There was a time when Superman fought for Truth, Justice and the American Way. That went by the wayside to be replaced with various alternative slogans, the latest being “and a better tomorrow”.

Patriotism has been stripped out of the Marvel and DC crowd, but there is the awkward problem of Captain America. The usual way of handling that was to have the captain take on some radical leftist position, like fight the Tea Party or preach socialism, but as the woke wave rolled in, Marvel began replacing classic characters with minority versions of them leading to terrible comic book sales and a declining box office.

The latest woke effort was replacing Captain America with a guy who doesn’t like the ‘America’ part of it.

“For me Captain America represents a lot of different things and I don’t think the term ‘America’ should be one of those representations,” Anthony Mackie, a skinny 5’10 middle aged guy who’s making $10 million to play a character he’s unqualified to play in every possible sense of the word, complained.

After the backlash, Mackie’s account shared the risible claim, “let me be clear about this, I’m a proud American and taking on the shield of a hero like CAP is the honor of a lifetime.”

A statement that starts with ‘let me be clear’ usually translates to ‘let me lie about my actual views’. And this time is no different. Worse still, it reads like a press release.

Mackie made his feelings clear already, but why bother, he’s not playing Captain America, he’s playing Captain Woke. Just change the iconic colors to blue, pink and brown, and then have him retreat to a safe space after every fight.