It’s the circle game. Making that gesture with the hand below the waist means that if someone notices it, you have the right to punch them in the shoulder. A little immature perhaps, but not “white power.”
At one time, it was just the circle game.
But now, teens and early-20-somethings have heard the “joke” (not a funny one) that it’s a white supremacist symbol, so they walk around flashing each other sarcastically.
At least, that’s what young people have told me is happening.
What they’re doing is equivalent to what my generation did many years ago when we’d flip each other the “bird,” even in photos - it’s called being young and stupid.
Yep. We were doing that in tech school back in '68.
My buddy who was a naval aviator called it the “whammy game” when we usedtacould play it, but you are exactly correct.
Just another illustration that the chance of anyone working in a “news” room would have any idea of how the military functions is about 0.0%