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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]handmade34
(22,756 posts)33. they think it's funny
and use it to troll... but that doesn't mean they are not racist and simple minded
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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