unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-226 days agoDo you consider Pepe the frog to be hate speech?message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareDo you consider Pepe the frog to be hate speech?unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-226 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squarebitwolf@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-224 days agoWait is Pepe controversial? I always just interpreted it as an internet meme. One of the many faces of the internet
minus-squareSoapbox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·24 days agoThere was a point where he was heavily embraced by internet nazis, and incels. He kinda became associated with them. The original creator tried to reclaim him and disavow all that, but the damage is done for alot of us.
minus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoYes, wikipedia, the gold standard of sources,even has its own section on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#Use_by_the_alt-right
Wait is Pepe controversial? I always just interpreted it as an internet meme. One of the many faces of the internet
There was a point where he was heavily embraced by internet nazis, and incels. He kinda became associated with them. The original creator tried to reclaim him and disavow all that, but the damage is done for alot of us.
Yes, wikipedia, the gold standard of sources,even has its own section on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#Use_by_the_alt-right