[2011-Dec-06] In Which Lex Luthor Is Accused Of Racism

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[2011-Dec-06] In Which Lex Luthor Is Accused Of Racism

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http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db ... 2453#comic

Huh.

Well...

Yeah, so... I can honestly say that I did not see that punchline coming.

P.S. Zorg sounds more like an alien's name than a caveman's name.

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Is this Silver Age Lex Luthor?

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Superman is a dick!

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Now, see, what Lex should have done, is say "Oh, so you see a village of dying innocents, and the first thing you think of is their race."

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So, superman would rather go to the press instead of helping those people. Sir I would like to see a black superman in your comics someday!

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Sorry, I didn't get the joke at all. Can someone explain it to me? I feel dumb for not getting it.

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Yus wrote:Sorry, I didn't get the joke at all. Can someone explain it to me? I feel dumb for not getting it.
Modern society doesn't give a toss about poor people, especially if they're minorities.

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Zea wrote:So, superman would rather go to the press instead of helping those people.
That's what struck me about the comic, too.
I guess they're an acceptable sacrifice for putting Lex Luthor away?

Y'know, 'cause they're minorities.
Police said they spent some time working out if they could charge the man with being armed with a weapon, as technically he was armed with part of a fish.

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Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:
Zea wrote:So, superman would rather go to the press instead of helping those people.
That's what struck me about the comic, too.
I guess they're an acceptable sacrifice for putting Lex Luthor away?

Y'know, 'cause they're minorities.
Lex states in the first panels that it's too late to him to help =P

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Yus wrote:Sorry, I didn't get the joke at all. Can someone explain it to me? I feel dumb for not getting it.
The mainstream Western media has a tendency to eschew human tragedy that its core demographic (WASPs) do not relate to, for more sensationalist trite. The capitalist structure in which the media has carved a hugely influential niche for itself means that it decides what is in its customers' interests. Unless you are a missing white girl, the plight of you or your people is unlikely to make the front page of your popular daily newspaper.

In this case, Luthor has inadvertently caused genocide upon a certain ethnicity. Inferring that the ethnicity in question is not white American, the media--having been made aware of such a heinous act--decide to run with a more sensational, titillating story instead.

AN EXAMPLE!

On March 11th 2008, the US state department released a human rights report effectively admitting that there was a genocide and human rights atrocities happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Top news headlines for March 12th, 2008: In fact, the news of such a genocide did not even register on the chart, in comparison to Spitzer.

Turns out, a person in power paying for sex is incalculably more newsworthy than the deaths of 5.2 million people.


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Milanor wrote:
Yus wrote:Sorry, I didn't get the joke at all. Can someone explain it to me? I feel dumb for not getting it.
Modern society doesn't give a toss about poor people, especially if they're minorities.
And what does that have to do with Celebrity Nipples?
Unless the joke is that the papers chose not to cover a massive genocide.

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gaydinossaur wrote:
Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:
Zea wrote:So, superman would rather go to the press instead of helping those people.
That's what struck me about the comic, too.
I guess they're an acceptable sacrifice for putting Lex Luthor away?

Y'know, 'cause they're minorities.
Lex states in the first panels that it's too late to him to help =P
Supervillains say that all the time. It's like, page one in the Supervillain-to-English phrasebook.
Police said they spent some time working out if they could charge the man with being armed with a weapon, as technically he was armed with part of a fish.

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Yus wrote:
Milanor wrote:
Yus wrote:Sorry, I didn't get the joke at all. Can someone explain it to me? I feel dumb for not getting it.
Modern society doesn't give a toss about poor people, especially if they're minorities.
And what does that have to do with Celebrity Nipples?
Unless the joke is that the papers chose not to cover a massive genocide.
In favor of celebrity nipples. Yes. That's the joke.
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I suppose in an ideal world, the headline would have been "Lex Luthor Convicted of Racism". With maybe some mention of the mass murder charges being added to his racism sentence.

"I've learned my lesson, Superman. Next time I poison a water supply, I'll make sure that it's not in a minority area."

For crying out loud, up til the last panel, the whole strip reads like a parody of "hate crime" laws.

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What struck me as weird is that Superman is the media. His day job is reporter for the Daily Planet. So you'd think he'd have some pull.

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