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what exactly is upsetting people about Superman?
Turns out he's an undocumented immigrant with a weird foreign sounding name (Kal El) and he was going around acting like he was an American by the name of Clark Kent. We can't have that!
But but but he speaks the language
And he is white!
No alien is ever white!
From what I can tell, that he’s a decent person.
MAGA takes issue that Superman's Homelander rating is 0 out of 10.
The director of the new film framed the character as an illegal immigrant in the promotional junket.
Sure but it's not like it's the first time. Freakin Smallville (the TV show) had a similar plot one season.
https://youtu.be/RlTtKdyg4xA
https://youtu.be/g2Fv8oSW9kg
Superman hasn't changed much. Our society has become more reactionary in response to the least bit of progress.
Of course it wasn't the first time. Superman has been an illegal immigrant since its conception after a couple of in-house iterations.
The previous narratives at least allowed for some form of limited ethical considerations, but even that is too radical nowadays in the US...