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‘Pepe the Frog’ is Now an Official Hate Symbol

JL;DR SUMMARY The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has classified Pepe the Frog, an internet meme, as an official hate symbol due to its appropriation by alt-right and white supremacist groups. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityAdlSocial MediaWhite SupremacyAlt RightOnline HarassmentMemesPepe The FrogHate Symbol

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Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"She also holds a B.A. in Jewish history from the University of Munich."
New York, United States
"She is a graduate journalism student at New York University, where she studies as a Fulbright scholar."

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