Anonymous ID: a79aef Dec. 4, 2018, 7:06 p.m. No.4156760   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>4156651

During the 2016 United States presidential election, the meme was connected to Donald Trump's campaign. In October 2015, Trump retweeted a Pepe representation of himself, associated with a video called "You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4)".[10][50] Later in the election, Roger Stone and Donald Trump Jr. posted a parody movie poster of The Expendables on Twitter and Instagram titled "The Deplorables", a play on Hillary Clinton's controversial phrase "basket of deplorables", which included Pepe's face among those of members of the Trump family and other figures popular among the alt-right.[51]

 

Also during the election, various news organizations reported associations of the character with white nationalism and the alt-right.[52][53][54] In May 2016, Olivia Nuzzi of The Daily Beast wrote that there was "an actual campaign to reclaim Pepe from normies" and that "turning Pepe into a white nationalist icon" was an explicit goal of some on the alt-right.[55] In September 2016, an article published on Hillary Clinton's campaign website described Pepe as "a symbol associated with white supremacy" and denounced Trump's campaign for its supposed promotion of the meme.[56][57] The same month, the two sources for Nuzzi's Daily Beast article revealed to The Daily Caller that they had coordinated beforehand to mislead Nuzzi (particularly about the existence of a campaign) under the expectation that she would uncritically repeat what she was told, with one saying, "Basically, I interspersed various nuggets of truth and exaggerated a lot of things, and sometimes outright liedโ€”in the interest of making a journalist believe that online Trump supporters are largely a group of meme-jihadis who use a cartoon frog to push Nazi propaganda. Because this was funny to me."[58] The Anti-Defamation League, an American organization opposed to antisemitism, included Pepe in its hate symbol database but noted that most instances of Pepe were not used in a hate-related context.[59][60] In January 2017, in a response to "pundits" calling on Theresa May to disrupt Trump's relationship with Russia, the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom tweeted an image of Pepe.[61][62] White supremacist Richard B. Spencer, during a street interview after Trump's inauguration, was preparing to explain the meaning of a Pepe pin on his jacket when he was punched in the face, with the resulting video itself becoming the source of many memes.[63][64]

Anonymous ID: a79aef Dec. 4, 2018, 7:07 p.m. No.4156763   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>4156651

In an interview with Esquire, Furie said of Pepe's usage as a hate symbol, "It sucks, but I can't control it more than anyone can control frogs on the Internet".[65] Fantagraphics Books, Furie's publisher, issued a statement condemning the "illegal and repulsive appropriations of the character".[66] On October 17, Furie published a satirical take of Pepe's appropriation by the alt-right movement on The Nib.[67][68] This was his first comic for the character since he ended Boy's Club in 2012.[1] On May 6, 2017, on Free Comic Book Day, it was announced that Furie had killed Pepe off in response to the character's continued use as a hate symbol.[69][70] But in an interview with Carol Off on her show As It Happens Furie said that despite news of Pepe's death, he will eventually return: "The end is a chance for a new beginning โ€ฆ I got some plans for Pepe that I can't really discuss, but he's going to rise from the ashes like a phoenix โ€ฆ in a puff of marijuana smoke."[71][72] Soon thereafter, Furie announced his intention to "resurrect" Pepe, launching a crowdfunding campaign for a new comic book featuring Pepe.[73]

 

During the 2016 United States presidential election, Kek became associated with alt-right politics.[74][75][76][77][78][79] Kek is associated with the occurrence of repeating digits, known as "dubs",[original research?] on 4chan, as if he had the ability to influence reality through internet memes.[80]

 

Since late 2016, the satirical ethnicity of Kekistan has been used by U.S.-based alt-right protesters opposed to what they view as political correctness. These Kekistanis decry the "oppression" of their people and troll counterprotesters by waving the "national flag of Kekistan" (modeled after the Nazi war flag, with the red replaced by green, the Iron Cross replaced by the logo for 4chan, and the swastika replaced by a rubric for KEK).[44][47][81] This flag was prominently displayed at the 2017 Berkeley protest for free speech in mid-April,[82][83] and the Unite the Right rally in August 2017.[84][85]

 

On June 2017, a proposed app and Flappy Bird clone called "Pepe Scream" was rejected from the Apple App Store due to its depiction of Pepe the Frog. The app's developer, under the name "MrSnrhms", posted a screenshot of his rejection letter on /r/The_Donald. The app is available on Google Play.[86][87]

 

A children's book appropriating the Pepe character, The Adventures of Pepe and Pede, advanced "racist, Islamophobic and hate-filled themes", according to a federal lawsuit Furie filed. The suit was settled out of court in August 2017, with terms including the withdrawal of the book from publication and the profits being donated to the nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations. Initially self-published, the book was subsequently published by Post Hill Press.[88] The book's author, a vice-principal with the Denton Independent School District, was reassigned after the publicity.[89]

Anonymous ID: a79aef Dec. 4, 2018, 7:13 p.m. No.4156854   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>4156809

Are you really that eager to condemn yourself?

1 Thessalonians 5:15ย -ย โ€œSee that none of you pays back evil with evil; instead, always try to do good to each other and to all people.โ€

 

1 Peter 3:9 -ย โ€œDo not repay evil with evil or curses with curses; but with blessings. Bless in return โ€“ that is what you have been called to do โ€“ so that you may inherit a blessingโ€

 

Romans 12:14, 17-19 -ย โ€œBless those who persecute you. Bless them. Do not curse them. Do not pay anyone back with evil for evilโ€ฆ.If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live peaceably with everyone. Beloved, do not take revenge, but leave that to the wrath of God.โ€

 

Proverbs 20:22 -ย โ€œDo not say, โ€˜I will repay the evil deed in kind.โ€™ Trust in the Lord. He will save you.โ€