Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist

[Davy Crockett]

Marvel Comics: Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist

February 8, 2010


-By Warner Todd Huston
Marvel Comic’s Captain America is the mightiest soldier with the super powerful secret soldier formula that makes him a super man. Sadly, this muscle bound hero that took on the whole Nazi army during WWII seems to be afraid of those American people who’ve joined the Tea Party movement. Not only is Cappy quaking in his little red booties, but he’s sure that the Tea Party folks are dangerous racists, too.
Isn’t it wonderful that a decades old American comic book hero is now being used to turn readers against our very political system, being used to slander folks that are standing up for real American principles in real life — and one called “Captain America” at that?

In issue number 602 of Captain America, a new story line has begun called “Two Americas.” In it the current Captain (there have been a few of them, apparently) is on the trail of a faux Captain America that is mentally deranged and getting chummy with some white supremacist, anti-government, survivalists types going by the name of “the Watchdogs.”

While investigating this subversive group, Captain America and his partner The Falcon — a black super hero — have decided to try and infiltrate the secretive organization.

In preparation for the infiltration, Marvel Comics depicts the two super heroes out of costume and observing from a rooftop a street filled with what can only be described as a Tea Party protest. The scene shows crowds of people in city streets carrying signs that say, “stop the socialists,” “tea bag libs before they tea bag you,” and “no to new taxes.” Naturally, the people in these crowds are depicted as being filled with nothing but white folks.

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The black character asks the out of costume Captain, “What the hell is this?” And follows that with, “looks like some kind of anti-tax protest.” The Falcon character then snidely tells his partner the Captain, “So I guess this whole ‘hate the government’ vibe around here isn’t limited to the Watchdogs.”

The two then discuss their plan to infiltrate the subversive group that Marvel comics seems to be linking to the Tea Party movement. This discussion culminates in The Falcon wondering how a black man would do such a thing. “I don’t exactly see a black man from Harlem fitting in with a bunch of angry white folks,” he tells the incognito Captain America.

The Captain tells him, “no it’s perfect… this all fits right into my plan.” After this we find that the Captain’s plan is to send the black man into a redneck bar to pretend to be a black man working for the IRS and to get everyone all mad… because… well, you know that every white person is a racist that hates black civil servants, right?

So, there you have it, America. Tea Party protesters just “hate the government,” they are racists, they are all white folks, they are angry, and they associate with secretive white supremacist groups that want to over throw the U.S. government.

Bet you didn’t know that when you were indulging your right as a citizen to protest your government that you were a dangerous white supremacist that wants to destroy the country, did you? Bet you didn’t realize that your reverence for the U.S. Constitution was a subversive thing to do, did you? And I’ll also bet that you never imagined that you’d scare the little blue panties off of Captain America!

Nice going Marvel Comics. Thanks for making patriotic Americans into your newest super villains.
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“The only end of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.”
–Samuel Johnson

[Davy Crockett]

Marvel Comics' depiction of anti-tax protesters inspires anger, apology




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Since 1941, Captain America has been one of the most popular comic book characters around. The fictional super-patriot fought Nazis during World War II, took on those who burned the American flag during the Vietnam era, and raked in hundreds of millions of dollars for Marvel Comics along the way. Now, the appearance that he is taking on the Tea Party Movement in a storyline about investigating white supremacists has forced Marvel to apologize for the comic hero.

Issue 602 of the comic features Captain America investigating a right-wing anti-government militia group called "the Watchdogs". Hoping to infiltrate the group, Captain America and his African-American sidekick The Falcon observe an anti-tax protest from a rooftop. The protestors depicted are all white and carry signs adorned with slogans almost identical to those seen today in Tea Party rallies like "tea bag libs before they tea bag you" and "stop the socialists."



The Falcon mentions that the gathering appears to be "some kind of anti-tax protest" and notes that "this whole 'hate the government' vibe isn't limited to the Watchdogs." He then tells Captain America that he doesn't think their plan will work because "I don't exactly see a black man from Harlem fitting in with a bunch of angry white folks." Captain America then explains that his plan entails sending The Falcon in among the group posing as an IRS agent under the thinking that a black government official will most certainly spark their anger.

The clear implicit attack on the Tea Party Movement was first noticed by Publius' Forum's Warner Todd Huston. When a minor uproar ensued, Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada spoke to Comic Book Resources and defended the issue while apologizing for the panel that seemed to tie real-life Tea Party protesters to the fictional group depicted in the book.

Saying that he could "absolutely see how some people are upset about this," Quesada said that there was "zero discussion to include a group that looked like a Tea Party demonstration," adding, "There was no thought that it represented a particular group."

Quesada then went on to say that Marvel would "apologize for and own up to" a series of "stupid mistakes" that led to them "accidentally identifying" one of the members of the protest group "as being a part of the Tea Party instead of a generic protest group." He explained that they were on deadline to get the issue to the printer for publication, and in the course of sending it off it was noticed that the signs in the scene contained no words or phrases. He said the editor then asked the letterer to "fudge in some quick signs" and that in the "rush to get the book out of the door," the letterer "looked on the net and started pulling slogans" from signs captured in photographs at Tea Party protests in order to make them appear "believable."

In response to Marvel's explanation and apology, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips told Yahoo! News that it "sounds less like a genuine 'we're sorry' than it does a 'we're sorry we got caught' statement."

"When I was a child in the '60s Captain America was my favorite superhero," he said. "It's really sad to see what has traditionally been a pro-America figure being used to advance a political agenda."

Ed Brubaker, the writer of the controversial Captain America story, told Fox News that any and all references to "tea bag" will be removed from all future editions of Marvel Comics.

-- Brett Michael Dykes is a contributor to the Yahoo! News blog

[Alexander Hamilton]

An article originally from a Chabad Web-site (I can't find a direct link anymore).

Chabad: Keeping one’s true self hidden | The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD

Dear Rabbi,
I recently saw the Spiderman movie. It touched something within me. I know it is weird, but is it possible that I have super powers? What does Judaism have to say about super heroes?- Peter Parker
Dear Peter,
It is no accident that the most famous super heroes were created by Jews. Bob Kane created Batman, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created Spiderman, the Hulk and a host of other Marvel characters, and Superman was created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Seigel.
The conflict between the characters powers and secret identity has very Jewish overtones. Having to pass as everyone else in public, keeping one’s true self hidden is something that many Jews are familiar with.
The connection, however, goes even deeper. Jewish mysticism discusses the duality of Jewish identity. We are actually a compound of the spiritual and the physical. Our bodies are like everyone elses. But inside, the soul, the spirit is different. At Mt. Sinai G-d made a covenant with the Jewish people. The Jewish people have the ability to connect to an infinite G-d. In order to accomplish this task our souls themselves took an infinite quality.
Tanya, the foundational text of Chabad, written by the first Lubavitcher Rebbe, describes the Jewish soul as being part and parcel of G-d, literally. So, since G-d is infinite and our souls are connected to G-d, we have at our disposal infinite resources, infinite power. Oh, and Peter, infinite power beats webslinging any day. Just remember, with great power comes great responsibility. It is not easy being a super hero; it is not easy to be a Jew.
Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman


And Captain American was created by the aforementioned Jew, Jack Kirby and another Jew, Joe Simon.

[Davy Crockett]

[Davy Crockett]

White Will is a real person living not too far from me in Tennessee. He does not have this issue and I will like to send him a copy as a suprise. The problem is that on e-bay and other places they are asking for over $100 for this issue.

I will pay $20 to anyone who can find me this issue. Just private message me.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Originally Posted by Davy Crockett

White Will is a real person living not too far from me in Tennessee. He does not have this issue and I will like to send him a copy as a suprise. The problem is that on e-bay and other places they are asking for over $100 for this issue.

I will pay $20 to anyone who can find me this issue. Just private message me.


It is available online.

The Saga of White Will

It is available online.

The Saga of White Will

The Saga of White Will

[Davy Crockett]

Originally Posted by Alexander Hamilton

It is available online.

The Saga of White Will

Thanks! I handed them out by the dozens years ago and never bothered saving a copy for myself.

Sent the link off to the real White Will.


White Will pulls no punches, I will see if he wants to join this forum.

[Alexander Hamilton]

I am lucky that I have one.

[Poor Richard]

Tea Parties are, and have always been, dangerous to the New World Order.

Since the first one, Tea Parties have been for White Folks.

Does that make us "racist" just because we care enough to sacrifice for the greater good, when the browns and blacks would not?