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Fox News: Superman defends undocumented immigrants against angry American

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LordOfLore

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What a trash article.

The Man of Steel has now become a propaganda tool for the defenders of illegal aliens.

In the most recent issue of Action Comics, Superman comes to the rescue of a group of illegal aliens -- under attack from a white guy wearing an American flag bandana and waving around a machine gun.

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Instead of rounding up the illegals and flying them back to where they came from, the Man of Steel snatches the white guy and with a menacing look snarls, "The only person responsible for the blackness smothering your soul -- is you."

Remember when Superman stood for truth, justice and the American way? Then again, Clark Kent is technically an illegal alien – a native of Krypton.

I reckon it's only a matter of time before DC Comics unleashes other superheroes in its corporate quest to defend the alien invaders.

So don't be surprised to see the Flash rushing Mexicans across the border or Wonder Woman using her lasso to round up Texas ranchers trying to defend their property.

It's unfortunate that DC Comics is turning its stable of iconic heroes into political pawns – hell-bent on indoctrinating our kids.
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The much better Hollywood Reporter article.

It shouldn't come as any surprise that Superman protects an undocumented worker in this week's issue of DC's Action Comics. Beyond the fact that he is the long-standing defender of truth, justice and the American way, he also took a stand against racial intolerance in a recent DC promotion that restored an anti-bigotry image from the 1940s. "THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN," the 1949 image, originally created for an offshoot of the Anti-Defamation League — helpfully explains with appropriate emphasis.

Superman has, of course, literally made a career out of standing up for the little guy — as recently as 2015, the character made headlines for standing with citizens of Metropolis against police brutality. But when it comes to the issue of immigration and racial intolerance, the superhero is almost uniquely placed to offer metaphorical commentary on the subject.

Superman, as envisioned by his creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel back in 1938, is not only the literal embodiment of the immigrant dream, he's the perfect example of those currently at the center of the decision to rescind the DACA program: someone who arrived in the United States as a child as the result of his parents' actions, without paperwork or going through the right channels, who had dedicated his life to not only fitting into U.S. society, but making U.S. society a better place.

The immigrant part of Superman's origin is often glossed over, or outright ignored, by those who see the hero as being "all-American" in every way — in 1986, his origin was even rewritten, temporarily, so that he was actually "born" in the U.S. with his spaceship being reclassified as a "birthing matrix" because Kryptonians weren't brought to term biologically — but it's an important piece not only of his history, but of the vision of the United States that Superman represents.

In some ways, Superman is, at heart, an optimistic story about the United States itself. The fact that the character comes from "out there" (Metaphorically, another country, as represented by another planet because, well, comics) can not only come to be accepted by America, but be seen as representing the best of America, an inspirational figure that everyone looks up to — that's the American dream in action, isn't it? (In Action Comics, at least, if you'll excuse the pun.) That's the way things are supposed to work, according to the United States advertised on the Statue of Liberty's "New Colossus" plaque and the one that lives in its citizens' hearts.

Or perhaps merely some citizens' hearts, at least these days. After all, certain members of the current presidential administration seem disinterested in the "The New Colossus," and the idea of letting immigrants who arrived illegally as children stay seems to be frowned upon in general.

In this current climate, it's not just noteworthy that Superman stands up to someone angry at immigrants, but that Superman remains seen as an inspirational and patriotic figure at all, standing as he does for concepts and acceptance that all too many would disagree with.

For years, Superman was often considered a dull figure, a square representing the establishment who paled in comparison to other superheroes who could stand more easily for counterculture narratives: Batman, with his outsider melancholy, or Green Lantern as he traveled America to find the "real" country in the 1960s.

Today, because of the changes in popular culture in general and political culture in particular, Superman feels more at odds with the mainstream than he has in decades. And, because he has never stopped standing up for tolerance, acceptance and the belief that anyone can succeed no matter where they came from if given the chance, he might be more necessary than at any time since his creation.
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M

MetroidPrimeRib

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"comics are apolitical" is probably the dumbest fucking take of all time.

Next up - Why is Captain America punching the Nazis? Is he antifa?? Howcome the X-Men keep talkin about RACISM?
 
C

Caelus

Member
Alt-right fucks can't deal with how liberal / progressive a lot of popular comic book superheroes are.

(Though Batman is kind of in that grey area, eh)
 
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Ninja Scooter

Member
The fact that these idiots will completely miss the irony of getting upset that Superman, an alien who did not come to this country through proper channels, has a fake identity, yet still works hard to embrace the American ideals and become an American hero, is defending "illegal aliens" is delicious.
 
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Slayven

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Remember when Superman stood for truth, justice and the American way? Then again, Clark Kent is technically an illegal alien – a native of Krypton.
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Translation:"Superman is white, he should be fucking up brown people"
 
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Future

Member
DontBeThatGuy said:
Fox News opinion pieces are the lowest of tiers.
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The writers have to be cracking up when they write these. They have to know it's trolling and ridiculous. But gotta write about something and fan those flames

Superman taking a bullet for an illegal alien..... and that's a bad thing. How can you even spin that one with a straight face.
 
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Savitar

Member
They should take Superman back to his roots! You know, where he use to defend the little guy against corrupt white businessmen and threaten them.

Fox will surely support that!
 
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Triggerhappytel

Member
So he protected a bunch of men from being murdered and apprehended the shooter, and Fox News are pissed off at his actions?! Lol.

I do hope they go full crazy with this kind of stuff and have Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash protecting immigrants and minorities from White Nationalist violence. Can you imagine how pissed off that would make those fucking idiots?!
 
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_Ryo_

Member
But... Superman is an illegal alien, from outer space, born on Planet Krypton and named "Kal-el". And is literally a God in everything but name on Earth.

BTW, Jesus would have done the same.

But yeah, illegal aliens fuck em, right?
 
A

Africanus

Member
Also a pretty good example of the condition immigrants face considering his land of origin literally blew up (depending on the interpretation).
 
K

Kimawolf

Member
Flash rushing people across the borders is the greatest line a racist has said. Lol.

They want Supes to go back to his "Slap a Jap" ww2 days.
 
J

Joey Ravn

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For context, the villain of the story, Mr. Oz, used his influence to push people to do whatever they wanted, regardless of the consequences. A poacher has his kid kill a rhino for its horn. A group of "rebels" raid a humanitarian camp and steals vaccines to sell in the black market. These guys are laid off from their jobs and blame it on the Mexican workers. They want to kill them in revenge, but Superman intervenes. The scene was just Superman being Superman and saving innocents from senseless violence.

What I find extremely incredible is how blatantly the author of the Fox article advocates for the killing of illegal immigrants. He is outright saying that Superman shouldn't have saved them. If this is his reaction to a comic book character saving other fictional characters, I don't want to know what this person thinks of real people.

You're probably a very bad human being, Todd Starnes.
 
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Lunar15

Member
Man I really hate that these comic books are talking about decency and good will towards other humans. When is this ridiculous campaign from the left ever going to end?

Do these people ever sit back and realize what they're getting annoyed about? Yes, it's definitely "liberal agenda" that's sneaking these "morals" into comic books, but maybe that's... not a bad thing?
 
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1.21Gigawatts

Banned
Pop-O-Matic said:
Also, that article almost reads like a parody. Fox isn't even putting up a front anymore, they're just Breitbart Lite.
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Why not? Since even outlets like Breitbart and PrisonPlanet have been normalized by now...
Anti-intellectualism and nationalism have taken over. Nothing is out of bounds anymore, no matter how stupid, wrong or racist it is. Its all normal now. All just another occurrence in the even playing field of opinions.
 
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BKatastrophe

Member
Disgusting. The entire article. Truly vile how this article writer (I don't even care to remember his name) thinks it's completely acceptable to just shoot and kill people because of a perceived slight at the loss of their job.

Fuck
 
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