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Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] SpraynardKruger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like the kinds of people who assume every pepe is a symbol of hate are very similar to the kinds of people who assume that all metalheads are satanic. Some are, and some aren't. It's an overly reductionist view.

Man, I love frogs. The alt-right can't take Pepe away from us.

[โ€“] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Not only that, even the ADL try as they might can't really make that claim with their chests. They qualify that pepe edits exist that have antisemitic connotations, which is true of literally any of the 4chan template meme characters.

There's nazi trollfaces, nazi wojacks, nazi chads, you can't use that as a reason to call pepe an antisemitic dogwhistle.