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I had never heard of the ok symbol thing prior to today and I’m offended by everything. 😉

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TV’s Frink said:

I had never heard of the ok symbol thing prior to today and I’m offended by everything. 😉

I’ve heard of it because a Facebook friend who was in the military posts such pictures frequently - of people with an upside-down okay gesture. So I looked it up, and learned it’s a juvenile game. Never saw the racist nonsense.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Wait, it’s upside-down? The picture I saw wasn’t updside-down…I don’t think.

If it’s upside-down that’s a different story because that’s not the ok symbol.

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Warbler said:

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

Has the ok hand sign:

become a symbol of the KKK?

It is and it isn’t.
https://lifehacker.com/is-this-an-innocent-ok-sign-or-a-white-power-symbol-1825575794

Some people think it is, and some people do use it to mean that; but many who use it aren’t alt-right and don’t mean it to mean that. I think it’s still up in the air whether it’s associated with that or not. Some people are starting to associate it, but it’s not really caught on. So yes and no.

There also may be more people like me out there that have no idea of any sinister meaning to the okay symbol and just think it means “okay”.

There is sort of a sinister meaning to it, in that you’re supposed to get punched for noticing it.

The blue elephant in the room.

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TV’s Frink said:

Wait, it’s upside-down? The picture I saw wasn’t updside-down…I don’t think.

If it’s upside-down that’s a different story because that’s not the ok symbol.

I assumed the article you linked explained, but I didn’t check.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Wait, it’s upside-down? The picture I saw wasn’t updside-down…I don’t think.

If it’s upside-down that’s a different story because that’s not the ok symbol.

I assumed the article you linked explained, but I didn’t check.

I looked at a few articles, the one picture I remembered wasn’t with the upside-down hand gesture for some reason. But in the article I posted, you’re right.

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Mrebo said:

But if a Democrat manages to get elected in 2020, imagine what fun they will have.

I just want the Democrats to take the Senate in 2018 and then refuse to allow any Trump nominee to even look at the Senate building, let alone step inside it for a confirmation hearing.

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Smile because they are some terrible people.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Mrebo said:

Smile because they are some terrible people.

Everyone in Politics is terrible. These people are slightly less terrible, however, since they neither act treasonous nor condone it.

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None of these guys work for the government anymore, so it’s hardly going to keep them from speaking out. Might come back to bite him in the ass in a real national emergency, because no former president is going to take his calls.

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Where were you in '77?

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Some of them don’t even have their security clearances any more. It’s laughable.

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SilverWook said:

None of these guys work for the government anymore, so it’s hardly going to keep them from speaking out. Might come back to bite him in the ass in a real national emergency, because no former president is going to take his calls.

Once he’s out of office, no one will take his calls.

Well, maybe Russian hookers will.

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And to give the Republicans a bone for once, what should they be doing about Trump? Mueller is still investigating, and we won’t see the conclusion of that investigation until the end of the year.

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TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

What is supposed to be done?

Consider: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gop-criticism-of-trump-is-all-talk-but-it-still-matters/

How about anything besides talk?

Trump’s possible (and growing more likely by the day) compromised position with Russia is an ongoing national security threat. Maybe start by investigating that. Specifically, maybe start by finding out what’s in his tax returns that he’s so afraid of getting out.

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I just said they are investigating that. Mueller.

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Grow a freaking spine when he pulls crap like verbally blowing Putin kisses in public and stand up to him? He’s not a king for crying out loud.

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The Republican Party will keep getting worse if it doesn’t turn around. Trump was a logical next step in the evolution (or devolution) of the Republican Party, but he isn’t the logical conclusion. He’s an obese 72-year-old. He’ll be dead soon. I worry about what the people that worshipped him will support next.

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