The origin of the word meme, as well as the concepts before the coining of the term by Richard Dawkins, are all neutral to the subject or purpose. A meme can easily be hate speech if it’s spread as any meme is. It’s true that its use in popular culture now mainly means something that has spread on the internet (not just an image), but that’s only because the internet is the fastest way for anything to travel through large populations.
Stop fucking calling racist propaganda “memes”
Like, it’s just handing them the “just a joke bro” because they don’t have the shame to even say it when called out anymore.
Racism is about the only part of Trump’s platform his voters still like, that’s why he’s going back to the same old well.
Unfortunately the word “meme” has come to mean “any image shared over the internet”.
The origin of the word meme, as well as the concepts before the coining of the term by Richard Dawkins, are all neutral to the subject or purpose. A meme can easily be hate speech if it’s spread as any meme is. It’s true that its use in popular culture now mainly means something that has spread on the internet (not just an image), but that’s only because the internet is the fastest way for anything to travel through large populations.
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If only they could use an adjective or two. Like “super racist”.