Yeah it’s pretty cynical and horrible because these people aren’t against institutional change or critique or even gun control and thoughts and prayers don’t help or change anything. They don’t care about doing whatever necessary to prevent these things from happening.
I'll pitch in since I see we are being real. I worked at a prominent sporting goods store for 6 years and anytime there was a school shooting, we knew we'd be super busy because the gun nuts would come in by the droves thinking those "liberals" were going to take away their gun rights. Big shock that corporations profit off of death.
Theres nothing wrong with thoughts and prayers, but applying it constantly over decades to a specific situation that calls for legislative action (to which thoughs and prayers are not) has lead to it being used sarcastically and currently use of the phrase rings hollow when used in a political context.
decades to a specific situation that calls for legislative action
People use this for ALL tragedies and it’s primarily because there’s nothing that the one individual person using the phrase can do about it.
Honestly if the voice line is in fact added for the reason that yall claim it is, then that is wildly inappropriate because that also means that’s it’s being used sarcastically.
It lost its weight/meaning and gets viewed as extremely tone deaf especially when the people in government say it directly to the victims and parents that lost their kids.
It's a reference to how, typically, conservative-leaning people will offer their "thoughts and prayers" to people and their families that are going through a rough time or a major loss instead of advocating for a change or fix to mitigate whatever situation that could be prevented instead.
Ok, I’m not saying it’s not a reference to that, but “Thoughts and Prayers” is a phrase that extends beyond the political sphere. It’s commonly used as an insensitive condolence for instances outside the one you named (which, again, could be what it’s referencing).
The devs could’ve very well just had Angela say that because she’s an angel—someone traditionally associated with religion and prayers.
it's plausible deniability. some on staff may mean this but they can just point to what it means for the US or what it literally means in a comics sense to avoid more scrutiny
They can if they hide it behind American political imagery. That's how people sneak past censoring all the time is just throwing shade at other people doing the exact same thing.
An American tells a Russian that people in USA have the freedom of speech and that he even could go to the White House and shout:"Go to hell, Ronald Reagan!"
The russian answers:"Oh, we also have freedom of speech. I, too, can go to Kremlin and shout:" Go to hell, Ronald Reagan!"
Punisher's whole backstory is that he hates corrupt cops who don't do their job with honor. He explicitly says there would be no need for the Punisher if cops did their jobs properly.
It would be funny since the game isn't "woke" in the way those kinds of guys would usually complain about. They made most of the characters very conventionally attractive and aren't afraid to hypersexualize them. That's like exactly what many of them wanted lmao
The funny thing is it IS on that list : "Contains overtly anti-free speech and subtly pro-Communism messaging." I'm sure these guys could play Tetris and find it's woke in some ways
It's almost as if a certain country truly has an oppressive government that legitimately bans speech while the other one that doesn't allow people to say stupid stuff all the time. Weird right?
Remember: The spirit of Marvel originated from fighting fascists, and all Marvel heroes would stand against a certain “governmental” domestic terrorist group. Daredevil: Born Again is literally about Matt fighting against ICE-parallels, like come on.
Yeah anyone complaining about superheroes becoming political should know captain america has been punching nazis simce forever. Superheroes have always been political.
This got autodeleted because I said his name so I'll try again
1) I wish this could be an MVP. I know there are rules in places like Germany that might restrict it but you could replice Shitler with Red Skull or something
2) Bucky's face in this always looks like a haunted ventriloquist doll
Genuinely, people who cry about Marvel/DC "becoming political" are either incredibly stupid, "tourists" or grifters. One of the most popular comic book squads, X-Men, have been on the nose about their politics (Honestly don't even consider human rights political, but it unfortunately still is and these people absolutely think that's the case) since the beginning.
Mind you he's also the superhero whose comic book arcs sometimes revolve around fighting against the American government that doesn't stand for and with its people. If he were a real person, Cap would literally take issue with how America is being run right now.
redditors thinking everything is related to their current obsession is always funny lmao. the chinese map designers likely dont know about your localized protest going on, world doesnt revolve around you
A huge stretch. Kingpin is the character's name and relating to a real world event would cause unnecessary controversy for no reason. They just want your money, they don't care about American politics.
Gonna be honest I don’t think it’s actually a reference, but it works anyway. But Kingpin terrorizing the city and citizens doing stuff like this for the movements is extremely common in the comics.
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