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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just don't get people who say X-Men wasn't "woke" until recently. It never even tried very hard to hide the metaphors...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

God loves, Man kills...Inspired by the rise of televangelism in the 1980s, the Xmen story deals with overall religious extremism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Which fuckin' god? The one that (if you believe in) sent the ten plagues? And the flood? And burned two major cities? And that's just in the book where he's supposedly the good guy?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think you misunderstand... God Loves, Man Kills is the title of an X-Men story from the 80s which centers on the X-Men fighting against a church that preaches anti-mutant bigotry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I stand corrected.

The irony of the title is still true, though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Bro did you read the first part then just stop?