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    BBC News (World)‏Verified account @BBCWorld Sep 15

    US Coast Guard employee removed for 'white power sign' on airhttps://bbc.in/2Op9NxE 

    9:12 AM - 15 Sep 2018
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      2. Michael slaton‏ @Michaelslaton85 Sep 15
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        Ridiculous. I am white and don’t even know what that symbol is. This world is too politically correct on too many levels. Get a life.

        5 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. Alex Shirley‏ @AndDontCallMe Sep 15
        Replying to @Michaelslaton85 @BBCWorld

        Lol ignorance of a thing is not evidence of its absence.

        1 reply 1 retweet 46 likes
      4. KattKing‏ @KattKing2 Sep 15
        Replying to @AndDontCallMe @Michaelslaton85 @BBCWorld

        Well said 👏✌️

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. CB 🇨🇦 📷 🎸‏ @CurtisBallendi1 Sep 15
        Replying to @KattKing2 @AndDontCallMe and

        I've been using that sign most of my life. Never knew untill 2 weeks ago it is a white power thing. Amazing that sjw types want him fired without learning the intent.

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      6. Alex Shirley‏ @AndDontCallMe Sep 15
        Replying to @CurtisBallendi1 @KattKing2 and

        I also use it that way often. It’s the Martin Van Buren “I’m Okay, You’re Okay” hand sign. It was the “Made in America” logo for awhile too. However, it is not only possible, but natural and common, for symbols to be attributed multiple meanings. This is one of those.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. 󠁧󠁢BeuwenDragon 🐻‏ @BeuwenDragon Sep 15
        Replying to @AndDontCallMe @CurtisBallendi1 and

        It's popular to troll the media because they will take any mundane innocuous thing ans spin it to say 'white supremacy is on the rise"... And it worked... Now everyone is witch hunting for 'white supremacists" because of the 'OK" sign... also because of milk, blank paper, etc.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      8. Holly Donaldson‏ @hollypopnation Sep 15
        Replying to @BeuwenDragon @AndDontCallMe and

        It's a terrifying world we live in when 4chan (who started this and the Pepe white supremacy stuff) are writing history.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. 󠁧󠁢BeuwenDragon 🐻‏ @BeuwenDragon Sep 15
        Replying to @hollypopnation @AndDontCallMe and

        The terrifying part is that the media and lunatics are falling for trolls, full stop! The media and Leftists have become the new Inquisition... People genuinely believe that the Okay sign is a secret 'white supremacy" salute!.. These people are why we have Flat Earthers!

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      10. End of conversation
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      2. Eric H. Roth‏ @compellingtalks Sep 15
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        This surprising BBC story includes this key paragraph: “It is not clear how the thumb-and-forefinger 'OK' hand gesture became associated with "white power". Isn’t that an excellent question? Why are so many people so fearful of a familiar, friendly gesture of goodwill? Weird.

        9 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
      3. D Austin‏ @ZShark247 Sep 15
        Replying to @compellingtalks @BBCWorld

        Weird how everyone else get it but you and the BBC.

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. Wall Mouth‏ @Wall_Mouth Sep 15
        Replying to @ZShark247 @compellingtalks @BBCWorld

        Yeah this guy gets it toopic.twitter.com/ixl4jtt5t9

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. D Austin‏ @ZShark247 Sep 15
        Replying to @Wall_Mouth @compellingtalks

        pic.twitter.com/nFqaEKuKsM

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Brando‏ @Brando82059479 Sep 15
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        Is there a black power sign that i can start using? Asking for a friend

        5 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. D. B. Richard‏ @DanielBRichard Sep 15
        Replying to @Brando82059479 @BBCWorld

        Clenched fist held high.

        4 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Lax‏ @Manic_Lax Sep 15
        Replying to @DanielBRichard @Brando82059479 @BBCWorld

        Isn't that the communist salute.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. D. B. Richard‏ @DanielBRichard Sep 15
        Replying to @Manic_Lax @Brando82059479 @BBCWorld

        https://goo.gl/images/KbHG3a 

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Lax‏ @Manic_Lax Sep 15
        Replying to @DanielBRichard @Brando82059479 @BBCWorld

        The Spanish communists used the raised fist three decades before this event.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. David McLemore‏ @dave_in_sa Sep 15
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        So this was a white power sign but the same sign done by Zina Bash sitting behind Kavanaugh was not? Good to know.

        2 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      3. Author Sasha Strachan‏ @sasha_author Sep 15
        Replying to @dave_in_sa @BBCWorld

        Zina Bash definitely was, no matter what she claims. Then she went the next day and did it again.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
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