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Joe Q's explanation has been that Ed didn't write into the script the 'tea bag' sign, but merely wrote in an anti-tax protest to represent a particular mood in the US.
...and then had the Falcon say he wouldn't be welcome.
So he meant to smear the entirety of people who advocate for less taxes? Not just one subset that go under the 'tea party' moniker?
OH WELL THAT'S MUCH BETTER THEN. FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT MY POLITICAL BELIEFS WERE BEING ATTACKED!
He does go on to say though:
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However, where I do take exception with Mr. Houston’s article is when he states that we are calling the Tea Party racist...wait I’m sorry, that we’re saying that every white person is a racist along with several other horrible and inflammatory accusations. Nothing can be further from the truth, accidental placement of a Tea Party sign or not, those sentiments are not in the pages of our comics and are a complete and irresponsible misrepresentation. And as for his criticism of the remarks made by the character of Sam Wilson, this is a four-issue series. So to really get a full picture of why he feels the way he does and what conclusions he comes to at the end of the story, you really need to read the whole thing and not just judge a story and its intent on the first issue. What we do at Marvel is provide our readers with the unexpected and many times what is on the surface is not what is really going on.
That's not a bad argument really. So maybe I'll give the benefit of the doubt. Maybe Sam Wilson by the end of the run will realise the anti-tax/tea party movement is not racist. If that is part of the storyline then fine. If not, then the message has been made.
And if Ed feels the way he feels about the small govt movement, well I'm not optimistic that it will happen.
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