Question: does anyone have a good explanation I can reference that explains why/how pepe imagery is fascist? 
(I know why it is myself, so no ad-hoc explanations please; I'm looking for an article or something that I can link someone else to, without needing to write it myself, I am low on spoons)
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@joepie91 is this like what you're looking for? https://www.adl(dot)org/resources/hate-symbol/pepe-frog
(Edit, I'm breaking the link because the example they used shows up in the site preview)
@joepie91 @welshpixie I think there’s an entire movie about it actually. Looking for link…
Pepe the frog discussion
@joepie91@social.pixie.town this is kinda tangential, but this was a really neat doc on Pepe and how it got to the point it did. Neat if you have a bit of time to sink into it and find it interesting. https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/feels-good-man/
I don't have a great written form of what you're looking for. Hopefully you got some good answers already!
@joepie91 All of these replies are good additions, but I also want to highlight how the creator of Pepe does NOT like fascists using Pepe as a hate symbol and has legally gone after them for it many times. So, it’s important to point out how Matt Furie is not a fascist and it’s not his fault Pepe became associated with fascism.
Links: https://www.vice.com/en/article/8x8gaa/pepe-the-frogs-creator-lawsuits-dmca-matt-furie-alt-right
https://www.cbr.com/pepe-frog-creator-wins-copyright-lawsuit-infowars/
There’s more articles like this, and I respect Matt Furie trying his damndest to keep Pepe out of the hands of fascists.
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The Wikipedia article has a good summary. And 118 cited references.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog
@joepie91 this Daily Beast article from 2016 is frequently cited https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/26/how-pepe-the-frog-became-a-nazi-trump-supporter-and-alt-right-symbol
I really enjoyed this episode of Reply All which covered the topic, too.
@joepie91 i see a lot of people have already linked articles, so here's something a lil different (but might not be quite what you're looking for):
https://cutie.city/@nuz/110722167930420932
(tldr: it's a personal anecdote about why i stopped using pepe imagery, especially in the context of fedi)
@joepie91 KYM has a section about it https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepe-the-frog