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I believe that some of the superhero movies have an influence upon young people, Swanson said. Almost in every case of these superhero movies, tyranny is set against anarchy. Think of the Avengers, who are vigilantes, always setting up some form of anarchy against tyranny, as if somehow anarchy is going to beat tyranny and is going to produce something of a solution for society, but it never does. What happens is anarchy plays against tyranny, tyranny then plays against anarchy, anarchy plays against more tyranny, more tyranny plays against more anarchy and so on it goes until society is taken down with higher and higher levels of chaos.
This is what happens with the Batman movies as well, he added. Batman himself is an anarchist, he is a vigilante setting against other forms of anarchy, as in the Joker Batman is an anarchist, he is setting himself against other forms of anarchy in an attempt to prove man as God.
That is the essence, the very essence of the Batman movies. It was humanistic to the core, Swanson said. What they wanted to do was prop up faith in people, they wanted to prop up faith in man instead of turning man to God and submitting to the true and living God. So, again, my friends, these forms of anarchy, these forms of vigilantism, et cetera, et cetera, very much advocated by the chaotic forms, the anarchical forms found in the Batman movies, the Avenger movies, many of the superhero movies.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kevin-swanson-blames-austin-bombings-on-superhero-movies/
I'm just going to post this every time Kevin Swanson says something stupid from now on:
Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)What a load of contrived gibberish...I mean that statement makes no fucking sense whatsoever! I'm reminded of:
ProfessorGAC
(64,427 posts)That's exactly what i thought. I'm reading this saying to myself "what is he talking about?" It was a ramble of pseudo intellectual claptrap that took random right and left turns.
But, of course, he had to work god in there. Idiot.
Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)Does he not know the guy was a member of RIOT, Righteous Invasion Of Truth, that advocated armed invasions, war and desperate actions like riots (or Bombings?).
RIOT is a right wing Christian White Supremacist Survivalist organization teaching members how to use weapons and practice mock battles while disguising their encouragement of violence with some good clean fun like water balloon fights and swimming. Geez, if this group had been Muslim or had members who were people of color, it would of been under investigation by the FBI long before one of their members followed through on their philosophies.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)You know? The ones who prepare for war against the government? The ones who have declared themselves arbiters on what is constitutional? The ones who wanted to defend Texas against the Jade Helms military-exercise? The ones who threatened government-employees at the Bundy-ranch with sniper-rifles?
Initech
(99,915 posts)I want to know what these guys are smoking, because I want some!
peggysue2
(10,811 posts)The Deep State, which is being touted as all powerful in all things. Even Ben Carson's questionable selection of office furniture was the result of Deep State involvement, according to one bright-bulb GOP legislator.
This is the sort of prevailing nonsense we're fighting against. Sheer lunacy.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Okay, superhero-tropes are about tyranny vs anarchy. The superhero forces his morals onto society as a vigilante and fights anarchistic criminals who want to do away with society. I can understand his point here.
And in the next second superhero-movies are about anarchy vs anarchy?
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)celebrate. Everything he said was geared to derive that point, and give the kid an excuse. I'm SUUUUUUURE he'd be doing the same if the kid was Brown. NOT.
Only thing is, with the exception of Batman, almost no super-heroes are really supposed to be 'Human', like regular human beings. They're all like bitten by radioactive spiders and shit.
They're actually more akin to ... I dunno ... let's say ... JESUS?
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)JHB
(37,133 posts)...and a whole bunch of others in vigilante/tough cop movies in Super tights.
Mariana
(14,849 posts)You'll never have time to do anything else.
skypilot
(8,848 posts)...I realized that I've become saturated with the dumb and strange things that wingnuts say. There's a personal line with me that they crossed months ago.