# John McCain is Batman

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-batman/463909>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-batman/463909 "2008-09-16T22:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-batman/463909/21 "2008-09-18T03:01:29Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> All jokes aside, I’d say that’s correct in mood if not in particulars–that is, The Dark Knight’s subtext is clearly the war on terror. It wasn’t an allegory, though, as an apology for the president’s extralegal tactics.

Oh, of course. Batman is indeed authoritarian, the Joker is indeed a terrorist and amoral criminal, there’s the whole cell phone surveillance/wire tapping thing…Eh, maybe you had to read the editorial to appreciate how awful it was.

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