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| Pepe the Frog 'is killed off to avoid being a hate symbol' | Pepe the Frog 'is killed off to avoid being a hate symbol' |
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| Online cartoon character Pepe the Frog appears to have been killed off by its creator in a bid to stop his image being hijacked by far-right groups. | Online cartoon character Pepe the Frog appears to have been killed off by its creator in a bid to stop his image being hijacked by far-right groups. |
| Pepe's creator Matt Furie over the weekend depicted the frog in a coffin, mourned by other members of his Boy's Club cartoon strip. | Pepe's creator Matt Furie over the weekend depicted the frog in a coffin, mourned by other members of his Boy's Club cartoon strip. |
| Furie recently complained that "a chilled frog" had become a hate symbol. | Furie recently complained that "a chilled frog" had become a hate symbol. |
| Pepe has recently been depicted as Adolf Hitler and as a member of the US white supremacist Ku Klux Klan group. | |
| The alt-right group, a disparate group of right-wingers, has repeatedly shared Pepe re-workings on social media. | The alt-right group, a disparate group of right-wingers, has repeatedly shared Pepe re-workings on social media. |
| The frog made its debut in 2005. | The frog made its debut in 2005. |
| Furie lamented in a recent article for Time magazine that it was a nightmare that his "blissfully stoned... peaceful frog-dude" in Boy's Club - who enjoyed "a simple life of snacks, soda and pulling his pants all the way down to go pee" - was now being used as a symbol of hate by racists and anti-Semites. | Furie lamented in a recent article for Time magazine that it was a nightmare that his "blissfully stoned... peaceful frog-dude" in Boy's Club - who enjoyed "a simple life of snacks, soda and pulling his pants all the way down to go pee" - was now being used as a symbol of hate by racists and anti-Semites. |
| Recent efforts by Furie and Boy's Club fans to reclaim Pep were overshadowed by the the alt-right's movement's transformation of the character during the US elections last year when it claimed Donald Trump as its presidential candidate of choice. | Recent efforts by Furie and Boy's Club fans to reclaim Pep were overshadowed by the the alt-right's movement's transformation of the character during the US elections last year when it claimed Donald Trump as its presidential candidate of choice. |
| The movement has been described as an alternative to mainstream conservatism, but its proponents have repeatedly piled abuse at Jewish Americans and portrayed white people as oppressed. | The movement has been described as an alternative to mainstream conservatism, but its proponents have repeatedly piled abuse at Jewish Americans and portrayed white people as oppressed. |
| Mr Trump at one point re-tweeted a caricature depicting him as Pepe in October 2015, with the caption "You Can't Stump the Trump". | Mr Trump at one point re-tweeted a caricature depicting him as Pepe in October 2015, with the caption "You Can't Stump the Trump". |
| 'Racists and haters' | 'Racists and haters' |
| In September Pepe was added to the Anti-Defamation League's database of hate symbols alongside other logos including the Swastika and the "Blood Drop Cross" of the Ku Klux Klan. | In September Pepe was added to the Anti-Defamation League's database of hate symbols alongside other logos including the Swastika and the "Blood Drop Cross" of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| The anti-bigotry group said "racists and haters" had taken a popular internet meme and "twisted it". | The anti-bigotry group said "racists and haters" had taken a popular internet meme and "twisted it". |
| Russia taunts British PM with cartoon frog tweet | Russia taunts British PM with cartoon frog tweet |
| How The 'Great Meme War' Moved To France (audio) | How The 'Great Meme War' Moved To France (audio) |
| Pepe the Frog meme branded a "hate symbol" | Pepe the Frog meme branded a "hate symbol" |
| Who are the 'Alt-Right'? | Who are the 'Alt-Right'? |
| The frog also made headlines in mid-September when Hillary Clinton said most of Mr Trump's supporters belonged in a "basket of deplorables". | The frog also made headlines in mid-September when Hillary Clinton said most of Mr Trump's supporters belonged in a "basket of deplorables". |
| Mr Trump's son Donald Trump Jr then shared an altered version of the movie poster for "The Expendables", which showed Pepe with his father and other conservatives, labelled "The Deplorables." | Mr Trump's son Donald Trump Jr then shared an altered version of the movie poster for "The Expendables", which showed Pepe with his father and other conservatives, labelled "The Deplorables." |