The Highjacking of Our Language

[310 words] Over the years, many great phrases and hand gestures have been adopted by anti-Christian people as terms of derision and hate. The most recent has been a gesture I’ve used all my life: the “OK hand gesture.” It’s a simple gesture, you make an “O” with the forefinger and the thumb and the remaining three fingers stick out. It was a sign used to show acceptance and agreement of what was said or done. I’m in good company in using it. A simple internet search showed pictures of such celebrities as President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Jimmy Chou (an Asian singer) using this gesture in the past.  But, according to a radio news story on NPR radio, the Anti-Defamation League has now listed this gesture as a “hate symbol.”* Apparently, this gesture has been hijacked to mean “white power” (a code phrase attacking minorities). What was once a…