at the Army-Navy football game were playing a game and not displaying a distinct hand gesture that’s become popular among white supremacists.
A handful of West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen were seen giving the “OK” sign as an ESPN anchor delivered a report during a broadcast of the Army-Navy game earlier this month. Footage quickly spread on social media and the Military and Naval Academies both announced that they would be launching investigations.
“We investigated this matter thoroughly,” said Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy. “Last Saturday we had reason to believe these actions were an innocent game and not linked to extremism, but we must take allegations such as these very seriously. We are disappointed by the immature behavior of the cadets.”
Right, the circle game...
BS
That symbol is also the hand gesture that deaf people use for “a**hole”.
Circle game as in circle jerks I guess.
Yep and when i do Heil hitler,im really feeling the holy ghost, raising my arm in praise. Rolls eyes.
BS.
Rules of the circle game: make circle with hand, encourage opponent to look at it. If they look, punch them once on the arm. Twice if they flinch. Did you see any punching? Not the circle game. It is the White Power gesture.
Wow...thanks for making a bunch of little Trump's......
Thats a bunch of crap.
It doesn’t help when retarded liberal bias media new sources like Rolling Stones jumps the gun and falls for a trolling attempt on reddit. It was to show how fucking gullible and need for victimization the media spreads as fact when they don’t even have all the facts.
No shit
1. Make a circle 2. Place hand below waist. 3. Have friend to look at it. 4. Then hit said friend in the arm. Proud cadet parents everywhere can truely revel in the ROI of a service academy education
'The circle game is commonly played when a person forms an 'OK' with their hand below their waist to trick a second person into looking at it. If the second person is caught looking at the hand gesture, that person is then punched by the person who made the gesture.' ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
Really? 🙄
What was supposed to go in the circle?
Flashing the cadets' circle game signs makes probably as much sense as flashing the white power sign. Makes no sense to me.
I did Nazi that coming.
So when it gets flashed during a national broadcast, or during a video being shot to promote the Coast Guard, Proud Boys, what it’s about is a deliberate attempt to “trigger liberals” into overreacting to a gesture anyone has plausible deniability built into it's use. splcenter
Everybody should learn about suspending judgement and being alert to different meanings that different people have, almost like playground etiquette. Also, when something upsets you, look first to resolve possible misperceptions...Anger distorts meaning. Peace takes effort.
Who is the idiot that thought It was a racist symbol? Let's step down off the panic mode
Seems they only play the circle game at a military college game when TJD is attending . I’ve watched countless college games this year and never saw the circle hand sign displayed by other college students. Seems fishy to me.
Bullshit
i have never heard of this circle game before but i also just recently 'learned' it was also a white power sign. I thought it always meant ok?
At first glance I thought it was rows of pints of Guinness!! 🤭
I watched the video over and over. It’s the circle game 100%.
What a convenient ruling.
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