• wulrus@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I know the punisher only from the TV shows. But there, he fights bad guys and somewhat avoids harming the good ones, in a few instances even protecting them, right? So no, not at all like that, more like the opposite in all aspects. Lawful evil vs. lawless good. With “lawful” including everything government / society approved, such as war crimes, crimes against inconvenient protesters etc.

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      5 hours ago

      it’s not so much who the punisher attacks, but the why.

      he punishes the unpunishable. Judges, politicians, police, etc. he knows he’s a vigilante and doesn’t want to be praised or worshipped. he’s a self aware villain that’s a symptom of a flawed and unbalanced system. he can’t stand it when police emulate or idolize him because they are supposed to be the “good guys”.

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