"In your opinion, if anyone around the world wants to take their revenge on the assassination of Soleimani and intends to do it proportionately in the way they suggest — that we take one of theirs now that they've got one of ours — who should we consider to take out in the context of America? Think about it. Are we supposed to take out Spider-Man and SpongeBob? They don't have any heroes. We have a country in front of us with a large population and a large landmass, but it doesn't have any heroes. All of their heroes are cartoon characters — they're all fictional."

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I always interpreted this as a criticism of American culture. I never thought of this as a defense strategy -- with no living or real heroes, you can't kill or defile their lives

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think there's a strange kind of exception that proves the rule in the form of Charlie Kirk.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Luigi didn't take out a hero but it had the same cultural impact as taking one out.

You wanna attack america from outside it? Attack targets that the american population will adore you for attacking, it will cause a significant problem for the american leadership.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago (3 children)

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Robin hood and his band are the medieval equivalent of a maoist guerrilla resistance troupe fighting a protracted people's war.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

That's the model! catgirl-salute

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ooodelally

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

Just as Mao wrote.

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

blushing-engels

[–] underisk@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

clearly they should have gone after podcasters, the true Heroes. RIP Charlie.