I'd say mainly a little over six months with the mimicry, but before that they were just whining and never considered myself under attack. That clown named BrokeDick/OSS coined the name based upon the filename used for the file of that particular pepe. Kind of just stuck, and it never bothered so I just embraced it.
The avatar it became accomplished two things. One, let the Anons that aren't fond of my posting put me in their filters, and two, let the shills know that there's a chance I'd take a swing.