It's real and it's almost a year old IIRC.

I think it is more like 6 months.



 

You know, as silly as this whole thing may seem to many, in modern day America, something like PePe just might be the symbol we need to get young voters to support Trump.  When shit like this starts to catch on, it can become epic.

That's the point.  It doesn't make any sense.   It WAS merely a big inside joke on the Internet, primarily on 4chan (like "Fo time" or "87" is used here), until Hillary accidentally made it into something else.  Here's how.


Pepe used to be merely one meme (among many) for a loose Internet-based, anti-Hillary, anti-establishment, somewhat-pro-Trump movement that communicates primarily via social media.  Picture is worth 1000 words, so a picture with a caption photoshopped onto it (called a "dank meme") is the most efficient way to communicate a concept.  We do that all the time here on Arfcom, and some pictures don't even need a caption to make their point.

Pepe was fun because it could be used in a lot of ways.  One way was to draw Pepe to look like Trump, including the hair and suit so he would be immediately recognizable as Trump.  Some people used it as an anti-Trump symbol, but over time it became more of a pro-Trump symbol -- or at least an anti-Hillary and anti-Establishment symbol.



Hillary's campaign allegedly found some Pepe pictures online where "white nationalists" had put racist and/or pro-Nazi symbols on Pepe.  She wanted to play it like Pepe was the darling child of both the Neo-Nazi movement AND Trump supporters.  In their mind, that would allow Hillary to connect the dots like this "Trump---Trump Supporters---Pepe---Neo-Nazis", hoping that the American public would be stupid enough to only take away this message:  "Trump=Neo-Nazis."

Remember, Hillary is a disciple of Saul Alinsky and his book "Rules for Radicals."  One of those rules is:



So, working under that rule, Hillary picked a target (that loose anti-Hillary, anti-establishment, somewhat-pro-Trump movement), tried to freeze it by labeling that movement "the alt-right" (which was a pre-existing label not necessarily associated with Pepe), and tried to polarize it by associating that movement with Neo-Nazis in her speech.  This was preceded by a behind-the-scenes press campaign that tried personalize it by tying Trump, Pepe the green frog cartoon, and racism together under the label "the alt-right."

In hindsight, that sounds kind of over-the-top and silly.  And it was.  But they decided to roll with it anyway.  Probably because Hillary doesn't have any cards to play, other than "RACISM!"

It backfired.  

The reason it backfired is because, knowingly or not, the movement stole one of Alinsky's own Rules out of Hillary's playbook and turned it against her:



Hillary's whispering campaign of "Pepe is a symbol for racists who support Trump, therefore Trump supports racism" was openly ludicrous  to anyone who previously knew about Pepe.  It was also deeply offensive to those she labeled as "alt-right" and those who consider themselves to be "alt-right."  Plus, it's pretty damn offensive to  Trump supporters.

So, Pepe overnight went from being a silly multipurpose Internet meme into a rally point for the anti-Hillary movement.
The headline here says it all

The net result is that despite her efforts, all Hillary managed to accomplish was to:

(1) turn Pepe into the modern equivalent of a kid pointing and saying "the Emperor has no clothes!" and

(2) show the world that even with all her her political strength, political support, and ruthlessness, she still is unable to stop someone from completely mocking her at her own rally merely by shouting a single word.  She's helpless in the face of ridicule.

That part in bold is huge.  And the dude who shouted Pepe! was letting the world know "if you are anti-Hillary, then know that you are not alone, and you can fight back."  Lots of people need to be reminded of that during this election season.  

And what makes this all so hilariously funny is that she did it to herself!  She has to own it; she cannot pin it on Trump.  And now the whole goddamn Internet is talking about a crudely-drawn cartoon of a fucking green frog instead of Trump's alleged racism.



I think I've probably over-analyzed it.  I'm sure someone will be along to summarize all of the above in one Pepe dank meme.

We are all Pepe now.

Interesting (and amusing) to see how this plays out.  If the media starts to delve into the roots of pepe, I would respond that that was the name of the illegal alien muslim brotherhood member who set up her illegal email server to hide communications with dictators who bought influence, state secrets of military importance (that russia probably has now), along with dick pics of her (muslim brotherhood affiliated) lackey's husband, carlos danger.  Hopefully the chain reaction of heads exploding on the left would be yuuuuugggge.

So in a nutshell, it would be ideal for people to randomly should Pepe at all Hillary gatherings going forward.  

One day we'll look back on this and say- "good times! good times!"

Not just ideal, fucking HILARIOUS!

Maybe someone can her to stroke out, right on stage.





 

Killary BTFO

Is Pepe copyrighted? In not, how about an official ARFcom Pepe t shirt? Who says no?

It's neat to see the meme militia forming at the center this election

I can't believe the GOP is the "cool" party for the internet kiddies? Like what the hell, if you went to sleep in 08 and woke up today it would look like bizarro world.

Hey you're in a key swing state, there's certain to be a Hillary rally nearby you can try it at.

I don't think she wants to do a rally here. Bit military town, and not known for being 'progressive" friendly.

She will do rallies in Orlando and such.



 

This is my generation, as much as I hate it sometimes. Those "internet kiddies" grew up, got jobs, responsibilities, and gained some actual insight in how the world works.

ROFL

i lold

 

Pretty sure it isn't the cool party at all. There are a lot of legitimate beefs with the GOP, and they've vocally expressed their displeasure.

kek

Part of me wonders if Gamergate was the wakeup call for a lot of the internet freefolk, people who generally had little interest in politics to begin with.
I think it was a digital/ideological Pearl Harbor event -  SJWs and liberals weren't just those people who went after the "religious right" as a usual back and forth where "both sides are wrong" or some other throw away thinking shortcut would dictate.
It had come for them too. The morality police left runs their playbook on anyone who isn't a member of their church, or a designated victim group of theirs.

They woke up, and when the next political cycle happened, and the SJWs began the "ist/ism" accusation game, the internet freefolk had joined the battle.
With figures they had familiarity with like Assange and Kimdotcom coming out against Hillary, they have, in my opinion, picked a side on this.

As a guy that's been a republican for a while, to me they're that greenghost army from Lord of the Rings

Oh, I agree - they aren't Republicans. They aren't even conservatives as the term is defined on Arfcom.

Then again, neither are you or I.

Make no mistake, while they've "picked a side" for the time being God only knows what that side is going to be tomorrow. It's like Poe's Law taken to an extreme - people are saying and doing things that make them look like they're aligned with Trump... but it's impossible to tell if that's how they really feel. I doubt they can even tell the difference sometimes.

Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

- Psalms 105:30

Agreed, total wildcard with no set allegiance to parties as they are now.
I think they're against cultural nannying and corruption (like corruption in games journalism) - that happens to be Hillary.
If they ran Jeb Bush vs Bernie, they may have had a passing interest in lobbing memes at Jeb Bush, and that's about it.

ETA: 2008 was a once in a lifetime election for Obama, I'm thinking the 2016 election for Donald could be similar, with many people who were not ordinarily interested participating in an election and coming off the sidelines.

Though on the other hand, I think many who think "Oh Trump will lose and we'll get Cruz in 2020" misunderstand.
I think the party tent grew this year to encompass lost dem voters (people who would have voted JFK once upon a time, a tax cutting pro-military democrat).
That and I personally will never vote for Cruz after wiping his ass with his promise to endorse, I think this was akin to the Christie/Obama hug that ruined his career.

I think Gamergate was a big part of it.  This was the last PC-free space in our society.  And it was also the first major defeat for the SJW types in the Culture War.

 

Gimli: "Very handy in a pinch this lot... despite the fact that they're dead autistic basement-dwelling script kiddies!"

Quick, Boy Wonder!  To the Bat-Urban-Dictionary!

Bye, Felicia.
 

Trump did the Smug Pepe pose during his RNC acceptance speech.

This is very true. I remember seeing the GG members mention that these were the people of society who generally identified themselves as the outcasts, used to being bullied.
No group was more inclusive than they (in their opinion, but part of me thinks they're right), a world of anonymity.

The SJW scripted-assault on them as a whole woke the beast.

It was incredible to see them handed their first loss.
We watch company after company, industry after industry get shamed into compliance.
Gamers as a whole, the customers, said "Fuck off."

God bless America.  

#yetipups turned out to be significantly less awesome than I'd hoped.

PEPE is the new 1%?

Aloha, Mark

I just shouted PEEPEE into the engineer cube farm, about 100 guys in that room.

Got a few laughs and one guy popped his head up.

You are now their king.

No, it's more like "We are The Pepe!"

Get your Trump memes straight!

This is gold. Pure gold. Something like this will be like the icebucket challenge and dudes will yell pepe at all hilary events. Hopefully video as well

Being  a Marco Rubio primary voter who is now a Trump guy for the general is basically like being the French dude in The Patriot
Trump-ese is a second language to me

If someone wanted to get a synopsis of the gamer gate issue, where would you find it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

Pee-Pee or Peh-pay?

Regardless of how it was pronounced before, it is now exactly as it was shouted at Hillary, and it will be forevermore.