George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jun 21, 2024
It took them long enough 😂 https://www.comicsands.com/the-boys-conservatives-prime-mocking-2668555819.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
Conservatives Just Now Realizing 'The Boys' Is Mocking Them

It took them long enough 😂

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Show threadSpockoJun 22, 2024

@georgetakei The Boys depiction of fascism, Evangelical Christians, social media, politics & a powerful person getting revenge against people just doing their job, is brilliant.

#TheBoys is graphically violent & filled with blood & gore. It is NOT for the squimish. But I found it bone-chillingly accurate in its depiction of fascism. I credit writers Geoff Aull & Eric Kripke for their insight on current #SocialMedia #psyops.
Watch Sister Sage setting up troll armies. Spot on!

Show threadMatt CraigJun 22, 2024
@spocko totally agree. The acting is top notch, the writing is amazing. And the Deep is now sympathetic
Show threadSpockoJun 22, 2024

@Mattcraig I made it a point to track down the writers & credit them. When I watched how Troll armies were organized by #SisterSage I thought of @annaleen book on psyops, Stories Are Weapons

When I saw how a powerful, insecure narcissist responded to criticism by destroying people's lives I saw TFG. Now, when #Homelander is going on a revenge tour, I see Trump in the future-- esp if we don't stop him.
And now, with the news corporations & rich people backing him again, it's even more accurate.

Show threadMatt Craig
@spocko @annaleen it is NOT particularly subtle about TFG.
Jun 22, 2024 at 1:20amIvory for iOS
Show threadSpockoJun 22, 2024
@Mattcraig Really? :-) on one hand I think about the other people they could point out more specifically, like Billionaire Nazi platforming, Fascist-loving Social Media owners. One thing Iearned I learned in @annaleen book was the way threats are personal. They are designed to dehumanize people, & turn others against them.