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Pepe the Frog designated a hate symbol by ADL
CNN ^
| 9/28/2016
| Emanuella Grinberg
Posted on 09/28/2016 1:13:09 PM PDT by simpson96
(CNN) Beloved internet meme Pepe the Frog has gone through various incarnations over the years, most of them innocuous and amusing.
But recent appropriations of the smirking green frog as Adolf Hitler, a Klansman and numerous racist caricatures have earned him a spot in the Anti-Defamation League's database of hate symbols.
"Once again, racists and haters have taken a popular Internet meme and twisted it for their own purposes of spreading bigotry and harassing users," Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO said in a statement. "These anti-Semites have no shame. They are abusing the image of a cartoon character, one that might at first seem appealing, to harass and spread hatred on social media."
The designation does not apply to all Pepe memes because most of them are not "bigoted" in nature, the ADL said. You'll likely know one when you see one.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
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This can only mean we're winning.
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:13:09 PM PDT
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simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:14:46 PM PDT
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kiryandil
(George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:14:50 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: simpson96
Somewhere Kermit The Frog is saying to himself “What the heck did I do?”
To: simpson96
ADL has been found to be supportive of abortion rights or at least, something like this. I don’t care what they say.
To: simpson96
Thanks CNN!
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:16:29 PM PDT
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JPG
(Go Trump!)
To: simpson96
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:16:46 PM PDT
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kiryandil
(George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
To: simpson96
Any relation to Pepé le Pew?
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:16:55 PM PDT
by
ETL
(God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
To: simpson96
Ahhhhh, ADL, you think racism is your ally. But you merely adopted racism. I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the truth until I was already a tadpole, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:17:18 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(MSM ignoring Hillary's health until forced, shows us they are the MPM: Ministry of Propaganda Media)
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:17:46 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Black Labs Matter)
To: JPG
You guys are hilarious ...
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:18:18 PM PDT
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kiryandil
(George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
To: simpson96
Using English is racist! It is the language of the country that colonized and enslaved the world, and the language of racist America!
STOP SPEAKING ENGLISH!
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:18:29 PM PDT
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FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:18:37 PM PDT
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kiryandil
(George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
To: kiryandil
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:19:13 PM PDT
by
libertarian27
(FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:19:49 PM PDT
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kiryandil
(George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:21:00 PM PDT
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kiryandil
(George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:21:28 PM PDT
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libertarian27
(FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
To: simpson96
Lets start over. What “IS NOT RACIST”? Can we start there?
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posted on
09/28/2016 1:21:51 PM PDT
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The Toll
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