I had no clue until days ago...
Get woker.
I had no clue until days ago...
It may be a game, but to brush it off as such without any investigation is rather silly, especially given the white supremacy and other gang issues we have in our military branches.
And what exactly have you done to combat all of these horrible theoretical happenings plaguing our country? Or are you just the thought police? We all know how helpful keeping someone in your thoughts and prayers is
I've never considered how to tape my johnson between my legs so I could dress like a woman but that doesn't make me hostile to those communities. Crap - now I'm going to think about taping my johnson between my legs...
I don’t remember seeing any of them punching one another? Just flashing a hand gesture and laughing.Kind of a weird story... I watched the game but never saw the "hate" symbols. Well the probe was just completed and it was kids playing a game. A game I used to play in the Air Force back in 19 and 85 called the "bag game". You make a circle with your fingers (the OK sign which is apparently now hate speech) and hold it over your head or below your waist. If someone LOOKED at it you could punch them - sometimes in the nuts - thus the "bag" game. If someone made the sign and you could break the circle, you could give the punishment. Actually brings back fond memories. Not of scrotum abuse, but the male bonding part of it.
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No one, that I've seen, is denying that white supremacists exist. What I am seeing are people saying that they make up a miniscule piece of the white population. I think we can all agree that the gesture has been appropriated by white supremacists. That shouldn't even be up for discussion.
Maybe be a little more aware of my actions towards others to not make them feel scrutinized for the color of their skin or the way they look?
It's not theoretical. If someone talks to someone else about things that they think that person associates with because of how they look, it's a form of racism, and it's a form of white privilege to feel comfortable saying those things.
And it's not really a one side of the political aisle kind of thing...I've seen these types of actions from people that claim to be diversity loving progressives.
Now make sure you don't read or watching anything today about this type of stuff so you can stay in your safe space.
There ya go. That first paragraph was great. Other than being more cognizant of my actions towards others and discouraging those around me from these kinds of repulsive behavior theres not much else I can do. So instead of being chicken little and acting as if the sky is falling I'm just going to focus on what I can control
There ya go. That first paragraph was great. Other than being more cognizant of my actions towards others and discouraging those around me from these kinds of repulsive behavior theres not much else I can do. So instead of being chicken little and acting as if the sky is falling I'm just going to focus on what I can control
White supremacists win if you're a racist and you agree and support them.
So you acknowledge that these types of things exist, but you don't think white privilege does?
. . . hoax people into believing some widespread conspiracy of racism.
We did this same circle game 30 yrs ago. It ain’t a WP thing.
I don’t remember seeing any of them punching one another? Just flashing a hand gesture and laughing.
Me thinks they are lying about their intentions because they clearly understand the oldest of white priveledges... that forgiveness comes easier for white people and misunderstandings are a little more clearly understood for white people.
If anything should have been learned by people the last couple years it's that those numbers aren't as miniscule as we had hoped they were.
I mean even just here in Iowa, we've hit national news twice in a week because of this **** (the guy with Nazi **** in his yard and the woman who ran over a girl because she was Hispanic). A whole bunch of other racist incidents on campuses including Iowa state, high school students chanting racist **** at other teams.. and hell, we have an extremely racist congressman in the 4th district who our governor embraces- she campaigned with him all the way to the end.
I wish it were just a miniscule percentage. Its not the majority, but it's enough that we can't just brush it off as being miniscule either.
Flashes OK sign and sarcastic nod at HCFS for his brilliance on this topic.This is how a thoughtful person reacts to some new information.
The other and unfortunately more frequent choice is...BUT I PLAYED THIS GAME 30 YEARS AGO SO IT CAN NEVER AND HAS NEVER BEEN USED BY RACISTS TO SIGNAL EACH OTHER!!!
JFC the "ok sign" isn't a white power sign. It's a popular hand gesture. @Bigman38 this isn't dumb, the ok sign is literally a meme, maybe you are too old to understand.
The military has a small but known problem with gangs and white supremacy, so they absolutely had to investigate this. Nasty part about this is the ability to claim plausible deniability. Yes, it was traditionally used as "ok" or the punching game, but in recent years has been used by white supremacists, some who have killed.
Such things cannot be allowed to take root.
Unfortunately, racism is still around us. For example, there was a big undercover expose recently released about real estate agents in Long Island and how prospective black buyers were discriminated against 49% of the time. That's just one narrow slice of the human experience.
Last I checked, it's 2019, not 1861, but here we are.
Language and symbols are constantly evolving in meaning. There used to be a symbol of peace widely used in popular culture before a small group of white people, widely considered a joke, started killing. Suddenly the swatiska was no longer a nice thing.
Does this mean during WW2 you would've been running around saying the swatiska is ok, because Coca-Cola used it on advertising during the 1920s?
I think there is a HUGE segment of the population that doesn't live on social media who would be surprised that the OK symbol is racist. Man I'm not sure I can even TYPE "OK symbol" now...