One more thing..
Making a character gay is no more done to 'please the gay community' then making a black character, that doesn't look like s/he was made by the KKK, is done to 'please' the black community.
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Times change, societies evolve, and bigoted notions are tossed away by those who don't think the earth is 6,000 years old.
Welcome to the 21st Century, people.
We're evolving into a better society and if you don't like it, o well.
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And you wanna know WHY people are protesting this?
It's because vile, hate filled, bigots have less and less groups that are seen as socially 'okay' groups to hate.
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You know what is REALLY killing the comic book world?
All those universe changing events that take a year to tell, **** up any way of letting a character develop, and then doing it a year or two later.
While I'm a fan of things like 'Brighest Day' and 'Darkest Night', they happen FAR TOO often.
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Or how about the 'New 52' that promised a true REBOOT, so it'd be easier for new people to 'get' into comics, that failed to not only be an actual REBOOT but also ruined characters like Starfire?
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Or maybe there's the RAPE of Ms. Marvel back in the late 80s/early 90s.
But this IS the internet so I'm sure some of ya'll think it's GREAT.
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Yeah...
Changing a barely know version of Green Lantern's sexuality is SO going to 'ruin comics forever'.
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Get over yourselves you Bronze Age bigots.
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It's the 21st Century.
Women are no longer property,
*insert non-white color here* aren't that way because they pissed off some deity,
the earth is round,
Science is more popular than sorcery (mostly)
Homosexuals aren't curse by a imp/genie/make good pray for hunters,
etc, etc, etc...
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O, yeah, and we went to the ****ING MOON!
BOOYAH!