Reminds me of a few years ago when certain freepers trashed a Conservative candidate (Christine O’Donnelly if I recall) based on a grotesque story by an obnoxious liberal reporter and a wikipedia page.
Theye were way over the top and they rode the lightening.
The X-Men series provided great social commentary about an overreaching government subjugating and disarming citizens under the guise of “protection and security of the governed.”