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A comment on Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as liberal activists. Parent comment

Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by eyeinthepyramid on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:05AM (#18239105)
>take Pepe - the only reason it caught on was because the left took the bait and lost their shit over it.

Pepe was popular way before it was a political meme.. Pepe comes from a book released in 2006, and according to KYM feelsbadman became a meme in 2009.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by michaelflux on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:13AM (#18239203)
I'm referring to it catching on in a political sense and becoming such a major part of the 2016 election cycle while neither the crying Jordan, the spongebob caveman, the sad ben Affleck and all else that was popular at that time didn't.
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