🦸‍♂️ Superman Was Always Woke—You Just Didn't Read the Damn Comics

American Fragility, Homelander Delusions, and the Right-Wing Rewrite of Truth

Let’s get something straight.

Superman—the real Superman—was never your boot-licking, flag-humping, war machine fantasy. He was the immigrant. The outsider. The socialist rebel. The farm boy raised with values that made him stand up against power, not enforce it.

But here we are in 2025, watching conservative pundits melt down like kryptonite in a microwave because James Gunn dared to tell the truth: Superman is kind. Superman is moral. Superman is an immigrant. Superman is not yours.

The American Right is trying to rewrite history again—same as they’re doing with January 6th. First, they called it a tourist visit. Now they want you to believe Clark Kent was born in a red hat and wrapped in the Constitution. They want a Superman who punches down, not one who lifts people up.

But that’s not how this story goes. And it never was.

✊ From the Start, Superman Fought for the Marginalized

Created by Jewish sons of immigrants during the rise of fascism, Superman didn’t land in Kansas to protect billionaires. He was busting up corrupt landlords, defending the poor, and calling out state violence in his very first issues. He battled the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s. That’s not some recent “woke” addition. That’s his DNA.

Superman is the mythic protector of the people—the ones without capes, power, or privilege. And for decades, he’s stood in solidarity with them. The problem isn’t that he’s changed.

It’s that some folks never understood who he was to begin with.

🪞 Enter: American Right -Wing Fragility

Right-wing snowflakes—yes, the same ones who weaponize patriotism while shaking in their boots over drag queens and student loan forgiveness—are mad because the mirror’s talking back. Gunn’s Superman isn’t “too woke.” He’s just not designed to validate American Fragility.

And that’s the real sin, isn’t it?

He’s a strong man who refuses to dominate. A powerful force that chooses compassion. And to a mindset built on control, hierarchy, and dominance, that looks like weakness. But to the rest of us? That’s what makes him a hero.

👁️🗨️ Homelander Is Your Superman—Own It

Here’s the twist: the Superman conservatives want? Already exists. He’s blonde. He’s violent. He demands loyalty and melts people for disobedience. His name is Homelander.

You want obedience? Fear? Performative patriotism with laser eyes? Congrats. That’s your guy. But don’t confuse him with the Man of Steel. Don’t stain Clark Kent’s cape because you can’t handle nuance, morality, or humility.

🧠 Truth Isn’t a Culture War—It’s History

When the Right screams about a “woke Superman,” what they’re saying is: I didn’t read the comics. I don’t like reality. I need all my myths to serve me.

Well, tough shit.

Superman was never built for authoritarian comfort. He was built to show us that power should serve justice—not ego. And justice doesn’t wear a flag like a straitjacket. It wears a cape, and it lands gently. It listens. It lifts.

🗯️ Final Word?

This culture war isn’t about Superman being “changed.” It’s about a generation raised on power fantasies being forced to reckon with the truth:

Superman was always too radical for your empire.
And if that scares you?

Maybe it’s not Superman you fear.
Maybe it’s the fact that deep down, you know…
You’re Homelander, and in the end, he loses.