British actor and comedian Stephen Fry has always seemed like a great guy, and for Mental Health Awareness Week he posted a tweet to draw awareness to a fundraiser for mental health charity Mind. “Are you A.O.K?” he asked.
Are you A.O.K? Our friends @aok.kitchen are supporting @MindCharity this Mental Health Awareness Week, 13th – 19th May. Follow them to find out more. ?#mentalhealthawarenessweek#MHAW19 pic.twitter.com/lpK03pcia8
— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) May 13, 2019
Uh oh … isn’t that the white power symbol that woman sitting behind Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing was caught making? And for that matter, the same one Barack Obama was caught making more than a few times?
Metro decided to run with it.
Reporter: "Public trust in the media is at an all time low, sir. What do we do?"
Editor: "Stephen Fry, White Supremacist — run it!" pic.twitter.com/g1UU4H04pq— Charlie Nash (@CharlieNash) May 14, 2019
Fry was having none of that.
PS: I really will not allow the simple ? gesture to belong to the moronic dogwhistling catfishing foghorning frogmarching pigsticking dickwaving few who attempt to appropriate it for their own fatuous fantasies. T
— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) May 13, 2019
Well said.
Slander, accuse, trash, destroy all of your enemies, no matter how minor. That’s been the Left from Robespierre to Trotsky to Marcuse to Alinsky to Clinton to Obama to today. Civil society doesn’t exist, friendship doesn’t exist, family doesn’t exist, only permanent revolution. https://t.co/y1ZynBzaOf
— Chris Buskirk (@thechrisbuskirk) May 14, 2019
IT MEANS OK …. OK ????????
— louby loo (@bondgirl9161) May 14, 2019
I've been white for many decades. That is NOT a white anything gesture. That means OK…understand?
— P J Hayes⭐⭐⭐ (@PJHayes17) May 14, 2019
The whole thing was started by the trolls at 4chan to see how far it would carry, and they succeeded wildly.
its a 4chan joke that the media fell for, no one is actually appropriating it.
— Martin (@norwegianwiking) May 13, 2019
The whole 'supremacist' thing was an internet joke to see how easy it was to manipulate the media
It turned out to be very, very easy— FinalDungeonMiniboss (@FinalMiniboss) May 13, 2019
So, journalists then. They’re the ones promoting the idea that it’s racist. pic.twitter.com/Ql84yBixim
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 13, 2019
Seriously??? He is just making the 'OK' sign…. Used by divers, used by chefs, used by everyone! People need to get a life!!
— Jai Daniels-Freestone (@Mammajai) May 14, 2019
All scuba divers are white supremacists by default too then. They have to use this white power symbol every time they dive ?. Great post on mental health awareness week though, which is what everyone should really be engaging about.
— James Barton (@jbdd_uk) May 13, 2019
— Lady D ????? (@dreaminok7) May 14, 2019
❤️?
— Chris Ray Gun (@ChrisRGun) May 14, 2019
Chris, the "?" emoji is a symbol used by White Supremacists. Notice it features two White hands coming together, while all other colors are excluded, indicating that white people should come together against all other races.
Also, breathing is a symbol used by White Supremacists— Steven Brule (@bruleoncool) May 14, 2019
I’m guessing it was Stephen Fry’s response to reporters asking him how much credibility their clickbait leaves them with:
Zero— Richard Stands (@richardstands) May 14, 2019
— Robert Armstrong ?? (@ArmstrongRob4) May 14, 2019
— E Lang (@emlang08) May 14, 2019
— Derek Grieser (@derek71049429) May 14, 2019
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— Lord Marculus (@LordMarculus) May 13, 2019
— David Priestley #FBPE (@DavidJPriestley) May 13, 2019
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! THANK HEAVENS FOR YOU MR. FRY!
— CagedCigarettes (@CagedCigarettes) May 14, 2019
Related:
ULTIMATE troll! Zina Bash OWNS hysterical harpies who accused her of flashing 'white power' sign at Kavanaugh hearing https://t.co/4nUzotoYTP
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 7, 2018
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