Well, I wasn’t certain about the 888, but I did a quick search on what it means, and several hits came back as being the symbol for Christ - as it represents infinity when laid sideways. I plead ignorance to that, never heard it before, and most responses were like wiki answers or ask.com.
Yeah, but as I say in post #18:
And that might be plausible, if he weren’t dealing with racial issues.
I want to deal with racial issues. It’s vital to do so. But I do not want to do so under such a pretext.