NBC news busts coast guard member flashing white power symbol on TV

[Dextroden]

Y'know, stating that you're incapable or unwilling to understand context is perhaps the most self-damning thing I've seen you say on these boards. And that's saying something.

It helps that context is a meaningless word from folks like you. Same with racism and the like.

The last context for you was a Mexican Jewish woman was a white supremacist.

[Endus]

It helps that context is a meaningless word from folks like you. Same with racism and the like.

Doubling down on your personal refusal to understand context is not helping you come off as reasonable.

The last context for you was a Mexican Jewish woman was a white supremacist.

And this is nonsense that means nothing.

[Dextroden]

Doubling down on your personal refusal to understand context is not helping you come off as reasonable.



And this is nonsense that means nothing.

Why would I attempt to understand nonsense? Again, the last context for "OMG DIS IS A NAZI SIGN" was a Mexican Jewish woman. Which makes it that much more delightful that there is a panic based on conspiracies.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Aww. Okay, so now the angle of the hand decides if the symbol you scream is really about white supremacy or not.

What's the exact angle we need to monitor?

Putting the OK symbol on the back of your head or your thigh certainly is something I've never seen before until the internet decided to start telling reich wingers to start flashing it to trigger liberals.

I gave it the benefit of the doubt that it could be coincidence, but there's becoming more and more people caught flashing this symbol for brief moments on weird spots of their body. As I said, maybe when it happens enough you'll stop coming up with whiny little bitch excuses.

[Endus]

Why would I attempt to understand nonsense?

That you think context is "nonsense" is exactly the willful ignorance I'm talking about. Repeatedly expressing it doesn't help you.

Again, the last context for "OMG DIS IS A NAZI SIGN" was a Mexican Jewish woman. Which makes it that much more delightful that there is a panic based on conspiracies.

You're using "context" incorrectly. I'm starting to think you have no understanding of what the word means. No such woman is relevant to this Coast Guard guy and what he did. By constantly referring to her (and I don't even know who you're talking about), you're attacking a straw man and trying to derail the discussion.

[Orange Joe]

Why would I attempt to understand nonsense? Again, the last context for "OMG DIS IS A NAZI SIGN" was a Mexican Jewish woman. Which makes it that much more delightful that there is a panic based on conspiracies.

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...augh-s-hearing

You talking about that? Something that wasn't ran by any reputable news source? Something where pretty much everyone universally said no that isn't the nazi sign in that thread?

[Dextroden]

Putting the OK symbol on the back of your head or your thigh certainly is something I've never seen before until the internet decided to start telling reich wingers to start flashing it to trigger liberals.

I gave it the benefit of the doubt that it could be coincidence, but there's becoming more and more people caught flashing this symbol for brief moments on weird spots of their body. As I said, maybe when it happens enough you'll stop coming up with whiny little bitch excuses.

The irony in which you make bitchy little excuses for the Clinton's full on making your "Ultra scary white supremacists sign".

[Dalistar]

Is this an Onion article?

No seriously are people actually being this fucking retarded at this point? He literally rubbed the side of his head. People on the left are becoming a group of hysterical fuckwits.

I often lean on my hand like that.

You gotta watch the video man, he sees the interview and flashes the symbol. He does not lean on his hand or scratch his head. Problem is that half the people in this country refuse to believe racism is still here. They are making a come back in this country, the KKK isn't dead, skinheads are getting stronger. They just do a better job of hiding who they are. They traded in the hoods for suits.

[Dextroden]

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...augh-s-hearing

You talking about that? Something that wasn't ran by any reputable news source? Something where pretty much everyone universally said no that isn't the nazi sign in that thread?

Is that why people like Butter Fingers claimed up and down this is totes white supremacy, right?

And it's the same sign, baby boy.

[Orange Joe]

Is that why people like Butter Fingers claimed up and down this is totes white supremacy, right?

And it's the same sign, baby boy.

Again context....... You seem to not understand that word.

[Dextroden]

Again context....... You seem to not understand that word.

/Takes a shot

Bueno. Keep saying it's different.

[Cthulhu 2020]

The irony in which you make bitchy little excuses for the Clinton's full on making your "Ultra scary white supremacists sign".

Do you have anything better than a "NO U!" response? I mean at least whine about Clinton's emails, Benghazi, child sex ring, assassinations, or some other conspiracy that you refused to let go as being impossible at being just a coincidence.

That's what makes me giggle about this whole thing. All of the people who latched onto every Clinton conspiracy and refused to let go and refused to even consider that there were coincidences are shitting their pants that this is probably just coincidence. Their lack of self awareness is fucking hilarious.

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/Takes a shot

Bueno. Keep saying it's different.

When every single person around you is telling you that you don't know what something means, maybe it's time to stop being so cocksure, and self-reflect. But I realize admitting you're wrong is something that is physically impossible for you.

[Dextroden]

Do you have anything better than a "NO U!" response? I mean at least whine about Clinton's emails, Benghazi, child sex ring, assassinations, or some other conspiracy that you refused to let go as being impossible at being just a coincidence.

That's what makes me giggle about this whole thing. All of the people who latched onto every Clinton conspiracy and refused to let go and refused to even consider that there were coincidences are shitting their pants that this is probably just coincidence. Their lack of self awareness is fucking hilarious.

Feel free to point to the Clinton conspiracies I subscribe to. Meanwhile, I'll keep openly mocking you for being a conspiracy nutter.

[Deadite]

I gave it the benefit of the doubt that it could be coincidence, but there's becoming more and more people caught flashing this symbol for brief moments on weird spots of their body. As I said, maybe when it happens enough you'll stop coming up with whiny little bitch excuses.

I think you just hit the nail of the head. The only two groups of people who think that the Ok sign is a white supremacy symbol are the lunatic left and shitlords who know they think that and are trolling them. I would bet that is you asked people on the street if the Ok sign was a white supremacy symbol then 99 out of a hundred would be like 'What the fuck are you talking about?'

Do you also think milk is a a white supremacy symbol? The Peace Sign is transphobic? The list seems to go on and on from the shitlords from 4chan.

[Dextroden]

I think you just hit the nail of the head. The only two groups of people who think that the Ok sign is a white supremacy symbol are the lunatic left and shitlords who know they think that and are trolling them. I would bet that is you asked people on the street if the Ok sign was a white supremacy symbol then 99 out of a hundred would be like 'What the fuck are you talking about?'

Do you also think milk is a a white supremacy symbol? The Peace Sign is transphobic? The list seems to go on and on from the shitlords from 4chan.

Clearly this well adjusted conspiracy theorist is up to date on the evils of milk

[Mistame]

Why are so many people suddenly flashing white power hand signs?

It's not a "white power" symbol.

You are either a troll or extremely fucking retarded.

Those aren't mutually exclusive. Just sayin'.

Again context....... You seem to not understand that word.

If we're going to point out context, shouldn't we discern the actual context? After all, the only one who knows why he mage the gesture is him and his intent is what determines the context. So if he made it because he thinks it's a "white power" symbol, he's a racist cunt. If he did it to other people who think it's a "white power" symbol, that's pretty funny. Fuck them.

[Endus]

It's not a "white power" symbol.

The problem with that kind of statement is that, if any white-power advocates ever use such a symbol as a dog whistle, it's a white power symbol. It doesn't matter if there are other uses of the symbol. Symbols can, and do, have multiple uses. The swastika still has meaning in several cultures that is not altered by the use of the symbol by the Nazi Reich, though that use is so well-known and so heinous that it's become the standard assumption absent any other context. But that doesn't mean a Hindu or Jain temple is a Nazi establishment.

Because context matters. Context is how we determine the meaning of any symbol.

[Mistame]

The problem with that kind of statement is that, if any white-power advocates ever use such a symbol as a dog whistle, it's a white power symbol. It doesn't matter if there are other uses of the symbol. Symbols can, and do, have multiple uses. The swastika still has meaning in several cultures that is not altered by the use of the symbol by the Nazi Reich, though that use is so well-known and so heinous that it's become the standard assumption absent any other context. But that doesn't mean a Hindu or Jain temple is a Nazi establishment.

Because context matters. Context is how we determine the meaning of any symbol.

It is not a "white power" symbol by default. It only becomes such if that type of a person uses it believing that it is and then only for that occasion. But yes, context matters. And, as I said, context is determined by intent, so only the guy who made the symbol can shed light on that. Until such a time that it's shown that it was the guy's intent, it's not a "white power" symbol. And the reason that I said that it's not is because its origin as such was a meme, ie, a joke. That people are taking it seriously exposes just how fucking stupid society has become.

[majesta]

Poll snapshot at this moment:



Yes
31 12.30%

No
221 87.70%


At least there is some common sense left here. Can we send some to NBC?

[Deadite]

The problem with that kind of statement is that, if any white-power advocates ever use such a symbol as a dog whistle, it's a white power symbol. It doesn't matter if there are other uses of the symbol. Symbols can, and do, have multiple uses. The swastika still has meaning in several cultures that is not altered by the use of the symbol by the Nazi Reich, though that use is so well-known and so heinous that it's become the standard assumption absent any other context. But that doesn't mean a Hindu or Jain temple is a Nazi establishment.

Because context matters. Context is how we determine the meaning of any symbol.

Yeah but the trouble is that 99% of the world don't care if a bunch of lunatics deem a perfectly normal hand gesture to be a symbol of white supremacy. We are just amazed that such people exist. The only time that people like you care about context is to give a pass to people on your side who use it and use it as a weapon against people you don't like.

You people are getting pretty scary. You think it is great to punch the nazis and then come up with more and more innocuous things to use to lable people nazis. THAT GUY DID AN OK SING!! *punch him in the face* then take the moral high ground.