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Topic	Universal is SUED for 30K after a MINIONS character flashed WHITE POWER Sign!!
Slayer_22 07/13/21 5:21:11 AM #133:	berlyman101 posted... It's the intent behind the sign. The trolls/white supremacists aimed to sew discord and confusion and some people ran with it to actually mean white power. So now, that's what they mean when they use it. That's what a "dog whistle" is. The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit. It's not about "letting" them use it to mean something racist. You can't stop anyone from coopting any sort of sign, really, if they decide to do so. m Michael Jordan was arrogant, if anything, about the mustache. There was no hidden intent behind it. Unless he actually is a neo fascist, but that seems unlikely. Sure, I can understand that intent argument, but the there is a lot wrong with just seeing the sign(as in the OP) and assuming that they immediately meant something wrong with it. We don't know the intent behind it. Unless we do? In which case obviously I'm in the wrong here and the guy is just a scumbag. But I'm just really against the idea of 'oh, well they used a hand sign, it's officially the racist sign'. Fuck that. They can fuck off and be ignored. Next.thing you know, it'll be the thumbs up sign or some other garbage. --- "And no I'm not signing your twitter after this type of attitude so don't ask..." - IIINCORRUPTIBLE <cite>Slayer_22 posted [p:956031096] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>berlyman101 posted...</cite> <quote> It's the intent behind the sign. The trolls/white supremacists aimed to sew discord and confusion and some people ran with it to actually mean white power. So now, that's what they mean when they use it. That's what a "dog whistle" is. The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit. It's not about "letting" them use it to mean something racist. You can't stop anyone from coopting any sort of sign, really, if they decide to do so. m Michael Jordan was arrogant, if anything, about the mustache. There was no hidden intent behind it. Unless he actually is a neo fascist, but that seems unlikely. </quote> Sure, I can understand that intent argument, but the there is a lot wrong with just seeing the sign(as in the OP) and assuming that they immediately meant something wrong with it. We don't know the intent behind it. Unless we do? In which case obviously I'm in the wrong here and the guy is just a scumbag. But I'm just really against the idea of 'oh, well they used a hand sign, it's officially the racist sign'. Fuck that. They can fuck off and be ignored. Next.thing you know, it'll be the thumbs up sign or some other garbage. --- "And no I'm not signing your twitter after this type of attitude so don't ask..." - IIINCORRUPTIBLE</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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