Any symbol can be used to mean anything, whenever a group decides that that is what it means to them. So the article you cite is pretty much drivel, as it describes what the sign used to mean.....i believe that now it is drumpy's crowd's go-to, as yelling out "Pepe" wasn't working for them. Disgusting, but the apologists are wrong.
 AnneWimsey
                                                
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                                                    AnneWimsey
                                                
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                                                Sep 20, 2018                                            
                                        More white supremacist "fake misdirects" to cover overt racism.
 birdingnut
                                                
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                                                Sep 19, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    birdingnut
                                                
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                                                Sep 19, 2018                                            
                                        This whole ''white power" thing is news to me. It always just meant "okay" to me.
 Captain_Feelgood
                                                
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                                                Sep 19, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    Captain_Feelgood
                                                
                                                Level 8
                                                Sep 19, 2018                                            
                                        It means A--hole in American sign language. I go with that interpretation.
 Carin
                                                
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                                                Sep 19, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    Carin
                                                
                                                Level 8
                                                Sep 19, 2018                                            
                                        Wrong... If you turn it upside down, then it's the sign for asshole...