“I didn’t even know what a meme was,” confesses cartoonist Matt Furie in the documentary “Feels Good Man,” demonstrating just how ill-equipped he was to resist the dark forces that engulfed him and ...
Former President Trump shared an image containing Pepe the Frog, a meme designated as a hate symbol by the ADL. The ADL notes that Pepe the Frog's use as a hate symbol depends on context. Trump's post ...
However, following intervention by Furie, who instigated a “Save Pepe” campaign, the frog was saved from the fate of becoming a symbol of hate speech. During the protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020 ...