I knew about that part, but I still just straight up cannot separate pepe from fascism. I’ll start reading the memes more, though, when they pop up, instead of just straight down voting and skipping em
They’re still heavily used in Twitch communities regardless of the political or apolitical nature of the stream. Pepe doesn’t need to be reclaimed because the fascists failed to monopolize it. It doesn’t belong to them any more than wojaks do.
I feel like Pepe was taken back/freed from that association over covid times. Pepe is such a common template for memes and emotes anymore.
Wait, pepe isn’t fash anymore? I legitimately just skip over and instinctively down vote pepe memes because of the association. I had no idea
The creator always fought against it #savepepe
Also TIL Pepe died in 2017 RIP
I knew about that part, but I still just straight up cannot separate pepe from fascism. I’ll start reading the memes more, though, when they pop up, instead of just straight down voting and skipping em
He never deserved this
I’ve not seen or followed the memes much, personally. I adore many of the emojis though. Such cuteness potential to outweigh the ugly
They’re still heavily used in Twitch communities regardless of the political or apolitical nature of the stream. Pepe doesn’t need to be reclaimed because the fascists failed to monopolize it. It doesn’t belong to them any more than wojaks do.
I’d say Pepe is now more internet and gaming at large. Which… can be a bit adjacent, but I say is firmly stepped out.
Pepe was never in any way fascist