{"id":128353,"date":"2015-10-19T15:28:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T21:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/yes-im-going-to-let-conservatives-affect-my-comic-buying.html"},"modified":"2015-10-22T12:20:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T18:20:50","slug":"yes-im-going-to-let-conservatives-affect-my-comic-buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/yes-im-going-to-let-conservatives-affect-my-comic-buying.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I'm going to let conservatives affect my comic buying"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hadn't been going to pick up the new Captain America title because I just don't find Sam Wilson as interesting a character as Steve Rogers. <\/p>\n

But if Fox News and Breitbart and the like are going to pitch a fit over it, I'm definitely going to give it a try.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nPeople Are Very Mad That the New Captain America Is Acting Like Captain America<\/a><\/span>
\nEver since he punched Hitler in the face 75 years ago, Captain America has been a political character. Many times he’s walked away from the government, and reminded people that he works for America as a whole, not just its government. So when he does exactly that, it’s kind of amazing that people still get so outraged by it.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I hadn't been going to pick up the new Captain America title because I just don't find Sam Wilson as interesting a character as Steve Rogers. But if Fox News and Breitbart and the like are going to pitch a fit over it, I'm definitely going to give it a try. 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