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ThoughtCriminal

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24. Defeating evil is not an action adventure

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 10:01 PM

Oct 2022

Does not require super strength, unreal reflexes, or a basement full of exotic firearms.

It often takes a willingness to do hard, boring work. It may take becoming unpopular with people that want to admire you or with people that can hurt you and your family. It can mean passing up an easy job for easy money.

Example: The journalist that spends many tedious hours going through the most mind-numbing piles of records to turn up a pattern of corruption.

It takes tens of millions of people taking the time to be informed and voting to keep a country free from authoritarians that would be happy to remove that burden.

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Alan Moore: Adults Loving Superhero Movies Is 'Infantile' and Can Be a 'Precursor to Fascism' [View all] TheProle Oct 2022 OP

I love my DC and MCU characters ... FarPoint Oct 2022 #1

If an adult watches a super hero villain movie and then turns to violence or fascism PortTack Oct 2022 #2

Of course TheProle Oct 2022 #13

I think going into a fantasy world can be healthy, but he's got a point regarding hero vs. villain. Beakybird Oct 2022 #3

And yet, it's the right who complain the most about superhero movies. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2022 #4

Solving problems with violence Qutzupalotl Oct 2022 #5

I haven't watched any of these movies. But is there any evidence JI7 Oct 2022 #6

I think everyone watches them, except me. LeftInTX Oct 2022 #8

No, he's talking out of his ass. meadowlander Oct 2022 #11

"Talking out of his ass" Heh... TheProle Oct 2022 #16

He's not just expressing an opinion about comic books. meadowlander Oct 2022 #18

Got it. TheProle Oct 2022 #19

As anecdotal evidence TheProle Oct 2022 #17

I don't watch these movies but there are good reasons for wanting Putin assassinated JI7 Oct 2022 #20

It's emblematic of simplistic thinking TheProle Oct 2022 #21

Not really BradAllison Oct 2022 #23

I can't say he is wrong. In recent years I have had BootinUp Oct 2022 #7

Interesting....I have no interest in the MCU and every other serial comic universe. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #9

Rome had gladiators, we have superhero movies tinrobot Oct 2022 #10

Movies have always included violent conflict from the start exboyfil Oct 2022 #12

Not at all edhopper Oct 2022 #14

I agree, and have said so before. I disliked comic books when I was a kid Gaugamela Oct 2022 #15

Ken Loach thinks they're boring tenderfoot Oct 2022 #22

Defeating evil is not an action adventure ThoughtCriminal Oct 2022 #24

Trumpsters are rejecting anything out of Hollywood BradAllison Oct 2022 #25