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It’s interesting. Pepe has never actually really been a hate symbol. He’s an Everyman symbol, in the tradition of Pierrot, the sad clown, the trusting fool, who
by fennecfoxen 6y ago
It’s interesting. Pepe has never actually really been a hate symbol. He’s an Everyman symbol, in the tradition of Pierrot, the sad clown, the trusting fool, who just happens to be used by a casual online video game culture (which is definitely a superset of various hate groups, but also contains many who are simply there to Minecraft and shoot aliens.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot
- watwut 6y agoPepe was 4chan culture, but was it gaming culture outside of 4chan? Cause I really did not seen it much in general gaming culture, except from chan people.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoIt might be the result of 4chan's influence spreading, mind you, but these days it's part of gaming culture all over Twitch, and maybe 50% of Discord.