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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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[โ€“] Omnificer@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm usually fine giving the benefit of the doubt, but this comment was in direct response to a scene from the show that was absolutely blatant, so they had to wilfully ignore that.

[โ€“] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Fair. There's misremembering something from your childhood and then there's ignoring evidence that's right in front of you.