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Cubs finish investigation of racist hand gesture on TV, ban fan from Wrigley
Chicago Suntimes ^ | 05/08/2019 | Madeline Kenney

Posted on 05/10/2019 9:36:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

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To: yesthatjallen

Just when did the “Okay” sign become a “white supremacy” symbol?


41 posted on 05/10/2019 10:05:49 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Is that... Colin Kaepernick?


42 posted on 05/10/2019 10:06:20 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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To: yesthatjallen

43 posted on 05/10/2019 10:06:40 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Elections have consequences. get over it, we won! ~ Barack Obama)
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To: PGR88

another freeper on another thread said it looked like he was flicking a bugger. I agree.


44 posted on 05/10/2019 10:08:33 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: yesthatjallen
It must mean something bad, just look at who's using it:


45 posted on 05/10/2019 10:11:02 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: dainbramaged

We used to call it “Punch Bug”. While punching your sibling sitting next to you in the back seat of the car, you had to loudly declare “Punch Bug, no return!”

The “no return” qualifier was vital, as seeing the same VW bug later in the same car trip could subject YOU to a punch if your sibling spotted it later in the trip.

For example, if going from your home to the store, you might drive by a VW parked in a driveway, which was fair game for the free punch. However, you didn’t want your sibling to use that same VW against you on the ride home if it was still parked in the same spot.

Now kids just stare at their electronic gadgets.......no wonder why they can’t take a punch!


46 posted on 05/10/2019 10:11:46 AM PDT by Panzerfaust (The HK P7 .....it's what Jesus would carry.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The investigation:

Was fan White?

yes - guilty
no - not guilty

Hate crime laws were made to criminalize anything a White says or does, or doesn’t say or doesn’t do.


47 posted on 05/10/2019 10:13:50 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a violent political movement that escapes scrutiny by hiding behind the facade of religion.)
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To: scope721

I like it. Or you can say that when a man gives the middle finger it means he considers himself “first” (you know, one finger up) and thus superior to women. We need to make this meme happen. So many leftists would feel conflicted.

I’d love it if we could do that with some of their favorite P.C. words too. We’ve already done a good job of turning “triggered” into a joke. And leftists love using the F-word. Maybe we can fabricate some bad accociations with that too. LOL.

Of course, most leftists have zero self-awareness and don’t realize how ridiculous they look making these claims, as if they are real, in front of rational people who know anything about the topic. Then again, their obvious goal is to trick those who really don’t know anything about the topic…


48 posted on 05/10/2019 10:15:57 AM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: fr_freak

Yes. The Boston Globe ran with the fake story a couple of years ago and suddenly it’s the truth.


49 posted on 05/10/2019 10:17:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Redleg Duke

Since 4chan fooled the media into thinking it was.


50 posted on 05/10/2019 10:18:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: rktman

At least the fan’s profession wasn’t rodeo clown.


51 posted on 05/10/2019 10:19:01 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Panzerfaust

I taught that game to my kids.

Sometimes when I am not paying attention, (much to my chagrin) I get wacked up side of my head.

Good times.


52 posted on 05/10/2019 10:20:52 AM PDT by themidnightskulker (And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
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53 posted on 05/10/2019 10:22:21 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope, it's a staircase with each step deliberately taken.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hi.

Can I buy a clue?

Maybe I missed something.

Thanks.

5.56mm


54 posted on 05/10/2019 10:24:42 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: bigbob
His lawyers with these pics should be able to mgget their abused client for all future Cub Games: free box seats, free food and limo transportation to and from his home forever.


55 posted on 05/10/2019 10:24:58 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( You can't normalize the type of behavior the left is trying to normalize because it isn't normal!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Wait a minute! They are open to the public, right? So, like the bakery- then they MUST allow anyone to say whatever they want- bake the cake!


56 posted on 05/10/2019 10:26:04 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: yesthatjallen

Baseball has drank the kool-aid, so sad.


57 posted on 05/10/2019 10:30:59 AM PDT by stockpirate (TYRANNY IS THY NAME REBELLION IS OUR ANSWER. HANG THEM ALL!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Looks like a A-OK sign to me


58 posted on 05/10/2019 10:31:50 AM PDT by wild74
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To: yesthatjallen

O the horrors.

Fan should burn that sweatshirt on TWITTER, LIVE. I consider it more offensive than the hand gesture.


59 posted on 05/10/2019 10:33:01 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: yesthatjallen

He either is a white supremacist, or isn’t. The goofy OK symbol may lead to his outing himself as one.

Maybe the investigation looked into his social media posting, tattoos, or statements. If he is one, I support the ban.

Of course if he isn’t one, then I agree that things are getting ridiculous. And maybe he has a slander or first amendment case.. ? But too few details to tell for sure its overblown.


60 posted on 05/10/2019 10:35:40 AM PDT by bhl
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