

Each comic is sacred, and the compassion of my readers transcends any differences, the pain, and fear of 'feeling good'." I find complete joy in physically, emotionally, and spiritually serving Pepe and his friends through comics. "My Pepe philosophy is simple: 'Feels good man.' It is based on the meaning of the word Pepe: 'To go Pepe'. Pepe remains a recognizable and familiar sight on social media platforms such as 4chan, Twitch, Reddit, and Discord, where images are modified into custom Pepe-based emoji. Furie has welcomed the use of Pepe by Hong Kong protesters.

Despite being used in a political context, Pepe the Frog's use in Hong Kong is not perceived as being connected with alt-right ideology. In 2019, Pepe was used by protesters in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. Since then, Furie has expressed his dismay at Pepe being used as a hate symbol and has sued organizations for doing so. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) included Pepe in its hate symbol database in 2016, but said most instances of Pepe were not used in a hate-related context.

Originally an apolitical character, Pepe was appropriated from 2015 to 2016 onward as a symbol of the alt-right movement. Since 2014, " rare Pepes" have been posted on the "meme market" as if they were trading cards. Different types of Pepe memes include "Sad Frog", "Smug Frog", "Angry Pepe", "Feels Frog", and "You will never." Frog. By 2015, he had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan and Tumblr. The character became an Internet meme when his popularity steadily grew across websites such as Myspace, Gaia Online, and 4chan in 2008. Designed as a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body, Pepe originated in Furie's 2005 comic Boy's Club. Soon after, #CNNBlackmail trended on Twitter as users interpreted CNN’s statement as a possible threat to out an anonymous meme creator.įiled Under: Anti-God, Anti-Trump Crowd, CNN, Corruption, Crazy Liberals, Government Control, Hypocrisy, Hypocrites Tagged With: CNN News, Corruption, Crazy Liberals, Media Bias, The hypocrisy of CNN: They Made The anti-CNN meme creator apologize.Pepe the Frog ( / ˈ p ɛ p eɪ/ PEP-ay) is a cartoon character and Internet meme created by cartoonist Matt Furie.

The president’s son retweeted Ceren, adding, “Interesting point…Seems they want the best of both ways as always #CNNBlackmail.” I can’t stand the truthĬNN has come under fire after it was revealed that the news network discovered the identity of a Reddit user that created a gif of Trump wrestling CNN to the ground. The news agency stated in their article that the Reddit user had apologized and agreed not to post any more content to social media but declared, “CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change.” “CNN has relied on sources for dozens of nonsense Trump/Russia stories, retracted stories.” “CNN reporters now going after anonymity,” Ceren said in his tweet. retweeted political blogger Omri Ceren’s post which pointed out that CNN has relied on anonymous sources, who they have staunchly defended and refused to name, for the majority of their claims relating to possible ties between President Donald Trump and Russia. weighed in on the scandal surrounding a report from CNN journalist Andrew Kaczynski about the creator of an anti-CNN meme. took to Twitter to point out the hypocrisy that CNN has displayed in the #CNNBlackmail scandal.ĭonald Trump Jr.
