Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky

By Lilly Maier October 5, 2016

Watch out, Pepe! In a fight against anti-Semitic and racist attacks, Twitter users are now using a secret weapon: Kermit the Frog.

Kermit is framed as an anti-bigotry (but equally green) alternative to Pepe the Frog. Pepe is popular among “alt-right” Twitter trolls and white supremacists, and was recently declared an official hate-symbol by the Anti-Defamation League.

The feel-good counterattack was started earlier this week by Josh Marshall, the creator of Talking Points Memo, a liberal political news site.

I feel like the rest of us need to get behind a canonical pluralism frog to turn back the tide, re-appropriate what’s been lost. pic.twitter.com/bjXTzjR56c

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 3, 2016

Soon after people started tweeting pro-Kermit and anti-Pepe memes using the hashtags #TakingBackTheFrog and #ImWithKer – a play on Hillary Clinton’s popular slogan #ImWithHer.

Here are some of our favorite examples

Only one frog soars above the rest as a symbol of hope and possibility. #takingbackthefrog #teamkermit @joshtpm pic.twitter.com/nZQrkqYbyf

— Mike Scholtz (@MikeScholtz) October 3, 2016

You’d better believe #ImWithKer. pic.twitter.com/8QFzGjPfAY

— BRAAAINS! Jay Jones (@brianjayjones) October 3, 2016

#ImWithKer because Sesame Street has known about Donald Grump since I was a kid. pic.twitter.com/aRlz15mOp4

— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) October 3, 2016

Because Kermit has always appreciated strong outspoken women#ImwithKer #PluralismFrog #TeamKermit #TakingBacktheFrog @joshtpm pic.twitter.com/MVF3Uu08cs

— (((Hey))) (@NoThatVeck) October 3, 2016

He’s spent YEARS in loyal service to his country (not like that Draft Dodger, Pepe). #ImWithKer pic.twitter.com/TcgD4Ca3kt

— Girls Really Rule. (@girlsreallyrule) October 3, 2016

@joshtpm #MakeAmericaKermitAgain pic.twitter.com/WJXnoALfVU

— kenny (@kennyjacobs) October 3, 2016

#ImWithKer because teaching kids to hate is not ok. pic.twitter.com/EGg3oZbs1I

— Renée (@Rawr_is_me79) October 3, 2016

#ImWithKer because I want something better for us than bigotry. pic.twitter.com/UEaPgzEkGQ

— jenn (@JezebelButler) October 3, 2016

#Imwithker #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/s0sMWHw6V5

— George A. Hickman (@popmortem) October 3, 2016

Kermit gets it. #imwithker pic.twitter.com/k12LfVKJiY

— Tammaria Blue (@Tammariablue) October 3, 2016

Lilly Maier is a news intern at the Forward. Reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter at @lillymmaier

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