For the uninitiated, a 4chan hoax to turn the "okay" gesture into a hate symbol has actually worked, with people now genuinely using it to represent "white power."
You're so close to being right, then you steer completely into the wing direction and drive off a cliff.
I seriously doubt anyone has actually used ? to represent white power. But then again, I don't know or pay attention to any actual white supremacists, because fuck 'em.
Your line of thought should have began and ended with "it was a 4chan hoax/prank", and that's it. Of course, that would pretty much have to admit that your kind (journalists, NPCs, etc) fell for it easily because you're starving to report on "hate crimes" to show how evil you think white people are.
It's funny, because they bought the hoax before the symbol started seeing wide usage, then people started using it to mock the left, which then led the left to double down on the "IT'S WHITE SUPREMACYYYYYYYYY" nonsense.
My theory is that they actually know how it happened, but don't want to admit they were wrong.
My theory is that they actually know how it happened, but don't want to admit they were wrong.
Bingo. The most common trait I see amongst SJWs and journalists is narcissism. Their over-inflated egos simply will not allow them to admit they were wrong about something. To do so would be too big of a hit to their pride. They rather "look right" than actually be right about something.
I believe /pol/ tried to turn the pride flag into a hate symbol (the color stripes are all separate but equal, and not blending together), but it didn't catch on.
You're so close to being right, then you steer completely into the wing direction and drive off a cliff.
I seriously doubt anyone has actually used ? to represent white power. But then again, I don't know or pay attention to any actual white supremacists, because fuck 'em.
Your line of thought should have began and ended with "it was a 4chan hoax/prank", and that's it. Of course, that would pretty much have to admit that your kind (journalists, NPCs, etc) fell for it easily because you're starving to report on "hate crimes" to show how evil you think white people are.
It's funny, because they bought the hoax before the symbol started seeing wide usage, then people started using it to mock the left, which then led the left to double down on the "IT'S WHITE SUPREMACYYYYYYYYY" nonsense.
My theory is that they actually know how it happened, but don't want to admit they were wrong.
Bingo. The most common trait I see amongst SJWs and journalists is narcissism. Their over-inflated egos simply will not allow them to admit they were wrong about something. To do so would be too big of a hit to their pride. They rather "look right" than actually be right about something.
This is 100% what it is. These people can never admit they are wrong. Never. It would cause their whole made up reality to come crashing down.
The real genius will be if 4chan can start turning symbols of the Democratic party into hate symbols.
Donkey = white supremacy.
I believe /pol/ tried to turn the pride flag into a hate symbol (the color stripes are all separate but equal, and not blending together), but it didn't catch on.