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[–]FakingHistory 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well written. This is extremely apparent in the Amazon series The Boys, particularly in the newest season. They even continuously have the only black male lead basically boiled down to yelling “this is because you’re racist!” By the end.

They show the toxicity of the progressives and the lies they propagate through the media, as well as them only caring about homosexuals and persons of color when they can score political points through exploiting their story. They portray the conservatives each time they are shown as violent and aggressive, being lied to by alternative media sources and blindly following the hero that is the representation of Superman (Homelander, an overgrown child with extreme violent and narcissistic tendencies) who is the villain of the entire show.

This show is literally about teaching people that heroes don’t exist, they take each of the classic superheroes and turn them into twisted individuals that just below the exterior image of their heroism are actually murderous and heartless criminals doing whatever they want because they have power.

[–]Fiyanggu 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because in order to bring to forefront female/lgbt/minority wisdom and leadership, you have to pushback on traditional white male leadership. Remember how the wise purple haired admiral saved the day in that new SW movie? They want more of that. And now with the Rings of Power, they've rewritten Galadriel into a warrior princess model and they're pushing the POC and female roles more with the hobbits. They only want to show heroes that conform to their ideals as woke SJWs. The thing I don't understand is, why don't they do this with their own creations instead of ruining existing franchises.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What are you talking about dude, all woke Disney does is make superhero movies.

The article says they are suppressing conservative heroes, which I would agree with, but they certainly aren't trying to do away with heroic representations when it comes to their own ideologies.

Good article, wildly misleading headline

[–]DirewolfGhost 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Their idea of a hero is a female villain. The queen of hearts yelling off with the peasant's head is their idea of virtue.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is the principle of abnegen, or annihilation followed by replacing it with your own doppelganger.

[–]ShekelPa 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because muh all men bad

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Heros aren't queer enough for lefties.