The forum is judging me for long posts, apparently, so part 2.
No the joke is getting people to believe that it is a symbol of white supremacy and be so firm in that belief they'll attack others over using the symbol.
Let's do a thought experiment.
Let's say that that I look at all these pictures of white supremacists and alt-right people doing the okay sign, and I assume that literally everyone who makes that hand gesture is a white supremacist, regardless of context and disregarding any obvious political intent. So let's say I see someone, let's call them Bob, making the sign in what is clearly a totally innocent context, and because of that I decide that Bob is a white supremacist.
Now, let's say I harass Bob online, I get all my friends to send him abuse, I message Bob's employer to try and get him fired, I send abusive messages to Bob's family. All these horrible things you claim are happening to innocent people yet can provide no evidence of. Bob has to quit social media. Maybe he gets fired. Maybe his family disowns him and refuses to speak to him.
So, let's say that you confront me and ask me why I'm doing these things, and I turn around and say "Well, it's a joke."
So you say "How can this be a joke, you're ruining this man's life!"
And I say "Well, Bob is a white supremacist, and watching him react to his life falling apart is funny to me. Therefore, it's a joke."
Do you see the problem?
When a joke is not required to have any trace of irony to it, but is solely based on provoking a reaction from someone regardless of whether that reaction is justified or based in reality, then almost anything can be a joke provided it makes people react. Again, if you "trick" people into thinking that white supremacists are using the okay sign, and then white supremacists start using the okay sign, then that's no longer a joke. There's no longer any irony. You're just pretending that people are idiots for reacting to something which is actually happening.
I realise that we're dealing with people for whom "free helicopter rides" is the height of humour, but come on. You're not this dumb, I refuse to believe it.
Were the POPE, OBAMA, Hillary and Bill and AOC all signalling to their secret white supremacist supporters too?
No, and noone ever said that they were, so why is it relevant.
The joke is people falling for it and their reaction to it.
But they're not falling for anything.
They are seeing something which is accurate. White supremacists do use the okay sign. It was added to the ADL database because white supremacists use it unironically. You can't fool people into believing something which is actually true. Making people believe something which is true is called education. You should try it.
White supremacists also exist in the same world we do with much of the same cultural symbols. If they started doing bunny ears behind one anothers heads in photos would bunny ears be a sign of white supremacy?
Firstly, it's not bunny ears, it's the horns of the cuckold.
The meaning of that symbol is already pejorative. It's a traditional insult implying that the person making the symbol has slept with the spouse of the victim, so white supremacists doing it wouldn't really be distinguishable from its preexisting use.
But if a lot of white supremacists started doing it all at once to mean something a little different from its traditional meaning, then yes, it would become a sign of white supremacy. Of course, that wouldn't mean that everyone who did it, or has ever done it, would be a white supremacist. Only you think that is what it would mean, because you have no understanding of context (except when it suits you). Most people do, because most people are not as dumb as you are pretending to be.
So Scuba divers don't exist above water?
Above water, we call them humans. They are very similar, but they don't wear scuba gear and can communicate through vocalisations from their mouths instead of their hands.
Just humans doing human things.
I'd think you'd therefore get how much it puts you at odds with a certain political position assuming you faced it due to right wing people
Marginalization doesn't make people racist.
If someone calls you a racist on the internet, and your response is to become a racist, then whoever called you a racist should be congratulated for seeing through you.
If someone calls you a racist, and your response is to look back at the things you have done that might cause a person to think that way, to look honestly at the reasons why you did those things and to take responsibility for your actions while distancing yourself from racist intent, then it's very unlikely that you will not find forgiveness.
I've been called out for being racist in the past. I wasn't born with perfect politics and noone is. However, unless someone is actually trolling you (in which case, lol cool trolls man its like the joker) then responding to accusations of racism just means accepting that you have hurt people and managing their feelings. People do it successfully every day.
At best it's a silly tokenistic gesture
Wow, fascinating.
Tell me more of your opinions on periods.
I misread that bit but the point is 4chan goes after anyone
4chan is an internet message board..
It's an internet message board with a lot of white supremacists on it.
The fact that 4chan "goes after anyone" will not change the latter.
Hell in this case it likely wasn't an attack but some dumb meme propaganda thing about "Disabled people 4 Trump, they see me rollin they hatin" or something.
The Attacks against her the actual attacks came from people who despise Trump and attacked her out of belief she supported Trump
You realise, we're literally watching you make up imaginary facts about this incident in real time.
Except 4chan only cares for causing chaos and getting people to fall for jokes for the most part or cause people to get mad.
Ah yes. White supremacists and incels are extremely well known for not getting mad about anything.
