>> Hubby read a story from a Reddit page to me -with the exact explanation (Nick Spencer is a Hydra agent determined to destroy Cap's reputation).<<
It is kind of obvious.
>> The redditor used the idea to reassure his five-year-old nephew, who was in unstoppable tears, that the boy's hero was NOT a Hydra agent, NOT a bad man, NOT a villain.<<
:( I am really angry about the number of children who are crying over this, and those douchenozzels at Marvel saying they don't care.
>> The... person... who... dragged... that... dross.. into... print... (not to be confused with ANY definition of the word 'writer') <<
Well said.
>> should have KNOWN that fans of Captain America range from toddler age up to senior citizens.<<
They do know. They don't care. They've been rather explicit about that. This is particularly disturbing when it comes from people who are supposed to be writing superheroes.
>> I honestly wonder whether the originator /enjoys/ traumatizing the defenseless, <<
It is possible, but since indifference has been claimed and is an adequate explanation, I am inclined to believe that. But I will keep an eye on the story in case of evidence toward more deliberate attacks.
>> because otherwise there's no reason to portray Steve Rogers as a true-believer Hydra agent. <<
This article claims that it was an attempt to show how anyone can turn out to be a horrible person. If so, that is an issue worth addressing. But they botched it and they hurt people in the process. Instead of apologizing and fixing it, they are indifferent to how much they have upset people, and intend to keep doing more of it.
>> Note that I have argued elsewhere that the differences between Hydra's and Shield's tactics are the stuff of theoretical hair-splitting; for all practical purposes, the /behavior/ is the same. The ideology, /especially/ in 1930's USA is very, very different. <<
True.
>> Flaws in our own history were events to be /ashamed of/, not taken as permission to REPEAT the behavior! <<
I wish that people could learn these lessons and remember them. The whole reason there are rules against refoulement with refugees is because of the disgraceful behavior of America and other nations around WWII, which led to many preventable deaths. Now they're at it again. And then suddenly everyone is boohooing about a dead toddler facedown in the sand. WTF did they think was going to happen? The time to care about refugees is before you've killed them with your selfish indifference.
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dancing_serpent
Re: This morning
Date: 2016-05-31 08:14 am (UTC)It is kind of obvious.
>> The redditor used the idea to reassure his five-year-old nephew, who was in unstoppable tears, that the boy's hero was NOT a Hydra agent, NOT a bad man, NOT a villain.<<
:( I am really angry about the number of children who are crying over this, and those douchenozzels at Marvel saying they don't care.
>> The... person... who... dragged... that... dross.. into... print... (not to be confused with ANY definition of the word 'writer') <<
Well said.
>> should have KNOWN that fans of Captain America range from toddler age up to senior citizens.<<
They do know. They don't care. They've been rather explicit about that. This is particularly disturbing when it comes from people who are supposed to be writing superheroes.
>> I honestly wonder whether the originator /enjoys/ traumatizing the defenseless, <<
It is possible, but since indifference has been claimed and is an adequate explanation, I am inclined to believe that. But I will keep an eye on the story in case of evidence toward more deliberate attacks.
>> because otherwise there's no reason to portray Steve Rogers as a true-believer Hydra agent. <<
This article claims that it was an attempt to show how anyone can turn out to be a horrible person. If so, that is an issue worth addressing. But they botched it and they hurt people in the process. Instead of apologizing and fixing it, they are indifferent to how much they have upset people, and intend to keep doing more of it.
>> Note that I have argued elsewhere that the differences between Hydra's and Shield's tactics are the stuff of theoretical hair-splitting; for all practical purposes, the /behavior/ is the same. The ideology, /especially/ in 1930's USA is very, very different. <<
True.
>> Flaws in our own history were events to be /ashamed of/, not taken as permission to REPEAT the behavior! <<
I wish that people could learn these lessons and remember them. The whole reason there are rules against refoulement with refugees is because of the disgraceful behavior of America and other nations around WWII, which led to many preventable deaths. Now they're at it again. And then suddenly everyone is boohooing about a dead toddler facedown in the sand. WTF did they think was going to happen? The time to care about refugees is before you've killed them with your selfish indifference.