I don’t follow 4chan politics, but isn’t Pepe a /pol/ thing or something like that? I mean, 4chan’s got a number of different forums. That seems like saying that Reddit is X because of a particular subreddit, or the Fediverse is X because of a particular community/magazine.
I don’t follow 4chan politics, but isn’t Pepe a /pol/ thing or something like that? I mean, 4chan’s got a number of different forums. That seems like saying that Reddit is X because of a particular subreddit, or the Fediverse is X because of a particular community/magazine.
I see your point: pepe can be used for anything.
But it’s so strongly associated with hate in my experience that I cannot see its use in an unbiased way.
There’s a documentary about Pepe and his creator, Matt Furie, called “Feels Good Man”. It’s worth a watch!