On the morning of January 12th, 2024, anti-fascists in the Inland Empire in Southern California responded to some Proud Boy graffiti on a billboard in Colton, California. The message said "Fuck Joe Biden, Free the Proud Boys," accompanied with the gold laurel wreath logo used by the hate group. An artistic decision was made and...
It probably means 0.99 - that is, the “We are the 99%” slogan that came out of Occupy Wall Street. It refers to the increased concentration of wealth since the 1970s among the top 1% by wealth in the United States.
That’s a reach. Check the phone code for the region for an easier answer.
I’m used to the punk scene where this kind of symbol is meant to be read top-bottom-left-right or left-right-top-bottom instead of clockwise, although the AFA at the bottom throws me off.
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I thought there was an intentional dot next to the first 9 to indicate a decimal, but it’s left over from the original graffiti. “909 AFA” does make sense. But 909 is not the only telephone area code for Coulton, 840 is also used. I think it’s possible they chose 909 over 840 and represented it this way so that a visual double-entendre exists.