* #DoctorWho was about an alien-fighting for all of humanity in spite of totalitarian regimes. If you don't get that, you don't get Doctor Who.

* #Deadpool is #queer. He's #pansexual. Fact. If you didn't get that you didn't get Deadpool.

* #Superman and #WonderWoman (and a whole host of other #superheroes) are #immigrants. The stance of those comics is pro-#immigration and pro-equality and acceptance. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Superman or Wonder Woman.

* #StanLee said, "#Racism and #bigotry are among the deadliest social ills plaguing. the world today." If you're bigoted or #racist, you didn't get any of the characters Stan Lee created.

* #StarTrek is about #equality for all genders, races and sexualities. As early as the mid-60s it was taking a #prochoice stance and defending #women's right to choose. (It's also anti-#capitalist and pro-#vegan). If you didn't get that, you didn't get Star Trek.

If you're upset that there's a black #SpiderMan or a female #Thor, or that Ms. Marvel is #Muslim, or that Captain Marvel was pro- #feminism or any of the other things #rightwing "fans" say is "stealing their childhood" you never got it in the first place.

The stories we grew up with all taught us to value other people and cultures and to treasure the differences between us. Only villains were xenophobic, or sexist, or racist, or totalitarian. I can't understand how anyone can have missed that.

The things you claim are now "pandering to the lefties" were never on your side, to begin with.

If you consider yourself a fan of these things, but you still think the #LGBTQ+ community is too "in your face", or have a problem with #BlackLivesMatter, or want to "take the country back from immigrants", then you're not really a fan at all.

Geek culture isn't suddenly #leftwing... it always was.

You just grew up to be intolerant. You became the villain in the stories you used to love.

-- author unknown

@schizanon how can I like this post more than once? Mashing favorite isn't working 😭