A doctor and race-obsessed leftist activist named Eugene Gu appears to have initiated the viral falsehood, according to the Washington Post. The 44-second clip shows Bash with her arms crossed, resting two fingers on top of her left forearm in what Gu and thousands of other Twitter users insist is a “white power symbol.”
An attorney is compiling a thread of verified Twitter users who spread the lie, including Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King and film producer Tariq Nasheed. This all happened the same day Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before Congress about allegations the platform treats liberal and conservative speech differently.
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Of course we should believe people “fluent in 4chan,” who insist the “ok” sign is actually used by white nationalists and the alt-right as a legitimate white power symbol. Because nothing screams credibility like being intimately familiar with what is effectively the anonymous sweaty groin of the internet, where critical thinking suffocates and myths grow like fungus.
Attorney Casey Mattox was closer to the truth than perhaps he even realized when he tweeted Tuesday, “So is this Zina Bash thing the left’s pizzagate? Because it seems like the left’s pizzagate.”
The most likely explanation for Bash’s hand position is she had a bug bite or some other bothersome abnormality that she was subtly scratching at. Or maybe she was stretching her index finger, or going crazy sitting in the exact same position while on-camera. It doesn’t really matter, because the frenzy over the supposed “white power” symbol stems from a 2017 internet hoax generated on, you guessed it: 4chan.
Left Twitter Flips Over ‘White Power’ 4Chan Hoax During Kavanaugh Confirmation
An attorney is compiling a thread of verified Twitter users who spread the lie, including Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King and film producer Tariq Nasheed. This all happened the same day Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before Congress about allegations the platform treats liberal and conservative speech differently.
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Of course we should believe people “fluent in 4chan,” who insist the “ok” sign is actually used by white nationalists and the alt-right as a legitimate white power symbol. Because nothing screams credibility like being intimately familiar with what is effectively the anonymous sweaty groin of the internet, where critical thinking suffocates and myths grow like fungus.
Attorney Casey Mattox was closer to the truth than perhaps he even realized when he tweeted Tuesday, “So is this Zina Bash thing the left’s pizzagate? Because it seems like the left’s pizzagate.”
The most likely explanation for Bash’s hand position is she had a bug bite or some other bothersome abnormality that she was subtly scratching at. Or maybe she was stretching her index finger, or going crazy sitting in the exact same position while on-camera. It doesn’t really matter, because the frenzy over the supposed “white power” symbol stems from a 2017 internet hoax generated on, you guessed it: 4chan.
Left Twitter Flips Over ‘White Power’ 4Chan Hoax During Kavanaugh Confirmation