. . a while ago I did this thread in the media criticism section
https://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=553614 , about the state glorified in media . .
Just for the sake of completion I'll post this about 'social justice warriors' in media ( 'Social justice warriors' not in the sense it is commonly used in our movement but rather the opposite of 'state-servants' . .)
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Two certainly come to mind . .
'Robin Hood' and 'The Zorro' . .
( Robin Hood is even said to have really existed while 'The Zorro' is a fantasy-creature ; yet , let's concentrate on their portrayal . .)
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'Robin Hood' . . 'he takes from the rich and gives it to the poor' . . a 'social justice warrior' for his time AND his people ( Saxons ( the Norman upper-class in then-England treated Saxons such as Robin Hood poorly ) ) . .
Like I said , he is said to have really existed . . though nobody knows for sure . .
If he had really existed , what about the name ? ( there are rumours that the name 'Robin Hood' was merely an allusion to 'a robbing man with a hood' = 'the robbin' hood' ( ? ) )
Either way , he is said to have been in clinch with the Normanic upper-class then in England , like I said , which treated Saxons poorly . .
Here we have already one 'social justice warrior' glorified . .
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'The Zorro' = Spanish for 'Fox'
He is told to be the alter ego of a nobleman in Spanish California in the 19th century who reacts when he sees social injustice , puts on the mask of his alter ego , 'The Zorro' and 'helps the people' . .
Another one . .
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So , you see , people on the side of the people also gain popularity ..
AND . . may I remind you that the National socialists in a way also were 'social justice warriors' . .?
. . in fact they were far from the anti-social Bolshevism of the Soviet Union . .
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I know that the expression 'social justice warriors' are a bit negatively set in our movement ( considering for which people it is sometimes used . .
) , yet , these are the facts . .
In fact I almost think we would need some modern-day 'Zorros' or 'Robin Hoods' . .
. . they sure were 'smooth criminals'
. . just posting this as some kind of 'evening out' to my 'state glorified in media' thread . .
Think about the 'Robin Hood' and 'Zorro' characters what you want , in the stories they still helped their people