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Interesting. So some people in Hawaiian shirts are fomenting unrest and trying to bring about a second civil war, whilst some other people in much more sober clothing are fighting for righteousness and justice by smashing up neighbourhoods and businesses and forcibly occupying parts of a major city.
Interesting that your only takeway from the protest movement is "smashing up neighborhoods and businesses"
Is it me or does the design for the "Hoplite Armor"[1] look like the hong kong flag[2]? I did some digging and it looks even closer to the variant that the hong kong protesters are using[3]. Why would "anti-government extremists" (as described by the article) in America use this design? [1] https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-06/30/2... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hong_Kong [3] https://…
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Yes, and like the OK hand thing it started as trolling and became both semi-serious and still very much trolling.
The thing about communication, whether in speech, written word, or symbols, is that there is no practical difference between pretending to be hateful and actually being hateful. Using a common gesture to communicate white supremacy as a form of trolling and doing it sincerely both have the same effect. In fact, I think the people "trolling" understand this to some degree (it would require some intense self-deception…
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I thought Facebook was all in for the militant extreme left that controlled all social media. Which is it? Which conspiracy do I believe? Help me, Hacker News!
Facebook is behind all extremists, wake up, sheeple.