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What was Captain America doing on Trump rioters’ shirts - and what would Cap think?

JL;DR SUMMARY Neal Kirby, son of Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby, denounced the use of Captain America's iconography by Capitol insurrectionists supporting Donald Trump, stating it is antithetical to the character's values. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpFascismArt SpiegelmanMarvel ComicsCapitol InsurrectionJack KirbyCaptain AmericaJoe SimonNeal Kirby

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"As Kirby wrote in his rebuke, Captain America was the brainchild of his dad and Joe Simon, two Jewish guys from New York who hated Nazis and hated bullies."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"While watching the horrific videos of the storming of the Capitol, I thought I noticed someone in a Trump/Capt. America t-shirt!"
Israel
"the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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