One of these is the so-called “Circle Game,” in which people attempt to trick each other into looking at an okay-like hand gesture made somewhere below the waist. Seems kinda racist.But hey, that’s just me wildly guessing. The “okay” hand gesture—in which the thumb and index finger touch while the other fingers of the hand are held outstretched—is an obvious and ancient gesture that has arisen in many cultures over the years with different meanings.Today, in a usage that dates to at least as early as 17th century Great Britain, it most commonly signals understanding, consent, approval or well-being. Another is the hand sign of the Three Percenter movement, a wing of the anti-government extremist militia movement. Same shoulder.So, once more before we continue, I know all about the circle game. Picture: E!, Unscripted via YouTube So, what do the two finger emojis pointing at each other actually mean? Used by many on the right--not just extremists--for the purpose of trolling liberals, the symbol eventually came to be used by actual white supremacists as well.

As a result, someone who uses the symbol cannot be assumed to be using the symbol in either a trolling or, especially, white supremacist context unless other contextual evidence exists to support the contention. claiming that the OK hand sign is a symbol of white supremacy,” reads the post-zero of the phenomenon. For now, looking at the hand means suffering whatever blows come from looking. Pitchfork hand signs .

You probably hear it every New Year’s—but what does “Auld Lang Syne” mean?

Coming from those now-public figures who’ve proven most fond of throwing it (and teaming it with a knowing smirk), it’s impossible to tell if the sign is sincerely sinister shorthand for white supremacy or merely a kind of douchey magic spell that triggers libs with a wiggle of the fingers.And increasingly, it seems like an irony lost on itself.

The thumbs-up sign has been confusing people for thousands of years. It starts to seem normal.But put aside for a moment that these hoaxes loosen the common turf of truth, making it tough for anything to take root. No need to e-mail me when we’re done here and explain it to me, as several have on Facebook whenever discussions emerge about the nefarious semiotic drift suffered by the once-innocent gesture for “OK.”You know the one. The emoji phrase has now made it over to Twitter where everyone is just as confused. Last week, a member of an emergency response team in Charleston, S.C., was removed from duty after A quick click around Twitter turns up multiple instances of the sign among members of right-wing groups operating at various degrees of alt-: from the “Western chauvinist” tight bros in tighter polos the “If you think [OK emoji] is a racist symbol commit yourself to a mental institution immediately,” In a vacuum, he’d have a point, as would all of those doubters hastily scouring Google to assemble a long pictorial history of people innocuously saying “OK.” But time, the elasticity of language, and several witting and unwitting forces have together conspired  to change “OK” — if not a symbol of white supremacy then at least a vessel for it to be smuggled into the discourse, and pass in plain sight while retaining plausible deniability.It’s like lowering the frequency of a dog whistle slightly; it becomes something detectable only as a murmur in the background. “Leftists have dug so deep down into their lunacy. “[W]e must flood Twitter and other social media websites . disingenuous new meaning.“[W]e must flood Twitter and other social media websites . It involves forming your thumb and index finger into a circle, holding the gesture below your waistline, and finding ways to make your opponent/younger brother look at it. We must force [them] to dig more, until the rest of society ain’t going anywhere near that [expletive].”Since then, the gesture has curled the claws of high-profile nationalist provocaturds like But all of this apparent quacking from likely ducks doesn’t (and can’t) say anything definitive about the intent behind the silent gesture.

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