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https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-members-alt-appear-white-164630333.html
Talk about grasping at straws.
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Two conservative journalists have sparked outcry on social media by making what some have interpreted as a white supremacist hand symbol at a recent visit to the White House.
Freelance journalist Mike Cernovich and Cassandra Fairbanks, a reporter for Russian news outlet Sputnik, posed for a picture behind the podium in the White House briefing room. In the photo, they are making a hand sign that can be used to signify “white power.” “Just two people doing a white power hand gesture in the White House,” Fusion senior reporter Emma Roller tweeted, alongside a screenshot of the picture. Ms Fairbanks, however, claims the hand gesture was not a reference to the white power movement. She pointed to her partial Puerto Rican heritage as evidence that she is not a white supremacist. “White power!!!!!!! Except I'm Puerto Rican. Can it be PR power?!” she tweeted. Ms Fairbanks’ supporters point out that the hand symbol is also used to mean “OK.” Photos show people of all races using the symbol to signify that everything is “alright.” The symbol, however, has become more contentious with the rise of the alt-right – a far-right contingent in the United States that rejects both mainstream conservatism and liberal ideologies. The self-proclaimed founder of the alt-right, Richard Spencer, is a well-known white supremacist. Alt-right journalist Lucian Wintrich, a writer for The Gateway Pundit, sparked outcry when he flashed the symbol in a similar picture at the White House in February. Notorious alt-right personality Milo Yiannopoulos also frequently flashes the symbol. The resurgence of the symbol may be traced back to a popular alt-right meme, known as “smug Pepe,” which began circulating on alt-right, pro-Trump message boards in 2015. Mr Trump often uses the symbol when speaking, explaining its significance with the president’s supporters. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) characterises the symbol as a “racist hand sign.” “Some white supremacists, particularly in California, may use a two-handed hand sign in which one hand forms the letter ‘W’ and the other hand forms the letter ‘P,’ to represent WP or ‘White Power,’” an entry in the ADL’s hate symbols database reads. Ms Fairbanks joined notoriety when she moved from supporting Senator Bernie Sanders to supporting Mr Trump for president. She now frequently speaks out against Islamic terrorism and the Black Lives Matter movement. Her employer, Sputnik, applied for White House press credentials last month.
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I mean you legitimately believe in pizzagate so I don't think you have any right to call out anyone for grasping at straws..
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So this is just you doing that partisan crap again. Pizzagate was beyond stupid and so is this.
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"People I don't like do this very common thing? Must be a racist gang sign or something."
These f***ing people...
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cjsdowg posted...
These people co opted the damn McD singing moon. Yet you think it is out of the realm of possibility for them to do the same to this ? If a racist uses a meme it doesn't make the meme racist If a KKK leader said he liked the Simpsons, would the Simpsons then be racist?
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Pretty soon sitting on the toilet seat will be a sign of white power too just because so many seats are white.
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Mal_Fet posted...
I am not saying that these people are racist. I am just pointing out that the sign could not have been taken up my racist people. Heck the swastika was changed that way.
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Mal_Fet posted...
cjsdowg posted...These people co opted the damn McD singing moon. Yet you think it is out of the realm of possibility for them to do the same to this ? Would you extend that reasoning to the Nazi salute or the swastika?
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cjsdowg posted...
I am not saying that these people are racist. I am just pointing out that the sign could not have been taken up my racist people. Heck the swastika was changed that way. No, in the places the swastika originated it most certainly does not have the Nazi connotation. Only in places that weren't familiar with the symbol prior to WWII think of it like that. Stop thinking the US is the entire world, k?
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Mal_Fet posted...
I am not sure that is addressing the point.
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Nope. That's just black Twitter (actual racists) trying to stir up s***
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cjsdowg posted...
Mal_Fet posted... Of course it is. The swastika's roots are in buddhist and hindui spiritualism, and in places that understand those traditions, no one believes the swastika is racist. Only ignoramuses think the swastika is inherently racist.
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Mal_Fet posted...
You are still missing the point. The point is that something that wasn't racist is not used as sign of racism by some .
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cjsdowg posted...
SuperExcitebike posted...Nope. That's just black Twitter (actual racists) trying to stir up s*** Black Twitter literally say they hate white people. When Harambe was murdered, they all said " lol white people losing their kids at the zoo. I hate white ppl"
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Weird, because the parents from the Harambe incident were not white.
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SuperExcitebike posted...
When Harambe was murdered, they all said " lol white people losing their kids at the zoo. I hate white ppl" Wow Geez, it's a good thing black people didn't have to endure literally three centuries of this kind of thing. |
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SuperExcitebike posted...
SO black twitter is just random black people. So if a some random black person says something that represents black twitter/blk ppl ? Also per the article most people bringing this up are not black.
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https://twitter.com/LanceStorm/status/858455301657198592
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