Message from @Andy

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2017-04-06 22:23:51 UTC  

because once I knew that "pepe the frog" autocompletes, I had to stop everything I'm doing and read an article

2017-04-06 22:23:57 UTC  

false flag pole and colored cloth

2017-04-06 22:24:10 UTC  

in a motion as dictated by atmospheric changes

2017-04-06 22:25:01 UTC  

What fucking idiot
who is winning a war
who is winning politically
drops chemical weapons
on children

2017-04-06 22:25:22 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/276935978369810432/299670953720414208/753.png

2017-04-06 22:25:44 UTC  

seriously, if you think it wasn't probably the rebels you aren't thinking real hard about the whole thing.

2017-04-06 22:26:30 UTC  

Which brings us to Pepe the Frog. How did this cartoon frog take off?

Pepe is an internet symbol that has been around for years. He was a character in the comic ''Boy's Club'' by Matt Furie, and he used to be known as ''Feels Bad Man,'' because he looked so sad.

Feels Bad Man frog inspired many spinoffs over the years, but until 2015, he was a symbol of sad-sack, beta-male singledom for users of 4chan. That site is widely described as the ''cesspool'' of the internet. It is basically a locker room full of a bunch of single dudes commiserating over their social awkwardness.

2017-04-06 22:27:35 UTC  

>r9k represents all pepes and all of 4chan

2017-04-06 22:27:48 UTC  

So how did Pepe become a Trump symbol?

Pepe didn't become political until Donald Trump endorsed it by retweeting a Trump version of the character, which led to a mass influx of pro-Trump Pepes.

You have to consider social media's political climate leading up to 2016, which has been heavily marked by the gender war and identity politics. These things led to the emergence of a reactionary movement, namely the alt-right, and Trump was kind of the natural poster boy for that.

Pepe plugged into the ideology of the alt-right because it was a reaction against the people they call ''normies.'' Pepe had been a symbol of the disenfranchised, social outcasts. It was Trump's natural audience.

2017-04-06 22:28:57 UTC  

Pretty soon there was a huge influx of racist Pepe memes from 4chan and The_Donald community on Reddit. But the real trigger point that led to mass production of Nazi and other offensive Pepes was after Hillary Clinton released a denouncement of the meme, which is a milestone in meme history.

No meme has ever been denounced by a presidential candidate. In a way, Pepe serves as a social media dog whistle for Trump followers to echo their implicit support of ultraconservative beliefs in public forums without risking the invitation of backlash.

Is there a meme shared by supporters of both major party candidates?

One that has been used by both sides is ''This Is Fine'' dog. It's a web comic by K. C. Green, of a dog sitting in a room engulfed in flames, but he says, ''This is fine.''

This is how many American voters feel about the state of affairs in this year's election. They think the world is ending.

2017-04-06 22:29:09 UTC  

>Pretty soon there was a huge influx of racist Pepe memes from 4chan and The_Donald community on Reddit.

2017-04-06 22:29:25 UTC  

>racist Pepe memes from 4chan and The_Donald community on Reddit.

2017-04-06 22:29:37 UTC  

>racist Pepe memes from The_Donald community on Reddit.

2017-04-06 22:29:54 UTC  

>racist Pepe memes from Reddit.

2017-04-06 22:30:14 UTC  

obv /r/4chan

2017-04-06 22:30:32 UTC  

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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2017-04-06 22:30:40 UTC  

FUCKING REDDIT DOES NOTHING

2017-04-06 22:30:58 UTC  

PLEBBITORS ALWAYS GETTING CREDIT FOR OUR MEMES

2017-04-06 22:31:02 UTC  

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEee

2017-04-06 22:31:47 UTC  

>Using 4chan

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/276935978369810432/299672567092871168/1486563116603.jpg

2017-04-06 22:31:51 UTC  

>Or Reddit

2017-04-06 22:31:59 UTC  

2015's and below is over

2017-04-06 22:32:03 UTC  

Time to go outside

2017-04-06 22:33:09 UTC  

Can we start memeing this image as a hate syble https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/842022557456908288/k74HHFAD.jpg

2017-04-06 22:33:15 UTC  

just to fuck with them

2017-04-06 22:33:34 UTC  

Like photoshop ADL on Auswits

2017-04-06 22:33:42 UTC  

alpha drumph league

2017-04-06 22:33:46 UTC  

kek

2017-04-06 22:40:45 UTC  

Ree

2017-04-06 22:41:12 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/276935978369810432/299674934353985537/IMG_20170406_154056.jpg

2017-04-06 22:41:16 UTC  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByuoAB_Z5-Q REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe

2017-04-06 22:41:26 UTC  

kek

2017-04-06 22:41:46 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/276935978369810432/299675076796743680/IMG_20170406_154056.jpg

2017-04-06 22:41:52 UTC  

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