{"id":"kekistan","name":"Kekistan","summary":"Kekistan is a fictional country invented by 4chan's /pol/ board users as a satirical homeland for internet \"shitposters\" who worship the deity Kek. The concept gained mainstream attention in January 2017 when YouTuber Sargon of Akkad promoted it as a mock ethnicity for the British census, spawning a flag design that mimics Nazi war imagery and became a controversial fixture at alt-right protests.","tags":["Kekistan","Kekistani flag","4chan memes","Kek","Sargon of Akkad","alt-right meme","shitposting","Pepe"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":6,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kekistan/kekistan-kekistan-flag.webp","caption":"The official flag of Kekistan, a satirical nation invented on 4chan's /pol/ board, combining the KEK symbol with a 4chan clover on a green field.","width":1600,"height":900,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kekistan/kekistan-4chan-pol-island-thread.webp","caption":"The original 4chan /pol/ thread proposing that users buy a Caribbean island to found a new nation, one of the earliest seeds of the Kekistan concept.","width":493,"height":403,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kekistan/kekistan-kekistani-peace-manifesto.webp","caption":"A satirical Kekistani manifesto parodying refugee and religious-persecution rhetoric to lampoon online political discourse.","width":680,"height":404,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kekistan/kekistan-shoe0nhead-freekekistan-tweet.webp","caption":"A #FreeKekistan tweet by @shoe0nhead helped propel the meme across Twitter in early 2017.","width":579,"height":437,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kekistan/kekistan-kekfugees-welcome-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral 'Kekfugees Welcome' tweet parodies the Refugees Welcome logo with dancing Pepes, spreading the Kekistan meme across Twitter.","width":572,"height":602,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kekistan/kekistan-bungie-destiny2-apology-tweets.webp","caption":"Bungie's 2018 apology tweets after a Destiny 2 gauntlet was compared to the Kekistan flag, which some organizations classify as a hate symbol.","width":675,"height":471,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kekistan/history.md","related":["groyper","internet-bloodsports","orange-man-bad","counter-signal-memes","based-stickman","anarcho-capitalism","bogdanoff-twins","newfags-cant-triforce","4chan-drinking-game-cards","a-fucking-leaf","dumbledore-posting","good-luck-im-behind-7-proxies"],"popularityRank":4039,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}