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"some members of the alt-right adopted the OK gesture to signal their identity. Many employed it, though, simply to troll liberals who had come to believe the O
by zbyte64 8y ago
"some members of the alt-right adopted the OK gesture to signal their identity. Many employed it, though, simply to troll liberals who had come to believe the OK hand was a genuine hate symbol"
So it's a symbol of being a troll, got it.
- isleyaardvark 8y agoNo, it's not a symbol of white power, it's just a symbol employed by many white supremacists. (I don't know what kind of hairs this article is trying to split.)
- lowtolerance 8y agoSome members of the National Socialist Party adopted the swastika to signal their identity. Many employed it, though, simply to unsettle Jews who had come to believe the swastika was a genuine hate symbol. Which it was.
- coldtea 8y agoAnd many more -- billions in Asia still today -- view it as an ancient prosperity symbol and are totally OK with it. https://www.tripsavvy.com/why-are-there-swastikas-all-over-asia-3498922 https://www.tripsavvy.com/why-are-there-swastikas-all-over-a... Coming back to the "OK hand". Not all insignificant cultural battles in the US (and not even in the whole of the US, just some fringe groups) apply to the world at large. In this here parts we use the OK hand just fine, non ironically and non racially, and have never heard or cared for the people mentioned in the article (either racists or trolls).