I was going to drop it. I really was...
You know that The Colbert Report is making fun of conservatives and not some meta comedy news show making fun of liberals, right?
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I don't know how else to explain it to you, but the goal of feminism is equality...it's as simple as that. How individuals want to go about it is up to them. There isn't a monolithic "Feminist Movement" anymore than there is a monolithic Civil Rights Movement. Hell, there isn't even a consensus on whether or not a hi-pressure hose is good for washing cars in the car detailing world and all they do is clean cars! That "inconsistency of the feminist movement" only exists as an excuse for you to rely on stereotypes as opposed actually learning about it.
I understand the Colbert report and there have been times I watched and saw something that was true/joke that actually applied to liberals. You know, the jokes that make you go, "yeah that is actually true about us".
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I understand the goal is equality, but in no way does that cover somehow promote that men/women are not equals. Men have been victimized and women have been victimized. It wasn't made to depower women. It was made because they are doing joker variants and that was a key moment in the joker's origin and the artist thought it would make a good cover.
Whatever you want to call the people that are complaining (since your main argument seems to be about terminology, terms that have been a recent rewrite of history BTW, rather than the idea itself- which is a tactic people use to move away from the main issue) they are making an issue out of something that they want to see, or that they believe others do not see and should see, or that they believe people support.
They are literally and figuratively judging a book by its cover by assuming that this image is somehow an attempt knowingly or unknowingly to make an inequality in the sexes or to take something away from a character.
The majority of the US population understands men and women are equals. They also understand black men are not 3/5 of a man. When people complain about art they bring attention to an issue, that in most of the population's mind is no longer an issue. Everyone wants to play the victim when it really isn't necessary anymore. They aren't revolutionaries or martyrs, they are perpetual complainers. I am self aware and I understand that I do the same thing, but I would never suggest that they should
not release, censor, or destroy art because of my viewpoint.
The only people that have a legit complaint (IMO) are the people that read the comic and say it doesn't go with the tone of the series. My understanding is it is aimed at young adults and I could see how it could be "too adult" for the readers. It is my understanding that joker hasn't appeared in the title. So those are legit complaints. Though comic covers have often featured images that are not present in that particular book.
It is also a variant cover though, so people could just not buy it since money speaks louder than any voice. Now no one has that option. Here is a term:
Pyrrhic victory. The battle is won, but what did we lose? I would argue credibility of people who believe there is gender inequality (boy who cried wolf), artistic expression, and the freedom of choice.
Someone get me a picture of an eagle to insert here, because I'll admit it feels like that is a fox news sentence.