Among the deaf as well...
Posted on 05/10/2019 9:36:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
It’s the circle game for crying out loud. Played all through school, 20 years in the military and I taught my boys to play, which they do... all the time. They walk around with bruises on their arms all the time because of it. For those not familiar with it: You make a circle with your fingers and hold it so that you’re unsuspecting friend sees it. If he looks at it, you get to punch him in the arm. Thing is, it has to be held below the waist. If it’s higher than the waist, the other guy gets to punch you. Also referred to “Hole Gazing.”
How the heck this got turned into a KKK thing is beyond me.
I always thought that sign meant “a-hole”.
Heh. yeah. I’d forgotten about that.
Meanwhile, the racists in Oklahoma slipped one past the sensors and seem to be getting a pass on using OK as the abbreviation for their state. It’s an outrage! I don’t feel safe with a whole state of racists out there giving shout outs to their white supremacist brethren. Can’t congress subpoena somebody, call in federal troops, make it a hate crime to use that vile term (OK)? What will our children think of us when they learn that we let these racists get away with this? Where’s bath house barry when you need him? Oh wait, he’s in the bath house getting turd burgled by big mike.
What about people who are deaf, but need to swear and do so in American Sign Language?
40 lashes by the Though Police? Yeesh! These people are INSANE!
How about worrying over REAL hand signs from say, MS-13 gang members, or that ‘pressing down my thumb on the detonator button’ those Jihadi Kids are so fond of?
*Rolleyes*
Among the deaf as well...
I thought that represented a made 3 point shot.
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Didn’t that gesture used to mean ‘A, OK’ ?
What a pathetic sick country we’ve become when these silent gestures become criminal or even worthy of police action....
...and it’s still protected to give the finger to police.
“...team officials met and decided it was more likely the gesture was used in a “racist way.”
Let me guess. They met and decided, without asking the fan in question.
What BS! Been around a long time and that’s a new one on me. Touch your thumb with your index finger and you’re a white nationalist. The fan ought to sue the crap out of the Cubs.
Hilarious. Yet again, 4chan, who created this hoax, catches the gullible media and others, with fake “white supremacist” symbols.
They have several more bogus “white supremacist” symbols in the pipeline, yet the gullibility of their targets is so great they are batting about .500. These fools will believe anything.
I wonder how many NYT “journalists” went so far as to snort jenkem or eat Tide pods, two other of their hoaxes.
The Cubs organization should be totally ashamed of themselves. They are pretending to be able to read the guy’s mind.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
It is not a racist symbol. It is a sign for O.K. Or a kind of “made you look” gesture. This era will be remembered as the “Great Age of Stupid”.
An ok sign?
You’ve got to be kidding.
Why? I mean what if everyone’s political and private beliefs had to be scrutinized before they were allowed entry into public events. I don’t mean a radical Muslim who threatened violence against Jews being denied entry into a Holocaust Memorial event. Which makes sense.
But what about a person who has a viewpoint that most people find reprehensible yet has never endorsed violence? Would finding photos on FB that a person flew a Confederate flag be enough for such a ban? What about a person who dared question whether all reports of sexual assault were factual?
I also have to ask how many persons with actual criminal records attend Cubs’ games? Don’t they pose more of a potential danger to others?
I guess my main point was I would rather not defend him and his behavior before I know he isn’t a raging racist. The ball park investigated, and we have to assume some logic was applied.
But an interesting case that parallels the bans going on in twitter and perhaps a good definition of a slippery slope of what constitutes 1A absolutism vs. a egregious offense. But I think the ban came from disrupting a broadcast, which got him investigated and then banned.
Obviously, just having offensive views or being a seedy person attending a ball game is not reason to ban someone. But with the way things are going, who knows.. The thought police are of course starting to come out. (To answer your question, having flown a confederate flag won’t currently get you banned, but flying one during the game just might... and flying a Nazi flag certainly would.) A ball game isn’t a “public square” where 1A absolutism can be practiced and the terms of service are posted.
Probably it was overkill and could have remained unremarkable. But maybe we’ll learn more details.. Maybe he will sue for defamation. If he doesn’t, maybe he brought it on himself. I just won’t _assume_ he was the good guy in the story.
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