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Topic	Ah we still having discourse on the "white power" symbol
Kami_no_Kami 12/14/19 9:28:35 PM #70:	HerpToTheDerp posted... reminder: there are actual white supremacists who use it unironically because they know itll piss people off and they can deflect with that bullshit rhetoric of "its just a joke bro". again, its origins mean nothing. Its origins matter in the way people react to it. Obviously, Im not talking about actual racists using it. Im talking about cases like the OP, where idiots will misconstrue any use of it. Getting worked up like that just legitimizes it as a racist symbol. Examples: The KKK uses ranks such as wizard, magi and knight, therefore any RPG and like half of all games in general must be made by KKK members. <cite>Kami_no_Kami posted [p:931594760] in Ah we stil... [t:78255091]...</cite> <quote>HerpToTheDerp posted... </cite> <quote>reminder: there are actual white supremacists who use it unironically because they know itll piss people off and they can deflect with that bullshit rhetoric of "its just a joke bro". again, its origins mean nothing.</quote>Its origins matter in the way people react to it. Obviously, Im not talking about actual racists using it. Im talking about cases like the OP, where idiots will misconstrue any use of it. Getting worked up like that just legitimizes it as a racist symbol. Examples: The KKK uses ranks such as wizard, magi and knight, therefore any RPG and like half of all games in general must be made by KKK members. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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