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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

Pepe the Frog

Artist Matt Furie draws the Pepe the Frog character in the new documentary 'Feels Good Man.' (Kurt Keppeler)
September 3, 2020, 10:11 pm
Duo behind Pepe the Frog film warn against writing off goofy hate propaganda
With new documentary ‘Feels Good Man’ premiering on-demand Sep 4, filmmakers say what started as a silly hate meme has bled into mainstream politics; ignore it at your peril
By Jordan Hoffman
A woman wears a mask of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon figure appropriated by far-right groups, as she stands next to a woman holding a US flag and a "Trump 2020" hat, Thursday, May 14, 2020, during a protest rally at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
September 3, 2020, 5:05 am
New documentary chillingly chronicles how Pepe the Frog became a hate symbol
‘Feels Good Man’ examines how cartoonist Matt Furie’s chill stoner frog dude creation was turned into an alt-right meme representing hatred against Black people and Jews
By Jocelyn Noveck
Nick Fuentes answers question during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Boston, May 9, 2016. (William Edwards/AFP via Getty Images/via JTA)
December 9, 2019, 3:53 am
In the US, the ‘groyper army’ seeks to make anti-Semitism mainstream
A brazen Inquisition force, Young America First adherents make waves and headlines in effort to unmask ‘fake’ conservatives and ‘frauds’
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: A Donald Trump supporter holds a poster of Pepe the Frog, a symbol of the alt-right movement, at a campaign event in Bedford, New Hampshire, on September 29, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/JTA)
June 11, 2019, 6:51 pm
Infowars to pay $15,000 for unauthorized posters of Pepe the Frog
Both creator of image hijacked by far-right and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claim victory with settlement
By Michael Kunzelman
A man holds a sign with a Pepe the Frog image at a rally in Berkeley, California, April 27, 2017. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
July 18, 2018, 5:01 am
The Daily Stormer forced to take down Pepe the Frog images
Claiming copyright violations, cartoonist creator successfully pressures neo-Nazi site to remove chubby amphibian adopted as rallying symbol by alt-right
By JTA
Illustrative: A Donald Trump supporter holds a poster of Pepe the Frog, a symbol of the alt-right movement, at a campaign event in Bedford, New Hampshire, on September 29, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/JTA)
March 10, 2018, 2:01 am
Lawsuit over Pepe the Frog paintings resolved
Missouri artist sued by cartoonist Matt Furie agrees to stop using character’s image, disavows any ties to alt-right
By Michael Kunzelman
Matt Furie, creator of Pepe the frog in 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 7, 2018, 8:51 am
Pepe the Frog cartoonist sues Infowars over poster sales
Michael Furie tries to reclaim character hijacked by alt-right; Alex Jones dismisses suit as ‘publicity stunt’
By Michael Kunzelman
Illustrative: A Donald Trump supporter holds a poster of Pepe the Frog, a symbol of the alt-right movement, at a campaign event in Bedford, New Hampshire, on September 29, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/JTA)
May 9, 2017, 1:48 am
Pepe the Frog, racist hate meme, finally croaks
Cartoonist Matt Furie, who had lamented co-option of ‘blissfully stoned… peaceful frog-dude’ by far-right, kills him off in final comic strip
By AFP
A skirt pulled by Zara following outrage over what appears to resemble Pepe the Frog images, April 2017.
April 21, 2017, 5:14 am
Zara pulls skirt with image resembling Pepe the Frog
International clothing chain removes garment after social media backlash over depictions of what looks like ‘alt-right’ symbol
By JTA
A Donald Trump supporter holds a cartoon designated a hate symbol by the anti-defamation league before the start of a campaign event in Bedford, NH, on Sept. 29, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
March 31, 2017, 11:30 pm
‘Alt-right’ added as official term on Dictionary.com
Other terms added this year include ‘burkini,’ ‘clicktivism,’ ‘man bun’ and ‘smackdown’
By Josefin Dolsten
Nationalists carrying a picture merging Pepe the Frog and Kazys Skirpa during a march in Kaunas, Lithuania, on February 16, 2017. The banner reads: 'Lithuania will contribute to a new and better European order.' (Defending History via JTA)
February 17, 2017, 4:48 pm
Nationalists celebrate Nazi collaborator, Pepe the Frog near Lithuania execution site
170 people attend march in Kaunas, passing close to Lietovus Garage, where locals butchered dozens of Jews in 1941
By JTA
A screenshot of a meme of Pepe the Frog posted by a worker at Wendy's (screenshot from Twitter via JTA)
January 6, 2017, 7:51 am
Wendy’s tweets image of hate meme Pepe the Frog
Restaurant chain removes post, says ‘community manager was unaware of the recent evolution’ of symbol’s meaning; image popular among white supremacists
By JTA
Pepe the Frog, an internet meme, has become a symbol of the alt-right. (Twitter/Lior Zaltzman)
October 14, 2016, 11:33 pm
Artist, ADL reclaim Pepe the Frog from anti-Semites
New #SavePepe drive will include new memes for once-obscure cartoon appropriated by alt-right, Trump supporters
By JTA
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