Rightwingers are mad because Superman went woke with a message of compassion for all humans. But the Man of Steel hasn’t changed. They have.
By Josh Moon
Superman hasn’t changed.
You have.
Since the Man of Steel’s newest film dropped last week, there have been cries of unfairness from the right-wingers among us. They found, they claim, a message of compassion and empathy for immigrants within the new “Superman” movie, and MAGA world is unhappy.
Superman has gone woke, they say.
But they … are morons.
Overly sensitive, hyper-hateful, thoroughly disgusting, ravenously racist morons who believe that they are entitled to have the world not only bend to their whims and fancies, but also coddle them and snuggle them whenever they have the misfortune of looking in a mirror.
That’s what happened with Superman.
He didn’t go woke. He didn’t espouse pro-immigrant rhetoric. He’s the same kind, compassionate, “we’re all humans, let’s get along together and be decent to one another” guy that he’s always been.
He hasn’t changed.
Your reception of his message has changed.
And somehow you’re mad because the whole rest of the world didn’t go with you to the dark side.
I mean, seriously, take a look around. You all are cozying up to dictators and embracing insane billionaires. You’ve taken the side of the Empire and shunned the Resistance. You’ve turned Lex Luthor (Elon Musk) into your idol.
(Come on, y’all, you’ve got to see that Musk is a movie-level villain, right? He’s a hysterically-laughing billionaire who launches rockets and is taking advantage of the narcissistic dope president to steal everyone’s personal data. It’s like a comic book came to life before our eyes.)
None of these movies – these childhood institutions that held our life lessons – have changed. They still teach us about good vs. evil and right vs. wrong. They still romanticize the underdog and turn the average joe trying to do good into the hero. They still tell us that the folks working hard on the floor are more heroic than the billionaire in the penthouse trying to squeeze every dime out of them. And most of all – certainly in almost every Disney and superhero movie – they teach us that treating each other with dignity and respect, no matter what we look like or where we come from or how much money we have, is the true test of goodness in this world.
