Posted on 04/06/2019 6:54:23 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
Online personalities in far-right and white nationalist online circles are attempting to attribute racism and anti-Semitism to an image of cartoon character Pepe the Frog depicted poorly drawn and as a clown, and that effort has gained notable traction in recent months. Far-right proponents want the broader internet to believe the character directly represents their worldview, but the situation in whole represents an attitude shift in far-right circles online and a slow inching toward even more radical elements of the movement.
The clown render of Pepe the Frog, which KnowYourMeme researchers have identified as being known as Honk Honk or Honkler, began spreading across the internet last year. In recent months, the meme has gained a foothold in the far-right and is bleeding into racist propaganda. Pepe the Frog, originally from the comic series Boys Club, was co-opted by an iteration of the white nationalist movement that emerged in 2015 and dubbed itself the alt-righta term created as part of a strategy to obscure the inherent racism and antisemitism of the movement in hopes of making its agenda more palatable among conservatives.
On 4chan, there is an abundance of memes depicting the character lynching black people (depicted in stereotypically racist ways), operating gas chambers, and deploying racial slurs. On February 11, users on 4chans politically incorrect forum board launched operation honk, a campaign with the mission of spreading the character across the internet and boosting its popularity, and then returning the character back to 4chan where it could be associated with racism. The Operation Honkler post cited by KnowYourMeme reads: They will adopt our child, and post Honkler on social media under mainstream memes already in circulation.
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Chucky is looking more and more like a faggotty version of Jack Lemmon?
Nancy doesn’t look like anyone..thank goodness.
In related news, a White breathed, and was arrested for racism.
It’s buzz words that pathologize normalcy.
Chuck and Nancy are in favor of foreigners invading our NATION. $$$
Jared Holt, Research Associate
Jared graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 2015, where he studied print journalism and reported on local politics. He joined People For the American Way as a research associate in August 2017. Jared specializes in covering the white nationalist movement in America, in addition to the culture and influence of right-wing social media. He currently lives in Washington.
Is Jared still on his parent's health insurance?
hey i saw a Ken doll at Walmart with a man bun. He is a barista.
Yes. Jared has never had a job that included health insurance. He is currently still on his father’s plan at work
I’m surprised that they didn’t specify the Insane Clown Posse’s “Juggalos” as being at the forefront of white supremacy.
Don’t trust anyone over 30... er, 40.
Don’t trust anyone UNDER 40 :-)
Liberals of all degrees are devoid of humor and subtlety. Satire is lost on them. The reason they do not denounce satire more is that it is generally too complicated for them to follow.
Barbie and Ken are put up as White Supremacy or at least Racist symbols from time to time but it never catches on. Too many of the children of the Left play with B and K dolls.
Good list. There are aa couple of names there with which I am unfamiliar. I will check them out to maybe add to my reading and/or internet list.
Not the first time.
This article is from 2016. Pretty stale. Why did you remove it now?
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right....
Who arranges names by first name.. except gentlemen’s sites where they know actresses or models first name . :)
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