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Right wingers and missing the point of the media they consume. Name a more iconic duo.
Mar 10, 2023 2:30 PM
ButtBot9900
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Right wingers and missing the point of the media they consume. Name a more iconic duo.
amiurume
They don't care. They take what they want and use it however they want. Fascists are the epitome of entitled fucks.
ErniesWidow
They are just appropriating symbols that they think are cool, like the Neonazis
cybergeek
I'll take a thousand, please thank you
Evo435
SuperMarioToadsShrillVoice
I need this sticker. My town is full of stupid right wing fucks that think theyre the punisher.
Nerubin
The irony is that he hates cops who are on his side. They are supposed to oppose him not join him.
paintingagency
A lot of people miss that he knows he's not one of the _actual_ good guys.
ToSisPoS
“ThAt’S jUsT wOkE DiSnEy!”
Ponderpoo
Okay where can I buy a thousand of these stickers???
sherlockhooves
Old right wing boomers saying modern Star Trek is too woke.
twoamartist
Haha, as if they can read!
NightfallEverdark
Correction: the Punisher hates cops who support him or want to emulate him.
wandermanspacebot
Funny you think thin blue line yokels can read.
fartymarty42
friarRat
It was the 'spelling' part stumping them - they can't read. Unless you use pictures or emojis they have NO idea what's on the paper.
Unclescam
Slight correction. Frank hates dirty cops and cops that worship him. I know that sounds the same but some comic book cops are good.
johnnya10
The Punisher was my favourite comic as a kid. I hate how the skull has been stolen by fascist cunts.
Imalwaysready
Same. I have an old Punisher t-shirt that I love. It's ratty and I use it for chores, but now I feel sad whenever I see it.
johnnya10
I have all the issues of Punisher:armoury. a weird idea at the time. An odd experiment. Now it’s a fascist’s wet dream & that makes me sad
eightbitnoise
to be fair they can't read.
tReasonoustRump
Lmao. I see the one with the blue line going down all the time. They don’t even know.
wraith3
I think people miss the point that it's just one of the most badass logos ever made. That's why everyone is using it.
trippingthelightfantastic
LoopStricken
Star Trek is pro-vegan? If you have food replicators, does it really matter?
Spidey209
That's how it's vegan. You can have your steak but it wasn't ever a sentient being.
LoopStricken
I mean, yeaaahhh, but it's not exactly *promoting* veganinity, I feel.
KalliJ
Well, X-Men was specifically about Gay rights
AnonymousSourceOfGenitals
The movies yes, the comics where more on the civil rights part in the beginning
RagtimeRaver
Literally that one kid's parents: "Have you tried... not being a mutant?"
AbdulMasaiev
Well, there was that one time the 7th Doctor was like "great job, you're a very cool guy, people in the future will agree" to Stalin so idk
AbdulMasaiev
(source: "Closing the Account", a short story but an official release)
Imalwaysready
Corrupt cops anyway. He kinda wishes cops just did their jobs properly and honestly so he wouldn't be as necessary.
darkstarmc
Hates corrupt cops. So most every us cop.
MrRandom314159
Incorrect. The Punisher hates corrupt cops, or cops that use their job as an excuse to brutalize the citizens.
wandermanspacebot
i.e. all cops (who are, of course, fucking bastards)
LrrrRulerOfThePlanetOmicronPerseiEight
So....cops?
VictusVonGuyver
It always bugged me that Cops enjoy putting skull iconography in their cars and equipment. That should have ended with Schutzstaffel (SS)
Trelis
The cops also hate what society expects cops should be. What the cops shows says they aught to be.
certainlynotaserialkiller
son gave me a bunch of these that are extremely hard to remove. i put them on all the cop cars i can find.
certainlynotaserialkiller
and before you start: yes, all cops have punisher badges on their uniforms here and they are all racists, litteraly all of them.
IlTerribile
blueKD
Thank you but also
Rainbowdaesh
Sound on.
4sambucas
what makes you think they understand the lyrics?
mdpkc
goflyblind
sfrinlan
Like Trump playing CCR's "Fortunate Son". Wow, you guys have NO idea what this song is even about, do you?
cdlong
Add Springsteen's "Born in the USA" to that list.
CityYeti
The woman with the blue stripe flag just makes this perfect
LAMovieDesign
This is the definition of “cringe”. Right here.
darkstarmc
And we thought mental illness would be hard to spot
WeAreOctopi
wHen DiD rAGe AgaINsT thE MaCHInE GeT PoLiTiCAl - says the illiterate fascist
MapleSyrupMafia
Rainbowdaesh
My favorite is the chud dancing and singing to a song about police racism and murder while wearing a blue lives matter flag as a cape.
WeAreOctopi
I just call it that fascist flag
Cravanicus
That flag was flying at my local V.A. in Cleveland, where a majority of vets are black btw, until us vets threw a shitstorm about it. Pigs
Rainbowdaesh
And you're not wrong.
EMTsaidwhat
Our local PD banned it because of its political associations, the PD one town over encourages open support of that movement.
RoyalWithChz
Jesus fucking Christ
Freak0zoid
Such perfect rhythm. Awesome
xCommonCentz
That's some awkward shit for many reasons, but holy shit the irony!
pettingmycatwhileipoo
(d)The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. - 4 U.S. Code § 8 - Respect for flag
pettingmycatwhileipoo
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/8
ThePastmaster
Bass is too high. I can't make out the lyrics.
schlummi
fartharder
I mean, it is what they're in favor of as a platform
Zaranthan
Putting this one in the box with Nixon walking into an event playing Born in the USA.
paragraph
Rainbowdaesh
tReasonoustRump
testoclees
GabbyJayYay
She good. Dont lump her in with cheeto
testoclees
You're not wrong but the dancing oddly similar
EverNotRelevant
Conservatism has always been about appropriating symbols and divorcing them from their original meaning. Swastika, anyone?
Saker82
The circle game.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Conservatism is antithetical to creativity and expression, when you cannot create anything of worth the only option you have is theft.
Higure
Pepe
servingmytimeinusersub
Oh, no thank you. I couldn't possibly, I just had onion rings.
INeverWaitForIt
Woke, SJW, Critical Race Theory...
EverNotRelevant
? These are a few of my favorite things?
Frogapus
Same with singular words and terms. And it's deliberate.
EverNotRelevant
That pisses me off so much. Dude outlines he's lying, and no one cares. Conservatives don't care, and mainstream media gives him a pass.
Legomaniac91
Not to mention all the Norse stuff.
crann
Here is a great 99 Percent Invisible episode about just that: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-punisher-skull/
tinyfootprints
These aren't Conservatives. They're Fascists.
EverNotRelevant
Fascism is a radical conservative movement.
tinyfootprints
I disagree. Conservatism is primarily characterized by a reluctance to make changes. Fascism is authoritarian, dishonest, evil bigotry.
EverNotRelevant
Wilhoit nails it:
tinyfootprints
1/ Imho, that is a description of some of the basics of fascism. Here is the real danger, as I see it. Fascists are disguised as >
WalkItOutLikeTheFlash
Can’t tell you how much I hate when I see a ΜΟΛΟΝ ΛΑΒΕ bumper sticker or tattoo as some kind of response to “oppression”
EverNotRelevant
Ah yes, the Moron Lobby
ToSisPoS
The word “Patriot” was forever tainted when W tacked it onto 9/11 too.
sendbobsandvageneiguess
Ah yes. The beloved Patriot Act /s
tReasonoustRump
Or when Tom Brady won the Super Bowl
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
Eh, it had a checkered past already. Oscar Wilde famously said patriotism is "a virtue of the vicious."
Frederf
It was doublespeak in Napoleon's time too
Vergenbuurg
The Hindus and Finns are probably still pissed-off at that symbol being co-opted by fascists.
Perkunas687
I have some ethnic Baltic art pre-Nazis that has small swastikas in the design, can't put it up anywhere.
Path20
Hindus will put a red swastika with ink powder on any big new purchases like a car or a house. When we got a new car, my mom brought 1/?
Path20
The stuff with her to do a small ceremony at the dealership on the hood of our new car for good luck and safety. There were so many eyes 2/?
Path20
On us I felt so uncomfortable but Indian parents don't give a shit about that. I was so nervous driving it back home thinking someone 3/?
Path20
Would throw something at the car or have road rage because they think it stands for something else. Fun times...
tinyfootprints
They're not the only ones. Many people with roots in Asia are pissed that we can't openly display the swastika for its original meaning.
delecti
The Finns used to use it too? I'd only heard of its former Hindu associations.
SvenOfTheWoods
I'd say it's more the usage of Nordic symbology in addition to the swastika. OG cultural appropriation at its finest. Fuck dem Nazis.
AntRam95
It’s an ancient symbol that predates the Roman Empire
Zange0
There's only so many simple, easily distinguished, 2d shapes. Same reason basically every culture has a triskelion
BoogiepopPhantom
blueKD
I always forget how comparitively shit most creatures were in old MTG
poisonpowder
It seemed to be pretty popular among European organizations at the time. The Nazis were really just following a trend.
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delecti
Oh, thanks. This is a great article.
TheAnswerIsViolence
Does he hate them? I know he doesn't want them emulating him, but I think he'd like Officer Goodman.
DigiT00l
Police was in part responsible for the deaths of his family
IAmDrBanner
Yeah, the more accurate would be that "He hates cops that like him", because any decent cop should be trying to stop him.
ballsoutflyer
He hates them enough to come back and shoot them dead.
fokkinchookie
Yeah it’s an unfortunate bad take. With dirty cops he had a big problem, but otherwise it was generally them turning a blind eye to him.
Imalwaysready
He doesn't hate them. He hates corrupt cops. He knows what he does is wrong and he feels he is only necessary because of failures in the >
Imalwaysready
system, so he hates cops that a) want to be like him and b) cops that contribute to failures in the system (usually through corruption or >
Imalwaysready
bigotry). Unfortunately, he understands that's a LOT of cops these days. He wishes they did their job properly so he wouldn't be necessary.
Imalwaysready
But I've never gotten the impression he has an innate and universal hatred of all cops, period. He hates their failures.
ButtBot9900
https://www.marvel.com/characters/punisher-frank-castle/in-comics Check his "Piety to Purgatory" section
TheAnswerIsViolence
Doesn't clarify anything regarding cops. He vows to bring people to justice but it didn't say he hates cops or law enforcement.
ButtBot9900
ButtBot9900
There. Happy?
Someshithead241
"There, I corrected my incorrect statement after you badgered me with proof it was incorrect. Happy? Ugh."
ButtBot9900
Well he never said he didn't hate cops therefore we can not assume this without photographic evidence and a signed affidavit.
TheAnswerIsViolence
What? If he didn't say he hates cops, why would you assume it? He doesn't target them unless they're also criminals. Makes no sense.
Dagordae
Punisher’s default stance to people is hating them. Especially people in a position of power. As his stories heavily revolve around gritty
TheAnswerIsViolence
Really? Everything ive seen is he defaults to standoffish but not hate. If he's approached by a random, he's short, but not hateful.
TheAnswerIsViolence
"Hate" is a strong emotion. He "hates" criminals that skirt the law. He "hates" corruption. He doesn't just "hate" as a default.
Dagordae
Darkness his cops are only slightly less than 100% corrupt and working for organized crime. So yeah, he hates cops.
Dagordae
In the comics, after the Punisher logo became a thing for the fuckheads, they have him meet and verbally tear apart cops who use his logo
ThePastmaster
https://external-preview.redd.it/rLgmlqot4AUueQgJ-GHBCA0KH0PjaKV4--BdtOPEGd4.jpg?auto=webp&s=8774c4ce90fced47b6aa499da489633eddb5f8be
Dagordae
And venerate him and such. So he canonically HATES cops who wear his logo.
Rogahar
Which is quite obviously a metaphor for the writers saying 'hey right-wing fuckheads, stop using our IP for your bootlicking'. However >
Radix865
But he has shown admiration for people who do things right, even if their ideals go against his. Best example being Captain America.