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The foiled terrorist attack on #GretchenWhitmer is another example of what& #39;s left of our justice system still working despite the best attempts of Trump. He is a terrorist sympathizer and has been for years. He cares nothing for Democracy, but that& #39;s not what this thread is about
The co-opting of comic book hemes, names and titles is one of the more disturbing recent trends in America and it& #39;s not addressed enough as one of the ways the Alt-Right recruits and targets young disaffected white, Asian and Latino men (Afam men are rarely Alt-Right recruits)
Right Wing groups have been using the gaming world to recruit angry white men for years. It& #39;s been covered, and most online systems like Playstation and XBox have done little to stop it, because frankly it& #39;s hard to censor https://www.npr.org/2018/11/05/660642531/right-wing-hate-groups-are-recruiting-video-gamers">https://www.npr.org/2018/11/0...
But #WolverineWatchmen the group that targeted #GretchenWhitmer is specifically named after an X-Men character "Wolverine" and the "Watchmen" who, along w/ Hydra & the Punisher have become popular mascots and symbols of the American terrorist right
This is part of a larger movement by White Right Wing Terrorists to mainstream themselves by adopting pop culture icons that make them seem less scary. Tobacco companies adopted Joe the camel because he& #39;s a lot cuter sell than a 3 pack a day smoker, Same principle here
Right wing groups have attempted to co-Opt Star Wars, the Death Star, Punisher, Captain America, Wolverine, Magneto, just about any mishmash of violent psuedo patriotic characters they can even if those characters are completely at odds w/ the Alt-Right https://www.salon.com/2019/04/28/the-punisher-skull-unofficial-logo-of-the-white-american-death-cult/">https://www.salon.com/2019/04/2...
Comic artists and creators have fought back against the Alt-Right appropriating these symbols, I especially love these quotes from Punisher creator @gerryconway and @jonnybernthal about the Alt-Right
But MORE can be done. Marvel and can sue these organizations/ individuals for copyright infringement. It& #39;s petty & tedious but KKK groups have been sued out of oblivion and bankrupted as much as shut down by the FBI in recent years.
If I& #39;m Disney/Marvel I& #39;d sue the hell out of the #WolverineWatchmen. I& #39;d bankrupt anybody #MAGA #KAG #AltRight group
attempting to appropriate my brand or intellectual property. Disney has a LONG history of this as well https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2014/05/disney-crafting-lawsuits-copyright-infringement.html">https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2014/05/d...
attempting to appropriate my brand or intellectual property. Disney has a LONG history of this as well https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2014/05/disney-crafting-lawsuits-copyright-infringement.html">https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2014/05/d...
The alt right has already co-opted pepe the Frog. If corporations and the public aren& #39;t more careful you& #39;ll have gun toting White Nationalist #AvengersGame 
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> and Nazi #xmen running around after #WolverineWatchmen
