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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... 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." ...[/quote]

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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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepe-the-frog

You keep proving my point.

Most of the users of Pepe (and the creation in 2005) weren't racist. Most of the users of the a-ok sign aren't racist, devil-worshiping, communists. Some people may have co-opted its meaning. [b]Just like some people have coopted the color red. To assume anyone wearing red is a member of a gang [/b]is as idiotic as assuming anyone flashing the a-ok sign is doing so to secretly signal he's a white supremacist is idiotic.

Some climate scientists have been overblown in their predictions of disaster, therefore all claims of global warming are false!eleventy[/quote]

But if you're going to a meeting with some Crips do you wear red?

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If you're going to a violent protest - I mean, "meeting" - with Antifa, do you wear black?  Probably.[/quote]

I wouldn't. Would you? Because in that context the shirt color means something.

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