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Warren DeMontague

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18. I think the danger here is taking masturbatory 4chan internet memery as having serious "meanings"
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 06:38 PM
Feb 2017

I'm not saying the players and bullshit of the "alt-right" aren't dangerous; but a lot of this shit is just internet in-jokes and fucking with the squares. They pretty much set out to take that damn frog and "watch we'll convince the media establishment he's a nazi symbol, ha ha"- voila, mission accomplished.

Of course at this point it is beyond meaningless to speculate on what the cartoon frog really symbolizes (a question far less deceptively simple than it appears, no?) but it is certain that the poor guy who originally drew the thing never intended for any of this.

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Kakistrophic klusterfuck ... pbmus Feb 2017 #1
Kekistainian Kakistrophic Klusterfuck Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #2
No it is ... pbmus Feb 2017 #11
I can go with that. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #15
Just to clarify for those who don't know about the white supremacists and "Kek" on Twitter Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #5
Thank you for posting this, I didn't know what the hell that frog was supposed to be. betsuni Feb 2017 #6
dear friend irisblue Feb 2017 #9
Jeebus: "Crush the evil republican idolators." Achilleaze Feb 2017 #12
Some of the hardcore white supremacists think Jesus is too "Jewy" so they Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #13
Just to clarify... BreweryYardRat Feb 2017 #21
Of course I do. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #22
Yeah, and when Kool-aid smashes through the big styrofoam wall we will all get a tasty beverage. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #17
I think the danger here is taking masturbatory 4chan internet memery as having serious "meanings" Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #18
Attempts to reclaim Pepe have miserably failed. He's the new Klan robe now. A digital swastika. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #19
Sure, but the cartoon frogs and dubiously Egyptian deities are just the window dressing. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #20
This has been a most interesting conversation Warren Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #24
Sure, back atcha. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #27
Pepe/Kek is part Spuds McKenzie with a pack of candy cigarettes, part Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #29
Backpfeifengesicht Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #30
Yup. He took offense to my hope that the next Nazi-puncher he Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #32
Pepe meme? Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #31
This leak investigation TBA Feb 2017 #3
Wow. I'll admit I had to look that one up! Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #4
I forgot all about this..until you mentioned it. Hope it ends the same way as the movie ! TrekLuver Feb 2017 #14
They will remove him soon, he will be given the choice by Pence and Ryan, resign or go to jail. sunonmars Feb 2017 #7
NSC orangecrush Feb 2017 #8
cosign. nt irisblue Feb 2017 #10
That's what I've been saying.. Cha Feb 2017 #16
The career NSC people got used to dealing with President Obama, Blue_true Feb 2017 #23
I'm sure many of them have had to deal with a Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #25
That photo is hilarious! The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #26
Proved how stupid he is with the O'Reilly interview. democratisphere Feb 2017 #28
No shit, Sherlocks. GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #33
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