# Overprivileged White Lady Calls "Okay" Gesture "White Power" Gestur, Fake News Sites Report It... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 30, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overprivileged-white-lady-calls-okay-gesture-white-power-gestur-fake-news-sites-report-it/785551 "2017-04-30T02:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overprivileged-white-lady-calls-okay-gesture-white-power-gestur-fake-news-sites-report-it/785551/35 "2017-04-30T22:30:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I would be right there with you, however, I’ve heard about the frog. Just when you think right wingers weren’t batshit loony enough, they go out of their way to exceed your expectations. Weird but not rare, I have seen it with gangs in Phoenix, one decided to use the number 602 as in one of the telephone codes in the area. It lasted until the police began to tell the public to watch for the ones wearing that number. Then I noticed a gang starting to use the diamond motif in a few schools I work or help. Harder to look as worrisome or to be considered a code because the local baseball team are the Diamond Backs and the prevalence of Jewelers like Jared (He went to the president 🙂 ] or the [del]Shame[/del] Shane company. Still it was hard to miss when students or groups of youths doing dubious things began to wear clothing with diamonds shown prominently. It also stopped to the expected random levels after the police also reported the attempted copping of the word/symbol. It is clear to me that the idea is to pass their group allegiances under the radar of parents and teachers, it works and sometimes for a long time. The reason why this is done has another benefit for the gangs, sometimes it can be turned around to get a group like the conservative media to unwillingly support the ones copping a symbol. I do remember how there was a group that in a Cinco de Mayo school celebration was busted for “just” wearing the American Flag and the conservative media ran with the narrative that the kids needed to be commended and not suspended as it was framed as “hey this is America not Mexico! The bullies have a right!” that was a good point but it missed a ton of context, as I found when I did investigate the images used: > [@Ninth Circuit sides with school in banning American flag on Cinco de Mayo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninth-circuit-sides-with-school-in-banning-american-flag-on-cinco-de-mayo/682512/48): > > We would not do a good job as a school if we do not teach students that that kind of behavior will not be approved in the jobs we are preparing our students for. For the simple reason that when it shows up in a working environment it usually ends up with the trolls getting fired or the business having to deal with bad PR or even lawsuits. > > In this case the issue was T-shirts with flag designs. What is important here is that some t-shirts that you can see in the OP article were not flags but flag \*\*colored \*\*logos of a martial arts - boxing apparel company. > > Looking around it is clear that they have a reputation of having a clientèle that is involved in fighting and raising trouble. So much so that when they were more famous (and there was even a gritty reality tv show) that kind of clothing was getting equated with gangs and banned, not only in schools but in bars and pubs as this forum on ultimate fighting - martial arts discusses: > > [Checking your browser](http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f44/tapout-clothing-banned-pub-1068109/) > > So I do agree with the decision of the court, those trolls were advertising something else than just patriotism. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overprivileged-white-lady-calls-okay-gesture-white-power-gestur-fake-news-sites-report-it/785551)._