DC United staff member sacked for making hand gesture

[Man-chester copperpot]

I have no idea what jazz hands are but would say anyone who picks their nose then flicks the resulting produce should be shot. I do appreciate that may appear a little extreme.

Ignore the nose-picking/bogey thought, I’m more thinking of the position of my hand while flicking - could be deemed a racist posture

 

[blue whippet]

Ignore the nose-picking/bogey thought, I’m more thinking of the position of my hand while flicking - could be deemed a racist posture

Ah right, that makes more sense to me now! But yes you are right.

 

[bluenova]

What a load of bollocks..! The whole world has turned into dipperville, offended by everything and ashamed of nothing .. So glad I grew up in the 70’s when life was so simple …

It's not quite like that.

Bizarrely this started as a joke on 4chan (an 'anything goes' website, with an excess of right wing young men), but it's now been genuinely picked up by the far right, so whether it's offensive depends on the circumstances.

Clearly if you or I made the gesture to signify all was ok, then people getting het up would be ridiculous, but if someone is using it to signify white power then it's genuinely offensive - a bit like making a nazi salute. You would hope that if someone is being sacked, then the employer has a clear understanding of the context.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Is a thumbs up still ok or will some twat be offended because they identify with it meaning you want to shove your thumb up their arse?

Now you’ve given the game away.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

It’s bollocks because 99.9% of the population associate it with ‘ok’ and it’s the very small fuckwits who find offence with everything.

 

[Zubrman]

 

[dublinblue12]

 

[Phil1]

Automatically presumed it was the wanker sign when I read the title.
This strange new world isn’t for me. Haha!

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Oh fuck off.

 

[Hoghead]

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It's Cultural Appropriation innit.