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Notes on a Meme: The Grotesque Pleasure of Bloated JD Vance Pictures

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Frida Ghitis : Vice President JD Vance is the Pepe the Frog of 2025 , a political figure mixed and remixed in an endless memetic frenzy.

She says he's been a public figure and the object of ridicule for more than a decade .

Ghitis says the memes, somehow, reflect an essential truth about Vance .

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38

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27

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24

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

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short-lived

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