Australian referee Shaun Evans has been cleared by FIFA after being accused of making a gesture associated with white supremacy, amid calls for him to be stood down from the World Cup.During Monday's Germany v Curaçao match, Evans was filmed in the VAR hub making an upside-down 'OK' symbol with his fingers against his thigh, a gesture that has been designated a hate symbol by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League, and has been associated with far-right groups.The gesture also features in the so-called "circle game" — a longstanding prank where someone flashes the sign below the waist, and anyone who looks at it gets punched in the shoulder.Evans, a 38-year-old Victorian and experienced A-League Men's referee, denied any deliberate intent and said he wasn't aware of the gesture's history.
>>155349728bro doesn't even really look white desu
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>>155349728>The gesture also features in the so-called "circle game" — a longstanding prank where someone flashes the sign below the waist, and anyone who looks at it gets punched in the shoulder.It's literally just this. Not some "white power" bullshit. Hence why his hand isn't raised.Guy probably had some childish bet running or something. Either way, it was utterly inapropriate. And of course he did it intentionally. It's just that that intent wasn't some neonazi thing, it was him being a manchild.
>>155349781That just makes it more likely that he is a racist white supremacist
wasn't it a /pol/ may-may to redefine it as "white power" which reddit fell for?
i'm guessing the made up association with "white power" is some fucking bullshit zoomer invention?
IT WAS A TWITCH OK LEAVE HIM ALONE
fucking hatchet job anyway
>>155349907newfriend, it was a /pol/ troll>lol let's pretend a normal gesture is a far right symbol and watch the media report on it as if it's realit worked
>>155349728>The gesture also features in the so-called "circle game" — a longstanding prank where someone flashes the sign below the waist, and anyone who looks at it gets punched in the shoulder.This doesn't make any sense in that context. It's more believeable that it was just an involuntary twitch or he was doing a chuddy joke>>155349875>Either way, it was utterly inapropriate. And of course he did it intentionally. It's just that that intent wasn't some neonazi thing, it was him being a manchild.How do you know that?
>>155349933that doesn't mean it wasn't zoomers, retard
>>155349728How do retards still for that meme?
>>155350008You’re very rude and uncouth. No wonder you’re stuck online with no friends. Silly cunt.
>>155349994>How do you know that?Know what? That it was intentional? Because that's not a natural resting position for your hands, nor something you do accidently while trying to do another sign. If you twist your fingers into some gesture and hold it for a few seconds, that does happen with some intent, whatever that intent is.
>pretend to be retarded>people end up thinking that you are retardmany such cases
>>155350060the worst and most hilariously stupid part about this is instead of admitting to be a silly man child instead of the worse accusation of being a white supremacist, the dude went full on denial and said his hand was twitchinglmao, fucking idiot
>>155349728its insane that this was a 4chan prank
>>155350076probably because if he admitted that it was an intentional gesture then the media would have a field day over a ref intentionally flashing a """gesture associated with white supremacy""" regardless of the intention behind it
>>155350060How do you know he isn't racist?>>155350118>regardless of the intention behind itWhat would be the intention of baiting others to think you are throwing a dogwhistle but it's actually a meme? What is the point in playing with that? "Haha you guys thought it was a dogwhistle but it's actually a simple gesture that people on the internet convinced others that is a dogwhistle, haha silly journalists trolled epicaly xd" Nobody actually thinks this is just to own da libs and it is not to muddy the waters while playing with the idea. It was part of the culture war to advance an agenda
>>155349728>it was an aussie who started it
>>155350225>How do you know he isn't racist?Like I said, he didn't raise the hand, held it exactly where children hold it for their stupid game.If he wanted to make a racist gesture, he'd have tried to draw more attention to it and make it impossible to mistake for some childish joke.Also, even if he was racist, the context and setting weren't exactly the best place to make such a statement in the first place.
>>155350281This game justification really does not make any sense to make to a camera. This thing was either something random he did or a covert ok hand symbol he was throwing while smirking which can only mean the /pol/ meme, which has the intention of discrediting reports of dogwhistles and playing with the idea of white supremacy. Everyone comprehends this but some will play dumb about it
>>155350335You’re retarded lmao
>>155350353>trying to pull basic eristics thinking nobody knows what he is doing
>>155350486>"Haha you guys thought it was a dogwhistle but it's actually a simple gesture that people on the internet convinced others that is a dogwhistle, haha silly journalists trolled epicaly xd">which has the intention of discrediting reports of dogwhistles and playing with the idea of white supremacy. >>155350277
it's always handy when someone says clown world cos it means you can safely ignore anything else they have to say
Everything you do is now a problem because our society is a open air circus.
>>155349728This was absolutely done on purpose. Such a gesture is NOT natural, requiring intense focus, practiced dexterity and the focused intent to form such a complex configuration. I bet there's out-of-shape anons in this very thread who can't even form that symbol even if they tried.
>>155349781Australians arent white
>>155350530You should genuinely commit suicide.
My favorite part is how it's just assumed that every human being on earth is supposed to know about a 2016 /pol/ meme.
when Lulatards make your bougie ass so mad that you accidentally become more annoying than Lulatards
>tfw I was in that thread
>>155350530>>155350335You are a massive stupid cunt, even if it would be a sign for "white supremacy" (which it's not you stupid monkey) it's also a popular childrens game sign. You leftists are truely of the devil
look at this fucking white supremacist. ADL do something, this is literally another holocaust
>>155349728I almost forgot about how this was memed into making Jews seethe
>>155350530it was an australian homosexual sign that his hole is open for business
>>155351610What's with all the touching of other men's upper legs?
this entire debacle existed because liberals couldn't admit they were wrong ONCE
>>155351902Do you think deschamps secretly breaks bucks?
