You see this in a bunch of situations where a particular incident gets cast as a stand in for a bigger Social Problem. Starting from the perception the guy was making white power shadow puppets, any counterargument is Minimizing the Problem of White Supremacy in American Culture.
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) May 17, 2021
Assuming you, too, missed it, this is where that started (and apparently it is quite a tempest in a teapot)Hidden forces making overt hand gestures on television. The conspiracy is always all powerful, but also incompetent. They speak in riddles for no reason. It involves everyone you know, but you’ve never met a member.
— Clint Barton (@HawkguyClint) May 17, 2021
Rather than raise three fingers before his face (literally "in your face"), he went for discretion, and ended up accused of signalling to his co-conspirators. And denial of the conspiracy just proves the depth and breadth of the conspiracy. But fear of conspiracy theorists can become its own conspiracy theory.I’ll Take ‘White Supremacist Hand Gestures’ for $1,000 https://t.co/Kiaq55TOEJ
— Ben Smith (@benyt) May 17, 2021
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