Literally yes, thousands of people feel an instinctual disgust at them. The specific clique of writers behind most modern big-budget, mainstream entertainment tried to redefine hero from "competent, confident, independent agent of justice" to "insecure, emotionally malleable, stupid martyr who will bleed for whatever his moral superiors tell him to." For what purpose some group of people people would want weak-willed people willing to die for a cause just because enough media sources told them to is obvious as it is evil.
But heroicism, just like morals, can't actually be forced into relativism. It's as much a biological instinct as it is a cultural product, and many people still have a deeper connection with the classical heroes of Beowulf or the Greek epics, despite almost zero common cultural touchstones, than they do these modern abominations.
That's why they have to keep chucking anti-heroes like the punisher and they love making "fake hero" villains, where they start out displaying traditional heroic strength, then turn sour and depraved so they can narratively shit on those initial virtues and taint them.
Literally yes, thousands of people feel an instinctual disgust at them. The specific clique of writers behind most modern big-budget, mainstream entertainment tried to redefine hero from "competent, confident, independent agent of justice" to "insecure, emotionally malleable, stupid martyr who will bleed for whatever his moral superiors tell him to." For what purpose some group of people people would want weak-willed people willing to die for a cause just because enough media sources told them to is obvious as it is evil.
But heroicism, just like morals, can't actually be forced into relativism. It's as much a biological instinct as it is a cultural product, and many people still have a deeper connection with the classical heroes of Beowulf or the Greek epics, despite almost zero common cultural touchstones, than they do these modern abominations.
That's why they have to keep chucking anti-heroes like the punisher and they love making "fake hero" villains, where they start out displaying traditional heroic strength, then turn sour and depraved so they can narratively shit on those initial virtues and taint them.
All part of the (((agenda))) to increasingly feminize and faggotize males. They fear the return of Hadrian's Legions.