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1. flir+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-06-07 16:22:07
> 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.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ok-sign-wh...

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2. Dig1t+Wh[view] [source] 2024-06-07 18:06:52
>>flir+(OP)
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://www.bostonreview.net/articles/emmaia-gelman-anti-def...

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3. aspenm+gw[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-06-07 19:35:36
>>Dig1t+Wh
> 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.

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4. flir+Kz[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-06-07 19:58:40
>>Dig1t+Wh
"Just a joke, bro"

I hear that a lot.

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5. Dig1t+4D[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-06-07 20:18:05
>>aspenm+gw
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.

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