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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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[–] sdcSpade@lemmy.zip 94 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Probably the same idiots who thought Homelander was a hero.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Yes there are

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago

I’m sure they have watched it and made lots of notes.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

too many words, not enough explosions

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 147 points 2 days ago (4 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.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 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!

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The last thing you said is why I got one of my bans on Reddit. Fuck Reddit.

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[–] missingno@fedia.io 99 points 2 days ago (4 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.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Hey, fascists don't deserve kindness.

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 day ago (14 children)

I really don't know how to convince people they should care about others.

I don't know how to teach empathy.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

By exercising it at a young age in public schools.

And judging those without more harshly.

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[–] ideonek@piefed.social 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did someone acctually expressed that thought?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yeah, Dean Fucking Cain did.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The worst Superman in my lifetime.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I never watched his series, but there was a photo of Cain as Superman accompanying the article and he certainly seemed to be the most smug self-satisfied Superman out there.

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[–] Lyrac@programming.dev 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm out of the loop here. I've seen something about the most recent director or writer calling Superman an immigrant, and Dean Cain hating on that take and calling it "woke". But I haven't seen anyone expressing that Superman should not represent kindness.

FWIW if you are looking at reviews for an upcoming or recently released movies, and a lot of the comments are calling it "too political" or "woke", give it a watch and come back with your own review. Those reviews are an indicator to me that it might be somewhat thought-provoking. (or also don't watch if you have no interest in the subject)

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Yes, people are angry that the director talked about Superman being an immigrant (even though he has been from another planet since the character was concieved) and they are also angry about the director saying Superman represents kindness, because apparently just being nice to people is woke now

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

What was that post from 4chan telling aliens to fuck off, and calling them space [REDACTED]s? Magats are so fucking stupid and evil, that they would tell Superman to fuck off.

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