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Re:Secret Hand Gestures in Paintings by DontchaKnowit on Monday June 10, 2024 @08:50AM (#40633045)
My claim was it is not a symbol of white power. And the article you linked provided 0 evidence to support the claim that it is associated with white power. It did associate it with the 3 percenters, who do not seem to be a white supremecist group.

Instead you seem to be claiming that right-wingers use the symbol, ergo it is racist or white power affiliated. That claim is false. Just because someone is a republican, doesnt make them a racist.

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Re:Secret Hand Gestures in Paintings by llamaimperative on Monday June 10, 2024 @05:52PM (#40639600)
Wait but I thought the whole joke of making that hand sign was to trick people into thinking you're a racist? Doesn't the entire premise of the "joke" rest on the assumption that people do in fact associate that hand sign with racists?
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