The allies of Ivan are everywhere, SPA. And Frank Miller has thrown his hat in the Bolshevik ring! That’s right, he’s dared to disparage the Occupiers around the nation. Though he did it days ago, AmeriKAZAM was too busy battling the dragons of Tamriel to respond. But we’re here now, so SADDLE UP!
Marxist Miller spouted his commie propaganda calling the Occupiers “a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness.” While this may be factually true, he has no business pointing out the truth in the face of authorized American propaganda as dispensed by the state sponsored media. Who does this Miller guy think he is?
Luckily, anti-communist warriors like Gutters are here to save the day by lampooning Miller. The proper response to strong comments aimed at these media darling Occupiers is to marginalize the speaker (“Off His Lawn” implying he’s just a grumpy old man out of touch) and then exaggerate the message so it appears ridiculous (omg! he called them ALL rapists!). That way we don’t have to face facts like who supports these people, the accounts of violence, the money backers of AdBusters who started OWS, etc, and can relive 1969 (sans the noble cause, of course).
Enter Mark Millar. Previously, Mark Millar was a master of satirical superhero stories. The Ultimates, Kick Ass, and The Authority were wildly popular and delved into the intellectual underpinnings of superheroism. Along comes Civil War and you have an allegorical tale of the bipartisan political battles being fought in the United States. All very brainy stuff. Then, just like a gamma bomb, defending Miller has transformed Millar into an indefensible jerk with a Jerkitude Factor of at least 5000. And is this a surprise? Hells no! You love one commie and you love ‘em all! So shut up, Millar. You should ditch your friends the moment they take good ‘ole American political heat. You either get on the bandwagon, Millar, or you get left behind in Mobtown.
Allying themselves with the Gutters crowd, Comics Alliance tends to agree. In fact, their writer, Laura Hudson goes on to say:
Apologism is a common reaction, or tactic, by the supporters of great men and women whose profound personal flaws or misdeeds have been exposed, and an understandable one. It’s difficult to watch your heroes fall, especially by their own hand.
That’s right, SPA. Miller’s words indicate a profound personal flaw (and maybe even misdeeds) because if you don’t agree, you must be evil… or maybe just a loser. Who could possibly criticize these Occupiers, these patriots who only wish their countrymen to pay them what they so richly deserve?
Miller’s probably thinking himself a goddam prophet now when only two months ago he wrote of propaganda in reference to his two-fisted fatwa Holy Terror:
Come on. Propaganda is rampant. News objectivity is a twentieth-century myth. We only complain about propaganda when we don’t agree with it.





