I just thought it was a 4chan thing, while that does include nazi shit, it’s not exclusively only that. Always felt like a mascot for the really bad parts of the Internet.
Yes and no. 4Chan isn’t only Nazi stuff, but pepe did become a symbol for extreme far right/MAGA stuff during first Trump election IIRC. It isn’t because it’s 4Chan. It’s because it was explicitly used along with right wing messaging, particularly on 4chan.
I just thought it was a 4chan thing, while that does include nazi shit, it’s not exclusively only that. Always felt like a mascot for the really bad parts of the Internet.
Yes and no. 4Chan isn’t only Nazi stuff, but pepe did become a symbol for extreme far right/MAGA stuff during first Trump election IIRC. It isn’t because it’s 4Chan. It’s because it was explicitly used along with right wing messaging, particularly on 4chan.