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it's been some journey watching these green frogs go from being used to deny the holocaust to being used to advocate for more bike lanes (lemmy.today)

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[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The modern swastika

[–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

The old one's still going along just fine

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pepe has a complicated history. I don’t think it reached that level though, IMHO

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Its not all that complicated. Two of the three major points are linked in this thread. He was a chill member of Boys Club and repurposed into a whack of memes. Trump Pepe was added to the deplorables poster and the right wing grabbed him as a symbol. Matt Furie fought back and we are slowly reclaiming a silly frog.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 0 points 2 days ago

No, that's ✡️