cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46037125
I’m just gonna take a wild guess here.
Could it be because it’s a parody of the US and not a parody of Israel?
Well considering the United States is basically a puppet state of Israel at this point it seems relevant.
You may certainly think so. But believe it or not, The Boys isn’t a documentary, and Homelander would rather burn Israel to the ground than to take orders from them so. It just doesn’t make sense, at all.
The entire show is a parody/critique of American imperialism, white supremacy and ridiculous Western narratives. Politics and ideology are the core of the show, lol. I understand “rules are rules” (I’m not in the spectrum like that but I understand for many people that’s where their thinking stops) but they do seem ridiculous in this community. I’d get it if it was a subreddit about a cooking show or a sci fi drama, but not when it comes to The Boys.
TBF, I think the show also skirts around the problematic Israeli entity (even though it’s a core component of American imperialism and Western supremacy as a whole), and I assume the comics do as well, so whatever. There are Western countries today in which being an anti-Zionist is illegal so idk if we should expect that much from The Boys. IMO, it’s enough that they parody America. 🤷
There’s been a (perceptual not something I’ve measured) increase in Reddit type conduct by some users here on Lemmy. Personally, I’ve not experienced or observed any mods here acting like Reddit mods. Thank goodness. I really like this place.
Thankfully I have the same experience, but based on what other users have been saying, there are definitely some different mods/servers out there. I doubt roasting Putin on a .ml instance would leave you unscathed 100% of the time.
I find it hard to believe you have not interacted with a lemmy.world instance somewhere on this platform.