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Posted March 28, 2019 04:40 · last edited March 28, 2019 04:42

Tegal wrote:

This is where people forget that context is important. Especially for symbols like this.

Just because a white supremacist used it in one context, shouldn’t mean nobody should be allowed to use it in other contexts.

Exactly. It's not even really a symbol for white supremacy - it was widely used among youth (for its intended purpose, mind) around 3-4 years ago, which led to media fearmongering stories as all teenage trends do. Pranksters picked up on this and started joking around pretending it actually was one, which led to white supremacists ironically using it. It's all a massive sharkpost, basically. Short sighted to 'ban' a universally recognised symbol that's been in use for eons

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Unknown editor edited March 28, 2019 04:42

Tegal wrote:

This is where people forget that context is important. Especially for symbols like this.

Just because a white supremacist used it in one context, shouldn’t mean nobody should be allowed to use it in other contexts.

Exactly. It's not even really a symbol for white supremacy - it was widely used among youth (for its intended purpose, mind) around 3-4 years ago, which led to media fearmongering stories as all teenage trends do. Pranksters picked up on this and started joking around pretending it actually was one, which led to white supremacists ironically using it. Short sighted to 'ban' a universally recognised symbol that's been in use for eons

Unknown editor edited March 28, 2019 04:42

Tegal wrote:

This is where people forget that context is important. Especially for symbols like this.

Just because a white supremacist used it in one context, shouldn’t mean nobody should be allowed to use it in other contexts.

Exactly. It's not even really a symbol for white supremacy - it was widely used among youth (for its intended purpose, mind) around 3-4 years ago, which led to media fearmongering stories as all teenage trends do. Pranksters picked up on this and started joking around pretending it actually was one, which led to white supremacists ironically using it. Short sighted to 'ban' a universally recognised symbol that's been in use for eons

Unknown editor edited March 28, 2019 04:41

Tegal wrote:

This is where people forget that context is important. Especially for symbols like this.

Just because a white supremacist used it in one context, shouldn’t mean nobody should be allowed to use it in other contexts.

Exactly. It's not even really a symbol for white supremacy - it was a media fearmongering story, which pranksters picked up on and started joking around pretending it actually was one, which led to white supremacists ironically using it. Short sighted to 'ban' a universally recognised symbol that's been in use for eons

Unknown editor edited March 28, 2019 04:40

Tegal wrote:

This is where people forget that context is important. Especially for symbols like this.

Just because a white supremacist used it in one context, shouldn’t mean nobody should be allowed to use it in other contexts.

Exactly. It's not even really a symbol for white supremacy - it was a media fearmongering story, which pranksters picked up on and started joking around pretending it actually was one, which led to white supremacists ironically using it. Short sighted to ban a universally recognised symbol that's been in use for eons