The Circle Game or Neo Nazi symbol?

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(12-18-2019, 11:55 AM)Dill Wrote: Don't think it would work for the thumbs up sign, since that is so widespread and the attempt to hijack would be so blatant.

Also, if racists have worked to hijack the circle sign, and still others know the ambiguity can fluster the Brads out there and set the liberals a jawing, then people publicly flashing an upside down ok sign will quite naturally raise questions about public, not "hidden" meaning. 

I would add that, as one previously unaware of the circle game, I never saw the OK sign used upside down until it became publicly discussed as a racist symbol. That seems to me a feature (ambiguously) distinguishing  wp from ok.  

I mean the "okay" symbol isn't widespread? It's literally the universal symbol for the word "okay". Every president the U.S. has had for the last 30 years has flashed it. Every NBA player who hits a big three flashes it. It the universal symbol of SCUBA diving for "I'm okay'.

This is actually interesting, because it's not the upside down symbol that is supposedly racist but the right side up version. In fact the fingers pointing upward was said to make our the letter 'W" while the circle and your palm created the "p". 



You yourself have already confused that symbol, along with the media, and made the upside down version which doesn't make those symbolic letters into the culprit. The ADL actually points out that the upside down game version of the symbol is mistakenly associated with white supremacy. People in a rush to not accidentally, maybe, sort of, offend someone have basically created a new meaning of a symbol that isn't even the same symbol that is kind of sort of recognized as a fringe white supremacy symbol.