But just as a reality check: everyone in this thread and everyone reading it gets the concern about the ok signal. People get it, but pretend not to get the concern, because “ok just means the circle game,” or something similarly fatuous.
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“Everyone secretly agrees with me, but is pretending not to cuz reasons” is truly the take of a man Winning the Argument
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I took their silence to be conceding that I’m right, but you are free to reject what I say: do you feel like you don’t get the concern about the ok symbol people were expressing?
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Okay: I will stipulate to whatever historical claim you want to make about it. My claim is strictly about the present: given its meaning now, people’s concern about its use are completely reasonable.
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Like, if there’s some 45 year old mom watching the Army/Navy game who is concerned about it, that’s a reasonable response whatever the history that led up to give the symbol the charged meaning it now has.
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People liked the quote tweet because it made them think.
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How about this: even if the QT was wrong, was it “snide”? Much of the argument has concerned snideness.
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brother you have "snide" in your bio 
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Just added it today. Was persuaded by the other side. Never let anyone tell you that twitter arguments don’t change minds.
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