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01-23-2018, 09:41 PM
Democrats, it's time to fight like Superman for truth, justice, and the American way
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Growing up as a comics fan in the UK, I loved Superman more than any other superhero. But even as an impressionable kid I'd wince at his corny catchphrase — that he was fighting for "truth, justice and the American way." The first two seemed too blindingly obvious, the third a strangely parochial choice of goal for Earth's most famous immigrant.*
Fast forward to 2018, and here I am, a U.S. resident, literally screaming at the Democratic Party that it needs to overcome its muddled messaging (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/20/government-shutdown-messaging-immigration-trump-chaos-353664) — by appropriating the words of a journalist and immigrant whose entire existence speaks to everything Trump isn't.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/23/superman-2018-politics/)
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Growing up as a comics fan in the UK, I loved Superman more than any other superhero. But even as an impressionable kid I'd wince at his corny catchphrase — that he was fighting for "truth, justice and the American way." The first two seemed too blindingly obvious, the third a strangely parochial choice of goal for Earth's most famous immigrant.*
Fast forward to 2018, and here I am, a U.S. resident, literally screaming at the Democratic Party that it needs to overcome its muddled messaging (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/20/government-shutdown-messaging-immigration-trump-chaos-353664) — by appropriating the words of a journalist and immigrant whose entire existence speaks to everything Trump isn't.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/23/superman-2018-politics/)
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