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Home » Testosterone » OTHERS SAY: OK gesture became a symbol of hate should be a warning to us all – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

We certainly hope that the hand symbol displayed by some students from the U.S. Naval and West Point military academies during the Army-Navy football game was nothing more than a juvenile gesture from the so-called "circle game," in which one person shows the symbol--a circle made with the thumb and forefinger--and another gets a punch in the arm when caught viewing it.

It's the kind of testosterone-friendly pastime you can imagine being popular among boys and young men in boot camp, a frat house or a high school hallway.

What we all largely knew as the "OK" hand symbol growing up (and for some, the circle game symbol) was debased as part of a pathetic prank in 2017, when a group of online chat participants launched an experiment to see if they could get others to believe the gesture was a secret sign of white power.

The phony claims about the symbol spread like wildfire online, and before too long, actual white supremacists reportedly adopted it as their own.

And if it turns out this is a case of boys being boys by embracing an obnoxious game on-camera, then the officers in training deserve to be cleared of the racism charges, which could otherwise brand them for life. Until the results are in, we'll reserve judgment on whether their actions were sinister or simply immature.

Editorial on 12/20/2019

Print Headline: Everything's not OK

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OTHERS SAY: OK gesture became a symbol of hate should be a warning to us all - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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