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(53,342 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)I don't even think it's REALLY a white power gesture. But to act like they don't know what they're doing is pretty weird to me. She WORKS FOR THAT GUY.
hlthe2b
(101,701 posts)Gothmog
(143,998 posts)Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Even disregarding the potential gesture, she has been working for somebody who is targeting hispanic americans to take away their citizneship and putting children in cages. Can we "bash" her for that if nothing else?
torius
(1,652 posts)one one side and he teams up with White Supremacists. Latinos can be 100% European, anyway.
Kilgore
(1,733 posts)MontanaMama
(23,238 posts)when she works for and supports people who terrorize and demean others by their words, policies and actions.
bdtrppr6
(796 posts)she knew what she was doing and explicitly doing it. every gesture and fleeting look on her face said she was purposefully making the sign. no one sits like that, hand completely motionless in one position while aware a camera was on them.
i hope they all burn.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)She seemed very aware of the camera and what she was up to.
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)that way.
There was no "natural" path to that hand position.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)Split, with three fingers below the arm, and the thumb and forefinger above. All I'd have to do is curl my index finger - which certainly doesn't feel unnatural.
I have no idea whether it was intentional, or whether she even know it is what has been is popularized as a hate. But if the test is whether there is a natural path to that hand position - I don't have to concentrate to put my hand in something very close to that position. It's jsut how my hand tends to rest on my arm (with more or less degree of curl in the index finger) - typically with the mirror on the other arm, from underneath.
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)she gets a text, then very specifically puts her arm in that position.
Let me know what you think
Link to tweet
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)I believe two versions of it.
Quixote1818
(28,903 posts)When I do that my index finger naturally wants to curl up. She isn't actually doing a white power sign because her thumb is arching up with nail into her arm. It's not curled in a circle.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The situation speaks for itself.
Gothmog
(143,998 posts)lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:17 PM - Edit history (1)
for a couple of hours should expect a certain degree of scrutiny. Especially
in the political arena. It's naive for them to think everyone watching would
think she is a wonderful person.
Cha
(295,899 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)too much!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)UTUSN
(70,494 posts)Blueplanet
(253 posts)Just prior to making the hand gesture.
Notice she is reading something just prior to making the hand gesture.
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Gothmog
(143,998 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)UTUSN
(70,494 posts)dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Gothmog
(143,998 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)I would never accuse your wife of making a white power gesture. Though it arguably looks like she's making a white power gesture, it's entirely possible she wasn't making a white power gesture. As a fellow Jew, I know that I would never make a white power gesture, even accidentally, and I'd certainly hope that your wife wasn't making a white power gesture. You'd have to admit that it would be especially horrible if she were to make a white power gesture, given her ethnicities. Probably a misunderstanding about white power gestures, and it's probably a good idea for her to avoid making white power gestures in the future, even if she inadvertently made a white power gesture. I also, by the way, do not think that she was holding a vial of white powder, although it's possible, as some people do hold vials of white powder in that manner. I sincerely do not believe that she was holding a vial of white powder while making a white power gesture, but I will admit that it is a possibility that she was holding a vial of white powder while making a white power gesture, however unlikely she would make a white power gesture, nor hold a vial of white powder. I should point out that she is quite a pouter, though she's clearly not a white pouter. However, if it so happens that she was making a white power gesture, it's not out of the realm of possibility that she identifies as a white pouter. More so, if she identifies as a white pouter, it increases the possibility that she was making a white power gesture. Perhaps as a result of her ethnic confusion, she was holding a vial of white powder while being a white pouter and making a white power gesture. I would appreciate it if you could alleviate my concerns that she is a white pouter holding white powder while gesturing white power.
I'll await further confirmation that you wife is not a white pouter, was not holding white powder, and was not making a white power gesture all at the same time.
All my best,
Oilem
brush
(53,467 posts)kimbutgar
(20,871 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,605 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)Ponietz
(2,903 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)I don't find the claim that it's a white power symbol convincing considering it started as a hoax, got bought into by people who wanted to believe a conspiracy (seeing people posting that phony ACLU flyer even after being told it's phony is a great example of how truth doesn't matter to some people here who want to bash), and the people who started it are trolls, it's far more likely that the symbol is of trolls not white supremacists.
There's a reason Snopes says it's unproven that it's a racist symbol and the ADL says it isn't.
https://www.adl.org/blog/no-the-ok-gesture-is-not-a-hate-symbol
elleng
(130,126 posts)ret5hd
(20,433 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)argument. Unfortunately John, we know a WP sign when we see one, and that's exactly what your wife was flashing on national television. If this and the incoming backlash bother you, I couldn't care less. The Trump administration kidnaps children and sticks them in detention camps. Fuck each and every last one of you.