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Topic	The 'OK' hand signal - no longer acceptable?
refmon 11/12/18 4:21:09 PM #1:	So today I learned that the 'OK' hand signal has been somehow co-opted and is a troll-y white power symbol. I just taught this symbol to my 5 year old and 7 year old the other day unaware of any alternative meaning. Seemingly it was started as a 'fake' symbol to troll people and has now become a genuine symbol of hate. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white-power-symbol-or-just-right-wing-troll Should I teach my kids not to make that sign, or are people smart enough to figure out that in the absence of any other indications it just means 'OK'? --- If you read this signature, then that meant that I had control of what you read for 5 SECONDS!! <cite>refmon posted [p:912287605] in The 'OK' h... [t:77196091]...</cite> <quote>So today I learned that the 'OK' hand signal has been somehow co-opted and is a troll-y white power symbol. I just taught this symbol to my 5 year old and 7 year old the other day unaware of any alternative meaning. Seemingly it was started as a 'fake' symbol to troll people and has now become a genuine symbol of hate. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white-power-symbol-or-just-right-wing-troll Should I teach my kids not to make that sign, or are people smart enough to figure out that in the absence of any other indications it just means 'OK'? --- If you read this signature, then that meant that I had control of what you read for 5 SECONDS!!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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