Did You Know The O K Signal Is Now Considered Racsist?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/baseball/48214303
Nope, me neither, seriously it's getting silly.

[naomi24]

//There are a tiny minority of fools who have taken the symbol and tried to subveryt the meaning, but they are so insignificant and their reach is so minimal...//

If they are a tiny minority, ignored they would be even more insignificant. Bet they're loving the attention. It's doing just what they want it to do.... upset people.

[Zacs-Master]

‘There are a tiny minority of fools who have taken the symbol and tried to subveryt the meaning’

And even more who publicise the fact and preach that we should all accept it as such. Even when it’s clearly NOT the OK symbol.

[Zacs-Master]

Right-on N.

[hereIam]

That, to me, was not the Ok signal !

[Zacs-Master]

Indeed hereiam. It’s a bit like claiming ‘k’ is ‘2’ in sign language. They’re similar, but.......

[naomi24]

I've seen that gesture used by scuba divers - but it's always to people breaking coral reefs or tormenting sea creatures or abusing the underwater environment in one way or another. In those instances I know what it means - and it suits the situation perfectly - but it's nothing to do with racism!

[hereIam]

It's a bit low down though isn't it naomi and done right next to that commentator, I tend to think, in this instance, it is racist. Just my opinion.

[naomi24]

hereIam, for divers, low down is the right area for that particular gesture... if you get my drift (pardon the pun).

'OK' is around chest/shoulder level.

[retrocop]

Perhaps,as in flying the Union flag upside down, the spectator was indicating he was in distress at his teams predicament and all was not OK.

[sp1814]

naomi24

//If they are a tiny minority, ignored they would be even more insignificant. Bet they're loving the attention. It's doing just what they want it to do.... upset people.//

If this were 1999 then it wouldn't be a news story. The downside of the Internet (one of the downsides) is that stories like this get picked up by the few news agencies we now have, get shared across social media and online news sites, and they gain traction.

TTT shouldn't be blamed for highlighting this story. He should be encouraged. How else would you know what the tools were up to?

[naomi24]

sp, I'm not blaming TTT...

[sp1814]

HereIam

What you write makes sense.

In 1938 a German SS captain raising his right hand above his head is probably giving a Nazi salute.

When LeBron James does it on court, he's probably reaching for a ball.

Some people refuse to acknowledge context.

[sp1814]

naomi24

Good.

I would hate to think you were suggesting we all remain ignorant of this.

Same as when someone makes monkey chants when a black footballer takes the ball. They don't need to be ignored, allowing them to carry on.

They need their season ticket revoked.

[sp1814]

Anyway - enjoy the rest of this thread.

[Peter Pedant]

// The OK signal isn't thumbs up ....but hey ho this is AB.//

so if I make the OK signal, ( er thumbs up) in a shoot out and someone goes - bamma lamma bamma !
the coroner will say- clear case of suicide....

wow - but hey ho this is AB

[douglas9401]

SP seems to have got all world-weary all of a sudden.

[naomi24]

More likely a clear case of stupidity ....but hey ho this is AB.

[naomi24]

Douglas, nothing unusual.

[Peter Pedant]

// Some people refuse to acknowledge context. //
hey wow sp - homage to Saussure !

the sign they are talking about seems to be 'zero' but hey ho this is AB

[Zacs-Master]

It’s OK, pp. thumbs up means ‘good’. As in roman emperors and coliseum type places.