From weird break dancing dance moves at the Olympics to weird hand gestures whilst smirking, Australians sure know how to create social media storms

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[–] 13 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Even if you interpret it that way it's the wrong way up then. Your fingers have to point up to be a white power symbol

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

    That's just the ok-sign.

    Edit: Ok sure it can be used and interpreted as a white power thing, but I would prefer for that not to be the case. The alt-right co-opting of the sign is one of the most stupid things in recent memory.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    I know it is. Some people choose to interpret it as a WP symbol. But it's still upside down in this case so it's clearly not one as well as this particular style being widely used as a meme a while back anyway.

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    Zach Rehl, leader of the Philadelphia Proud Boys, making the OK gesture in November 2020

    He's doing it like that.

    The association of the gesture with white supremacy derived from the assertion that the three upheld fingers resemble a W and the circle made with the thumb and forefinger resemble the head of a P, together standing for "White Power". While some members of the alt-right started using the symbol after the launch of the 4chan campaign, it initially remained ambiguous whether or not it was being used to communicate genuine adherence to white supremacy, or with deliberately ironic motives.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Bonus that of they ever accuse you of being racist for doing it, you can prove them wrong by punching them.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I's trying to be funny in my previous comment, but re-reading it I think I completely missed the mark. Sorry, I've deleted it.

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  • [+] -11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Eh, I disagree. Either the w or the p are going to be upside down.
    The nazis stole the "ok" symbol a few years ago.

    We can pretend it doesn't mean it if you want

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Pepe was also stolen back in 2016 or so, but that one got reclaimed by people "pretending" that it wasn't a symbol of hate. The ok-sign shouldn't even need to be reclaimed since it has such strong previous connotations. But if you do think that it is, and that every cheff doing the chefs kiss or a scuba diver saying "I'm ok" with their hand is actually doing a nazi hate symbol, then it too should be reclaimed.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    Yeah, I heard about this and completely ignored it. Until someone pulls me aside and tells me I’m flashing a hate symbol, I’m giving the okay. And even then, I’d only change my behavior for that one person. No way am I changing a 25+-year habit for some fascist culturally appropriating fucks.

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