Last week, the HBO series Peacemaker unveiled its big season two twist. That twist had the show dropped into an America run by Nazis.
I questioned whether this plot was a good idea, given the way tensions are currently inflamed in the United States and the tendency of people to run around calling everyone they disagree with a Nazi, as a way to dehumanize them. James Gunn has now responded to my criticism, and he says that I’m a racist.
Here’s Gunn’s response when GQ Magazine asked him about the episode: “I have a few racists that have called me polarizing. But I’m okay with being polarizing and letting racists fall to the wayside.”
A mural from Peacemaker’s season 2 episode “Like A Keith In The Night”
This week, Peacemaker followed up its Nazi reveal episode with a new installment in which Gunn’s characters begin indiscriminately slaughtering innocents in this new Nazi-run world, whether they’re Nazis or not. Along the way, one of his characters draws a connection between Nazis and Christians by claiming that Nazis love Jesus.
Both episodes were written by James Gunn, so those are his words. Therefore, if I were to interpret James Gunn’s intended message based on this information, I’d come to the following two conclusions.
If you disagree with James Gunn, you’re a racist.
If you’re a Christian, you’re probably a Nazi.
It seems clear that he’s set out to be as inflammatory as possible. Normally, I’d root for any wild exercise of free speech he wants, no matter how idiotic. But it does seem reasonable to question whether calling half his fans Nazi racists is a good idea. It’s hard to imagine this is what Warner Bros., the company that writes his paychecks, wants.
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