How is kindness a bad thing? I thought that was universally agreed to be a good message to have in a piece of media. I guess the excuse is they don't want media to have messages at all but like, how would you even have a movie where the hero has no values that they stand for?

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[–] 105 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Propaganda is powerful. You convince your followers that some classes of people don't deserve kindness, you convince them that everything out of Hollywood is part of a leftist agenda, and once they believe both of those statements it's very easy to spin this as further proof of the narrative they've already bought into.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    But what if you kill them with kindness?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I disagree. Every person on this earth deserves happiness, and to avoid suffering. They also deserve kindnesa. That, however, does NOT mean they can do whatever they want. "Hey fascist, you do not get to tell people that kindness is bad" is not an unkind statement. You can have boundaries while still being kind. I really don't believe we're ever going to win the fight against fascism with more hate. Hate breeds hates. Kill them with kinds is a saying for a reason. If you tell a hateful person that you love them in spite of their hate, they don't know what to do. They want people to hurt because they are hurt. If you accept their hurt, they will stop trying to hurt you (disclaimer this isn't always black and white for each individual person, this is a philosophy that applies to humanity)

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm just baffled because not only is it way easier to not hate people, it's way more beneficial for everyone.

    These people are taking two mile hikes to find the perfect deer shit to shove down their throats.

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  • [–] 92 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Probably the same idiots who thought Homelander was a hero.

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  • [–] [S] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've been wondering if there are Trump supporters watching The Handmaid's Tale and siding with Gilead

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Homelander is a hero, just not to the public.

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  • [–] 152 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Superman fighting the klan didn't work because adults laughed at their hand signs and shit that were disclosed...

    It's because it got a generation of kids to see the klan as the bad guys

    If Superman hated you, how the fuck were you going to indoctrinate your kid into the klan?

    That's why they're always bitching about media. The people doing it are ignorant, but the ones telling them what to be mad about it are picking logical targets to fufil longterm goals.

    It's why fighting fascism is like losing weight, you can't reach a goal and stop giving a fuck, it's a lifestyle.

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

    It’s why fighting fascism is like losing weight, you can’t reach a goal and stop giving a fuck, it’s a lifestyle.

    Can confirm. 330lbs I said "I'll reach 320."

    At 320 I said I'll reach 310.

    At 310 I said 300.

    At 300 I said 290.

    Then 280.

    Then 270.

    Then 260.

    Then 250.

    Then 240.

    I went back up to 250. Oh no no no no no. Fuck that shit. I'm going to see 240. And when I do, it'll set my sights on 230.

    And when I see 230, I will hug someone. Because that will be 100lb.

    Which means I'll look to 220.

    And then 210.

    And 200.

    I don't know where my weight loss journey ends. I don't know when I'll feel at a healthy weight.

    I just know I hope my journey brings me to a day when I get to punch a nazi.

    Because nazi lives DON'T matter!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    Just don't think of it as a diet or oppressive. Make it a lifestyle. I'm still around 220 after 11 years of mostly stuck in bed. 16 years ago I was 350. A part of me wishes I was still 190 at 7%, but it is super hard for me to get that low. I just don't have that kind of pain tolerance to deal with being light headed and hungry 24/7 while counting calories, eating constantly, but never meals or more than a few bites of dry salad or chicken. Without racing and riding like 400+ miles a week, I'm just not that kind of motivated. I'd much rather be lazy and eat meals with way too many calories at once but still far fewer than most people. I have no desire to binge or eat processed food of any kind any more. Avoiding dairy has also been super helpful too because that is a good excuse to avoid most junk people make, fast food, or restaurants the few chances I ever get.

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  • [–] 109 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    For all the right wingers who think woke, pro immigrant superman is a new concept, reminder that this is a poster from the 1950s

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Interestingly enough zero black people depicted, or any other races but white - just one dude with a dark orange complexion like the Mango Mussolini.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    from this article:

    Another story from 1953 called “People are People” has a Black youngster holding off an escaped lion until Superman can capture the animal. The owner of the circus the lion has escaped from wants to congratulate a white boy for his (nonexistent) heroism until Superman points out that the heroic young man was Black, and that the circus owner only wanted to congratulate the white boy because he was prejudiced.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Ethnicities. “Race” is a shit expression.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Agreed, but 'ethnicity' means something else, closer to 'national origin' mentioned on the poster. All the white people pictured may well be of different ethnicities, for example. 'Ancestries', perhaps? 'Different skin color'?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah you got the crux of the problem here! Let‘s correct people that are saying the same with a bit of arrogance to have a dopamine kick and then let’s make a fight about this so we are pushing the other person away

    God why everything has to be so divisive these days?!

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I like the Nathan Fillion comment during some red carpet interview when the interviewer was trying to egg him into saying something that would get rage clicks from one side or the other of the current political trash fire.

    "its just a movie guys"

    Superman was not a brooding edge lord until Snyder's take outside of specific story runs, and it is obvious that a lot of people don't know that.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Captain Hammer best superhero, who's with me on this

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I so want a sequel to the sing along blog.

    Dr Horrible has become obsessed with reviving Penny by turning back time. He doesn't care how many people need to die, because he believes he can "fix" things. But the risk of time travel is the destruction of the universe...

    Captain Hammer, now knowing what pain is, has two choices, grow and overcome the pain, or continue to hide away...

    And Penny. The multiple zombies, and clones, and computer simulations of Penny that were never "right". Well, she too has her parts to play.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    They don't have a movie but they have a show. Homelander is the perfect 'hero' for these people. Only even the dullest dullard in the magat pile fails to recognize the character is evil but they never consider they are the baddies. Edit: fixed spell check.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Highlander? I am not making the connection.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    There can be only one!

    (I don't get it either. Maybe they're thinking of The Boys, with the character Homelander?)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They confirmed it was an error and indeed meant homelander—you were right. They corrected it. FYI.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

    People angry that Superman represents kindness

    Do these people exist? Is it just one troll, or a significant enough of a population to even give the slightest bit of thought?

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I frequent dive bars. I have met plenty of people who believe in kindness, and love, and Jesus and shit - but not for immigrants, not for non-white people, not for criminals of any level. I straight up have had these people say this to my non-white face and then say, "oh but you don't count because you have a job" or "you don't count because you aren't a drug addict". Etc. etc.

    These people suck fucking dick and I want them all to die.

    It's fucking ironic too when these same people talk about smoking weed, or stealing from big box stores self-checkouts, or vandalizing some dude's car.

    "Rules for thee, not for me."

    I read local obituaries solely to celebrate when I see some of these people die.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I've met countless people who hate morals and will tell you you're an idiot if you treat other humans as equals

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    yes way. I have seen it with my own father. And the saddest part is they got this from religious rightwing media and have never ever interacted or had an opportunity to interact with the out-group that they are told to fear. Oh and, I am not from the 1st world. This shit is everywhere.

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  • [–] 69 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Conservatives are still mad that Superman fought the kkk.

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