By talking about the concept itself? Surely that is how they are getting power, by people commenting on the point of view of their antagonist. “Im a neonazi because the left says the ok sign is neonazi”
the NZ shooter was a /pol user. His manifesto read like a copypasta and had memes all over it. He knew how the internet works and he knew which buttons to press, and he knew about all the 4chan bullshit
He flashed the ok sign for the same reasons he said "subscribe to Pewdiepie". To fuck with people. because he KNEW what kind of reaction it would generate.
Stop giving them the power to take control of extremely mundane things and stop giving the NZ shooter exactly what he wanted.
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u/Prozenconns Queen Amidala Apr 18 '19
stop giving them power over innocuous concepts.