Pepe the Frog is now recognized as a hate symbol
I feel like having Pepe the Frog as a chat emote isn't so great now that it's an alt-right symbol, so if you're really averse to removing it, maybe send out a message to Twitch users explaining why it's there because I think to some people that could feel kind of partisan? Thanks
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danfax commented
I think you have to be really out of touch from reality/real world to see pepe as a hateful symbol, do people use it in a hateful way? Sure?? But People also use the internet/language/literally anything that could be used in a hateful way in a hateful way... People are really mean and removing this symbol will do absolutely nothing to change that, they will just find a new acceptable "harmless" symbol.. And not only that, but you got people who would rightfully see this whole shenanigan as insane, they're going to see people like yourself pointing at a harmless internet frog and calling it an attack, and any good points you have about fighting racism will be ignored because to them you're not worth listening to. AND ALSO you have people that genuinely love pepe, who have no intentions for being racist, who are now anti-anti-racism because anti-racism attacks pepe.. This is soo counter-productive, doing absolutely nothing would be better than the actions that you're suggesting.
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kudiiy commented
this guys (deepdora) is cheating on stream and stealing accounts on stream and also using the n-word and saying how women aren't good people/ shouldn't be leaders. I tried to clip but he has it disabled https://www.twitch.tv/deepdora
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Matruck303 commented
Pepe the frog emoji needs to be removed, and all streamers promoting far right conspiracy theorys and inciting violence. There are multiple streamers who's content mostly consists of streaming the extreme Trump rally's and ramping up thousands of viewers. That being said pepe the frog is a symbol of white supremacists and your platform allows it to be a freaking emoji it makes me sick. If no actions are taken I will be moving forward with a mass petition on all social media forms. Informing everyone how twitch has been contributing to all this hate and anger and lies.
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Anonymous commented
The alt-right didn't "adopt" pepe lol. Every organization uses memes these days, including neo-nazis. You going to give up Spongebob memes and bring the cartoon off the air because they use him?
Didn't think so. Grow up and stop being offended by words and pictures. You are a human being, only you decide your worth. -
Anonymous commented
hell no we want our frogs!!!!!
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JPSandman commented
Pepe may have been a harmless cartoon frog once upon a time but is now a symbol of hate and bigotry. Just as the swastika was once a symbol of peace, after being adopted by the Nazis it never represented that again and never will. The alt-right adopted Pepe the frog and now it'll forever be representative of them. Would you allow people to have swastika emotes? No. So stop allowing people to use that disgusting frog. It's offensive on many levels to many different people, but especially Jews, like myself, as it is often used by anti-semetic trolls. Whether people mean to use it that way or whether their aware of it's meaning is beside the point. It's what and who it represents that matters and it should be removed from being used on your site. Racism and bigotry is not a joke.