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Icon for people.comPeople · Sep 26, 2019

'OK' Hand Sign Is Now Considered a Symbol of Hate, According to Anti-Defamation League

The organization announced the 36 updated additions on Thursday, calling the symbols the “modern calling cards of hate.” The OK gesture, which involves putting your index finger to your thumb ...
XXL on MSN.com · 9d

A Hate Symbol and Loud Music at Ye’s Warehouse Alarms Local Residents

Ye‘s anti-Semitic energy is trickling into a Los Angeles community after a local warehouse he uses was vandalized with swastika graffiti. The location is under scrutiny for the hate symbol and noise complaints.
Patriot Ledger on MSN.com · Mar 12, 2025

High school sees two signs of hate speech in one week. What we know

These are symbols of hate...symbols that send a message of exclusion, fear, and intimidation to members of our community," she said in a statement read aloud at the beginning of the committee's ...
Icon for mashable.comMashable · Sep 27, 2019

4chan trolling turned the OK sign into a symbol of hate

Thanks to 4chan trolling, this hand gesture is a now symbol of hate, according to the Anti-Defamation League Credit: Getty Images This is why we can't have OK things. The Anti-Defamation League ...
Icon for www.mediamatters.orgMedia Matters for America · Mar 9, 2023

Daily Wire host calls the Pride flag a “hate symbol”

We should treat it as a hate symbol because that's what it is. They fly the flag, that flag, because they hate you and your values and what you believe and everything you stand for. And so we ...
Icon for mashable.comMashable · Sep 28, 2016

The rise of Pepe the Frog is another sign of hate festering online

The ubiquitous green internet amphibian has been labeled a hate symbol, in yet another sign that neo-Nazi and white nationalist propaganda is proliferating online. Colin is Mashable's US & World ...
TMJ4 News WTMJ-TV · 6d

We will keep flying the flag for everyone': Pewaukee tattoo shop owner responds to hate symbol

A Pewaukee tattoo shop owner thought she was receiving a show of support — until she realized the Pride flags in a letter were shaped into a swastika.
Icon for fox40.comFOX40 News · Oct 8, 2024

Flag bearing hate symbol displayed over roadway in Sacramento

A flag resembling Israel’s national flag bearing a symbol of hate speech was seen by hundreds of drivers along northbound State Route 99 in Sacramento on Monday morning. A flag resembling Israel ...
Icon for www.reformer.comBrattleboro Reformer · 14d

Brattleboro Police investigate hate symbol vandalism

BRATTLEBORO — Police are investigating vandalism downtown that involved graffiti with hate symbols. The symbols are believed to be associated with the Aryan Brotherhood and neo-Nazism. "This type of hate and destruction is not welcome and will not be ...