Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist

[Fumesucker]

Heh, a freeper wannabe is upset at Captain America..

http://www.publiusforum.com/2010/02/08/marvel-comics-captain-america-says-tea-parties-are-dangerous-and-racist/

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.

Edited to add pic of comic in question..

[JVS]

1. “tea bag libs before they tea bag you,”

:rofl:

[quiet.american]

3. Lol -- that caught my eye, too. nt

[GoneOffShore]

2. K&R

And it's going to be an interesting time with Marvel.

[quiet.american]

4. I'm lovin' it. nt

[instantkarma]

5. back in the mid-70s

Marvel had a Captain America story line in which a group framed him for murder and was attempting to take over the U.S. government. They ran a front group (to sway the media and public in their favor) called the Committee to Regain America's Principles, or C.R.A.P. It's nice to see they still get it after 35 years.

"No govt in my medicare!" That's classic.

[TlalocW]

6. Marvel's Captain America is kind of liberal-leaning

When I was collecting comics (Captain America being one of the titles), he was kind of a cross between a stuffed shirt and a nerd who didn't date much when it comes to women (the original Steve Rogers Cap) but still open to changing social norms. In one issue guest-starring Spider-Man, Spidey jokingly asked him if his suit violated any kind of anti-desecration law, and Cap responded back with a speech that basically implied he didn't agree with those kinds of laws.

Another storyline had the Red Skull infiltrating the highest echelons of American government and attempting to bring Captain America back under government control like he was during WWII. Rogers quit instead of agree to that, and they turned the costume and shield over to another superhero who was a bit more right-wing in his thinking and violent in his actions, who brought shame to the image until original Cap unraveled everything.

TlalocW

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. Here's a pic of Cap and The Falcon infiltrating the Teabaggers.

[flying rabbit]

8. Heh!

:silly: