re: question about pepe (the frog) 

@rabbithearth we're pretty leery of people saying "reclaimed" about memes at this point

I think it makes sense to say that you reclaimed a term which was used as a slur against you and people like you, but I don't think it makes sense to say you reclaimed a word that was never about hurting you - you might just be regular claiming it

and claiming fash memes is a bad thing

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re: question about pepe (the frog) 

@packbat @rabbithearth also i don't think there's really any value in it to begin with so i don't see any point in trying to reclaim it?

we are never going to be remotely comfortable around it either way and i would like to think that people would value others' comfort over their own ability to use a pointless image
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