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Someone in a Spider-man costume standing in front of a Jewelry Store window.
Kenny Boyle 14 hrs X-Men is about civil rights. If you didn't get that, you didn't get X-Men. Black Panther is about civil rights. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Black Panther. Captain America literally fought Nazis. He is the embodiment of fighting the alt-right. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Captain America. The Empire in Star Wars is facist. The Rebel alliance are Anti-Facist. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Star Wars. The Punisher isn't meant to be a role model for police or armed forces. So much so that the writers of The Punisher made him actively speak out against it in a comic. If you didn't get that, you didn't get The Punisher. Deadpool is queer. He's pansexual. Fact. If you didn't get that you didn't get Deadpool. Star Trek is about equality for all genders, races and sexualities. As early as the mid-60s it was taking a pro-choice stance and defending women's right to choose, One of its clearest themes is accepting different cultures and appearances and working together for peace. (It's also anti-capitalist and pro-vegan). If you didn't get that, you didn't get Star Trek. Superman and Supergirl (and a whole host of other superheroes) are Immigrants. The stance of those comics is pro-immigration and pro-equality and acceptance. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Superman or Supergini. Stan Lee said "Racism and bigotry are among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today." If you're bigoted or racist, you didn't get any of the characters Stan Lee created. The stories we grew up with all taught us to value other people and cultures and to treasure the differences between us. Only villains were xenophobic, or sexist, or racist, or totalitarian. I can't understand how anyone can have missed that. If you're upset that there's a black Spider-Man, or a black Captain America, or a female Thor, or that Ms Marvel is Muslim, or that Captain Marvel was pro-feminism, or any of the other things right wing "fans" say is "stealing their…
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Man and woman inside the U-Bahn in Vienna