Complaints from residents forced them to remove it. Thoughtless defenders of police amid allegations, or even video evidence, of unethical use of fatal force, adopted the Punisher skull as a sign of loyalty to the unbreakable "blue line." The Cattlesburg, Kentucky police department even attempted to incorporate the skull into their official squad car insignia. One of the impetuses for its popularity was a reactionary objection to the Black Lives Matter protest movement. The Punisher skull is not merely a profitable merchandising industry, but an ideological icon verging on religious significance.
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It is difficult to quantify with precision, but a large percentage of Americans, mostly white men, do not have the interpretive skill to comprehend a comic book, and as a consequence, are knowingly or unknowingly celebrating the symbol of a character who, if actually existed, would be a serial killer living as a fugitive from the law.
"He comes to see war as the answer to all of his problems," Ennis said. It provides him with resolve, expert training, and physical bravery, but it simultaneously pollutes his thinking, reducing his criteria for decision making to might makes right. Garth Ennis, one of the later writers of the comic book, explained that Castle's experience as a Marine weakens as much as it strengthens him. Castle is a combat veteran, which likely contributes to active duty military personnel relating to him, but with typical right wing acuity, the skull-sporting crowd rejects the complexity of the character. Responding to the late Kyle's praise of his character, Conway said, "I don't think he understood the fundamental truth that the Punisher is not a man to admire or emulate."Ĭontribute $1.99 to support David Masciotra's work nowĬonway also explained that Castle's mission, and especially his tactics, were "morally dubious." The Punisher's identity oscillates between unconventional crusader for justice and psychotic vigilante, torturing and massacring anyone he so much suspects of wrongdoing. Gerry Conway, the Punisher's co-creator, is crying tears not of joy, but of anger and disappointment. The beauty of Kyle's prose could bring a tear to the reader's eyes. We wanted people to know, We're here and we want to f**k with you." And we spray-painted it on every building or wall we could. We spray-painted the Punisher skull on our Hummers and body armor, and our helmets and all our guns. After Castle's wife and children are murdered by career criminals, he adopts the Punisher moniker in his quest to eradicate crime without interference from the liberal cucks who wrote the Bill of Rights and the prissy naïfs who enforce protections for American citizens, such as the irritating regulation prohibiting police officers from summarily executing criminal suspects without a trial.Ĭhris Kyle, deceased Navy SEAL sniper and patron saint of the American death cult, wrote about the celebration of the skull in his memoir, "American Sniper": "We all thought what the Punisher did was cool. The Punisher symbol originates with the Marvel comic book story of Frank Castle.
Several companies, including Thin Blue Line, have made millions selling apparel with ghoulish image.
T-shirts at the gym, the bumpers of minivans, with children riding as passengers, and baseball caps all display the menacing skull, proving that it has become ubiquitous in the United States. If one drives around the suburbs or rural outposts removed from a major metropolitan area, it quickly becomes apparent that, in their zest and zeal for violence, countless whites have begun to brandish the Punisher skull, typically with red, white, and blue stripes, on their automobiles and clothing. White Americans appear to have enlisted into a death cult.
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