Coastie makes "ok" sign....lib hysterics ensue.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/us-coast-guard-member-removed-after-making-offensive-ok-sign-on-live-tv.html
The U.S. Coast Guard says it ?removed? a member from its Hurricane Florence response team Friday after he made an ?OK? hand gesture on live TV that the service branch deemed ?offensive.?
The unidentified team member was caught looking into the camera and then swiftly making the hand gesture, prompting a backlash on social media.
The hand signal was seen in the background of MSNBC?s live interview with Sector Charleston Commanding Officer Capt. John Reed, who was providing an update on actions taken by the Coast Guard in response to Hurricane Florence.
Many social media users called for the firing of the individual, accusing him of making a so-called ?white power? hate symbol.
The agency immediately responded to the outcry and distanced from the controversy.
?We are aware of the offensive video on twitter - the Coast Guard has identified the member and removed him from the response. His actions do not reflect those of the United States Coast Guard,? the agency tweeted.
The Guard is now investigating the matter. In a statement, the agency said the incident was a ?frustrating distraction? amid the dangerous hurricane that is poised to affect more than 10 million people this week in the Southeast.
There have been at least four deaths since the storm reached the coastline on Friday morning, according to officials.
There?s no clear consensus whether the ?OK? hand gesture constitutes a hate symbol. While it has been adopted by some fringe far-right figures, it has also been commonly used by many Trump supporters.
The Anti-Defamation League previously noted that the ?OK? gesture isn?t a hate symbol. ?Has the simple thumb-and-forefinger ?OK? hand gesture become a white supremacist hand sign? Well, no, it hasn?t, but you are likely to hear just the opposite from social media, thanks to the latest hoax from members of notorious website 4chan,? read a post from the anti-racism group.
Earlier this month, liberal activists accused a Jewish-Mexican former Trump administration official, Zina Gelman Bash, of making the ?white power? hand gesture during the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, prompting derogatory descriptions of her as a ?neo-Nazi? or ?white supremacist.?
U.S. Attorney John Bash, her husband, defended Bash: ?The attacks today on my wife are repulsive. Everyone tweeting this vicious conspiracy theory should be ashamed of themselves. We weren?t even familiar with the hateful symbol being attributed to her for the random way she rested her hand during a long hearing,? the tweeted, noting that Bash?s grandparents are Holocaust survivors.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/us-coast-guard-member-removed-after-making-offensive-ok-sign-on-live-tv.html
The U.S. Coast Guard says it ?removed? a member from its Hurricane Florence response team Friday after he made an ?OK? hand gesture on live TV that the service branch deemed ?offensive.?
The unidentified team member was caught looking into the camera and then swiftly making the hand gesture, prompting a backlash on social media.
The hand signal was seen in the background of MSNBC?s live interview with Sector Charleston Commanding Officer Capt. John Reed, who was providing an update on actions taken by the Coast Guard in response to Hurricane Florence.
Many social media users called for the firing of the individual, accusing him of making a so-called ?white power? hate symbol.
The agency immediately responded to the outcry and distanced from the controversy.
?We are aware of the offensive video on twitter - the Coast Guard has identified the member and removed him from the response. His actions do not reflect those of the United States Coast Guard,? the agency tweeted.
The Guard is now investigating the matter. In a statement, the agency said the incident was a ?frustrating distraction? amid the dangerous hurricane that is poised to affect more than 10 million people this week in the Southeast.
There have been at least four deaths since the storm reached the coastline on Friday morning, according to officials.
There?s no clear consensus whether the ?OK? hand gesture constitutes a hate symbol. While it has been adopted by some fringe far-right figures, it has also been commonly used by many Trump supporters.
The Anti-Defamation League previously noted that the ?OK? gesture isn?t a hate symbol. ?Has the simple thumb-and-forefinger ?OK? hand gesture become a white supremacist hand sign? Well, no, it hasn?t, but you are likely to hear just the opposite from social media, thanks to the latest hoax from members of notorious website 4chan,? read a post from the anti-racism group.
Earlier this month, liberal activists accused a Jewish-Mexican former Trump administration official, Zina Gelman Bash, of making the ?white power? hand gesture during the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, prompting derogatory descriptions of her as a ?neo-Nazi? or ?white supremacist.?
U.S. Attorney John Bash, her husband, defended Bash: ?The attacks today on my wife are repulsive. Everyone tweeting this vicious conspiracy theory should be ashamed of themselves. We weren?t even familiar with the hateful symbol being attributed to her for the random way she rested her hand during a long hearing,? the tweeted, noting that Bash?s grandparents are Holocaust survivors.
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quote:Originally posted by discusdad
hmmmm how quickly they forget...
They know the truth. Lying POS, but they know.0 -
excellent point detroit..and if they contibutred 1% of the welfare delivered there i bet they could remodel the whole city 0 -
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I think due to liberal hysteria and stupidity it will be my new picture standard! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by shilowar
quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
quote:Originally posted by shilowar
This is what they've turned this country into...changing definitions of gestures to suit their f-ed up philosophy. Three percenters are now supporters of the KKK, any white person that makes this hand gesture is now white power. Shameful cowardice on the part of that Coast Guard. [V]
The Coast Guard was in a no-win situation. The guy in question was causing a distraction, and real lives are at stake. I imagine press conferences where instead of asking questions about the Hurricane, the media relentlessly hounds the spokesman, wanting to know why the Coast Guard has racists on their response team.
No doubt it is a stupid thing to do these days, but it's a shame we've lost control of our country that leftist extremists can turn anything they choose to into racist symbols. It is PC run amok.
Demonstrating belief in the Constitution is fast becoming extremism and hate.
Nailed it!!
Unless such behavior has a DEMOCRAT tilt, then it is "OK"0 -
If this young man isn?t awarded a Mast in the course of routine business he should request, make that demand, one and present these pictures at Mast.
He should receive a letter of apology from his Commanding Officer with an endorsement signed with pen and ink from the Commandant and an authorization that the letter with endorsement be entered in his permanent service record.
Records of Mast are usually removed from the service record at reenlistment or separation/discharge.0 -
Speak out Senate Arms Committee (202) 224-3871
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/
There is also a list of senators on this page, contact them, shame them let them know of the injustice. Make that phone ring off the hook on Monday if you can get through.0 -
Well I got through and it appears nobody is squawking. Blow the phone up please.
First name and zip code was all that was asked.
Also, you can call the US Senate committee on Homeland Security at
202 224 4751
C'mon folks, if we let them get away with this crap, we only have ourselves to blame.0 -
I don't want to believe this is our society. 0
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