{"id":19731,"date":"2021-05-03T11:45:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrechsteiner.com\/blog\/?p=19731"},"modified":"2021-05-03T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:49:32","slug":"about-superheroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrechsteiner.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/03\/about-superheroes\/","title":{"rendered":"About superheroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>X-Men is about civil rights. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get X-Men.<\/li>\n<li>Black Panther is about civil rights. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get Black Panther.<\/li>\n<li>Captain America literally fought the Nazis. He is the embodiment of fighting the alt-right. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get Captain America.<\/li>\n<li>The Empire in Star Wars is fascist. The Rebel alliance is Anti-Fascist. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get Star Wars.<\/li>\n<li>The Punisher isn\u2019t meant to be a role model for police or armed forces. So much so that the writers of The Punisher made him actively speak out against it in a comic. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get The Punisher.<\/li>\n<li>Deadpool is queer. He\u2019s pansexual. Fact. If you didn\u2019t get that you didn\u2019t get Deadpool.<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek is about equality for all genders, races, and sexualities. As early as the mid-60s it was taking a pro-choice stance and defending women\u2019s right to choose. One of its clearest themes is accepting different cultures and appearances and working together for peace. (It\u2019s also anti-capitalist and pro-vegan). If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get Star Trek.<\/li>\n<li>Superman and Supergirl (and a whole host of other superheroes) are immigrants. The stance of those comics is pro-immigration and pro-equality and acceptance. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get Superman or Supergirl.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stan Lee said, \u201cRacism and bigotry are among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today.\u201d If you\u2019re bigoted or racist, you didn\u2019t get any of the characters Stan Lee created.<br \/>\nThe stories we grew up with all taught us to value other people and cultures and to treasure the differences between us. Only villains were xenophobic, or sexist, or racist, or totalitarian. I can\u2019t understand how anyone can have missed that.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re upset that there\u2019s a black Spider-Man, or a black Captain America, or a female Thor, or that Ms. Marvel is Muslim, or that Captain Marvel was pro-feminism, or any of the other things right-wing \u201cfans\u201d say is \u201cstealing their childhood\u201d &#8211; you never got it in the first place. The things you claim are now \u201cpandering to the lefties\u201d were never on your side to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>If you consider yourself a fan of these things, but you still think the LGBTQ+ community is too \u201cin your face\u201d, or have a problem with Black Lives Matter, or want to \u201ctake the country back from immigrants\u201d, then you\u2019re not really a fan at all.<br \/>\nGeek culture isn\u2019t suddenly left-wing&#8230; it always was. You just grew up to be intolerant. You became the villain in the stories you used to love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X-Men is about civil rights. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get X-Men. Black Panther is about civil rights. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get Black Panther. Captain America literally fought the Nazis. He is the embodiment of fighting the alt-right. If you didn\u2019t get that, you didn\u2019t get Captain America. 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