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OK hand sign added to list of hate symbols
The OK hand sign has been added to a list of hate symbols.
The finger-and-thumb gesture – which is also a popular emoji – is being used by some as a “sincere expression of white supremacy”, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
But the US anti-hate group says the “overwhelming usage” of the hand gesture today is still to show approval or that someone is OK.
Therefore “particular care must be taken not to jump to conclusions about the intent behind someone who has used the gesture”.
Other symbols added to the list include burning neo-Nazi symbols, images of the “Happy Merchant” and the slogan “Diversity = White Genocide”.
intent (noun)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” the intention to do something “という風に記載されています。フォーマルな表現です。Cambridge Dictionary によると ” the fact that you want and plan to do something: “という風に記載されています。
例文：
The government has declared its intent to put the railways into private ownership.
I spent half the morning on the phone, which wasn’t really my intent.
It was not his intent to hurt anyone.
The Anti-Defamation League started its “Hate on Display” list in 2000 with the aim of helping people recognise signs of extremism.
It now has over 200 entries, including the swastika and Ku Klux Klan’s burning cross.
swastikaは、卍（まんじ）マークのことです。
“Even as extremists continue to use symbols that may be years or decades old, they regularly create new symbols, memes and slogans to express their hateful sentiments,” said ADL boss Jonathan Greenblatt.
“We believe law enforcement and the public needs to be fully informed about the meaning of these images, which can serve as a first warning sign to the presence of haters in a community or school.”
extremism (noun)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” the fact of someone having beliefs that most people think are unreasonable and unacceptable: “という風に記載されています。
sentiment (noun)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” a belief or an attitude towards something “という風に記載されていますね。フォーマルな表現です。
例文：
Nationalist sentiment has increased in the area since the bombing.
The ADL says the OK symbol has become a “popular trolling tactic” from “right-leaning individuals, who often post photos to social media of themselves posing while making the gesture”.
It started out as an online joke on 4Chan – taking an innocent gesture and pretending there was a hidden meaning behind it, hoping to trick the media and left-leaning people into outrage.
But the joke was so successful and widespread among the far-right, that many believe the OK sign is changing meaning.
The man accused of killing 51 people at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, earlier this year flashed the OK hand sign when he was in court.
He‘s pleaded not guilty to murder.
tactic (noun)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” a particular method or plan for achieving something “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
These bomb attacks represent a change of tactics by the terrorists.
start out (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” to begin your life, or the part of your life when you work, in a particular way: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
My dad started out as a salesperson in a shop.
I learned that lesson three years after starting out in the venture-capital business.
I started out as a sales assistant in a store.
She didn’t start out to be a model.
Some businesses start out as hobbies.
To flash (verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to show something for a short time: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
The faces of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars flashed across the screen.
They flashed political slogans on the screen.
He flashed a smile and offered to buy me a drink.
Ted flashed me a huge grin and looked away.
Dr Paul Stocker, a historian who specialises in far-right movements, says the OK sign is a way of people who are in the far-right to communicate to each other.
“It’s a coded message to people who are in the know and understand what the far-right are doing,” he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.
“That symbol indicates to core supporters that they are one of them.”
The writer says it’s common for extremist groups to take signs “already in the public domain and twist their meaning”.
“The process of finding symbols has accelerated with the alt-right. They operate mainly online and use coded language and memes that might seem innocuous, but if you drill down into them they have meaning.”
The Anti-Defamation League is very keen to stress that more often that not, the symbol means everything is OK.
“The overwhelming usage of the hand gesture today is still its traditional purpose.
“As a result, someone who uses the symbol cannot be assumed to be using the symbol in either a trolling or white supremacist context.”
domain (noun)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” an area of interest or an area over which a person has control: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
These documents are in the public domain (= available to everybody).
Currency trading is usually the domain of big banks.
She treated the business as her private domain.
This is a subject that has now moved into the political domain.
To accelerate (verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to happen or make something happen at a faster rate “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
The increased capital could greatly accelerate economic development.
The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate.
alt-right (noun)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” a group of people with various far-right and often racist opinions who are active especially online “という風に記載されていますね。alternative right のことです。
innocuous (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” not likely to offend or upset anyone “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
an innocuous remark/suggestion
Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous.
drill down (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” to look for something on a computer or website by moving from general information to more detailed information: “という風に記載されていますね。
最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です！（電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw）
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