Many have noted and lauded the willingness of Frank Miller's creative ability to clearly define evil and the necessary response of good. Here we get a peek into the mindset behind the genius, from theblaze.com...
‘Everybody’s Been Too Damn Polite About this Nonsense’: Famed Comic Book Writer Calls OWS Protesters ‘Louts, Thieves & Rapists’The legendary comic book writer behind ”300,“ ”Batman: The Dark Knight Returns,“ and ”Sin City“ would likely not call the ”Occupy” protesters in Zuccotti Park and across the country heroes. In a post on his blog last week entitled “Anarchy,“ Frank Miller railed against the ”Occupy“ movement and the protesters he calls ”louts, thieves and rapists.” After beginning the post with “Everybody’s been too damn polite about this nonsense,” Miller went on to write:
[blockquote]“The ‘Occupy’ movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or in the streets of Oakland (which has, with unspeakable cowardice, embraced it) is anything but an exercise of our blessed First Amendment. ‘Occupy’ is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.
‘Occupy’ is nothing short of a clumsy, poorly-expressed attempt at anarchy, to the extent that the ‘movement’ – HAH! Some ‘movement’, except if the word ‘bowel’ is attached – is anything more than an ugly fashion statement by a bunch of iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled brats who should stop getting in the way of working people and find jobs for themselves.”[/blockquote]
Miller goes further to acknowledge that “America is at war against a ruthless enemy,“ in reference to ”al-Qaeda and Islamicism,“ and ”In the name of decency, go home to your parents, you losers. Go back to your mommas’ basements and play with your Lords Of Warcraft.” The post brought mixed reactions from fans as over 2800 have commented on the page.
Miller’s most recent graphic novel “Holy Terror,“ features a character called the ”The Fixer” (which was originally suppose to be Batman until “DC got skittish”) fighting Al-Qaeda following a terrorist attack. “Holy Terror” has been criticized by some as prejudice against muslims, as Wired’s Spencer Ackerman writes:
[blockquote]“Miller’s Holy Terror is a screed against Islam, completely uninterested in any nuance or empathy toward 1.2 billion people he conflates with a few murderous conspiracy theorists. It’s no accident that it’s being released ten years after 9/11. This comic would be unthinkable during the unity that the U.S. felt after the attack.
Instead, it’s a perfect cultural artifact of this dark period in American life, when the FBI teaches its agents that ‘mainstream’ Islam is indistinguishable from terrorism and a community center near Ground Zero gets labeled a ‘victory mosque.’ Call it the artwork of 9/11 decadence, when all that remains of a horror is a carefully nurtured grievance.”[/blockquote]
Miller is aware of how the piece could be perceived, saying during development of the graphic novel in 2005 “It is, not to put too fine a point on it, a piece of propaganda.” Defending his position by pointing out ”Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That‘s one of the things they’re there for.”
In a blog post this past September, Miller slamed MSNBC and the New York Times before writing:
[blockquote]“News objectivity is a twentieth-century myth. We only complain about propaganda when we don’t agree with it.”[/blockquote]
Miller defended his graphic novel by pointing out “3000 of my neighbors were murdered. My country was, utterly unprovoked, savagely attacked.”
