What should Biden's sign be? Some argue president-elect's sign language name looks like gang sign (election, 2015)

[Suburban_Guy]

Some people have way too much time on their hands to be thinking up things like this.

https://www.fox13now.com/news/electi...like-gang-sign

There is a conversation happening in the deaf community post-election about how to shorten President-elect Joe Biden’s name to become part of the colloquial American Sign Language, according to reports.

A top choice is a hand gesture that has one hand making a “c” shape around an eye. It’s apparently a reference to Biden’s use of aviator sunglasses.

However, many have reportedly pushed back on social media, saying the gesture looks like a gang sign, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) completely disagree with that [sign],” American Sign Language influencer and TikTok user Nakia Smith signed in a video on Monday. "[The sign] feels so unsafe for us.”

Deaf community is split over new colloquial ASL for Joe Biden because it resembles the CRIPS sign - and both the Democrats and the gang use the color blue

[greywar]

ah yes. What scandals looked like in 2015. It seems so long ago.

[greywar]

OK this took me down a rabbit hole. GF asked me if I knew what Trumps was. This is hilarious:
https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/trum...u-netflix.html


OK OK, I know, its whataboutism but its also a fascinating explanation of the names that people shorten both theirs and others too.

[Aussiehoff]

The should just go with Big Guy.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

President Trump’s name in sign language is a representation of his hair.

Biden's could be hairy legs or sniffing someone else's hair.