Anti-Defamation League identifies Pepe the Frog meme as anti-Semitic hate symbol

The Anti-Defamation League has added "Pepe the Frog" to its online database of hate symbols, the organization announced in a press release issued today. The meme, featuring an anthropomorphic frog character originally from the comic Boy’s Club, has in recent months been co-opted by the alt-right movement, which has used the smiling frog in a number of hateful and offensive ways.
Pepe's descent into Nazi territory — the meme was, for years, a cheerful bipartisan one — has been o