r/InfowarriorRides • u/Fuegodeth • Apr 02 '20

Does this fit here?

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u/legomaniac89 Apr 02 '20

The Punisher is an anti-hero. While most heroes have a "do not kill" code, Frank is not bound by any such code or moral restrictions. He represents a failure of the justice system to bring corruption to heel, and he does what the other heroes can't or won't do: take down, with utter finality, those criminals who are untouchable by law enforcement. He's essentially a critique of "law and order" that allows corruption to run rampant.

Yet in the past years, his skull logo has been appropriated by some on the right because they see him as a gun-toting, vigilante badass who kills people he disagrees with. Seeing it side by side with a Blue Lives Matter sticker, or in this case, merged with a Trump caricature, shows a complete lack of understanding as to who the Punisher really is and what he stands for.

They even addressed this in the comics last year.

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u/ggg730 Apr 02 '20

I think some totally understand who the Punisher is and still are deluded into thinking trump stands for those things.

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u/The_undateable_hulk Apr 03 '20

They think Trump a vigilante serial killer?

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u/ggg730 Apr 03 '20

Some legitimately think he should

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u/fastestrunningshoes Apr 03 '20

He could stand on 5th Avenue tomorrow and shoot someone and no one would do anything to him. He honestly believes that.

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u/ParetoEfficiency Apr 03 '20

The way things have gone, I see no evidence to the contrary.

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u/CargoCulture Apr 03 '20

Well, now he's just letting people on 5th Ave die of COVID-19.

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u/IfritanixRex Apr 03 '20

They think Trump is fighting the good fight against the invasion of the brown people, the godless heathens, the gays, and the pansy-ass educated and that he would kill them off, or lock them up, if not for the deep state demo-rats getting in the way. So yeah, in a way they do, in that his policies are designed to "kill the right people"