In okay the fore finger and thumb almost wrap (usually the thumb outside of the fore finger.) With this the finger and the thumb sort of pinch together making a shape that looks more like a child's drawing of a bird's head. That was (reportedly) a big troll of "the libs" to get a reaction.
Since then it appears to have been appropriated by members of some white supremacist groups, like the Proudboys, and others - thrown around more like the gang style 'signs flashing' of the nineties. Some signalling, others, I agree are trolling. In the latter case sometimes it is the okay sign rather than the pinched fingers.
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Go ahead, Tell me again how I'm the hysterical one misinterpreting this hand 👌 sign as racist.. [View all]
kpete
Sep 2018
OP
and all this time, I thought dimwit was indicating the size of his penis when he does that sign.
niyad
Sep 2018
#3
What do you mean? I see it as identifying themselves as racist & efforts to make it acceptable. nt
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2018
#16
Zina Bash openly supporting white power, while sitting directly behind Kavanaugh should disqualify
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2018
#28
I first noticed it in a picture of Steven Miller, both hands flashing signs while buttoning his coat
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2018
#19
When it first started out - reportedly as a 4 chan troll, the difference was in the "O"
salin
Sep 2018
#14
K&R, At this point some people are feeling safer by denying that so many people are racist
uponit7771
Sep 2018
#10
They're embarrassed to admit they lived their whole lives thinking that shit was over.
Iggo
Sep 2018
#11
Right. They've re-purposed the sign with their own meaning just as the did the Pepe the frog...
brush
Sep 2018
#79
I thought they were just showing the size of their penises with that hand signal.
IrishEyes
Sep 2018
#44
We already know they're racists. It just that they picked up that hand gesture from a troll.
rockfordfile
Sep 2018
#55
Stupid sign. It's an "OK" sign? Stupid. Not very imaginative or meaningful. nt
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#60
They're deliberately trolling us since it has both meanings: OK or white power
IronLionZion
Sep 2018
#74