Here is how the left destroys our culture. They take a word, a sign, a hairstyle, etc., and proclaim that it is a symbol of oppression or white supremacy. They don’t need any evidence, they just make the declaration. The MSM picks up on it and immediately pushes the narrative as if it has always been the case that, for example, using the word “Oriental” is racist, or making the OK sign and having a bowl haircut are symbols of white supremacy.
Many of the interpretations of these “symbols” started out as jokes, but the left treats them as real since it finds it useful to designate an ever-growing group of activities as white supremacist/racist/sexist/etc. The goal is not to create a more just society, but to punish those who refuse to adopt left-think.
It seems some of the problem is people listening to the ADL and the SPLC as legitimate sources of information. Maybe the ADL was legit at one time, but not anymore.