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Relevant article. The plausible deniability of the gesture seems to be part of its appeal to 4chan and Proud Boy trolls. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/20
by sprafa 7y ago
Relevant article. The plausible deniability of the gesture seems to be part of its appeal to 4chan and Proud Boy trolls.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white-power-symbol-or-just-right-wing-troll https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white...
- pnw_hazor 7y agoPretty sure the appeal is the outrage it triggers.
- stallmanite 7y agoOk so us normies out here who use the ok gesture and have no idea about the stupid 4 chan meme are going to be considered white nationalists now? Seems like a good way to make a problem where there isn't one.
- sambal 7y ago“Normies” don’t use the word “normie”, and the label of harm applied by the SPLC isn’t prescriptivist, your beef is with the white nationalist Internet kids.
- sprafa 7y agoThis is a Pepe flag, MAGA hat plus the “OK” sign with three fingers up. Again I like Peterson. But keep saying this is a coincidence or innocent photo... I don’t know, I wouldn’t be caught dead in this photo.