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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      9. The most recent (and somewhat shaky) example of this tradition is Zootopia, which is allegory for contemporary racism & police violence.

      3 replies 14 retweets 60 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      10. The business of the frogs is interesting because there is a kind of tradition in American popular culture of seeing frogs as black.

      6 replies 20 retweets 53 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      11. "When Froggie Goes A-Courtin'" is an ancient ballad but seems to often been performed in minstrel show voices.

      2 replies 15 retweets 47 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      12. I think Jim Henson was aware of tradition, since Kermit's signature song ("it's Not Easy Being Green") is about race-consciousness.

      4 replies 36 retweets 158 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      13. Yep, the great Warner Bros. short "One Froggy Evening" is about black musicians escaping exploitation by whites. https://twitter.com/voxkev/status/782812114775740416 …

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      14. And of course the recent Disney movie The Princess and the Frog is a riff on this tradition as well.

      3 replies 12 retweets 46 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      15. Aside from George Herriman, the artist who most consciously used cartoon animals to explore racism is Art Spiegelman, in "Maus"

      8 replies 14 retweets 68 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      16. Part of what makes Pepe interesting/disheartening is that it's not a racist symbol but a cartoon in this tradition hijacked by racists.

      4 replies 25 retweets 78 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      Jeet Heer Retweeted matt christman

      17. But perhaps it says something about alt-right that their avatars aren't Arayan supermen but frogs & anime girls:https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/782804232625876993 …

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      matt christman @cushbomb
      Anime: Not Even Once. pic.twitter.com/poiXmUuRXw
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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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      18. On some level beneath consciousness, the alt-right people see whiteness as toxic, hence they disguise themselves as Pepe or anime.

      37 replies 43 retweets 96 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016

      19. Of course, other explanation for Pepe/anime avatars is alt-right losers have no creativity. Are purely parasitical in appropriating art

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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          Jeet Heer Retweeted Jesse Walker

          20. Via @notjessewalker a prime example of all this. Mickey Mouse performing in Uncle Tom's Cabin:https://twitter.com/notjessewalker/status/782811439786491904 …

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Oct 2016
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          21. Anyways, @joshtpm has the right instincts. Best way to counter alt-right is to realize Pepe is perversion of complex & humane tradition

          9 replies 39 retweets 122 likes
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        1. Harry Connolly‏ @byharryconnolly 2 Oct 2016
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          Or they’re just using pics of their body pillows/waifu.

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        2. Leigh Walton‏ @leighwalton 3 Oct 2016
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          totally w you on the animal stuff but this point's wrongheaded. "Creativity" fundamentally, generationally different post-Internet

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        3. Leigh Walton‏ @leighwalton 3 Oct 2016
          Replying to @leighwalton @HeerJeet

          a scene that generates thousands of rare Pepes may be many things, but "lazy/uncreative" would not be my line of attack.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Oct 2016
          Replying to @ProdigalSoma

          All this says is that you are paranoid as well as being stupid.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Oct 2016
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          If you are scared of "terrorist faggots" then that makes you a whimpering little coward.

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