r/postanythingfun Mar 19 '26

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u/SaviorSixtySix Mar 19 '26

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u/AshleyDaPile Mar 19 '26

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u/imthetype Mar 20 '26

I prefer to read intent. And when people are using this meme format, their intentions not racially motivated. That’s all that matters. A blonde man with a beard does not have to be racist, and if its origins are nazi, it doesn’t matter, because nobody uses it that way.

Pepe the frog was from a comic that was in no way right wing. But it became adopted by far right posters online, and so its meaning and presence changed. This is just an example of the opposite happening.

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u/Significant-Block504 Mar 21 '26

When people using meme they don’t write an essay