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Wouldn't the 1 finger signify WWG1WGA which is unity between all man? What's more unifying and inclusive than that?
I don't think something representing unity is bad regardless of if it does what's its meant to do
The HH salute is unifying, but I think that then calls into question under what are they unified? I think it matters and not the unification itself.
It's not about what you (plural, not you personally) mean it to be.
It's about how it affects people.
Semiotics, the study of signs, is an entire field.
Companies and movements don't just willy-nilly select a logo or a symbol -- they do the research behind it first. What does it communicate?
What does it communicate on the surface level?
And at a subconscious or subliminal level?
And this one does not pass the smell test.
It's creepy and turns my stomach.
It is clearly creepy. They ones defending it are using some serious mental yoga to try and reconcile the unreconcilable.