[Ads-l] "OK sign" = "anti-OK sign"

Peter Reitan pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM
Wed Oct 2 20:55:08 UTC 2019


It's a good thing he didn't try to make the "I'm three years old" sign.

But there s a way to avoid offending (Satire alert).
From the Babylon Bee.

"NEW YORK, NY—The Anti-Defamation League has issued a new recommendation for people who want to avoid making any problematic hand gestures: cutting off your hands.  In a video published to its site, the ADL showed how to safely cut off your hands and prove once and for all you are not a racist."

https://babylonbee.com/news/adl-recommends-cutting-your-hands-off-to-prove-you-are-not-a-racist/


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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/01/universal-orlando-res=
ort-fires-despicable-me-actor-after-ok-symbol/3791483002/


"Parents outraged after a Universal Studios character made 'OK' symbol with
daughter"

JL


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