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Happy Pepé (media.piefed.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 109 points 1 year ago (10 children)

If I'm following correctly...

Pepe was coopted by the far right in 2016 or so for annoying political shitposts. It was sad because pepe is a great meme and the value of my rare and super-rare foil pepe collection plummeted immediately afterwards.

Now there are stories and photos going around of people dressed in big inflatable frog suits protesting against ICE in Portland and I guess it's become the symbol of a movement. Frogs are cool again.

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  • [–] 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I was never onboard with giving pepe to the Nazis. Pepe transcends.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ok so the post is misleading because those frog costumes and related memery are not pepe references

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well yes, technically. But does that mean we should pass up this golden opportunity to reclaim a meme icon nobody ever really stopped using in the first place?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Yeah i mean worse things have been done on the grounds of fabricated connections. Just don't invade Iraq or whatever.

    It's just jarring and feels like engagement bait when it's so clearly not the same thing.

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