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" We&amp;#039;ve all seen it happen: An &amp;quot;Old Person&amp;quot; attempting to navigate the high seas of the Internet, only to crash headlong into an iceberg. Maybe it&amp;#039;s a kindly aunt, or a parent&amp;#039;s coworker who friended you on Facebook. Maybe they comment on one of your posts thinking it&amp;#039;s private; maybe they use Bing; maybe their name is Anthony Weiner. It seems a few more unfortunate Olds fell victim to the Internet this week, and (surprise!) they&amp;#039;re surrogates for one Donald J. Trump, Republican nominee for president. After Hillary Clinton&amp;#039;s basket of deplorables line, two Trump backers\u2014legendary political scoundrel Roger Stone and Phil Collins fan Donald Trump, Jr.\u2014decided to share one of a number of memes mocking the statement. If Trump fans are deplorable, they seemed to say, I don&amp;#039;t want to be admirable.      I am so proud to be one of the Deplorables #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/IFD1hfC60w \u2014 Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) September 10, 2016              A friend sent me this. Apparently I made the cut as one of the Deplorables&#128514;&#128514;&#128514; All kidding aside I am honored to be grouped with the hard working men and women of this great nation that have supported @realdonaldtrump and know that he can fix the mess created by politicians in Washington. He&amp;#039;s fighting for you and won&amp;#039;t ever quit. Thanks for your trust! #trump2016 #maga #makeamericagreatagain #basketofdeplorables A photo posted by Donald Trump Jr. (@donaldjtrumpjr) on Sep 10, 2016 at 7:18pm PDT     The issue here, beyond the generally weird casting for Sly Stallone&amp;#039;s next movie, is that green guy with the Trump hair. As Mediaite pointed out and The Daily Beast explored in detail, that character\u2014known as Pepe the Frog\u2014has made quite the journey. Having started out as a fairly innocent reaction meme, according to Know Your Meme, it is now hugely popular (particularly the Trump Hair edition) among the so-called &amp;quot;alt right,&amp;quot; the collection of (mostly) white supremacists who have rallied behind Donald Trump&amp;#039;s campaign. Is it perfect that the meme they ended up sharing was created by an actual basket of deplorables? Let&amp;#039;s ask former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke\u2014another fan of Trump:      #BasketofDeplorables pic.twitter.com/SSwM0hA6aY \u2014 David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) September 11, 2016    Know your memes, kids. Don&amp;#039;t let them get co-opted and ruined, like poor old Kermit.      There&amp;#039;s so much going on in this meme Curt Schilling shared today pic.twitter.com/sSKjVoDtqD \u2014 Samer (@Samer) May 11, 2016    [H/T: Mediaite]  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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