Superman Quits America, Fox News Readers Take the News Badly

[Nautical Honors Society]

To summarize my thoughts on a Superhero wanting to protect the innocent all around the world rather than just the "Land of the Free"...

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

In regards to the reaction, I'm not surprised and I don't even care. I think I lost all faith in half the citizens of America when I saw Borat.

You lost faith in half of a country based upon a movie that makes fun of a few people with the lowest common denominator of intelligence and tolerance?

Hmm...


OT: I used to hate Superman because I just thought he was an overpowered monstrosity. But his internal struggle with his own power and image have made him into a very interesting character. I like the route that the writers are taking with this one.

 

[Azure Knight-Zeo]

How is going out to save the rest of the world "betraying America". I've heard some pretty petty complaints in my life, (most of them from Sonic fans) but this is just stupid.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

To summarize my thoughts on a Superhero wanting to protect the innocent all around the world rather than just the "Land of the Free"...

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

In regards to the reaction, I'm not surprised and I don't even care. I think I lost all faith in half the citizens of America when I saw Borat.

You lost faith in half of a country based upon a movie that makes fun of a few people with the lowest common denominator of intelligence and tolerance?

Hmm...


OT: I used to hate Superman because I just thought he was an overpowered monstrosity. But his internal struggle with his own power and image have made him into a very interesting character. I like the route that the writers are taking with this one.

OK, maybe I exaggerated a little, but think about it. A movie where Sacha Baron Cohen goes around acting as stupid and racist as possible, and yet most of the random people he comes across manage to be even more stupid and racist than he is being...

 

[teebeeohh]

OK, maybe I exaggerated a little, but think about it. A movie where Sacha Baron Cohen goes around acting as stupid and racist as possible, and yet most of the random people he comes across manage to be even more stupid and racist than he is being...

so this has nothing to do with the fact that they may just have cut the parts where he came across reasonable people because i would have made for a boring movie?



why does superman have a us citizenship at all? doesn't he technically live on the north pole?

 

[Sonic Doctor]

How is going out to save the rest of the world "betraying America".

He can save the rest of the world, that is fine. Read the comic clipping again, he said "I am renouncing my US citizenship".

Here in America, we take citizenship seriously. Renouncing it is tantamount to betraying the country.

I just don't see how that is hard to understand.

 

[AgentBJ09]

Okay, seriously what the fuck is up with bolding every other word in a character's sentence in comic books?

Seriously, it's really annoying to read unnecessary emphasis on words that don't need emphasizing! Can someone explain to me why this crap keeps going on?

OT: That's interesting, it does give Superman a more global appeal and less centered on a single country's interest. Also, I don't know whether to consider those comments funny or sad.

Its because he's channeling William Shatner when he talks.

I noticed reading a Farscape comic the other day too. (Farscape being the ONE acceptable comic to read).

You can thank Frank Miller for that style of writing and emphasis of words. I don't get it myself because a bold wording means you're putting force behind it, and having that every 2-4 words gets very confusing. It makes the speaker sound like they have a mental disorder.

 

[theApoc]

That info WAS from an internet search. In context of this argument, saying that the creator was in America at the time of creating superman is like saying that since Kal-El was found in Kansas, that automatically makes him American. Joe Shuster was born in Canada.

Freedom of speech may give you the right to act like a jerk, but that doesn't mean you'll be liked for it. It's the right winged conservatives that need to "get used to it" as you put it, because the world IS globalized and America is not the superpower it thinks it is (or even was). It's that blind ignorance that you people have and your uneducated pride that make people dislike you so much.

Did I mention you REALLY come off as an elitist? "It's America's duty to police the world!"

While he was IN America at the time, that is not as important as the fact that he WAS in fact an American, thus making the creation of a character by two Americans an American creation.

All I did was clarify your statement, nothing more. I get that people don't like to be proven wrong, but seriously, any information on the guy or the character lists him as the creation of two Americans, one of which had happened to be born in Canada.

 

[Alleged_Alec]

How is going out to save the rest of the world "betraying America".

He can save the rest of the world, that is fine. Read the comic clipping again, he said "I am renouncing my US citizenship".

Here in America, we take citizenship seriously. Renouncing it is tantamount to betraying the country.

I just don't see how that is hard to understand.

Because Superman's doing it for the right reasons. If that doesn't get through to those people, they're idiots.

 

[Mumorpuger]

SNIP

Your avatar is golden and portrays how some Americans feel about this.

Thanks! Unofficially I call it "March Mayhem, 2009"

 

[Pontus Hashis]

Suddenly, I accualy started to like Superman.

 

[Azure Knight-Zeo]

How is going out to save the rest of the world "betraying America".

He can save the rest of the world, that is fine. Read the comic clipping again, he said "I am renouncing my US citizenship".

Here in America, we take citizenship seriously. Renouncing it is tantamount to betraying the country.

I just don't see how that is hard to understand.

Oh yeah, I forgot. After reading the comic clip it looks like he doesn't want to be tied to the U.S. government during his worldwide quest for justice. And last time I checked, didn't other countries hate the whole U.S. intervention thing? So I can understand him going freelance for this, but I still think people are overreacting.

 

[Caligulove]

I'm surprised, I thought Fox News would appreciate a big, dramatic ultimatum on an issue/character that doesn't even exist in real life.

Seems like their bread and butter

 

[mooncalf]

If it takes Superman turning his back on the BS to make people stand up and take notice, that's GOOD! It's not like it's *hurting* anyone, this is peaceful protest at it's best, it's a "What would superman do?" scenario. He'd say "screw this." apparently

 

[Pontus Hashis]

So, is DC finally taking a stand?
What's next, Supes is going to liberate a certain concentration camp on Cuba, and free a certain Bradley M. from torture prison?

Hehe. Just more death throes of a dying industry. Does anyone still buy DC or Marvel comics, at all and outside their hardcore audience? And especially outside the US, which apparently prompted this... if this is anything else but a desperate attempt to get non-USians interested in Superman I can't see what.

I wish I could... We don't have any comic stores around here =/

 

[cfehunter]

This would be hilarious if not for the much more serious idiocies that it underpins.

So, when was superman American anyway?
Created in Canada.
Born on Krypton.

 

[Blueruler182]

It's funny to see American patriots are acting like fanboys. OMG THEY'RE RUINING TEH GAME! SUPES HATES AMERIKA!

 

[Sonic Doctor]

How is going out to save the rest of the world "betraying America".

He can save the rest of the world, that is fine. Read the comic clipping again, he said "I am renouncing my US citizenship".

Here in America, we take citizenship seriously. Renouncing it is tantamount to betraying the country.

I just don't see how that is hard to understand.

Because Superman's doing it for the right reasons. If that doesn't get through to those people, they're idiots.

Well the reason he gives in the comic is no reason at all. The writer is stupid, he is writing for Superman, not himself. It's Superman, he can do whatever the hell he wants shouldn't give a crap about what people say about him.

If I were to do something that helps the world and what America really stands for, and somebody blasted me saying that I was just doing it under the pretenses of Obama's crazy administration, all I have to do is say no I'm not, or even better say I do give a crap what they say. If I know in my heart and mind that what I was doing was right for the world and my country, renouncing my citizenship would be just plain stupid and be a dick move.

There is no reason for it.

why does superman have a us citizenship at all? doesn't he technically live on the north pole?

That is just his secret base. Everybody seems to forget the fact that he was raised in America and given US citizenship, obviously from being raised in America.

Edit:

Oh yeah, I forgot. After reading the comic clip it looks like he doesn't want to be tied to the U.S. government during his worldwide quest for justice. And last time I checked, didn't other countries hate the whole U.S. intervention thing? So I can understand him going freelance for this, but I still think people are overreacting.

See above how I explained that renouncing his citizenship does nothing for his cause.

 

[Toeys]

supervillains are from the US or atleast GO to the US to start their evildoings. so if all 600000 superheroes stick to saving america thats fine by me

 

[BrotherRool]

"America-hating"

See I don't take that as an insult. (Nor to clarify "Welsh-hating" (if welsh) or "British-Hating" equivalents). If a Welsh person tells me they hate Wales, I'll be miffed and I'll have a lot of light-hearted conversations about how awesome Wales is and talk endlessy about the joys of sheep. But I won't take it seriously. It's a country, it's an idea and too often it gets used to devalue the lives of people who aren't Welsh. Hating your own country might be sad, but it's not an evil thing, it does no harm and it's far better than being an "Iran-hating" person or any other country which you're not involved with and have power over.

Now "American-hating" that's a lot more serious. That is an insult and a quality to worry over. But then aren't a lot of these "America-hating liberals" from there in the first place?

EDIT: Also please take in the irony, that as Republicans they should be shouting more strongly for the right of freedom of speech that anyone else