Russian Embassy in UK Tweets a Pepe Meme, Hundreds Triggered

So…

Did we miss something?

When did we as a nation get to the point that all it takes to set hundreds of people off is posting a picture of a smiling cartoon frog on Twitter?

This happened:

In today’s papers: pundits call on @Theresa_May to disrupt possible Russia-US thaw. No trust in Britain’s best friend and ally? pic.twitter.com/4TNf9x8PCh

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) January 9, 2017

And it was immediately followed by a big fat huge Twitter meme fight, complete with people easily triggered by cartoon frogs everywhere:

@thelenndog @RussianEmbassy yeah, a cartoon frog to sane people. Racist symbol to morons.

— モルスカブ (@Mortscab) January 9, 2017

@RussianEmbassy hi there, reporter here. are you aware of that image’s popularity among white nationalists?

— talia jane (@itsa_talia) January 9, 2017

Your Russian grandfathers, who fought the Nazi’s in World War II, might wanna know why you’re embracing a Nazi Frog, too. @RussianEmbassy

— Fresh Brew (@TheFreshBrew) January 9, 2017

Whatever Pepe started as, it’s now a white supremacist/nationalist dog whistle & @RussianEmbassy is tweeting it… https://t.co/pQge3L8yOi

— Joel (@JoelNihlean) January 9, 2017

.@RussianEmbassy Does Pepe the Frog – an anti-Semetic, racist, alt-right symbol reflect Russian values now?https://t.co/7E36ouKS0d

— Richard Cosgrove (@rcosgrove) January 9, 2017

@LettersOfNote @RussianEmbassy @theresa_may this tweet was worse than the holocaust? what are you some kind of nazi pic.twitter.com/6NTLXHzscy

— ??comfy guy?? (@Ehrhausl) January 9, 2017

@Bruins1973 @RussianEmbassy
“A cartoon frog is Hitler.” pic.twitter.com/HelJ76asGp

— Tecumseh ?Eƀura? (@DrunkBastard000) January 9, 2017

@RussianEmbassy This is grossly offensive. Pepe is a recognised symbol of Neo Nazis . U people are in the gutter with them obviously

— Spartacus (@Livlonanprsper) January 9, 2017

And the @RussianEmbassy is ‘liking’ the tweets of the trolls defending Pepe. But he’s still a hate symbol: https://t.co/M2JDhglUyk pic.twitter.com/SNZGkxIZn0

— Joel (@JoelNihlean) January 9, 2017

And there it is. The Twitter feed of the Russian Embassy in Britain is officially an Alt-Right troll. pic.twitter.com/8oMaEJm0kM

— Kyle W. Orton (@KyleWOrton) January 9, 2017

@NICKinNOVA @RussianEmbassy I just loooooove that you people are triggered by this. Best day of my life. pic.twitter.com/ThNA37pViw

— raining_down???? (@ship_james) January 9, 2017

The Russian embassy to the UK just used a white supremacist symbol to troll critics of Trump’s Russia ties. That’s where we are now. https://t.co/YXzZU5YBUR

— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) January 9, 2017

We’re so fucked https://t.co/5fhFQO4OCH

— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) January 9, 2017

Uh oh…

@RussianEmbassy russia is winning the meme war pic.twitter.com/VBM1jNFxu6

— ??comfy guy?? (@Ehrhausl) January 9, 2017