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Not really.

[โ€“] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No, and you bitches that let others dictate what you can day can fuck right off ๐Ÿ‘Œ.

[โ€“] onlooker@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I consider Pepe to be a picture. How the hell is it speech in any way?

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ITT: people who sport the "Michael Jordan" mustache

[โ€“] Tracaine@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone -3 points 3 days ago (6 children)

People who use it are either using it as a way of displaying that they're bigots, or they don't care about the association with bigots.

There's not really any positive way to use it, so it's a giant red flag whenever I see it.

[โ€“] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world -5 points 3 days ago

This is how I see it too.

If not for association with the alt right, I at least see it as a sign of "I am a terminally online dork who tries to portray myself as lovably pitiful so as to manipulate others" or "this is a crutch for my low self esteem" or just...well. Some of this is from my own personal biases and experiences, I'll be forward about that.

So to make a long story short, even without Nazi associations, there's no good way to use a Pepe in my experience, and no one I know who uses him frequently has been a good person.

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