unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-24 days agoDo you consider Pepe the frog to be hate speech?message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down13
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareDo you consider Pepe the frog to be hate speech?unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-24 days agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareNemoder@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoThe only problem with this line of thinking is that it empowers bigots to continue to subvert any character or symbol they choose. I’d rather see those symbols used more often in ways that fight bigotry than to give in to that manipulation.
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThat would be great if anyone was actually attemping to reclaim pepe, but in practice, more often than not, the red flags are right.
The only problem with this line of thinking is that it empowers bigots to continue to subvert any character or symbol they choose.
I’d rather see those symbols used more often in ways that fight bigotry than to give in to that manipulation.
That would be great if anyone was actually attemping to reclaim pepe, but in practice, more often than not, the red flags are right.