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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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The entire show is a parody/critique of American imperialism, white supremacy and ridiculous Western narratives. Politics and ideology are the core of the show, lol. I understand "rules are rules" (I'm not in the spectrum like that but I understand for many people that's where their thinking stops) but they do seem ridiculous in this community. I'd get it if it was a subreddit about a cooking show or a sci fi drama, but not when it comes to The Boys.
TBF, I think the show also skirts around the problematic Israeli entity (even though it's a core component of American imperialism and Western supremacy as a whole), and I assume the comics do as well, so whatever. There are Western countries today in which being an anti-Zionist is illegal so idk if we should expect that much from The Boys. IMO, it's enough that they parody America. 🤷
Also it was written well before Israel was at the forefront of politics in the US. The relationship has been there for decades, but took a back burner to well everything else the US was doing at the time. Like the 20+ year misadventure to Afghanistan/Iraq.
Which don't get me wrong the whole political situation even then was at least influenced by the formation and continued support for Israel, but it was definitely less obvious to the average person then.
I think its precisely that other countries are criminalising speech around israel, that it would be relevant to the show. However, I'd say they are cautious to have a Jewish superhero thats in the same vein as homelander but requiring homelanders support. They did have a muslim bomber though, so maybe it just wasn't relevant to the story they want. Or that's the line Amazon have made.
Can you parse "saybthwybare" for me? The rest of your fatfingered mistakes I can understand, but this one escapes me.
Done
Say they are - Not OP, just fat fingered