Says Warner Todd Huston at Publius Forum:
Marvel Comic’s Captain America is the mightiest soldier with the super powerful secret soldier formula that makes him a super man.
In issue number 602 of Captain America, a new story line has begun called “Two Americas.” In it the current Captain (there have been a few of them, apparently) is on the trail of a faux Captain America that is mentally deranged and getting chummy with some white supremacist, anti-government, survivalists types going by the name of “the Watchdogs.” While investigating this subversive group, Captain America and his partner The Falcon — a black super hero — have decided to try and infiltrate the secretive organization.
In preparation for the infiltration, Marvel Comics depicts the two super heroes out of costume and observing from a rooftop a street filled with what can only be described as a Tea Party protest. The scene shows crowds of people in city streets carrying signs that say, “stop the socialists,” “tea bag libs before they tea bag you,” and “no to new taxes.” Naturally, the people in these crowds are depicted as being filled with nothing but white folks.
The black character asks the out of costume Captain, “What the hell is this?” And follows that with, “looks like some kind of anti-tax protest.” The Falcon character then snidely tells his partner the Captain, “So I guess this whole ‘hate the government’ vibe around here isn’t limited to the Watchdogs.”
So, there you have it, America. Tea Party protesters just “hate the government,” they are racists, they are all white folks, they are angry, and they associate with secretive white supremacist groups that want to over throw the U.S. government.
Bet you didn’t know that when you were indulging your right as a citizen to protest your government that you were a dangerous white supremacist that wants to destroy the country, did you? Bet you didn’t realize that your reverence for the U.S. Constitution was a subversive thing to do, did you? And I’ll also bet that you never imagined that you’d scare the little blue panties off of Captain America!
Nice going Marvel Comics. Thanks for making patriotic Americans into your newest super villains.
Marvel Comic, Captain America, anti-government, Tea Party
2 responses so far ↓
1 Josh // Feb 13, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Its what we do best. (I’ll let you in on a little secret –most comics after stan lee left marvel are pure trash but we pretend they are not since we need to keep up appearances. Fact is most of our money comes fromthe films and the toys . heehee).
2 Josh // Feb 13, 2010 at 3:26 pm
PS I do part time inking for marvel my real name is not Josh. I do the work and mail it in but am very aware of the mentality at marvel. As long as their cheques don’t bounce Im keeping this job until I can find something way better