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Relevant article. The plausible deniability of the gesture seems to be part of its appeal to 4chan and Proud Boy trolls.

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white...

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Ok so us normies out here who use the ok gesture and have no idea about the stupid 4 chan meme are going to be considered white nationalists now? Seems like a good way to make a problem where there isn't one.

“Normies” don’t use the word “normie”, and the label of harm applied by the SPLC isn’t prescriptivist, your beef is with the white nationalist Internet kids.

This is a Pepe flag, MAGA hat plus the “OK” sign with three fingers up.

Again I like Peterson. But keep saying this is a coincidence or innocent photo... I don’t know, I wouldn’t be caught dead in this photo.

Pretty sure the appeal is the outrage it triggers.

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