Friday, January 13, 2017

Russia’s embassy to UK tweets ‘hate symbol’ meme

The Russian embassy to the United Kingdom tweeted a Pepe the Frog meme from its verified Twitter account Monday in what appears to be a dog whistle to Trump supporting white supremacists. The cartoon frog known as Pepe was co-opted by white supremacist elements on social media throughout the recent presidential campaign, and recognized by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League as a hate symbol....
https://thinkprogress.org/russian-embassy-to-uk-tweets-white-nationalist-alt-right-meme-9c0008547908#.bli3566s3


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