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In reply to the discussion: Quasi-Nazi salute popular in France [View all]Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)60. Gang hand sings are gang hand signs. They just self identify jerks who use them.
The Bloods or Crips didn't nearly crash the global economy in 2008. Perspective.
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Uh, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala is a racist anti-semite who invented the gesture.
joshcryer
Dec 2013
#46
Since I am of full German descent I can be sensitive. I absolutely hate this movement and mourn
jwirr
Dec 2013
#7
Those little turds in front of Anne Frank sure look sheepish, don't they?
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2013
#43
That pic is a reference to Jay-Z's song "Dirt off your shoulder" from the Black Album.
EOTE
Dec 2013
#14
Thank you! I searched all over the place to find the meaning behind the picture!
Behind the Aegis
Dec 2013
#16
You mean, almost 2000 prior to Hitler, they were mimicking the Nazi salute?!
Behind the Aegis
Dec 2013
#24
I saw the post with Bey and Obama...so lame my eyes got stuck in the back of my head
Rex
Dec 2013
#25
There is definitely a diseased pathology happening in the Holocaust denier.
Behind the Aegis
Dec 2013
#50
Ok, so now if I see someone posing like that, I can thank you for helping propagate the meme.
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#29
Are you? I think you do more harm for 'your cause' here on DU than good. nt
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#35
and yes, I'm familiar with your posts in the I/P forum, even though I haven't replied there. nt
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#36
Were it not for Mosby, I wouldn't have known about it or given it any significance at all. nt
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#62
because posing like this is so much worse than improperly foreclosing on someones mortgage
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#33
And what the everloving fuck does that have to do with a modified Nazi salute?
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#59
Gang hand sings are gang hand signs. They just self identify jerks who use them.
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#60
I also discussed non-violent drug crimes, but you both conveniently ignored that.
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#64