• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    The funniest thing is that the superhero they have a problem with is Superman.

    If it were Batman, that would be different. Batman isn’t a pure-hearted hero, he’s a more complex character. If it had been someone in the X-Men, or pretty much any Avenger other than Captain America, there would be room for a discussion.

    But, Superman is such a good, kind-hearted hero that it’s basically impossible to be a good person and be anti-Superman.

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      1 month ago

      But, Superman is such a good, kind-hearted hero that it’s basically impossible to be a good person and be anti-Superman.

      Right, the main complaint is that he’s so perfect it’s boring.

      And also that he has a pretty Western/USA centric sense of morality, which you think Western chauvinists like conservatives would eat right up.

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        1 month ago

        Personally i like stories where he strugless more with how yo use his powers without becoming a despot.

        Its so intresting tought experiment how much some one who is basically a god should intervine before it is too much.

        At what point enforcing law becomes tyranny.