WH intern flashes notorious "white power" hand gesture in White House intern Xmas pic with DJT

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of black people flash the a-ok sign. And lots of white people. Lots of americans in general.

You're nuts.

And, to prove your point.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of black people flash the a-ok sign. And lots of white people. Lots of americans in general.

You're nuts.

Sure, any even Donald Trump does the "Heil Hitler" sign, even though we assume he's not an actual practicing Nazi.



But that doesn't mean that there aren't actual practicing Nazis out there who also use that hand gesture.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of black people flash the a-ok sign. And lots of white people. Lots of americans in general.

You're nuts.

Sure, any even Donald Trump does the "Heil Hitler" sign, even though we assume he's not an actual practicing Nazi.



But that doesn't mean that there aren't actual practicing Nazis out there who also use that hand gesture.

I'm sure there are actual practicing Nazis who wear sweaters when they're cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of black people flash the a-ok sign. And lots of white people. Lots of americans in general.

You're nuts.

Most people probably won't walk around Charlottesville with a tiki torch now though, huh? It's about context.

[Anonymous]

I am willing to agree that there are some people who believe that the a-ok sign is a white power sign, that there are some people who believe it's a sign for 666, that there are some people who believe it's a sign in support of communism, and that some of these people use it in those ways they believe.

But only a complete fool would think the majority of people are using it as anything other than a-ok. The reasonable belief is that the person using it in the intern photo was using it as an a-ok sign, which is commonly used by people. If the intern was being edgy in any way, it was "I'm not going to flash a thumbs up sign like I was told, I'm going to be ~unique~ but within the bounds of acceptable by flashing the a-ok sign."

Some of you all really are flat out nuts. Anything must be mined for the absolute worse view. You are exactly the same as those people who think that because NY isn't under water like we were promised in the 80's that climate change is a farce. And people wonder why our political process is in disarray. Enjoy Trump, this is the result. I wonder who's next.

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Anonymous wrote:... The reasonable belief is that the person using it in the intern photo was using it as an a-ok sign, which is commonly used by people. If the intern was being edgy in any way, it was "I'm not going to flash a thumbs up sign like I was told, I'm going to be ~unique~ but within the bounds of acceptable by flashing the a-ok sign." ...

Why is is unreasonable to think someone associated with this White House would harbor racist alt-right "Pepe" views? Here is a tweet from the Gateway Pundit alt-right idiots, where they're flashing the same Pepe symbol in the White House press briefing room, and they even include Pepe the frog in their tweet to make crystal clear the symbolism they're pushing.

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Anonymous wrote:The far-left is becoming tinged with anti-Semitism, as their rapid opposition to Israel becomes conflated with anti-Jewish sentiment. They can object all they want, but we see it in this thread. The fact that this young man is Jewish is irrelevant.

What exactly is the "far left"?

So far left, it is right, or alt-right.

Nope. Nice try, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, 12 pages of you all working hard to call a young Jewish male a Nazi. You don't usually see something like that outside of Stormfront.

There is an undercurrent of antisemtism here. As you say, a lot of effort to make a young Jewish guy look bad. Otherwise, why was his religion brought up so early in the thread? I wonder if it the same PP who posted something about "young right-wing Jews" elsewhere, and not in a flattering light.

I think when someone is being accused of being a neo-nazi, the fact that they're Jewish is relevant.

One would also think sexual alignment would be relevant as to whether someone is anti-gay or not as well, but there have been numerous instances of conservatives who are publicly on the forefront of vicious anti-gay rhetoric and legislation ending up themselves being caught up in gay sex scandals. As examples Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, David Dreier, Mark Foley, there have been many. And I would also point to folks like Milo Yiannopoulos as well, who is gay but who is a huge cheerleader for the most staunchly anti-gay.

In the murk of the conservative world, up is down, down is up, and not all is what it seems.

In summary, YES it is entirely, very much possible in the conservative world that a Jew could end up promoting white supremacists. His being a Jew rules absolutely nothing out.

Let me ask you something. Do you consider Antifa part of the liberal world? No? Why not? They are a far-left extremist group, whether you want to acknowledge that or not. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-violent-left/534192/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/16/who-are-the-antifa/?utm_term=.0fab97f5d489
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-antifa-is-the-moral-equivalent-of-neo-nazis/2017/08/30/9a13b2f6-8d00-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a_story.html?utm_term=.552c21f9cbce

The liberal world has plenty of its own "murk" to deal with. I suggest you start there rather than pretend extremist groups only lurk within the conservative party.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, 12 pages of you all working hard to call a young Jewish male a Nazi. You don't usually see something like that outside of Stormfront.

There is an undercurrent of antisemtism here. As you say, a lot of effort to make a young Jewish guy look bad. Otherwise, why was his religion brought up so early in the thread? I wonder if it the same PP who posted something about "young right-wing Jews" elsewhere, and not in a flattering light.

The issue of him being Jewish was brought up by the intern himself in his mealy-mouthed excuse issued to the press. No one else brought it up, or was even aware of his Jewish background, until he brought it up himself.

It's a laughable leap of logic that he "he can't be bigoted!" solely because of his Jewish background. How do you explain the bigoted articles that emerge from Breitbart, which is largely edited and staffed by Jewish writers?

It is okay to admit you are wrong. You should try it.

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The obsession with this young man and his silly OK sign is bizarre, but not surprising considering liberals' default mode is outrage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, 12 pages of you all working hard to call a young Jewish male a Nazi. You don't usually see something like that outside of Stormfront.

There is an undercurrent of antisemtism here. As you say, a lot of effort to make a young Jewish guy look bad. Otherwise, why was his religion brought up so early in the thread? I wonder if it the same PP who posted something about "young right-wing Jews" elsewhere, and not in a flattering light.

I think when someone is being accused of being a neo-nazi, the fact that they're Jewish is relevant.

One would also think sexual alignment would be relevant as to whether someone is anti-gay or not as well, but there have been numerous instances of conservatives who are publicly on the forefront of vicious anti-gay rhetoric and legislation ending up themselves being caught up in gay sex scandals. As examples Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, David Dreier, Mark Foley, there have been many. And I would also point to folks like Milo Yiannopoulos as well, who is gay but who is a huge cheerleader for the most staunchly anti-gay.

In the murk of the conservative world, up is down, down is up, and not all is what it seems.

In summary, YES it is entirely, very much possible in the conservative world that a Jew could end up promoting white supremacists. His being a Jew rules absolutely nothing out.

Please. The "conservative world?" Now your bigotry toward conservatives is showing. You act as though these fringe hate groups, comprising maybe 1% of the population, are part of mainstream Republicans.

Most conservative Jews are Orthodox, or observant Conservatives (in the religious meaning) and identify strongly as Jews. Believe me, they are not marching alongside neo-Nazis yelling "kill the Jews." It is not happening, and I don't see any legitimate reason you keep perpetrating this lie.

The PP is perpetrating this lie because he or she desperately wants it to be true. There has to be outrage, at *something,* anything. Otherwise, what do liberals have to talk about?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I guess this is the liberal version of Pizzagate. Some stupid conspiracy theory over the "OK" sign - that Trump himself uses when he speaks, that Alec Baldwin incorporates into his SNL sketches when playing Trump, that most of the world uses as a universal, A-OK sign.

Breuer apologized (though I don't know what for) on Twitter:
"In some of our intern pictures, I emulated the OK sign the President sometimes makes," he said. "That was foolish. I should have listened more closely to the Commander-in-Chief and given the thumbs up. I'm proud of my Jewish heritage and strongly reject the hateful views associated with racist white power organizations. I would never make common cause with them."

The world has officially gone mad.

Why does Trump make those "OK" gestures anyhow? "OK" usually doesn't have anything to do with what he's saying then and frankly, as much as he does it, it looks stupid.

It's just a hand gesture, for crying out loud! It's one of his mannerisms when he talks and gestures with his hands. Who the HELL cares?? Oh wait...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I guess this is the liberal version of Pizzagate. Some stupid conspiracy theory over the "OK" sign - that Trump himself uses when he speaks, that Alec Baldwin incorporates into his SNL sketches when playing Trump, that most of the world uses as a universal, A-OK sign.

Breuer apologized (though I don't know what for) on Twitter:
"In some of our intern pictures, I emulated the OK sign the President sometimes makes," he said. "That was foolish. I should have listened more closely to the Commander-in-Chief and given the thumbs up. I'm proud of my Jewish heritage and strongly reject the hateful views associated with racist white power organizations. I would never make common cause with them."

The world has officially gone mad.

Who appointed you the arbiter of what constitutes "officially mad" - and were you asleep through that whole "we elected Donald Trump as our President" thing?

We entered the surreal "Idiocracy" world back then.

Ever wonder why Trump was elected? As a direct response to the "idiocracy" that was already firmly entrenched among liberals. So in a way, you're right. The world was going mad before Trump was even elected.

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Anonymous wrote:Game over. The intern acknowledged he flashed a white power signal. It may not have been intentional, but he still admits he did.

Link?

PP has it wrong. He did no such thing.
This is his statement (posted upthread):

"In some of our intern pictures, I emulated the OK sign the President sometimes makes," he said. "That was foolish. I should have listened more closely to the Commander-in-Chief and given the thumbs up. I'm proud of my Jewish heritage and strongly reject the hateful views associated with racist white power organizations. I would never make common cause with them."

In other words: the intern didn't know he was flashing a white power sign. He was copying Trump. Does Trump know what he's doing when he makes that sign?

And, I guess all the liberals who use tiki torches for their summer backyard parties are totally unaware that they are aligning themselves with white supremacists. Do they even know what they are doing?

(I hate it when people “appropriate” a harmless sign or item - AOK - and then assume that anyone who uses that sign or item is somehow “stained” as a result.)

THIS. Makes me want to go out and buy a bunch of tiki torches, have a backyard bbq, and just wait for the idiots to accuse me of being a white supremacist. Talk about idiocracy. Liberals have perfected that concept.

[Anonymous]

You're right. Trump and all his supporters in the White House are probably completely unaware of Pepe the Frog and all that white power symbolism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am willing to agree that there are some people who believe that the a-ok sign is a white power sign, that there are some people who believe it's a sign for 666, that there are some people who believe it's a sign in support of communism, and that some of these people use it in those ways they believe.

But only a complete fool would think the majority of people are using it as anything other than a-ok. The reasonable belief is that the person using it in the intern photo was using it as an a-ok sign, which is commonly used by people. If the intern was being edgy in any way, it was "I'm not going to flash a thumbs up sign like I was told, I'm going to be ~unique~ but within the bounds of acceptable by flashing the a-ok sign."

Some of you all really are flat out nuts. Anything must be mined for the absolute worse view. You are exactly the same as those people who think that because NY isn't under water like we were promised in the 80's that climate change is a farce. And people wonder why our political process is in disarray. Enjoy Trump, this is the result. I wonder who's next.

The kid worked for Stephen Miller, by the far one of the most bigoted folks in this Administration. This is the guy that wrote "the Muslim ban." It seems bizarre that you're bending over backwards to give the intern the benefit of the doubt when he's clearly enmeshed in the Breitbard-world of the Alt Right.