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10-26-2021, 04:15 PM
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I didn't say the image as drawn was racist. But, facts are facts - Pepe the Frog has been co-opted as a symbol of white supremacists. Sometimes benign images or symbols get co-opted - such as the swastika. I was expressing surprise that an image that has been co-opted was being sold by Goldin. You're making a distinction where one doesn't exist.
Lemme just re-emphasize, Goldin can do whatever they want. I honestly don't care one way or the other if they sell it. But I
am
surprised.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-...htmlstory.html
https://www.statepress.com/article/2...hite-supremacy
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/21/128936...g-donald-trump
Thanks for the articles. I had read the first one. I am not co-opting him. Sorry. He's a frog.
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