unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoDo you consider Pepe the frog to be hate speech?message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167message-squareDo you consider Pepe the frog to be hate speech?unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareNemoder@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThe only problem with this line of thinking is that it empowers bigots to continue to subvert any character or symbol they choose. I’d rather see those symbols used more often in ways that fight bigotry than to give in to that manipulation.
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat would be great if anyone was actually attemping to reclaim pepe, but in practice, more often than not, the red flags are right.
The only problem with this line of thinking is that it empowers bigots to continue to subvert any character or symbol they choose.
I’d rather see those symbols used more often in ways that fight bigotry than to give in to that manipulation.
That would be great if anyone was actually attemping to reclaim pepe, but in practice, more often than not, the red flags are right.