Any other vets floored by this?

[rootVIII]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/15/politics/navy-internal-investigation-hand-gesture-video/index.html

[The_Founder]

I'm a vet. Absolutely not floored.

What's got you so blown away?

[rootVIII → The_Founder]

I learned to play that game in bootcamp... actually from a buddy of mine that was definitely not white. And it definitely had nothing to do with racism. However it had everything to do with punching the person that looks! :)

[smt88 → rootVIII]

You are correct to be surprised and confused.

> And it definitely had nothing to do with racism

This is entirely the point of the gesture. They pointedly co-opted a harmless symbol to create confusing situations just like this one.

It seems to be playing out (according to plan) in two scenarios:

1) People unknowingly use the gesture and are then vilified for it.

2) White supremacists use the gesture publicly and have plausible deniability.

More info:

- https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white...

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/03/ok-sign-gestur...

[rootVIII → smt88]

Hmmm interesting... thanks