Fox & Friends: Captain America is targeting conservatives

[WhoIsNumberNone]

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/10/black-captain-america-freaks-out-fox

[Fred Sanders]

1. "According to the comic world...." is as far as I got and then I started laughing and could not

watch the rest.

[underpants]

2. I thought that was Carrie Underwood which is disturbing

I know who Carrie Underwood is

[Half-Century Man]

3. The disconnect is boundless. It is so vast the milky Way Galaxy could get lost in it.

Captain America was created in response to the early seemingly unstoppable onslaught of the Nazis.

The Nazis were a misogynistic racist hyper-nationalistic fascist smaller segment of population who used fear, deception, and cheated their way into power before declaring war on nearly everybody to boost profits for the companies which financed the takeover.

You know, republicans.

And the propaganda arm of the local modern incarnation of the(see second paragraph) party complaining about an African American not being confused by geography and time shows that mind boggling disconnect.

[TlalocW]

4. I was a pretty avid comic reader back in the 80s and 90s

Even now I'll pick up a compilation if it looks interesting. Here are some other things conservatives won't like about Captain America.

1. Told Spider-Man that flag burning/desecration is a non-issue with him
2. Resigned from being Captain America when a conservative sub-committee tried to pull him back into working directly for the government
3. This led to his being temporarily replaced by a far right conservative nutjob who brought shame to the image and name of Captain America
4. Fought against a far right paramilitary group called the Watchdogs who were basically the Tea Party 20 years early - they used terrorism to fight against abortion, had book burnings, killed people who sold pornography, etc.
5. Fought against the Superhero Registration Act that more conservative heros like Iron Man were for (was a thinly veiled, more aggressive Patriot Act)
6. Let Bill Clinton see what it was like to hold his shield
7. Best friend was a Black guy (who is now the current Captain America)
8. Fought for the underdog

In fact, just about all of these storylines could be going on today, and there probably wouldn't be a peep out of Fox News if the character wasn't currently Black.

TlalocW

[Midnight Writer]

7. Cap wasn't the only Marvel superhero who fought against conservatives

I remember an X-man story arc (over several issues) in which a televangelist, a conservative Senator and a right wing General teamed up with a major defense contractor to stir up hatred against mutants in order to advance their own interests.

The televangelist preached against them as ungodly demons, and raised money from his flock.

The Senator attacked them to further his political fortunes through fear-mongering.

The General attacked them because he believed super powered mutants were a threat to our national security.

And the defense contractor wanted to make big government bucks by selling specialized advanced weapons to fight the "mutant menace".

I read this story arc when I was about 7 years old, and I still remember it.

Thank God for Stan Lee and the Marvel Universe. Every one of the Marvel superheros struggled with the ethics of using superpowers, and their villains were not themselves without humanity.

P.S. And lest we forget, "With great power comes great responsibility".

[TlalocW]

8. I don't remember that X-Man story

But the second X-Men movie was very, very loosely based on the acclaimed X-Men series, "God Loves; Man Kills," about a powerful evangelist who believes that mutants are demons/the anti-Christ and leads a campaign to exterminate them. If this isn't the same story, or if your story is partly about that evangelist staging a comeback, you would enjoy, "God Loves; Man Kills."

The X-Men comics have long been regarded as a metaphor first for race and now LGBT rights, seen once again in the second X-Men movie with Iceman "coming out" as a mutant to his parents.

TlalocW

[Grassy Knoll]

5. Fighting Hitler And Now Racist Teabaggers...

Pretty much the same thing, Oh wait, He's Blah.

[irisblue]

6. Captian America grew up during the Depression

He would have been an FDR Democratic, what did those asses think?

[yuiyoshida]

9. These are the same republicans responsible for this....

[gregcrawford]

10. HA! Good one!

[gregcrawford]

11. A message that resonates with those...

... who had to repeat the 4th grade until they turned 21.