Partly due to the internet, and partly due to the negative aspects of humanity, innocent or nonsensical signs and symbols are often coopted or changed to fit the hateful agenda of different groups.
Kyle Rittenhouse claimed on Tuesday night that he was unaware the “OK” hand sign he flashed while posing in bar photos with the Proud Boys was a “symbol for white supremacy.” Additionally, the ...
The “OK” hand gesture, a mass killer’s bowl-style haircut and an anthropomorphic moon wearing sunglasses are among 36 new entries in a Jewish civil rights group’s online database of hate symbols used ...
The OK hand gesture, which was long used as a stamp of approval but has taken on new life as a mark of white supremacy in recent years, is among several new entries to the Anti-Defamation League’s ...
Here's what you should know about the "OK" hand sign by now: In early 2017, a bunch of trolls on 4chan thought it would be funny to trick the media into claiming the "OK" hand sign - thumb and ...
LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska is changing its mascot’s hand gesture because it was associated with a white supremacy symbol. For more than 47 years, Herbie Husker made what appeared to be ...
It appears that a joke/prank created on the forum of 4chan.org was successful in its goal to get the internet and people to think the common 'OK' hand sign was actually a white power symbol. This ...
The city of Portland, Oregon, was shaken to its core over the weekend, as it appeared that a city courthouse was displaying a “white power symbol” in its windows. Everyone waited with bated breath for ...
For most of his existence, Herbie Husker has expressed his approval by signaling what was once universally known as the "OK" sign. Now that the gesture has been co-opted by white supremacists, Herbie ...
No, white supremacists. You do not get to own the hand signal for “OK.” Nor the term 100%. Swastikas and Nazi salutes and the like are apparently no longer enough for white supremacist groups, which ...