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Do you consider Pepe the frog to be hate speech?
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Pepe was sort of chosen by the staunchest Trump supporters as their symbol in the wake of his first term. That certainly sparked a controversy, because some folks were only exposed to assholes using Pepe, so they associated you with assholes, if you used Pepe. But other folks liked Pepe as a meme and decided to use it even more, because they did not want it to be appropriated by assholes. So yeah, that's why this question exists.
There's more details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#Use_by_the_alt-right
Welp. Yet another reason to hate American politics and their 'far-right' groups!