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Anti-Defamation League identifies Pepe the Frog meme as anti-Semitic hate symbol
The Anti-Defamation League has added "Pepe the Frog" to its online database of hate symbols, the organization announced in a press release issued today. The meme, featuring an anthropomorphic frog character originally from the comic Boy's Club, has in ...
(Sep 27, 2016, The Verge)
Meme Obsession Has Reached An Unhealthy Peak
The Clinton presidential campaign recently released an article on Hillary Clinton's website discussing the danger of seemingly harmless memes and their ties to white supremacy. The article follows an FAQ by one of the campaign's senior strategists, who ...
(Sep 28, 2016, NYU Washington Square News)
Meme-inspired costume ideas for Halloween 2016
Also, you must be prepared for meme lords everywhere to spot you, drop to their knees and shout “It's too soon! What a cruel world!” to the heavens. Carry tissues in case they approach you and would like to cry in your arms about the untimely death of ...
(Sep 28, 2016, The Daily Tar Heel)
This meme on Pink is so sexist, it's got women really angry and justifiably so
While everyone out there can't stop talking about how revelatory the movie is, the troll gang came up with this extremely sexist and senseless meme that says, “Before hating 'male gender' even more after watching Pink. Don't forget that it was a 'male ...
(Sep 28, 2016, The Indian Express)
Facebook Meme Pages Declare #Zuxit Strike
For quite some time, the fans and administrators of what's often categorized as "Weird Facebook" have been engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse with the platform on which they work their meme magic. Their pages have been deleted from on high, ...
(Sep 28, 2016, The Daily Dot)
Pepe the Frog meme branded a 'hate symbol'
The anti-bigotry group said "racists and haters" had "taken a popular internet meme and twisted it". Pepe has recently been depicted as Adolf Hitler and a member of the white supremacist KKK. Pepe made his debut in 2005 in artist Matt Furie's "Boy's ...
(Sep 28, 2016, BBC News)
Name a More Iconic Meme. I'll Wait.
“I wanted to see how people would respond to me calling Kendall and Kylie iconic,” the meme creator told me via DM. (The user has since locked her account and asked to remain anonymous for the sake of her mentions. Or at least, to remain as anonymous ...
(Sep 28, 2016, New York Magazine)
Clemson contests ban of Harambe meme
30 due to “a report from an individual about a meme being offensive and bias in nature.” Following this message going out, Phillips tells USA TODAY College that he was told to follow up with the graduate community director of Shoeboxes Residence Hall, ...
(Sep 28, 2016, Anderson Independent Mail)
Conor McGregor Reduced Jeremy Stephens' Entire Career to a Profane, Dismissive Meme
Conor McGegor – and his fans – put on a show at the UFC 205 press conference on Tuesday. One of the most fantastic moments came when some poor working comedian on the dais interrupted the Conor McGregor show to say that he was the hardest ...
(Sep 28, 2016, The Big Lead)
Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Meme Was Taken Down Thanks to a Copyright Claim
A photo featuring a bowl of Skittles that Donald Trump Jr. posted on Twitter as a metaphor for the global refugee crisis has been removed from the site. Twitter removed the image from Trump's post on Wednesday “in response to a report from the ...
(Sep 28, 2016, TIME)
Pepe The Frog's Long, Strange Journey — From Internet Meme To Hate Symbol
The Anti-Defamation League lists a number of symbols used by hate groups. Now among them is a cartoon frog named Pepe — but how did this odd image come to be associated with hate speech? Facebook; Twitter. Google+. Email ...
(Sep 28, 2016, NPR)
This Popular Frog Meme Is Now Officially A Symbol Of Hate
Though exactly how Pepe turned from a goofy-faced drawing into a hate-mongering symbol is widely contested, many agree that internet users have simply taken advantage of the meme's popularity as a means to make bigotry mainstream. “Once again ...
(Sep 28, 2016, Huffington Post)
If You See Something, Meme Something: Gregg T. Is The New Dr. Zizmor
A terrible darkness has cast a shadow over the soul of NYC ever since Dr. Jonathon Zizmor, NYC's foremost subway dermatologist-slash-pop culture reference, hung up his skincare specialist gloves and announced his retirement earlier this year. Far and ...
(Sep 28, 2016, Gothamist)
Indonesia Wants to Criminalize Memes
If Trump's job was to punish every internet user who ridiculed him with a meme, he'd sure have a lot of work to do. Luckily, U.S. netizens have enough freedom of speech to laugh at him as often as Harambe memes appear on Twitter. Yet making the use of ...
(Sep 29, 2016, The Daily Dot)
Internet meme 'Pepe the Frog' deemed a hate symbol
(CNN) - Maybe you've seen the “Pepe the Frog” meme online. Now, the green cartoon character has been deemed a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League, and he has a small role in the presidential race. “The Expendables” movies featured a ...
(Sep 29, 2016, WDAM-TV)
Pepe The Frog: 5 Things To Know About Viral Meme That's Become A Racist Symbol
The last panel of the comic features Pepe saying, “Feels Good Man.” Thus, a meme was born! The single frame became an Internet meme sensation among places like 4Chan and Reddit, with an edited version (showing Pepe looking upset and the caption, ...
(Sep 29, 2016, Hollywood Life)
NBA Meme Mania: 2016 Training Camp Edition
Training camps continue to emit that new car smell, but there is still so much to poke fun at: roster vacancies, random media day quotes and observations, revamped contenders, new pretenders and the gradual extinction of the 2002 Western Conference ...
(Sep 29, 2016, Bleacher Report)
In dueling news conferences prompted by a meme, campaigns spar over treatment of women
A group of women supporting Republican Missouri Gubernatorial Candidate Eric Greitens gather for a media event denouncing Democratic rival and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's record on women's issues on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, that was ...
(Sep 29, 2016, STLtoday.com)
Anti-Defamation League brands Pepe the Frog meme a hate symbol
Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station. We were unable to load Disqus. If you are a moderator please see our troubleshooting guide. Bluecube • 5 hours ago. This is so far beyond stupid it hurts. I ...
(Sep 29, 2016, WKYT)
More than a Meme: Google uses TheVerge.com to Benchmark Nexus Devices
Digging around in AOSP is a great way to make new discoveries about Android, and this time we've come across something rather hilarious. For some time, users have reported that the technology website TheVerge.com provided slow performance on mobile ...
(Sep 29, 2016, XDA Developers (blog))
