• @petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    130 days ago

    I don’t know if it was really a false flag. Nazis did start using the OK symbol for a time, and I think that was the point. It was built to be smoke and mirrors.

    I do believe a lot of channers thought that it was just a joke. I mean, that ambiguity is what makes the dog whistle what it is.

    But yeah, it’s a pretty lame magic show when all your tricks are, like, doing a Charlottesville but saying you’re not.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate
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      229 days ago

      It was a joke, and still is. It’s just that there were enough extremist imbeciles out there who didn’t realize it was a joke, and took it seriously.

      That doesn’t change anything about its origin as a joke.