The meme was created by some dude in 4chan reportedly some Mexican guy some time ago, the reddit user found it and posted it on r/The_Donald and shortly after it Donald Trump tweeted the meme.

The meme was created by some dude in 4chan reportedly some Mexican guy some time ago, the reddit user found it and posted it on r/The_Donald and shortly after it Donald Trump tweeted the meme.

Oh was that the 15 year old Mexican kid they were talking about?

I'm sorry, I just now found this BuzzFeed article and now I'm in the pure state of hilarity and confusion.

So does this mean future history textbooks will have a fun fact section reserved for this meme war?

So does this mean future history textbooks will have a fun fact section reserved for this meme war?

No the Mexican guy is a bussiness owner so he is an adult.

Oh okay. I had seen something about a 15 year old Mexican meme poster and CNN about 5 hours ago (I can't believe I just said that under a political context). I wasn't sure if it was crap or that was the person at odds with CNN.

Either way, CNN just reported fake news about memeposters, freaking MEMEPOSTERS!!! I can't believe we've reached that state in society. It's pathetic and yet hilarious at the same time.

probably, I don't believe that this meme war will ever live up to the Meme war of 2016 and HWNDU wars. Hopefully the Kek army bring their A game to this one.

The posting history of said account isn't at all irrelevant, it contextualizes that the gif was part of a pattern of violence towards minorities and the media the user spread and the fame it brought him (by himself claiming it as his) made the user's previous post circulate in the social networks aswell.

Holding people accountable for what they elect to share to the public (and the internet is a freaking gigantic public) is part of the job of the media. That's not blackmail, CNN isn't extorting him and if what he posted in perceived anonymity (yet he posted information that made him identifiable) is something that can put his life in jeopardy (what kind of "jokes" do get this harmful to yourself as soon as you put your name to them, huh?) then that is his own personal responsibility. Atleast CNN gave him the option to remain anonymous.

Personally I think hatemongers need to be exposed and held accountable, no matter if they preach in churches, synagoges, mosques, other temples or the internet.

Btw as you said yourself, that one gif was harmless. It would have done nothing to his life if that was the worst he ever posted on that account and his real name was made public, so by saying he was "blackmailed" you acknowledged yourself that his posting history is in fact not irrelevant.