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MJ_Max 06/15/17 3:46:36 PM #1:	But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change <cite>MJ_Max posted [p:881173670] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shadow20201 06/15/17 3:51:42 PM #2:	Repeat a lie enough times it becomes truth. --- czzzzzzzzzz[]:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/ 'Sir we are surrounded!' 'Excellent, then we can attack in any direction.' <cite>Shadow20201 posted [p:881174038] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>Repeat a lie enough times it becomes truth.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MJ_Max 06/15/17 3:52:50 PM #3:	Shadow20201 posted... Repeat a lie enough times it becomes truth. It wasn't the repeating of a lie, it was just the repeating of the meme by alt righters <cite>MJ_Max posted [p:881174116] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>Shadow20201 posted...</cite> <quote>Repeat a lie enough times it becomes truth.</quote> It wasn't the repeating of a lie, it was just the repeating of the meme by alt righters</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Admiral 06/15/17 3:52:55 PM #4:	MJ_Max posted... But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change No, it's not a hate symbol on its own. If Pepe is drawn saying racist/bigoted shit, then it is. If he's not saying anything like that, then it isn't. --- - The Admiral <cite>The Admiral posted [p:881174121] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>MJ_Max posted...</cite> <quote>But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change</quote> No, it's not a hate symbol on its own. If Pepe is drawn saying racist/bigoted shit, then it is. If he's not saying anything like that, then it isn't.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MJ_Max 06/15/17 3:55:06 PM #6:	The Admiral posted... MJ_Max posted... But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change No, it's not a hate symbol on its own. If Pepe is drawn saying racist/bigoted shit, then it is. If he's not saying anything like that, then it isn't. Did you know the swastika used to symbolize the sun and prosperity in Hinduism <cite>MJ_Max posted [p:881174271] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Admiral posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MJ_Max posted...</cite> <quote>But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change</quote> No, it's not a hate symbol on its own. If Pepe is drawn saying racist/bigoted shit, then it is. If he's not saying anything like that, then it isn't.</quote> Did you know the swastika used to symbolize the sun and prosperity in Hinduism</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Admiral 06/15/17 3:55:56 PM #7:	MJ_Max posted... The Admiral posted... MJ_Max posted... But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change No, it's not a hate symbol on its own. If Pepe is drawn saying racist/bigoted shit, then it is. If he's not saying anything like that, then it isn't. Did you know the swastika used to symbolize the sun and prosperity in Hinduism Great, thanks for the irrelevant trivia. --- - The Admiral <cite>The Admiral posted [p:881174331] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>MJ_Max posted...</cite> <quote><cite>The Admiral posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MJ_Max posted...</cite> <quote>But now he actually is a hate symbol? thats cause meanings can change</quote> No, it's not a hate symbol on its own. If Pepe is drawn saying racist/bigoted shit, then it is. If he's not saying anything like that, then it isn't.</quote> Did you know the swastika used to symbolize the sun and prosperity in Hinduism</quote> Great, thanks for the irrelevant trivia.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
weapon_d00d816 06/15/17 3:58:43 PM #8:	Pepe was popular long before racists started using it, and the non-racist versions are still popular alongside it. --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted [p:881174510] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>Pepe was popular long before racists started using it, and the non-racist versions are still popular alongside it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
3rd_Best_Master 06/15/17 3:58:52 PM #9:	DuranOfForcena posted... except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe If that's true the why did his creator retire him? --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2 <cite>3rd_Best_Master posted [p:881174524] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>DuranOfForcena posted...</cite> <quote>except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe</quote> If that's true the why did his creator retire him?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MJ_Max 06/15/17 4:00:52 PM #10:	The Admiral posted... Great, thanks for the irrelevant trivia. Kay I'll try to be explicit with the analogy then. Even though in its original context swastikas represented something positive, if you try to use it in that context today it won't work, cause the negative context has become too strongly associated with the symbol. It's similar with pepe, even if used in an innocent context, to the layperson the symbol itself has become associated with negativity <cite>MJ_Max posted [p:881174667] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Admiral posted...</cite> <quote>Great, thanks for the irrelevant trivia.</quote> Kay I'll try to be explicit with the analogy then. Even though in its original context swastikas represented something positive, if you try to use it in that context today it won't work, cause the negative context has become too strongly associated with the symbol. It's similar with pepe, even if used in an innocent context, to the layperson the symbol itself has become associated with negativity</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SGT_Conti 06/15/17 4:02:26 PM #11:	It really did become a self-fulfilling prophecy. --- "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." <cite>SGT_Conti posted [p:881174756] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>It really did become a self-fulfilling prophecy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
weapon_d00d816 06/15/17 4:03:02 PM #12:	3rd_Best_Master posted... DuranOfForcena posted... except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe If that's true the why did his creator retire him? He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it." --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted [p:881174798] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DuranOfForcena posted...</cite> <quote>except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe</quote> If that's true the why did his creator retire him?</quote> He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
3rd_Best_Master 06/15/17 4:04:08 PM #13:	weapon_d00d816 posted... 3rd_Best_Master posted... DuranOfForcena posted... except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe If that's true the why did his creator retire him? He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it." Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2 <cite>3rd_Best_Master posted [p:881174867] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>DuranOfForcena posted...</cite> <quote> except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe </quote> If that's true the why did his creator retire him?</quote> He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it."</quote> Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaname_Madoka 06/15/17 4:05:07 PM #14:	he made a strip of Pepe being dead <cite>Kaname_Madoka posted [p:881174944] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>he made a strip of Pepe being dead</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
weapon_d00d816 06/15/17 4:05:18 PM #15:	3rd_Best_Master posted... weapon_d00d816 posted... 3rd_Best_Master posted... DuranOfForcena posted... except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe If that's true the why did his creator retire him? He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it." Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh. People don't pay attention to his comics. I for one didn't even know where it came from and that there was someone making "official" comics of him. --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted [p:881174961] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote><cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>DuranOfForcena posted...</cite> <quote> except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe </quote> If that's true the why did his creator retire him?</quote> He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it."</quote> Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh.</quote> People don't pay attention to his comics. I for one didn't even know where it came from and that there was someone making "official" comics of him.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
3rd_Best_Master 06/15/17 4:06:16 PM #16:	weapon_d00d816 posted... 3rd_Best_Master posted... weapon_d00d816 posted... 3rd_Best_Master posted... DuranOfForcena posted... except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe If that's true the why did his creator retire him? He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it." Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh. People don't pay attention to his comics. I for one didn't even know where it came from and that there was someone making "official" comics of him. Great, glad we agree that he's been retired due to his being adopted as a hate symbol. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2 <cite>3rd_Best_Master posted [p:881175019] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>DuranOfForcena posted...</cite> <quote> except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe </quote> If that's true the why did his creator retire him? </quote> He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it." </quote> Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh.</quote> People don't pay attention to his comics. I for one didn't even know where it came from and that there was someone making "official" comics of him.</quote> Great, glad we agree that he's been retired due to his being adopted as a hate symbol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MakoReizei 06/15/17 4:07:35 PM #17:	3rd_Best_Master posted... weapon_d00d816 posted... 3rd_Best_Master posted... weapon_d00d816 posted... 3rd_Best_Master posted... DuranOfForcena posted... except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe If that's true the why did his creator retire him? He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it." Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh. People don't pay attention to his comics. I for one didn't even know where it came from and that there was someone making "official" comics of him. Great, glad we agree that he's been retired due to his being adopted as a hate symbol. nobody cares. He's still going to be used --- http://i.imgur.com/K9jfKpU.png <cite>MakoReizei posted [p:881175112] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote><cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>DuranOfForcena posted...</cite> <quote> except he isn't actually a hate symbol now, he is still just pepe </quote> If that's true the why did his creator retire him? </quote> He didn't retire him. Everyone is still using him. You can't just retire a meme. "Hey everyone stop using this meme, I started it so I decide when and how everyone uses it." </quote> Is his creator still using Pepe in his comics? Gee, why not? He's been retired breh.</quote> People don't pay attention to his comics. I for one didn't even know where it came from and that there was someone making "official" comics of him.</quote> Great, glad we agree that he's been retired due to his being adopted as a hate symbol.</quote> nobody cares. He's still going to be used</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
3rd_Best_Master 06/15/17 4:08:52 PM #18:	And I never said he wouldn't. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2 <cite>3rd_Best_Master posted [p:881175189] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>And I never said he wouldn't.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Taxer 06/15/17 4:09:20 PM #19:	Pepe has primarily been used by alt righters for the past year or two. No one aside from them really uses Pepe anymore. --- https://soundcloud.com/taxerthetyrant <cite>Taxer posted [p:881175217] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>Pepe has primarily been used by alt righters for the past year or two. No one aside from them really uses Pepe anymore.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Admiral 06/15/17 4:10:06 PM #20:	MJ_Max posted... The Admiral posted... Great, thanks for the irrelevant trivia. Kay I'll try to be explicit with the analogy then. Even though in its original context swastikas represented something positive, if you try to use it in that context today it won't work, cause the negative context has become too strongly associated with the symbol. It's similar with pepe, even if used in an innocent context, to the layperson the symbol itself has become associated with negativity Nope, Pepe is not the swastika regardless of what you or anyone else would like to think. A harmless Pepe meme is not a hate symbol. --- - The Admiral <cite>The Admiral posted [p:881175276] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>MJ_Max posted...</cite> <quote><cite>The Admiral posted...</cite> <quote>Great, thanks for the irrelevant trivia.</quote> Kay I'll try to be explicit with the analogy then. Even though in its original context swastikas represented something positive, if you try to use it in that context today it won't work, cause the negative context has become too strongly associated with the symbol. It's similar with pepe, even if used in an innocent context, to the layperson the symbol itself has become associated with negativity</quote> Nope, Pepe is not the swastika regardless of what you or anyone else would like to think. A harmless Pepe meme is not a hate symbol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MakoReizei 06/15/17 4:10:08 PM #21:	3rd_Best_Master posted... And I never said he wouldn't. he hasn't been "retired" either --- http://i.imgur.com/K9jfKpU.png <cite>MakoReizei posted [p:881175279] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote>And I never said he wouldn't.</quote> he hasn't been "retired" either</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
3rd_Best_Master 06/15/17 4:12:14 PM #22:	MakoReizei posted... 3rd_Best_Master posted... And I never said he wouldn't. he hasn't been "retired" either yawn --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2 <cite>3rd_Best_Master posted [p:881175416] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>MakoReizei posted...</cite> <quote><cite>3rd_Best_Master posted...</cite> <quote> And I never said he wouldn't.</quote> he hasn't been "retired" either</quote> yawn</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
snesmaster40 06/15/17 4:12:18 PM #23:	Someone got triggered hard by an image of Pepe https://www.twitter.com/rbraceysherman/status/875023493678739456 --- Vinesauce Joel's reaction to "7 GRAND DAD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF-xdiL7Nr0 <cite>snesmaster40 posted [p:881175425] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>Someone got triggered hard by an image of Pepe https://www.twitter.com/rbraceysherman/status/875023493678739456</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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weapon_d00d816 06/15/17 4:16:02 PM #25:	CrimsonRage posted... Pepe has been successfully co-opted by the alt-right so yes, he is a hate symbol now. His creator even retired him from his comic due to it. I haven't seen a non-alt-right or non-hateful use of Pepe in what feels like years. He's not a hate symbol because if you post a picture of the "feels bad man" Pepe you're not declaring white supremacy. --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted [p:881175719] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote><cite>CrimsonRage posted...</cite> <quote>Pepe has been successfully co-opted by the alt-right so yes, he is a hate symbol now. His creator even retired him from his comic due to it. I haven't seen a non-alt-right or non-hateful use of Pepe in what feels like years.</quote> He's not a hate symbol because if you post a picture of the "feels bad man" Pepe you're not declaring white supremacy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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gmanthebest 06/15/17 4:30:08 PM #27:	It's all about how it's used. For the most part though, it's just a harmless meme. --- What do I feel when I shoot an enemy? Recoil. <cite>gmanthebest posted [p:881176674] in Remember w... [t:75465343]...</cite> <quote>It's all about how it's used. For the most part though, it's just a harmless meme.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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