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DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 10:19 am
by The Mad Moderate
I saw this article and it bothered me, I have never been a huge fan of comics, but to have a character renounce his US citizenship thats too far. Comics have always been as american as apple pie and I think DC will regret this move.
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DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 11:22 am
by Purplehood
Comics have always been an outlet for folks to push the envelope. I don't have a problem with uncomfortable issues being raised in this particular manner. After all, comics have almost always been a reflection of fantasy and the outrageous.

In real-life, hey, if you want to renounce your citizenship...just do it. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

EDIT: LoadedLiberal, I don't want this to come across as a personal attack but are you sure you are a Liberal?

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 11:32 am
by The Mad Moderate
Purplehood wrote:Comics have always been an outlet for folks to push the envelope. I don't have a problem with uncomfortable issues being raised in this particular manner. After all, comics have almost always been a reflection of fantasy and the outrageous.

In real-life, hey, if you want to renounce your citizenship...just do it. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

EDIT: LoadedLiberal, I don't want this to come across as a personal attack but are you sure you are a Liberal?
Yes I'm sure lol. although a more accurate name might be "loadedlibertartianwithsomedemocrattendencies" but that might be a little long of a name.

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 11:49 am
by Bulldog1911
Purplehood wrote:
In real-life, hey, if you want to renounce your citizenship...just do it. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
:iagree:
Since when do we give aliens citizenship's anyway ;-)
Now...if we could just get obama to follow suit "rlol"

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 12:01 pm
by mgood
When did he become a citizen? He wasn't born here. Isn't he an illegal alien? :biggrinjester:

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 12:58 pm
by 74novaman
mgood wrote:When did he become a citizen? He wasn't born here. Isn't he an illegal alien? :biggrinjester:
x2. ;-)

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 1:20 pm
by OCD
mgood wrote:When did he become a citizen? He wasn't born here. Isn't he an illegal alien? :biggrinjester:
That's what I thought but maybe he was naturalized somewhere along the way. When it comes to Superman and Clark Kent, I have been out of the loop ever since I found out about girls.

Does the Clark Kent secret identity still exist? If so, isn't he the one who would need US citizenship (or a green card) to legally work here?

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 2:03 pm
by The Mad Moderate
Just to clarify this registers about a 2 on the scale of importance to me just wanted to share an article I found. I just found some of the quotes in the article rubbed me the wrong way

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 2:12 pm
by Purplehood
loadedliberal wrote:Just to clarify this registers about a 2 on the scale of importance to me just wanted to share an article I found. I just found some of the quotes in the article rubbed me the wrong way
Thanks for the clarification. I thought maybe you were a closet-Conservative there...

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 3:32 pm
by tacticool
mgood wrote:When did he become a citizen? He wasn't born here. Isn't he an illegal alien? :biggrinjester:
Seriously. It's not like Steve Rogers renounced his citizenship. :lol:

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 5:13 pm
by Dragonfighter
mgood wrote:When did he become a citizen? He wasn't born here. Isn't he an illegal alien? :biggrinjester:
He was born off planet but was raised as a U.S. Citizen since infancy. Heck all he'd have to do is come up with a Smallville birth certificate and he could run for president. :leaving

*Flame Retardent: This is a joke folks and should not be construed as a political statement of any sort.

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:15 pm
by Texas Size 11
Kind of a surprising move on DC's part...but you got to move units somehow and controversy seems to do the trick.

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:39 pm
by WildBill
Dragonfighter wrote:*Flame Retardent: This is a joke folks and should not be construed as a political statement of any sort.
Superman's suit is flame retardant so that shouldn't be a problem. :mrgreen:

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 9:15 pm
by lonewolf
OCD wrote:
mgood wrote:When did he become a citizen? He wasn't born here. Isn't he an illegal alien? :biggrinjester:
That's what I thought but maybe he was naturalized somewhere along the way. When it comes to Superman and Clark Kent, I have been out of the loop ever since I found out about girls.

Does the Clark Kent secret identity still exist? If so, isn't he the one who would need US citizenship (or a green card) to legally work here?
Is there something about girls I need to know?? :biggrinjester:

Re: DC comics un-American?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 10:27 pm
by ghostrider
Since when do we give aliens citizenship's anyway
hey, hey. You're just referring to aliens from other planets, right?

:-)