In December 2008, President George W. Bush was giving a news conference in Iraq when Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi shouted an insult and threw his shoe at Bush, nearly hitting the president. Since showing the soles of one's shoes is a sign of disrespect in many Arab cultures, al-Zaidi was using which of the following as a code to communicate his insult?

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Symbols are used here as the act of throwing a shoe and showing its sole is a symbolic gesture of disrespect in many Arab cultures, rather than a direct use of language, idioms, or values.