It gives me mental whiplash to see how Pepe is a positive, wholesome meme in Hong Kong
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Replying to @0xabad1dea
h-hey, just real quick here: do you really believe that? do you really believe the panicked articles saying "no!! actually this means something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!!! these guys are still good! No!!!" This is a little baffling to me
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Replying to @_scaryh @0xabad1dea
Tony Naggs Retweeted zeynep tufekci
Even most HKers (friends, post grad students) I meet in the UK are not aware of Anglophone political memes. Frogs are seen as benign, and they are all around the protests. I've linked to this elsewhere in the thread, but it's still a good starting pointhttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1168535920061976576?s=19 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepHere in the Hong Kong protests, Pepe isn’t a symbol of alt-right. They adopted him as just a frog. Most have no idea of its US connotation. It’s taken some time but I’m no longer startled by it. Here are some Pepes with eyepatches from today—for the medic who got shot in the eye. pic.twitter.com/BZP1QpUUpgShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Pepe is all good here, I promise. This poor pepe was held by two young girls, symbolizing a medic who was shot in the eye by the police.pic.twitter.com/nHZSvU73Uh
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