I just don't get people who say X-Men wasn't "woke" until recently. It never even tried very hard to hide the metaphors...
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I don't like to use the word "woke" because it's become a conservative buzzword that has no real meaning anymore besides "something I don't like".
I grew up reading X-Men in the 80s and 90s, I watched the X-Men animated series when it came out and have watched it again in the last few years. Yes it is very progressive and liberal. That was the entire reason X-Men comics were created in the first place way back in 1963. It was originally meant to be a commentary on racism in America but has branched out to cover all sorts of liberal topics over the years
Anyone who tries to put some kind of right wing spin on the X-Men is either trolling you or is legitimately delusional
The people who complain about X-Men being "woke" are the same group of people who complained that Rage Against the Machine had "gotten too political".
I never understood that one either... WTF did they think RATM were singing about? Lol
They were angry at the dishwasher
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They didn't