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Hells Liberal

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2. Yes, indeed, Frank Miller is a right-wing, neo-fascist douchebag, but...
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 03:47 PM
Jul 2012

I think the politics of "The Dark Knight Returns" was pretty balanced. The president, who is not named, is clearly Ronald Reagan and he is depicted as pretty dumb. His way of announcing a Soviet first-nuclear strike was "Well those Russians can be pretty sore losers."

Also, Bruce Wayne (Batman) criticized his ex-friend, Clark (Superman) Kent for being subservient to Reagan, especially when the president had no real way to control Superman even if he wanted to. In that series, Wayne tells Kent, "No one can make you do anything you don't want to do."

When the Soviets used a missle called "Coldbringer" to create a nuclear winter, Bruce Wayne complained that neither Reagan nor Superman thought far enough ahead to consider the the Soviets might use such as weapon.

And, the series featured DC's most outspoken liberal, the Green Arrow. As the government troops were shooting at him to keep him from firing a kryptonite arrow at Superman, he referred to them as "Goddamn fascist sons of bitches." Without Green Arrow's help, Superman would have done more than just broke three of Batman's ribs.



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