What's the harm on a sing or word ? Maybe some people needs to analize that.
A word or sign is just that (word,sign) it depends of who looks or reads them and how interpreted.
Example (please this is just an example):
A prissy mom telling their child not to watch TV because the seen shows a shooting and is bad for the child. Is this truly bad for the child to see this ? It all depends on the kind of person that is watching, right?
When the President WB made the famous sign with his finger
I bet many people thought it was cute but if I was caught doing the same in public I could end up being arrested, correct?
To me it was just a finger sign and nothing more, everyone does it anyways at one point or another. Just a natural reaction.