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Originally Posted by Matata
Just because Trump said he could shoot someone in the street doesn't mean it's true. Or can you think of any other examples of public figures brutally murdering people in public? The shows been great for being even-handed in the political commentary, so it was pretty disappointing to see it go full "orange man bad".
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I think if you got "orange man bad" from that scene you should expand your lens a bit.
What we're dealing with in The Boys is the current socio-cultural environment juxtaposed with humans harnessing the power of gods. Trump is a god within his own mind, but he's seen as some kind of perverted, patriotic, racial savior by a larger group of people than we'd care to admit.
However, even if we just took that iconic savior aspect here, you need to keep in mind that the extreme right is made up of the Kyle Rittenhouses and James Fields' of this world. I think it's awful naïve to think if a god-like being, dressed like Homelander and spouting the same #### descended from the heavens in Washington on January 6, 2021 and laser-eyed Nancy Pelosi, AOC, or even Mike Pence, a significant portion of them wouldn't have cheered. Hell, I fully believe if the mob had gotten their hands on any of those three (or countless others) we would have seen a live lynching.
Maybe they would be like the proverbial dog that actually catches the car, but it feels like the only difference between our universe and The Boys is Compound V.