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Did Mary Hart flash "white power" sign at Trump event (Original Post) VMA131Marine Jul 2020 OP
Yes. n/t Glorfindel Jul 2020 #1
What else could it be? lunatica Jul 2020 #2
69 yo famous for being famous Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #3
Thanks for saving me a trip to google. Don't think I have ever heard of her before rurallib Jul 2020 #12
I didn't know who she was either. I don't watch Entertainment Tonight. PA Democrat Jul 2020 #22
wow LizBeth Jul 2020 #4
That was a hate fest. nt AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2020 #5
Well, it sure looks like it. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #6
It sure synced up nicely with her words. "You are an incredible audience (White Power)!" Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #7
IMO the original meaning of the ok hand gesture wouldn't even be appropriate at that point in her sop Jul 2020 #17
She is disgusting Rebl2 Jul 2020 #8
I vote YES she did chia Jul 2020 #9
Yes In_The_Wind Jul 2020 #10
who is mary hart? shes my age and i sure look better than she does! and YES she did..the b***h samnsara Jul 2020 #11
Hosted "Entertainment Tonight" for a long time VMA131Marine Jul 2020 #13
Her legs were insured by Lloyd's of London kskiska Jul 2020 #26
She is wearing countingbluecars Jul 2020 #14
Indeed she is! Merlot Jul 2020 #28
The double white power sign fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #15
wow qazplm135 Jul 2020 #16
Is she the one who caused Cosmo Kramer to have seizures? SMC22307 Jul 2020 #18
That's the one. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2020 #34
LOL, yep. SMC22307 Jul 2020 #37
I have to be careful! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #19
Same here Mike 03 Jul 2020 #21
I'll probably do it again without thinking. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #23
How about the Skaka sign.. Hang loose.. Cha Jul 2020 #25
I never did it, and doubt that I ever will at my age. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #27
They'll steal that one too lame54 Jul 2020 #30
This lady is a racist and so of course she is supporting trump Gothmog Jul 2020 #20
Wow.. I didn't know Mary Hart was a Stupid POS. Thanks. Cha Jul 2020 #24
Unironically TlalocW Jul 2020 #29
Self-delete. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #31
I see Donald's scrapping the bottom of the celebrity barrel - if you dmr Jul 2020 #32
If you have any doubt watch it slowly for yourself malaise Jul 2020 #33
Don't people usually do the white power sign with the palms inward and fingers pointing down? Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2020 #35
Yep. n/t LuckyCharms Jul 2020 #36
C'mon. Be serious. nsd Jul 2020 #38

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
3. 69 yo famous for being famous
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:43 PM
Jul 2020

Mary Hart is an American television personality and was the long-running host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight, which is the longest running entertainment magazine show of all time. She was also Miss South Dakota 1970. Born 1950

rurallib

(62,411 posts)
12. Thanks for saving me a trip to google. Don't think I have ever heard of her before
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:58 PM
Jul 2020

but she sure does have very white power hands, I must say.

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
6. Well, it sure looks like it.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:52 PM
Jul 2020

In my opinion, that is why they co-opted the OK hand sign, so they could claim they are not flashing anything but OK.

Then when we call them out, they fall back and claim fake news...

sop

(10,167 posts)
17. IMO the original meaning of the ok hand gesture wouldn't even be appropriate at that point in her
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:31 PM
Jul 2020

remarks. Typically a speaker would clap their hands in the direction of the crowd when acknowledging an "incredible audience." Some politicians use the finger-pointing gesture, singling out individual members of the audience for recognition, perhaps even ask the audience to applaud themselves. Holding up both hands and forming the ok gesture at that moment makes no sense, unless it's some coded signal.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
18. Is she the one who caused Cosmo Kramer to have seizures?
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:33 PM
Jul 2020

I could NEVER stand her back in the freakin' 1980s... guess my gut was right!

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
19. I have to be careful!
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:34 PM
Jul 2020

I've been making the OK sign for years, and only learned in the last few months that it was adopted by white supremacists.

I'm not subtle with it either. It's high up in the air, with me saying "okay" or winking.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
21. Same here
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:53 PM
Jul 2020

I thought "thumbs up" was geeky so I adopted the okay sign at some point.

It's so handy in situations where you can't speak to someone, like to your yard worker when he's got the blower going, or helping someone back out of a long driveway...

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
23. I'll probably do it again without thinking.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:56 PM
Jul 2020

I've been doing it for so long.

Mine is always more round-looking than what I've seen online. And the supremacists seem to keep it low too.

It's been handy for me in the same kind of noisy situations, like a factory floor where I'm signaling someone to switch a machine back on or whatever.

Cha

(297,188 posts)
25. How about the Skaka sign.. Hang loose..
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 03:07 PM
Jul 2020


The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" and in South Africa as "tjovitjo" (pronounced tcho-VEE-tcho), is a gesture of friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture. It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the hand may be rotated back and forth for emphasis

https://www.bing.com/search?q=shaka+sign&form=ANNTH1&refig=edc4b5e82a7a49228d8c086d989c669b&sp=-1&ghc=2&pq=shaka+si&sc=8-8&qs=n&sk=&cvid=edc4b5e82a7a49228d8c086d989c669b

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
27. I never did it, and doubt that I ever will at my age.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 03:11 PM
Jul 2020

I'll try to change to thumbs up, before social media declares that's the new signal to tell people "up your ass" or whatever.

dmr

(28,347 posts)
32. I see Donald's scrapping the bottom of the celebrity barrel - if you
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 05:19 PM
Jul 2020

even want to consider her a celebrity.

But, yea, that was the white power sign. In normal life, nobody does that with their hands. If you're abnormal, I guess people do.

As an aside, many years ago, actually decades, I remember hearing about a lady who tried to get Mary Hart off the air. She said in one of her letters that Hart's voice was like chalk grating on a chalk board, and it gave her a headache. That's all I remember, except me laughing at the time.

nsd

(2,406 posts)
38. C'mon. Be serious.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 12:32 PM
Jul 2020

Don't cheapen the accusation by applying it to stuff like this.

Remember how in 2008 some people accused Obama of giving Clinton the middle finger?



Same thing. Nonsense.
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