Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship

[meegbear]

In the 900th issue of Action Comics, Superman renounces his American citizenship after a "clash" with the federal government. GOP flacks are outraged. Outraged, I tells ya!

"Besides being riddled with a blatant lack of patriotism, and respect for our country, Superman's current creators are belittling the United States as a whole. By denouncing his citizenship, Superman becomes an eerie metaphor for the current economic and power status the country holds worldwide," Hollywood publicist and GOP activist Angie Meyer told Fox.

Wired weighs in:

In an age rife with immigration paranoia, it’s refreshing to see an alien refugee tell the United States that it’s as important to him as any other country on Earth — which in turn is as important to Superman as any other planet in the multiverse. The genius of Superman is that he belongs to everyone, for the dual purposes of peace and protection. He’s above ephemeral geopolitics and nationalist concerns, a universal agent unlike any other found in pop culture.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/04/superman-renounces-us-citizenship.html

[sakabatou]

1. I love it when fiction pisses off Republicans

[white_wolf]

2. Haha. I love it.

I'm waiting for Bruce Wayne to come out in support of liberalism now, since he is parity based of Theodore Roosevelt.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Well, he's been anti-DP and anti-gun since almost day one. SO that's not new. -nt

[Iggo]

7. ...or just to come out.

That oughta get the RW brain matter spewing.

[abelenkpe]

3. Hollywood publicist and GOP activist?

Wow, she's a fish out of water. :P

[ingac70]

4. Superman is an illegal alien.

:P

[murielm99]

5. LOL.

Too bad we don't have DUzys any more.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Amusingly, they've been playing up Lex Luthor's xenophobia lately.

He's taken to saying "alien" with a sneer when referring to Superman, and he despises other alien supers like the Martian Manhunter and Hawkman. (In fact, he despises supers in general, but really has a thing against extraterrestrials.)

[Capitalocracy]

13. Anchor baby of Jor-El, kneel before Zod!

snoochyboochies ;)

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. I've been asking to see his birth certificate for 2 1/2 years now but NO.

:hide:

[Permanut]

9. I'm not convinced that Meyer is a GOP activist...

"Besides being riddled with a blatant lack of patriotism, and respect for our country..."



It should be ARE country!!1!

I'm not sure she's going to be able to get through to the teabaggers using that kind of english.

[athenasatanjesus]

10. Now if only Wonder woman could stop wearing the American flag.

It would be more realistic considering she's supposed to be some sort of peace keeper from the neutral nation of Amazons.

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. That's not necessarily the American flag - there's any number of

flags that are red/white/blue with white stars: Chile, Cuba, Liberia, Puerto Rico, and who knows how many more without stars.

I'd go with Cuban myself - she's a brunette and comes from a secret island nobody can visit.

[The Nexus]

12. More in line with the Greek mythos.nt