Racist VW ad pulled.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
...and pansy was just a flower, 'coon' was just lazy slang for 'racoon', guinea was just the name of a country in west africa, etc

Okay, you two have agreed with each other it's racist.

It's actually not, but at least you two are on the same page.

Originally posted by Surtur
Okay, you two have agreed with each other it's racist.

It's actually not, but at least you two are on the same page.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
No, I posted as the page turned.

So no you don't think the okay sign is racist? You're just...what? Playing devils advocate?

Originally posted by Surtur
So no you don't think the okay sign is racist? You're just...what? Playing devils advocate?

Lol so yes or no a white guy doing the okay sign...is it racist? Does an intelligent person look at the situation and think "white supremacist" ?

And if I showed you pics of Obama doing the okay sign, what would your excuse be? He can't be racist cuz he's black? But only half, so is it half racist?

Originally posted by Surtur
Lol so yes or no a white guy doing the okay sign...is it racist? Does an intelligent person look at the situation and think "white supremacist" ?

And if I showed you pics of Obama doing the okay sign, what would your excuse be? He can't be racist cuz he's black? But only half, so is it half racist?

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
it would depend, personally in the same way I wouldn't wear a swastika, I wouldn't do an OK sign.

Lol see this is where you make a fool of yourself. This is *not* like wearing a damn swastika. You know that.

Originally posted by Surtur
Lol see this is where you make a fool of yourself. This is *not* like wearing a damn swastika. You know that.

swastika doesn't mean "Nazi", it's just an old symbol of the zoroastrian religion from persia, which means 'infinity'. The supposed "nazi salute" was just a way for the ancient romans to salute their caesar. you guyz see symbols and gestures everywhere and try to automatically make it out to be something evil. look at the gaslight.

it's all just a figment in your paranoid imagination. Sure white supremacists use it as well, but they only use it as a way of saying "I'm OK with being a neo-nazi"

Nobody is saying no white supremacists try to use it, but no it hasn't been "appropriated".

But it will be if people stop using it out of fear of being called racist.

maybe context matters?

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
maybe context matters?

Yes...lol. Sort of like how it matters when a white guy uses the N word vs when a black guy does.

So if a known white supremacist is flashing it sure assume he intends it as racist. But if you see a dude flashing it at a cubs game maybe don't immediately assume racism.

Or in other words: behave like a sane rational individual.

Originally posted by Surtur
Yes...lol. Sort of like how it matters when a white guy uses the N word vs when a black guy does.

So if a known white supremacist is flashing it sure assume he intends it as racist. But if you see a dude flashing it at a cubs game maybe don't immediately assume racism.

Or in other words: behave like a sane rational individual.

deliberately photobombing a black person with it is definitely a racist gesture, surt.

I think Whirly is at least somewhat right. It was created, on purpose, to troll retraded left-wing authoritarian idiots by 4chan.

It was literally created to demonstrate how retarded they get.

And it worked.

However, that doesn't mean some people have not used it seriously. Poe's Law, yo. It could be satire, but some of them may genuinely be butthead racists.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
deliberately photobombing a black person with it is definitely a racist gesture, surt.

Could be or it could be trolling. But let us not pretend people only cry racism when the sign is flashed in the vicinity of a black guy.

Originally posted by Surtur
Could be or it could be trolling. But let us not pretend people only cry racism when the sign is flashed in the vicinity of a black guy.

More likely trolling. But it's the kind of trolling that might get you beaten to death or killed.

it is a widely used neo-nazi gesture. the fact that it is relatively new does not negate the fact. top notch gaslighting, tho 👆

Originally posted by dadudemon
I think Whirly is at least somewhat right. It was created, on purpose, to troll retraded left-wing authoritarian idiots by 4chan.

It was literally created to demonstrate how retarded they get.

And it worked.

However, that doesn't mean some people have not used it seriously. Poe's Law, yo. It could be satire, but some of them may genuinely be butthead racists.

Sure, some of them might be racists.

But there is no reason to assume racism right off the bat unless we have a good reason to. So okay, David Duke is probably not flashing the okay sign to troll people.

Random edgelord at a cubs game? Not sure I'm ready to label dude a white supremacist without more info.