Anti-Americanism in City of Heroes

Looks like it's not safe to play Captain America, according to PvPonline.

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When Captain America throws his mighty shield....
Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004

Last night, after the day started to wind down I logged into my favorite virtual world for some escape time. The City of Heroes game has been my online diversion of choice as of late. I really enjoy the game a lot.

I've tried just about every character type and I'm settling on my favorites. Last night, for fun, I decided to make myself a Captain America type hero...you know, go the whole patriotic route.

So I logged onto the Guardian server and created myself a Science origin Tanker with Invulerability and Super Strength. I dressed him in red, white and blue, adorned him and named him FLAG WAVER.

Once I got to a populated area, other people in the game started reacting to my character, but not in the way I expected.

"Ugh. I hate our country."
"How can you wave a flag of a country that kills other countries for oil we already have."
"Bush is an idiot."

I inquired if these people were from another country that maybe didn't look too kindly on the US. They all stated that they were Americans, but they just didn't really like America.

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http://www.pvponline.com/index.php3

I just smile at these fools. What goes around comes around - those who can't be at peace and have pride with who they are, where their from, and their own people are people who can't have peace and pride. These are tortured souls whos parents and peers have allowed to fester, rather than having the werewithall to recognize and admonish junior during the appropriate development stages, until they've become the ugly boils on the face of this country that they are.

These are the same clowns that I've always assumed dominate the online gaming comunities and have made me aviod "clans" like the plague for the last 5 years. Imagine my delight upon learning that AK clearly doesn't fit that stereotype. But the 14 year old on-line morons with parents who throw money at them and refuse to accept that their kids aren't perfect definitially exist.

Doubtless these are the same clowns who's parents blame the school system when their kid's busted with pot in class. :dorky:

Us teens are very vulnerable to Michael Moore-ish propaganda. I bet that every teen out there who is against the war and our nation will stand speechless once you ask them "Why" they feel that way in the first place. When I first met my ex, I brought up the Iraq war issue. She promptly responded by simply saying, "I'm not really for this war. I'm against it." After asking her why she was against it to begin with she replied by saying, "Well, war is bad. Plus, we are out there for oil."

:rolleyes: