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Old 12-31-2017, 06:39 AM
 
Location: SE Asia
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Maybe I'm dumb or naive, but it looks like the ok sign. I work in a high noise environment, we use that sign often when someone signals asking if you need help.
Then again I honestly don't know any secret hand signals of hate groups.

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Old 12-31-2017, 06:40 AM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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Everyone knows that the thumbs-up hand gesture stands for “I kill black people”. The thumb stands for I, the top two fingers stand for “k” in kill, and the bottom two fingers stand for “b” in black.
 
Old 12-31-2017, 06:42 AM
 
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This is precisely why the alt-right co-opted the �� okay sign, plausible deniability, with the option for gaslighting.
Yep.

I've wondered why Trump makes an "okay" hand sign at times when there is clearly no logical reason why an "okay" would fit in that context.

Now we know the rest of the story.

 
Old 12-31-2017, 07:00 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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PC is a Disease.
 
Old 12-31-2017, 07:01 AM
 
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Maybe I'm dumb or naive, but it looks like the ok sign. I work in a high noise environment, we use that sign often when some signals asking if you need help.
Then again I honestly don't know any secret hand signals of hate groups.
No kidding. It amazes me that some would try and flip a timeless gesture into something it's not.
 
Old 12-31-2017, 07:04 AM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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This is precisely why the alt-right co-opted the �� okay sign, plausible deniability, with the option for gaslighting.
Funny, because many are claiming 4Chan is responsible, and it was meant to be some kind of a joke. I honestly don't know, but I do know that is an "ok" hand gesture. I have no idea why the one lone character in the picture decided to use this hand gesture over the thumbs up, but it doesn't change the meaning of the hand gesture.
 
Old 12-31-2017, 07:08 AM
 
Location: DFW
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Strange... On my phone when I type OK the sign comes up as an emoji.

Who would have thought that Google, Apple and Samsung would be using the white power sign. Must be secret racist companies and you're a white power racist if you own one of their phones.

IPhones... The phone of white power extremist. I'll bet Apple stores purposely don't hire Blacks.
 
Old 12-31-2017, 07:14 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Yep.

I've wondered why Trump makes an "okay" hand sign at times when there is clearly no logical reason why an "okay" would fit in that context.

Now we know the rest of the story.

The OK sign for him is just his way of gesticulating his point. His preferred sign that things are OK is the thumbs up.

I can't believe you had to told this.
 
Old 12-31-2017, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Lol...perhaps, but maybe not coming from this guy.

I had to laugh at him thinking that being Jewish should give him cover. He’s still white.
Who is "this guy"? What do you know about this person that no one else on the planet knows?
 
Old 12-31-2017, 07:18 AM
 
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The OK sign for him is just his way of gesticulating his point. His preferred sign that things are OK is the thumbs up.

I can't believe you had to told this.
Hard to believe you are not aware that Trump is always giving dog whistle call outs to white supremacists, some of whom are "fine people."

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