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Punisher Creator Gerry Conway Says It's 'Disturbing' to See Authority Figures Embrace the Vigilante

 

[The Punisher is] supposed to indict the collapse of social moral authority and the reality some people can’t depend on institutions like the police or the military to act in a just and capable way.



The vigilante anti-hero is fundamentally a critique of the justice sysytem, an eample of social failure, so when cops put Punisher skulls on their cars or members of the military wear Punisher skull patches, they’re basically sides with an enemy of the system. They are embracing an outlaw mentality. Whether you think the Punisher is justified or not, whether you admire his code of ethics, he is an outlaw. He is a criminal. Police should not be embracing a criminal as their symbol.

It goes without saying. In a way, it’s as offensive as putting a Confederate flag on a government building.

 

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This! Not just that, but the idiocy of people putting a Punisher skull on their car with that 'back the blue' stripe on one of the teeth is mindboggling. 

 

 

 

 

*Side note: everyone should read Cosmic Ghost Rider. It's one of the most fun comics I've ever read. Between that and Venom, Cates is becoming one of my favorite writers. 

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