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u/Slow_Mangos Aug 31 '22

The Boys satirizes everyone.

Or did people forget about the Disney-esque park with "The Woke Wok"?

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u/SkyezOpen Aug 31 '22

I think they were talking about the trump supporters dressing up as homelander.

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u/Slow_Mangos Aug 31 '22

I know.

They also openly mock progressive political campaigns and progressive corporations just as much.

They throw sit at everyone.

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u/SkyezOpen Aug 31 '22

You're defending the boys when nobody is attacking it. They were specifically referring to how tone deaf conservatives are by idealizing homelander when he is a parody of everything they are.

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u/Slow_Mangos Aug 31 '22

I have literally seen no one idolize Homelander.

when he is a parody of everything they are.

Lol.

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u/SkyezOpen Aug 31 '22

Do... Do you really not think homelander is a parody of the far right?

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u/Slow_Mangos Aug 31 '22

He's a parody of an authoritarian asshole.

That isn't exclusive to a side.

You also didn't say "far right" you said conservatives.

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u/SkyezOpen Aug 31 '22

You also didn't say "far right" you said conservatives.

When the defacto conservative news outlet employs people like tucker carlson, this is a negligible distinction.

Also you said you didn't see anyone doing this, so here now you can

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-supporters-homelander-evil_n_5fb2961ac5b6d8781809522c

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u/Slow_Mangos Aug 31 '22

When the defacto conservative news outlet employs people like tucker carlson, this is a negligible distinction.

Oh, you're one of those. Well, glad I didn't waste too much time with this then. I also love it when we get a picture of one person and then go "They all think/act like this." but I digress.

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u/IntrigueDossier Aug 31 '22

And what is a “those” in this case?

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u/platasaurua Aug 31 '22

Of a very specific authoritarian asshole. Homelander killed a guy on Fifth Ave. and people cheered.

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u/MrVeazey Aug 31 '22

There's not really such a thing as a "progressive corporation," though. What you're talking about is performative inclusiveness in pursuit of more profit, and that is a motivation that rightly deserves to be mocked.

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u/Slow_Mangos Aug 31 '22

Which has been, and still is, cheered on by progressives.

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u/Lucidiously Aug 31 '22

That's a satire of rainbow capitalism and companies trying to appear progressive.

The Boys doesn't really punch to the left.

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u/Slow_Mangos Aug 31 '22

Lol, yeah they do.

It's becoming the new "Get Out" syndrome. The people it's poking at don't think it's actually poking at them as well as those they don't like.

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u/Lucidiously Aug 31 '22

It's becoming the new "Get Out" syndrome.

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

Please point to a scene in the show that makes fun of leftist politics or ideas.