Garth makes a cogent arguement - as you'd expect - but there are problems with it. Whether we like it or not, the Punisher is emblematic of far right concerns: of rugged individualism, of rejection of liberalism, of cop and military worship, of love of the gun. https://twitter.com/jpalmiotti/status/1348080419523194884
We may want to protect the character because we feel affectionate towards the stories that have been told about him. But sometimes icons get stolen from us. Try incorporating the Buddhist swastika into your jaunty t-shirt design - it can't be done.
And the thing is... I don't feel that this character and his iconography were stolen. We in comics gave it away. When Edmondson et al made him a mask wearing militia nutcase, when Gerads designed the punisher badge for Chris Kyle, we gave Frank Castle over to the worst people.
Live free or die, am I right
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