I believe the sequence of events was that trolls came up with the idea to try and convince others the “ok” sign was a white supremacist signal, like 1488 or employing ((())) when referring to Jews.
The problem of course is that the real white supremacists ran with it. So now you have situations where it can be just a kid trolling, or a white supremacist having their own laugh by muddying up the waters.
Muddying the waters is kind of 50% of what white supremacists like to do. And trolls who troll long enough tend to start turning into what they’re pretending to be.
And the right went ape ■■■■ when Obama called out the officer from the Cambridge police Dept.
But whether he was forced to or not he at least tried to open a dialogue about race in America by having a sit-down with the officer and Prof. Gates…
All trump has done has done is coddle white supremacists…
Ya it’s weird and stupid. The troll idea originated on 4chan, so weird and stupid is kinda the norm there.
1488 is older, 14 words (white nationalist slogan) and 88 for Heil Hitler. The ((())) thing was newer, started on twitter and lots of Jews have embraced it to self-label.
Using coded language and sometimes symbols is old hat with white nationalists, so flashing a hand sign wouldn’t have been entirely out of character for them.
First, you have to establish that he was either trolling or flashing a white power sign. Mostly, people just are saying everything is ok, as in OK that I am here in front at the rally. Not everyone is white power sign obsessed. That sign has probably been around about as long as “OK” has.
When did this ok-hand gesture become a White Power symbol? If some raggedy KKK members used it at one of their pitifully small rallies doesn’t mean its a universal sign for anything but “A-okay”!
A simple search on the interwebs yields that it is the second part of a two handed gesture of sign language for the letter W and letter P. Which when done poorly looks like an upside down ok sign. I will continue to use the ok sign as I am not a white supremicist…I am 53 years old and am not so childish as to actually throw signs with my hands!
