Posted on 09/15/2018 9:05:28 AM PDT by Drew68
The U.S. Coast Guard says it “removed” a member from its Hurricane Florence response team Friday after he made an “OK” hand gesture on live TV that the service branch deemed “offensive.”
The unidentified team member was caught looking into the camera and then swiftly making the hand gesture, prompting a backlash on social media.
The hand signal was seen in the background of MSNBC’s live interview with Sector Charleston Commanding Officer Capt. John Reed, who was providing an update on actions taken by the Coast Guard in response to Hurricane Florence.
Many social media users called for the firing of the individual, accusing him of making a so-called “white power” hate symbol.
The agency immediately responded to the outcry and distanced from the controversy.
“We are aware of the offensive video on twitter - the Coast Guard has identified the member and removed him from the response. His actions do not reflect those of the United States Coast Guard,” the agency tweeted.
The Guard is now investigating the matter. In a statement, the agency said the incident was a “frustrating distraction” amid the dangerous hurricane that is poised to affect more than 10 million people this week in the Southeast.
There have been at least four deaths since the storm reached the coastline on Friday morning, according to officials.
There’s no clear consensus whether the “OK” hand gesture constitutes a hate symbol. While it has been adopted by some fringe far-right figures, it has also been commonly used by many Trump supporters.
The Anti-Defamation League previously noted that the “OK” gesture isn’t a hate symbol.
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Idiot lunatic weasel bastards in charge of the Coast Guard.
(Not to mention the idiot lunatic snowflake race mongers that have decided that a gesture that has been innocently in use for at least a hundred years for “okay” now means white supremacy. and the media that spreads the lie.)
I hope that anyone who might have been saved or been made more comfortable by this guy, but now dies or is left miserable due to his absence appreciates the fools that ‘saved’ him/her from being helped by a ‘racist’.
If only we had a Secretary of Defense that wasn’t a P.C. globalist who lets the 0bama Perfumed Princes still be in charge of all areas of the Department Of Defense.
The Coast Guard now falls under DoD. Mattis should take care of this.
The fact that the Coast Guard took this complaint seriously and removed the guy is the most depressing thing of all.
“Breaking News” A White Coast guard member in the background of a televised shot gave the “O.K’ signal to his parents and wife and kids letting them know he was alright during the storm, and the liberal community goes mental claiming he’s racist”
The goal is to make the label of "hate speech" as wide and malleable as possible so that anything can fit the definition.
With Bubba it clearly means the hole.
Just this week I learned this stupid fiction..
Thumbs up is also offensive.
The USCG also deems the word flip-flop as offensive too! We also called them shower shoes, zorries, and goop boots as well.
It’s in the ISO Emoji standard, they’d catch a LOT of grief trying to do that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji
That's American Sign Language.
LOL
I may get the T shirt to annoy liberals..
The entire U.S. military is like this these days.
Obama was very effective at putting key people in exactly the right places to implement a massive top to bottom institutional change.
I watched it happen before my own eyes.
People tend to view the military as conservative by default. They're wrong. In the senior enlisted and O4 and above ranks, there are a lot of people who voted for Hillary and supported Obama. They were allowed by design to rise to the top. They're still in place, signing FITREPs and guiding policy.
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