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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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To: ETL

Well, he did sexually harass that poor cat.


61 posted on 09/28/2016 2:12:49 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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62 posted on 09/28/2016 2:16:15 PM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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63 posted on 09/28/2016 2:17:54 PM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: kiryandil

Why do we allow a handful of jewish lawyers at the ADL and the $PLC to define the acceptable bounds of our culture’s language?


64 posted on 09/28/2016 2:22:53 PM PDT by Toliph
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To: simpson96; LUV W; Kathy in Alaska

65 posted on 09/28/2016 2:24:28 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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66 posted on 09/28/2016 2:41:15 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspirations)
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To: simpson96

Jonathan A. Greenblatt = useful idiot and paid stooge for the Nazi Soros.

Director of Org Funded by Nazi Collaborator to Head ADL

http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/244715/director-org-funded-nazi-collaborator-head-adl-daniel-greenfield


67 posted on 09/28/2016 4:27:25 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Trump will give us 80% of what we want, while hillary will take 100% of what we have)
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68 posted on 09/28/2016 5:46:31 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. --Donald Trump (standing ovation)
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To: simpson96

gadsden flag with pepe on it.


69 posted on 09/28/2016 5:50:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: simpson96

What the heck is a Pepe the frog?

Did I miss a whole meme?

I ONLY obey Hypno-toad


70 posted on 09/29/2016 12:48:32 PM PDT by Mr. K (<a href="https://imgflip.com/i/1adpjl"><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/1adpjl.jpg" title="made at im)
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To: Despot of the Delta

What does Kek mean?


71 posted on 09/29/2016 5:12:54 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Deplorable Me)
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