[Alupis]

Jim says: Some people like to bathe in mayonnaise.

Bob says: It has been reported some people like to bathe in mayonnaise.

Is Bob wrong here? Yes, because Bob didn't verify the information as being factual. Bob might as well have just made it all up himself... it would be no worse. Quite a silly example, but I hope you see the point.

4Chan made up the "OK" symbol story. The media ran with it doing zero research or verification. Then, sometime later people starting meming the symbol because it's laughably absurd.

That does not make it a "co-opted" symbol and does not give it any additional meaning other than literally meaning "OK". It really does not matter if you can find some example of some full fledged level 47 paladin super dragon KKK guy in white robes that made that symbol once because it was funny - it still does not mean "white power" for crying out loud. There is no reality where there is a KKK meeting (or whatever) where they gather around and flash "OK" signs to one another. Real life isn't a corny 70's comedy.

You've been had, very badly, and are really hammering my point deeper and deeper. The media needs to be held accountable for publishing unverified and/or untrue stories because they are extremely damaging to the public.

[belltaco]

What about the white nationalist that killed 49 people in cold blood flashing the symbol in court? Is that funny to you as well? At what point does it become an actual symbol used by white nationalists to signal white nationalism and racism?

[nemothekid]

>It really does not matter if you can find some example of some full fledged level 47 paladin super dragon KKK guy in white robes that made that symbol once because it was funny - it still does not mean "white power" for crying out loud.

You and I just have very different levels of tolerance when it comes to in-group signifiers. You can are carry water for these white nationalists, but the whole "it's just little joke" cover is on purpose. It provides a cover of plausible deniability. Wikipedia has a list of white nationalists using the symbol while shooting up mosques but I assume the bullets were made up by 4chan as well. How many white nationalists have to use the symbol while committing hate crimes before it's no longer media sensation?

>There is no reality where there is a KKK meeting (or whatever) where they gather around and flash "OK" signs to one another. Real life isn't a corny 70's comedy.

I never implied this and you trying to reduce racism to cartoony levels of seriousness that you might see in a film.

[Alupis]

What clothing were they wearing? Perhaps jeans and shoes are racist now too...