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Pepe the Frog started off as a fun, light-hearted reaction image. Today it’s recognized as a hate symbol comparable to the swastika. What happened? After its inception on 4chan around 2008, Pepe had grown to be one of the most recognizable memes on the internet. Along with his trademark catchphrase ‘feels good man’, he would give commentary on whatever had been posted before. But recently, things have taken a turn for the worse. The Daily Beast published an article in May of this year explaining how the meme came to be a Nazi Trump supporter and alt-right symbol, diving deep into the…

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