Marvel Comics: Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist

Publius Forum ^ | February 8, 2010 | Warner Todd Huston

[myknowledge]

Marvel Comic’s Captain America is the mightiest soldier with the super powerful secret soldier formula that makes him a super man. Sadly, this muscle bound hero that took on the whole Nazi army during WWII seems to be afraid of those American people who’ve joined the Tea Party movement. Not only is Cappy quaking in his little red booties, but he’s sure that the Tea Party folks are dangerous racists, too.

Isn’t it wonderful that a decades old American comic book hero is now being used to turn readers against our very political system, being used to slander folks that are standing up for real American principles in real life — and one called “Captain America” at that?

In issue number 602 of Captain America, a new story line has begun called “Two Americas.” In it the current Captain (there have been a few of them, apparently) is on the trail of a faux Captain America that is mentally deranged and getting chummy with some white supremacist, anti-government, survivalists types going by the name of “the Watchdogs.” While investigating this subversive group, Captain America and his partner The Falcon — a black super hero — have decided to try and infiltrate the secretive organization.

In preparation for the infiltration, Marvel Comics depicts the two super heroes out of costume and observing from a rooftop a street filled with what can only be described as a Tea Party protest. The scene shows crowds of people in city streets carrying signs that say, “stop the socialists,” “tea bag libs before they tea bag you,” and “no to new taxes.” Naturally, the people in these crowds are depicted as being filled with nothing but white folks.

The black character asks the out of costume Captain, “What the hell is this?” And follows that with, “looks like some kind of anti-tax protest.” The Falcon character then snidely tells his partner the Captain, “So I guess this whole ‘hate the government’ vibe around here isn’t limited to the Watchdogs.”

The two then discuss their plan to infiltrate the subversive group that Marvel comics seems to be linking to the Tea Party movement. This discussion culminates in The Falcon wondering how a black man would do such a thing. “I don’t exactly see a black man from Harlem fitting in with a bunch of angry white folks,” he tells the incognito Captain America.

The Captain tells him, “no it’s perfect… this all fits right into my plan.” After this we find that the Captain’s plan is to send the black man into a redneck bar to pretend to be a black man working for the IRS and to get everyone all mad… because… well, you know that every white person is a racist that hates black civil servants, right?

So, there you have it, America. Tea Party protesters just “hate the government,” they are racists, they are all white folks, they are angry, and they associate with secretive white supremacist groups that want to over throw the U.S. government.

Bet you didn’t know that when you were indulging your right as a citizen to protest your government that you were a dangerous white supremacist that wants to destroy the country, did you? Bet you didn’t realize that your reverence for the U.S. Constitution was a subversive thing to do, did you? And I’ll also bet that you never imagined that you’d scare the little blue panties off of Captain America!

Nice going Marvel Comics. Thanks for making patriotic Americans into your newest super villains.

[who knows what evil?]

Marvel Comics is begging for a boycott.

Keep this in mind when Marvel's 'Captain America' feature hits the screens next year...or if you prefer; there is an 'Iron Man' movie you can avoid in just a few months...

[trublu]

Batman would kick his arse.

[who knows what evil?]

Back in the 90s, a comic would be on the cancellation block for sales below 100,000 copies. Today, if one hits 100,000 copies it ranks at the top of the direct market sales chart! Could it be the dark, depressing, overly sexualized and often twisted 'world' they have devolved to, especially at Marvel?

Why do you think cover prices have risen to $3.99..? P. T. Barnum was right.

[FreedomPoster]

Nor Angela McGlowan.

[BP2]

True story:

Last night at the dinner table, we were entertaining a California relative who was passing through on his way back from the Superbowl game.

The topic of the Tea Party came up and he remarked, “Yeah, those are a bunch of crazy people.” He did not know I and my 11-year-old daughter are very active Tea Party members.

I then politely asked, “Which part is crazy about them? Is it their call for a smaller Federal Government, less intrusion in the free market system, or their call for fiscal responsibility with the Federal budget?”

Before he answered, I added, “Oh, how's things going out in California with your State budget?”

He grumbled, and the topic changed to next year's New Orleans Saint's player lineup ... Being a kind host, I let his Tea Party comment slide.

The vast majority of the people who malign the Tea Party have NO idea who they are or what they really stand for ...

... and that they are about as "middle America" as you can get.

[BP2]

Yeah, "all Tea Party activists are white racists".

Sure they are ... In fact, ANYONE who doesn't like Obama and his policies are RACIST. Haven't you heard??!

[heysean]

“And this little weapon, WTF does it imply?”

Lol, it’s one of those flags that goes in your car window.

[mc5cents]

Me neither Al.

[onyx]

[nutmeg]

WOW... what a great collection of photos! Thanks, BP2.

[LS]

This is Bob Parks, a friend who directed my first DVD.

[nutmeg]

Deneen Borelli of the National Center for Public Policy Research/Project 21 gave a GREAT speech at the 9/12/09 Tea Party March on Washington DC:

Deneen Borelli --- Taxpayer March on Washington 9-12-2009 (video runs 6:09 minutes)

[SevenofNine]

Actually Nutmeg my cousin read Marvelcomics yeah Capt America thanks to his writer is far leftist now this not original dude some dude that came back from the exile

[muir_redwoods]

I’ve always wondered why this guy has been passed over for promotion to Major for 70 years

[GOPJ]

Marvel Comics looked at how great liberal newspapers and liberal magazines are doing

...and decided to jump on the bandwagon.../a

What idiots.

[Cowman]

Thank God for back issues.

I think if you go back to the early days Captain America's nemisis was the Red Skull: A communist agent that was attempting to foment a terrorist insurgency

I guess that was just a little too close to the truth

[BP2]

Yeah, nothing but hurtful, dangerous and RACIST pigs at those Tea Party Rallies:

EVEN the kids and dogs at those Tea Party Rallies ... yep, RACISTS!

LOL!!

[JimRed]

Gee, not a Klan hood in sight! How’d they miss that?

[LostInBayport]

I think if you go back to the early days Captain America's nemisis was the Red Skull: A communist agent that was attempting to foment a terrorist insurgency I guess that was just a little too close to the truth

Yes, the Skull came back again and again over the years. I think by the 80s he had started to adapt his methods to the times, but his goal was always fascism. Today's Red Skull would be the shadowy mastermind behind organizations like ACORN and SEIU!

[LostInBayport]

Marvel Comics looked at how great liberal newspapers and liberal magazines are doing ...and decided to jump on the bandwagon...

Looks like it's working...their sales figures rarely top 100,000 in a nation of 300,000,000.

And they follow Liberal Economics, too...as their sales drop, they raise the price on their product.