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This is how we end up with the trolls trying to turn the :ok: symbol into hate speech. ...which reminds me: I need to start a letter writing campaign complaini
by gorgoiler 6y ago
This is how we end up with the trolls trying to turn the :ok: symbol into hate speech.
...which reminds me: I need to start a letter writing campaign complaining to Apple about peddling sexual imagery (:aubergine:) to minors.
- foofoo4u 6y agoSan Jose State University banned the "ok" symbol last year. Apparently it as the official symbol of the university for decades is now deemed "racist" as a symbol of "white power". We live in an age of utter madness. Literally no sane person thinks that's what it means.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoSo what...? The swastika used o be an Indian symbol of holiness. Some shitheads started using it, with well-known effects, and that ruined any other possible use. Symbols change, and your pseudo-naive attempts to profess ignorance say more about you than the symbol.
- gorgoiler 6y agoYes, language evolves and it does so by majority rule, over time. That’s not the case with :ok: though. I sure don’t get out much, but I see no widespread use in the real world. What’s actually happening is that, with respect, one or more of the following vocal minorities is pushing for a change-in-meaning: - white supremacists - hoaxers / trolls - virtue signallers