wow, you really suck, Marvel
So...I'm sure everyone's heard by now that Marvel Comics just issued a book in which it's revealed that Captain America is an agent of Hydra. Yes, Cap is, and evidently always has been, a Nazi. And I could go on about how profoundly stupid and offensive that decision is, but I just read something that says it all so much better, and it's here:
On Steve Rogers #1, Antisemitism, and Publicity Stunts
So let me be very clear: I don’t care if this gets undone next year, next month, next week. I know it’s clickbait disguised as storytelling. I am not angry because omg how dare you ruin Steve Rogers forever.
I am angry because how dare you use eleven million deaths as clickbait.
I am angry because Steve Rogers’s Jewish creators literally fought in a war against the organization Marvel has made him a part of to grab headlines.
I am angry because the very real pain of the Jewish community has been dismissed since this news leaked on Tuesday night as “Twitter outrage.”
What she said.
I promise that my next post will be rage-free.
ETA: Cap fans are protesting by making donations to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Excellent.
On Steve Rogers #1, Antisemitism, and Publicity Stunts
So let me be very clear: I don’t care if this gets undone next year, next month, next week. I know it’s clickbait disguised as storytelling. I am not angry because omg how dare you ruin Steve Rogers forever.
I am angry because how dare you use eleven million deaths as clickbait.
I am angry because Steve Rogers’s Jewish creators literally fought in a war against the organization Marvel has made him a part of to grab headlines.
I am angry because the very real pain of the Jewish community has been dismissed since this news leaked on Tuesday night as “Twitter outrage.”
What she said.
I promise that my next post will be rage-free.
ETA: Cap fans are protesting by making donations to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Excellent.