The super Melo to Portland thread + The Big Blockbuster

No it is not. WTF are you talking about? Are you really one of those people?

 

Its a fucking frog.

 

Pretty cool frog to me considering he sports a Blazers hoody.

 

It's a hate symbol, although there have been arguments in here that it's about context. I thought this was just a known thing. Hell, when Richard Spencer get punched in the face, he is in the process of explaining what Pepe means to the alt-right (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...r-getting-punched_us_58862a57e4b070d8cad3e30f). He has a Pepe pin on his lapel. Regardless of the reclamation efforts of Matt Furie and regardless of people like Bones and whoever dismissing it, it means something; it symbolizes something. I think it's crazy we are even having this conversation. That fucking frog has been coopted by virtual Nazis, for fuck's sake.

This is idiotic. Who makes a stand on the side of the alt-right? Why, regardless of your viewpoint, now knowing that Pepe has this alternate meaning, would you want to sport something like that?

What kind of "those people" do you mean? Nice use of language, considering.

 

Can someone please explain to me why exactly Atlanta did this? Sorry but i just don't see what it was that compelled them to make all this work?

 

Schröder was unhappy, had 3 years left on his contract, is still being investigated for battery, and can't shoot. The Hawks had obviously moved on from him by drafting Trae Young and trading for Jeremy Lin. Melo is an expiring contract so they take a slight hit this year, clear the books for future years, get a young wing on his rookie deal, and get a 1st round pick.

 

No. Versions of it has been USED as a hate symbol, but the frog is not a hate symbol, which is exactly what the ADL said on their site. You cited the ADL as evidence that it was a hate symbol and your own source doesn't back you up. Then you went to the old reliable which is comparing it to the swastika, which..... come on man.... the swastika is the most recognizable hate symbol because it was directly related to the murder of millions of people.

Pepe started out as a joke/meme and just because a few assholes have co-opted it and altered it doesn't make it a hate symbol. The mere site of a pepe meme doesn't mean someone is being racist. And your personal opinion on an image doesn't make something a fact.

Should the US remove the eagle from all government symbols? The Nazis also used eagles. It's a symbol of hate. Shouldn't it be removed as well?

 

Why would you delete any mine?

Please tell me what I posted in this thread that was against forum rules....

 

I must be the most ignorant person on the planet about racial stuff. Every time I turn around on this board I learn there is something offensive to somebody that I've either never heard of or never realized would be offensive to anybody, or why. Who the fuck is Pepe the Frog, and what's an ADL? I do know what "alt right" is (it means Trump White Supremacists and Trump Nazis), but beyond that I'm pretty clueless most of the time. Oh, well. Can't wait for the day I accidentally trigger somebody. Or maybe I just did. Le Sigh.

 

This thread needs to be closed, not moderated.

 

This is an issue that's popping up all over the web though. People who are offended by something that has been widely considered benign. So the conversation needs to happen. Does it really matter where?

 

And you thought this was relevant to discuss in a basketball forum on the main page? More power to you.

 

I didn't bring it up. I'm also not the one who originally brought up the Nazis. Just refuting someone's point.

 

Glad the Blazers forum could serve as your soap box. Keep it going-- maybe that will finally bring this God awful thread to a close eventually.

 

FTFY.

Calling them "alt right is a respect to their position.

The swastika was originally from Japan. And it had nothing to do with fascism. I say this to prove your point that symbols can be perverted.

The "Pro-Life" movement started as a movement against capital punishment. It certainly doesn't stand for that now.

 

There are a handful of people participating in this debate, including mods.... why do you care?

 

That's a really interesting article and video. Thanks for the link.

 

Swastika is from India.