Gpoliceman
03-04-2002, 05:35 PM
Hey there everybody!
Gpoliceman here. I was thinking about the JL and Tom Daschle all at the same time Sunday night during War World Part 2. You see, I had just got done listening to him speak on Fox News at 6:30, and then switched right to JL at 7:00 on cartoon network. So with that, I had politics on my mind while watching a Superhero cartoon.........so I gots to thinking.......
What do you think the politics of the Justice League characters would be if they were real people?
I think this is an interesting question.....
However, I would like those who ponder it with me to not just stick to their biases.
Like don't just say they're all Democrats or all Republicans because you're a Democrat or a Republican.
That would be wrong........hehehe............
Actually, I think that since the JL is more formally known as the Justice League of America that it would be appropriate for the Justice League to be composed of half Republicans and half Democrats just to make things equal.....
.......so with that.......here's what I think:
Republicans:
1. Batman
2. Green Lantern
3. Hawkgirl
Democrats:
1. Superman
2. Wonder Woman
3. Flash
And finally.......the mediator between the two groups is Martian Manhunter. It makes sense. Even though Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl are both from different planets, I get the feeling with their characters that there's many similarities between their worlds and Earth (Hawgirl and military ideals, Wonder Woman and women's rights.....lol). I actually feel that Mars and Jon Jonzz had the most different life than those from Earth. I feel he's the most isolated in the group, even though he's not the only one from another planet. For that reason, I feel his politics back on Mars were probably dramatically different, therefore he should mediate between the two groups if they should ever get into a heated debate.
So that's my reasoning for Martian Manhunter.......
Now here are my others.......
Green Lantern and Hawkgirl are both military leaders. They know that politicians dont belong on the battlefield and would probably disagree with what I heard Tom Daschle talk about Sunday night about how he wants more specifics when it comes to America's war on terrorism. I feel they would give the Republican answer and say "War is Hell. There's no way to give specifics on the battlefield. General Ideas are all we can supply. So sad, too bad".
They are tough cookies, and probably don't give a hoot about doing things on their own (as where Democrats want to make sure American has their allies at their side at all times). For those reasons, I see them as Republicans. Even though John Stewart is African American and I believe the last stat I heard like 80% of African Americans are democrats, I still think his military attitude and great acheivements in life would supercede all that.
Superman, on the other hand, I can see being the EXACT OPPOSITE of all this. He would whine, want allies, not want to do anything to rash. Even though he doesn't use his brain often enough, I don't see him as somebody like Green Lantern. I don't really have any reasons to pin him as a democrat, I would just predict it. I dont know. Tell me if you think I'm wrong. It's just my intuition.
Wonder Woman, who's home planet is only inhabited by women, is all about women's rights like I said so I doubt she would be a republican ordering women to go back to bible times and be subservient to men, don't get a job, be a housewife and not independent, single mother, working girls. She has to be a democrat, and since her and Superman SHOULD be intimately involved, I doubt Superman would differ in politics.
QUESTION: How do the people on Wonder Woman's world reproduce if they're all women? Assexual reproduction?
Flash is too much of a party person to be conservative. I can picture him in college having keg parties every night and never holding a reserved position on any subject. What do you think? I think he's a democrat for sure.
Okay, I save him for last because he's the HARDEST to figure out. Batman. Here's what I think: He's either Republican or neither Republican nor a Democrat. Why? Because first of all, neither Democrats nor Republicans approve of vigilantes. That leads me to think that Batman might be Independent, however, then I think that his alter ego......Bruce Wayne......is most DEFINITELY a registered Democrat. With that, since Batman is his real self and the opposite of the mask he puts on as Bruce Wayne, then I think he's a republican at heart.
Weird huh?
Here's more: Bruce Wayne, I think, is definitely a democrat. He's a millionaire playboy. We've seen him give back to the poor left and right, not that Republicans don't care about the poor, but they are more tough lined about it, telling the homeless to get a job or to get out of their face. Bruce Wayne does not do this. Second, he's a celebrity, and like 90% of celebrities in Hollywood are democrats nowadays. Hollywood is totally liberal. Bruce Wayne is Gotham City's celebrity, therefore, he's probably a liberal too. And then just the fact that as Bruce Wayne he is totally a flirtatous male giggilo with basically no hard line conservative puritan-derived morals makes me think he's a democrat for sure..........He has a new girlfriend every day and ends up in bed with her faster than you can blink. He's a democrat. Lol.
........now it gets confusing.......
Bruce Wayne is the mask, Batman is the real person. So does that make Bruce Wayne playing democrat when he's really a republican?
maybe.
It's so hard to tell with neither Reps nor Dems approving of vigilantes, however, as a man who has taken matters into his own hands, beating up criminals left and right to teach them the message the courts and cops aren't getting through to them.......basically with Batman being TOUGH JUSTICE, and Democrats nowadays screaming about the rights of the perpatrators of a crime, and not the victims (ala, the Andrea Yates case), I think Batman is probably a Republican who has gotten sick of people caring about the rights of the Joker since he may have been abused as a child.
I think Batman, like Green Lantern, and Hawkgirl would say "I dont care what happened to him as a child. I want him put away forever."I really dont think Batman is the type of person to care about the rights of the insane, such as the case with Andrea Yates and her trial. Too many of Batman's enemies are.....just that.....insane! I dont think he feels they should be put back on the streets.
The only one maybe would be Two-Face......but that's only because they once held a personal relationship together before Harvey Dent became Twoface and went nuts.
but not those like the Joker.
That's more conservative like.
Also, he's in with the police. He loves the police. Police are usually Republicans. They know the beat, how things work, how criminals get off and how it's wrong. Batman knows that rap too. Batman and the cops make a good team.
However, Batman refuses to take a life, and what's with all the side kicks? What does it say about Batman's politics if he allows Dick Grayson or Jason Todd or Tim Drake at such young ages to put their life on the line? Is that conservative or liberal? I feel it's more conservative. Batman treats his teammates like a rough General Patton in the army. It's his way or the high way. The Robins are disciplined like crazy. There's no room for failure when Batman is your boss.
So with all that, if he's not a Republican at heart, then he's Independent. I actually don't care which one. I actually feel that as a man who has spent his whole life training to be a vigilante he has politics that dont match Republicans or Democrats.....but whatever....
Anyhow, so that's what I think and why........
What do you think? And if I offended anybody in this post with my sum up of Democrat and Republican viewpoints I apologize in advance.
PS: Is President Lex Luthor in the comics Democrat or Republican?
Gpoliceman here. I was thinking about the JL and Tom Daschle all at the same time Sunday night during War World Part 2. You see, I had just got done listening to him speak on Fox News at 6:30, and then switched right to JL at 7:00 on cartoon network. So with that, I had politics on my mind while watching a Superhero cartoon.........so I gots to thinking.......
What do you think the politics of the Justice League characters would be if they were real people?
I think this is an interesting question.....
However, I would like those who ponder it with me to not just stick to their biases.
Like don't just say they're all Democrats or all Republicans because you're a Democrat or a Republican.
That would be wrong........hehehe............
Actually, I think that since the JL is more formally known as the Justice League of America that it would be appropriate for the Justice League to be composed of half Republicans and half Democrats just to make things equal.....
.......so with that.......here's what I think:
Republicans:
1. Batman
2. Green Lantern
3. Hawkgirl
Democrats:
1. Superman
2. Wonder Woman
3. Flash
And finally.......the mediator between the two groups is Martian Manhunter. It makes sense. Even though Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl are both from different planets, I get the feeling with their characters that there's many similarities between their worlds and Earth (Hawgirl and military ideals, Wonder Woman and women's rights.....lol). I actually feel that Mars and Jon Jonzz had the most different life than those from Earth. I feel he's the most isolated in the group, even though he's not the only one from another planet. For that reason, I feel his politics back on Mars were probably dramatically different, therefore he should mediate between the two groups if they should ever get into a heated debate.
So that's my reasoning for Martian Manhunter.......
Now here are my others.......
Green Lantern and Hawkgirl are both military leaders. They know that politicians dont belong on the battlefield and would probably disagree with what I heard Tom Daschle talk about Sunday night about how he wants more specifics when it comes to America's war on terrorism. I feel they would give the Republican answer and say "War is Hell. There's no way to give specifics on the battlefield. General Ideas are all we can supply. So sad, too bad".
They are tough cookies, and probably don't give a hoot about doing things on their own (as where Democrats want to make sure American has their allies at their side at all times). For those reasons, I see them as Republicans. Even though John Stewart is African American and I believe the last stat I heard like 80% of African Americans are democrats, I still think his military attitude and great acheivements in life would supercede all that.
Superman, on the other hand, I can see being the EXACT OPPOSITE of all this. He would whine, want allies, not want to do anything to rash. Even though he doesn't use his brain often enough, I don't see him as somebody like Green Lantern. I don't really have any reasons to pin him as a democrat, I would just predict it. I dont know. Tell me if you think I'm wrong. It's just my intuition.
Wonder Woman, who's home planet is only inhabited by women, is all about women's rights like I said so I doubt she would be a republican ordering women to go back to bible times and be subservient to men, don't get a job, be a housewife and not independent, single mother, working girls. She has to be a democrat, and since her and Superman SHOULD be intimately involved, I doubt Superman would differ in politics.
QUESTION: How do the people on Wonder Woman's world reproduce if they're all women? Assexual reproduction?
Flash is too much of a party person to be conservative. I can picture him in college having keg parties every night and never holding a reserved position on any subject. What do you think? I think he's a democrat for sure.
Okay, I save him for last because he's the HARDEST to figure out. Batman. Here's what I think: He's either Republican or neither Republican nor a Democrat. Why? Because first of all, neither Democrats nor Republicans approve of vigilantes. That leads me to think that Batman might be Independent, however, then I think that his alter ego......Bruce Wayne......is most DEFINITELY a registered Democrat. With that, since Batman is his real self and the opposite of the mask he puts on as Bruce Wayne, then I think he's a republican at heart.
Weird huh?
Here's more: Bruce Wayne, I think, is definitely a democrat. He's a millionaire playboy. We've seen him give back to the poor left and right, not that Republicans don't care about the poor, but they are more tough lined about it, telling the homeless to get a job or to get out of their face. Bruce Wayne does not do this. Second, he's a celebrity, and like 90% of celebrities in Hollywood are democrats nowadays. Hollywood is totally liberal. Bruce Wayne is Gotham City's celebrity, therefore, he's probably a liberal too. And then just the fact that as Bruce Wayne he is totally a flirtatous male giggilo with basically no hard line conservative puritan-derived morals makes me think he's a democrat for sure..........He has a new girlfriend every day and ends up in bed with her faster than you can blink. He's a democrat. Lol.
........now it gets confusing.......
Bruce Wayne is the mask, Batman is the real person. So does that make Bruce Wayne playing democrat when he's really a republican?
maybe.
It's so hard to tell with neither Reps nor Dems approving of vigilantes, however, as a man who has taken matters into his own hands, beating up criminals left and right to teach them the message the courts and cops aren't getting through to them.......basically with Batman being TOUGH JUSTICE, and Democrats nowadays screaming about the rights of the perpatrators of a crime, and not the victims (ala, the Andrea Yates case), I think Batman is probably a Republican who has gotten sick of people caring about the rights of the Joker since he may have been abused as a child.
I think Batman, like Green Lantern, and Hawkgirl would say "I dont care what happened to him as a child. I want him put away forever."I really dont think Batman is the type of person to care about the rights of the insane, such as the case with Andrea Yates and her trial. Too many of Batman's enemies are.....just that.....insane! I dont think he feels they should be put back on the streets.
The only one maybe would be Two-Face......but that's only because they once held a personal relationship together before Harvey Dent became Twoface and went nuts.
but not those like the Joker.
That's more conservative like.
Also, he's in with the police. He loves the police. Police are usually Republicans. They know the beat, how things work, how criminals get off and how it's wrong. Batman knows that rap too. Batman and the cops make a good team.
However, Batman refuses to take a life, and what's with all the side kicks? What does it say about Batman's politics if he allows Dick Grayson or Jason Todd or Tim Drake at such young ages to put their life on the line? Is that conservative or liberal? I feel it's more conservative. Batman treats his teammates like a rough General Patton in the army. It's his way or the high way. The Robins are disciplined like crazy. There's no room for failure when Batman is your boss.
So with all that, if he's not a Republican at heart, then he's Independent. I actually don't care which one. I actually feel that as a man who has spent his whole life training to be a vigilante he has politics that dont match Republicans or Democrats.....but whatever....
Anyhow, so that's what I think and why........
What do you think? And if I offended anybody in this post with my sum up of Democrat and Republican viewpoints I apologize in advance.
PS: Is President Lex Luthor in the comics Democrat or Republican?