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The "hard-right" is normally bored teenage boys that are trolling for laughs and don't actually believe any of this stuff. There is a meme online currently tha

The "hard-right" is normally bored teenage boys that are trolling for laughs and don't actually believe any of this stuff. There is a meme online currently that says "My political opinions are based on who I am trolling". As for Pepe being a far-right meme. It never has been one. That was misinformation to stir up a moral panic and push for censorship. The Pepe has also been used by Hong Kong protesters, (IIRC) the yellow vest protesters in france and loads of other pro-democracy freedom groups outside of the west. e.g. https://www.ynetnews.com/PicServer5/2019/10/03/9521875/952184701000100980653no.jpg https://www.ynetnews.com/PicServer5/2019/10/03/9521875/95218...

sofixa 5y ago
> The "hard-right" is normally bored teenage boys that are trolling for laughs and don't actually believe any of this stuff. You should tell the actual hard right parties like RN, AfD, UKIP and co. that
- LocalChapter 5y ago
  I was specifically talking about the memers that are talked about in this document. I've spoken to a lot of the guys that post the memes in this article. They just do it to troll people. I don't know about the other parties. But UKIP until recently wasn't associated with the far-right at all. I have family members that are were part of UKIP. So I've met a lot of members over the years and most are disillusioned Conservatives. I have no idea what the party is currently doing though. The reason such parties are growing and gaining interest is because other more mainstream parties will constantly shy away from discussing thorny political issues.
thefz 5y ago
> As for Pepe being a far-right meme. It never has been one. Feels Good Man is exactly about this. ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394182/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394182/ )
- LocalChapter 5y ago
  I haven't seen it. Personally I've seen a lot of Pepe's that I've seen posted on Gaming discords was memes about things like bad habits, loneliness etc.
schwartzworld 5y ago
> As for Pepe being a far-right meme. It never has been one. It wasn't originally, but you're kidding yourself if you think that it hasn't become one
- LocalChapter 5y ago
  Saying it is part of "far-right" (which is the current boogie man) is frequently repeated, yet I never see any actual numbers regarding this. What I usually see is a screenshot of /pol or somewhere similar. It would be like going to /g and finding a meme of Richard Stallman.
crispyambulance 5y ago
> The "hard-right" is normally bored teenage boys that are trolling for laughs and don't actually believe any of this stuff. Sure, for a while, until they find themselves in the middle of a crowd of short haired guys holding tiki torches, marching through town and shouting <you-know-what>. "pepe the frog" showing up in weird contexts is part of "the joke". It's funny to them when people misinterpret pepe as something completely different.
- LocalChapter 5y ago
  I've heard these sort of arguments before. Pretending shitposting is some sort of gateway drug is a nonsense. They will find one person that might have been sucked in out of 1000s.
user-the-name 5y ago
It's all just trolling, all just for the lulz, until you it's not any more. This is how radicalisation works. It starts as a joke, but it does not stay a joke.

sofixa 5y ago

> The "hard-right" is normally bored teenage boys that are trolling for laughs and don't actually believe any of this stuff. You should tell the actual hard right parties like RN, AfD, UKIP and co. that

LocalChapter 5y ago
I was specifically talking about the memers that are talked about in this document. I've spoken to a lot of the guys that post the memes in this article. They just do it to troll people. I don't know about the other parties. But UKIP until recently wasn't associated with the far-right at all. I have family members that are were part of UKIP. So I've met a lot of members over the years and most are disillusioned Conservatives. I have no idea what the party is currently doing though. The reason such parties are growing and gaining interest is because other more mainstream parties will constantly shy away from discussing thorny political issues.

thefz 5y ago

> As for Pepe being a far-right meme. It never has been one. Feels Good Man is exactly about this. ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394182/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394182/ )

LocalChapter 5y ago
I haven't seen it. Personally I've seen a lot of Pepe's that I've seen posted on Gaming discords was memes about things like bad habits, loneliness etc.

schwartzworld 5y ago

> As for Pepe being a far-right meme. It never has been one. It wasn't originally, but you're kidding yourself if you think that it hasn't become one

LocalChapter 5y ago
Saying it is part of "far-right" (which is the current boogie man) is frequently repeated, yet I never see any actual numbers regarding this. What I usually see is a screenshot of /pol or somewhere similar. It would be like going to /g and finding a meme of Richard Stallman.

crispyambulance 5y ago

> The "hard-right" is normally bored teenage boys that are trolling for laughs and don't actually believe any of this stuff. Sure, for a while, until they find themselves in the middle of a crowd of short haired guys holding tiki torches, marching through town and shouting <you-know-what>. "pepe the frog" showing up in weird contexts is part of "the joke". It's funny to them when people misinterpret pepe as something completely different.

LocalChapter 5y ago
I've heard these sort of arguments before. Pretending shitposting is some sort of gateway drug is a nonsense. They will find one person that might have been sucked in out of 1000s.

user-the-name 5y ago

It's all just trolling, all just for the lulz, until you it's not any more. This is how radicalisation works. It starts as a joke, but it does not stay a joke.