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> I think it's not a good idea to associate a very natural gesture with horrible intentions... I imagine it's a very good idea, if you have horrible intentions

• Dig1t 2y ago
  This entire thing is a hoax. > It has become an extremist meme, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL maintains a "glossary" of every random meme and inside joke from 4chan and claims that they are all somehow connected with Nazis. The ADL itself is in fact considered a hate organization by many people. >Under the guise of fighting hate speech, the ADL has a long history of wielding its moral authority to attack Arabs, blacks, and queers. https://droptheadl.org https://droptheadl.org https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/emmaia-gelman-anti-defamation-league/ https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/emmaia-gelman-anti-def...
  • aspenmayer 2y ago
    > This entire thing is a hoax. While the usage of the ok sign likely began as a LARP hoax, it has since become adopted as a high sign/shibboleth by actual white supremacists and adjacent fringe groups like Boogaloo Boys, similarly to Hawaiian shirts. That’s the entire point of these types of signaling behaviors - they’re plausibly deniable, innocuous or not obviously offensive or aggressive, and they’re usually inscrutable or indecipherable to the out-group while being effective as signifiers of the in-group.
    • Dig1t 2y ago
      It just sounds like a conspiracy theory. The right has tons of theories about "elites" using secret hand signals and gestures meaning all kinds of satanic things. Both are conspiracy theories for the same reasons.
  • flir 2y ago
    "Just a joke, bro" I hear that a lot.