{"id":18083,"date":"2021-06-22T19:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T02:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=18083"},"modified":"2021-06-22T19:41:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T02:41:40","slug":"the-spreading-cancer-of-wokeness-in-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/06\/22\/the-spreading-cancer-of-wokeness-in-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spreading Cancer Of Wokeness In Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The desecration of well established characters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2020-05-18\/netflix-she-ra-series-finale-queer-love-wins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/comics\/marvel-new-politically-correct-woke-superhero-comic-insult-long-time-readers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comics<\/a> by \u201cupdating them\u201d, and otherwise using and established name to sell what would otherwise had never gotten approved, has become so ubiquitous in the America is seems that it is a question not of \u201cif\u201d but \u201cwhen\u201d. Not even the magazine \u201cHeavy Metal\u201d can escape, especially after infection from <a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2020\/08\/25\/new-woke-wonder-woman-slammed-as-overweight-badly-dressed-frump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DC<\/a> comics: The iconic character Taarna, who has practically become the magazines unofficial mascot, is now being depicted not in her usual scantily clad armor but in a full body suit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna.jpg 773w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna-768x954.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna-new.jpg 450w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna-new-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18084\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18084\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna.jpg 773w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/taarna-768x954.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: The iconic design for Taarna. Right: The new full body armor version of Taarna.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As if to take away any doubt as to the magazine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=25H8HCABwcM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attitude<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fo9W-SdYgJ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reasoning<\/a>, they have been <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/05\/27\/heavy-metal-magazine-mocks-fans-not-happy-with-new-armored-taarna-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continuously mocking people<\/a> on social media who did not like the magazine\u2019s overhaul of a character that has been the magazines <em>de facto<\/em> mascot for over forty years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25H8HCABwcM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fo9W-SdYgJ0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cHeavy Metal\u201d was adult, but never vulgar, but always innovative and cutting edge.\u00a0\u00a0 It was the American incarnation of the French comics magazine \u201cM\u00e9tal hurlant\u201d, and introduced Americans to the vibrant French comics scene before branching out with American, and other, artists. Ironic, then, that France that is strongly <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/03\/24\/france-vs-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposing this wokification<\/a> of everything. It\u2019s sad that their willingess to engage in government censorship is what is giving them the impetus to <a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2021\/02\/22\/podcast-137-sociologist-nathalie-heinich-on-french-academics-opposition-to-americas-race-based-ideologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stand up against the \u201ccancel culture\u201d<\/a> and to protect since in their view only the government can <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/07\/05\/free-speech-a-definition-of-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censor wrongspeak<\/a> and the woke crowd is trying to attack what the government explicitly allows (which automatically makes it acceptable in this view).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wokeness is America\u2019s biggest export at the moment, and also America\u2019s most embarassing export. Someone even wrote a guide to Japanese artists to help them identify and stand up against the woke scolds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1126\" height=\"1191\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-4.png 1126w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-4-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-4-968x1024.png 968w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-4-768x812.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1178\" height=\"1198\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-5.png 1178w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-5-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-5-1007x1024.png 1007w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-5-768x781.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1183\" height=\"1210\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-6.png 1183w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-6-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-6-1001x1024.png 1001w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-6-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1183px) 100vw, 1183px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1174\" height=\"1191\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-7.png 1174w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-7-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-7-1009x1024.png 1009w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anti-Cancel-Culture-Image-Widely-Circulated-on-Twitter-Aiming-to-Stop-Harassment-of-Japanese-Artists-7-768x779.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is good advice for anyone.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Spreading Cancer Of Wokeness In Comics\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The desecration of well established characters in animation and comics by 'updating them', and otherwise using and established name to sell what would otherwise had never gotten approved, has become so ubiquitous in the America is seems that it is a question not of 'if' but 'when'.  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