Topic: Tag Implication: pepe_the_frog -> meme

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

Technically the character originated in a webcomic so it's not even a meme.

Implicating pepe_the_frog -> racist_meme

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Lance_Armstrong said:
Technically the character originated in a webcomic so it's not even a meme.

Implicating pepe_the_frog -> racist_meme

Wasn't the racist part specifically because someone thought it was a stereotypical black guy and then made their own images as evidence rather than actually checking if it existed? Like people thinking Commander Shepard was sexist?

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Johannes said:
Pepe is a meme.

-1 not every image with Pepe necessary references the meme.
There are some on e6 that don't for instance because they pre-date his memetic status.

Stop suggesting this kind of implications please. It's not just "Pepe is a meme". It's more like "you can't draw Pepe without also drawing a meme".

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kamimatsu said:
Wasn't the racist part specifically because someone thought it was a stereotypical black guy and then made their own images as evidence rather than actually checking if it existed? Like people thinking Commander Shepard was sexist?

I thought the whole "Pepe is racist" thing popped up during the 2016 US elections some time in September when Hillary Clinton declared it was a hate symbol due to how much the character was used by the alt-right movement.

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