Pedobear

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2008-12-08T21:01:55Z

2Chan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= true active 4chan, sexual predotor, CP, loli, pop icon

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Pedobear <div align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/7554/original/kumasafety1.jpg?1249447256" alt="" /></div> <h2>Origin</h2> The character of Pedobear popular on 4Chan originally comes from the popular 2Chan character, <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sukueya.com%2Fcatalog%2Fseal.html&sl=ja&tl=en&history_state0">Safety Bear.</a> <h2>About</h2> The subject of Pedophilia is instantly divisive and is viewed by many as the most despised form of sexual deviation in modern societies. Because of this reason, many people seem to enjoy a certain feeling of schadenfreude in witnessing the exposure and punishment of perverts. The Dateline special feature To Catch a Predator starring Chris Hansen and Perverted Justice gave the public a form of entertainment akin to the days of Ancient Rome when people gathered to watch criminals be torn to shred by wild animals; such as lions and bears. But rather than justice taking the form of being violently mauled to death, the pedophile’s identity and conduct were publicly exposed. Due to 4chan’s anonymous nature, people tend to act without fear of retribution. Because of this, there are the occasional pedophiles swapping Child Pornography, or CP. Pedobear serves to mock pedophiles. Urlesque offers an accurate description in their <a href=http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/06/pedobear/>Beginner’s Guide to Pedobear.</a> <blockquote> Pedobear is a shorthand for saying, “You’re being creepy about a kid.” If anyone on 4chan posts a picture of a questionably young looking girl in a sexy pose, someone will inevitably reply with a pic of Pedobear. Many times, Pedobear is added to a picture to point out real-world sexualization of presexual kids, but it’s alternately shown as an acknowledgment of being inappropriately attracted to a child. </blockquote> Visual Style The appearance of Pedobear is that of a cartoon mascot who’s presence alone warns of the threat of sexual predators; as was the original Safety Bear. The irony here is that Pedobear appears to be a pedophile himself. Usage of Pedobear may be seen by some as an unjust sterilization of the serious nature of child pornography, pedophilia, and rape. But to show anger toward Pedobear is to misunderstand Pedobear. It’s not that Pedophiles identity one another by posting Pedobear. Pedobear is a mockery of pedophilia; something many Anons have worked together to fight. In this video from 2007, Anonymous is credited as a “Teen Vigilante Group” for setting up and exposing the identity of pedophile Chris Forcand, then calling the cops. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rHohvluf3mc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rHohvluf3mc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> This skill of entrapping a deviant personality into revealing their true nature is one of the greatest skills of the Anonymous hivemind. However, due to the high likelihood of a person being incited to a state of rage over the subject of pedophilia, Pedobear is often used as the more traditional <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trolling>trolling “for the lulz.”</a> <h2>Mainstream Crossover</h2> On July 13th, 2009, CollegeHumor.com produced a short parody of the film Doubt starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The Parody placed Pedobear in the role of the priest. Because the material made direct reference to a meme from 4chan, many a /b/tard clinging to Rules 1 and 2 raged in the comments, apparently not understanding that /b/ is no secret. <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1912846&fullscreen=1" width="640" height="360" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1912846&fullscreen=1"/><embed src="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1912846&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="640" height="360" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0; text-align:center; width:640px;">See more <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/videos">funny videos</a> and <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures">funny pictures</a> at <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/">CollegeHumor</a>.</div> UPDATE As of September 3rd, 2009, Pedobear has achieved the position of Miley Cyrus’ #1 fan, due to the concerted efforts of Anonymous. <ul> <li><a href=http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/pedobear-is-officially-miley-cyruss-1-fan-cci>More information on Buzzfeed.com</a></li> </ul>

2009-11-15T22:02:22Z

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