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[+] -13 points 2 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months 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.

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