How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol

While the court ruled in October that Trump had the right to deploy troops, one judge dissented, referencing in her minority ...
Wired

The Long History of Frogs as Protest Symbols

Think of it like “Where’s Waldo?” for the anti-Trump movement: Last Saturday, as some 7 million people filled American cities for the latest “No Kings” protest, many of them showed up wearing ...
Newsweek

Pepe the Frog Creator Calls Hate Symbol Designation ‘Absurd’

Think of "hate symbols" and a few icons come to mind: swastikas, burning crosses and certain numbers, slogans and hand signs used by white supremacist or other hate groups. On Monday, a popular ...
Observer

Alex Jones’ Pepe the Frog Battle & the Co-Opting of Other Innocent Symbols

The copyright infringement case of Pepe the Frog brings to light other symbols/memes in the culture-sphere that were once innocent—but somehow got ousted for evil purposes. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty ...
Salon

Vice Media found, interviewed a real, non-racist adult with a Pepe the Frog hand tattoo

Vice News — being what it is — published an interview on Friday with a grown-ass man who has a tattoo of Pepe the Frog on his hand. New York City-based writer-director Adam Humphreys got his Pepe ...
AOL

Is the OK sign becoming an alt-right symbol?

Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, the Pepe the Frog meme became co-opted as a symbol of the alt-right. The Anti-Defamation League declared it a hate symbol. Now, another symbol with neutral ...