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I just learned what the hell a Groyper is (discuss.online)

submitted 3 days ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (10 children)

I never made the association. Idk. Maybe I haven't been looking carefully enough.

To be fair, I don't seem to encounter a lot of racists, because I usually actively avoid them, and I also really haven't used Pepe very much either.

There's no lack of memes to replace Pepe, so I'm mostly unbothered by all of this.

I've been on the Internet too long to bother with every nuance of everything that's going on. There's way too much on here for me to care.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Honestly you're not alone. This is the first I've heard to any extent that Pepe was used by racists at all. I've seen some pretty heartfelt animations using the likeness and no hint to any extent that racism was somehow attached to it.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Jesus dude. Go back and look at all those pepe posts. Recognise the pattern

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm not chronically online enough or in whatever channels where whatever you're talking about is going on as I'm not even sure where it is I would go to 'go back and look'. Are there like entire communities sharing pepe memes or something?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Pepe being a right wing meme is actually something that's been going back over a decade now. Literally, it got so bad it was branded a hate symbol in 2016. There have been multiple news reports, documentaries, you name it. It has been completely co-opted and associated with the far right for that long.

If you're trying to turn it around on me and calling me the problem then you really don't sound oblivious, you sound like a bad faith actor

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