Salon.com complains that "The Walking Dead has become a white patriarchy!" I laughed at the title, then i went away.

ispq · 2012-11-13T12:12:24+00:00

I love people not getting the point about the Walking Dead. The zombies are just an environmental hazard. It's about what people become when their world is torn down and they must learn to go on in the ruin of civilization. The zombies are just window dressing, the Walking Dead are the survivors. I know this comment doesn't have much to do with men's rights, or even the point of the article, but I think about it almost everytime I read someone posting about the Walking Dead.

Now we need to have Kirkman's other major work turned into a show. I would so love to watch Invincible on the screen. And I'm not counting that crappy MTV production. Still not on point.

Douggem · 2012-11-13T06:17:30+00:00

In the article they complain that most of the zombies in Atlanta were white, despite Atlanta being a majority black population. Maybe AMC learned the lesson from Resident Evil 5. RE5 took place in Africa, and in an early trailer it showed the protagonist blowing away a bunch of black zombies. Everyone threw a fit and said it was racist, it caused quite a stir. Maybe AMC wanted to avoid that, so they left out the black zombies. SURPRISE AMC! Not having black zombies is just as racist as having black zombies!

TheDarkHorse83 · 2012-11-13T11:12:57+00:00

I don't deny that is what The Walking Dead portrays what's left of society as, but I don't think it's ever tried to cast it as if that's a GOOD thing. "Wow, I'm so glad that society has collapsed and my friends and family have risen to feast on the flesh of the living! Why? Because the women are finally back in the kitchen!" It's almost like the people in the story have slightly more important things to worry about than Patriarchy or gender bias.

Also, from a biological viewpoint, a society can re-populate faster from losing males than it can females, so really it IS better for the men to protect the women. Not for the individual men, but for the species as a whole.

As for the White part, well, guess what the major demographic is? Hell, the black guy doesn't even die first, OR deal drugs.

VoodooIdol · 2012-11-13T17:34:23+00:00

I love how it ignores Michonne and Andrea as two of the toughest, most reliable characters on the show.

Epic fucking fail.

tyciol · 2012-11-13T06:12:31+00:00

People seem to forget that in spite of Glen (an asian btw) getting more face-time, T-Dog probably outranked him for a good while.

Shane outranked T-Dog, yeah, but like Rick, he was an ex-police officer, so it kinda made sense.

Were it not for Daryl's amazing skills that make him an obvious 2nd in command, I'm sure Glenn would be there at this point. Her certainly has a longer history with Rick, more ties to the group (Maggie, her sister, Hershel) and no questionable links (a racist brother who may want revenge, albeit maybe less with T-dog dead)

ThePigman · 2012-11-13T05:48:21+00:00

First, i have to admit that i laughed out loud at the title and that i can't be bothered reading it. Secondly, why would a post-apocalyptic Amerika not become a white patriarchy? It's back to the law of the jungle and like it or not men are faster, stronger, more aggressive, so it's a given that it would be a patriarchal jungle. Also, since whites are still the majority it would would surely be a mostly white patriarchy.

buster2209 · 2012-11-13T18:06:31+00:00

The evil booga booga 'white patriarchy' was not invented by rich white CEOs sitting in a board meeting, it was a system that developed over thousands of years to try and ensure the human race procreated thus survived. Because of large government that began to grow about 100 years ago, the individual male was replaced by the government hence it appeared the old system had been replaced yet it was just a new 'male' that came along. Once this 'male' (the government disappeared), the old way of doing things re-established itself.

actanonverba8 · 2012-11-14T05:58:28+00:00

Salon, an MSNBC affiliate.

arpeggioVaunt · 2012-11-13T19:45:44+00:00

“They think we’re the weakest … I’m the one black guy. Do you realize how precarious that makes my situation?” T-Dog says. Dale argues with him, telling him he’s ridiculous for thinking that he’s going to be the first one to get lynched. But T-Dog points out that even Andrea, who everyone knows is still suicidal, is out there. T-Dog is making sense, and perhaps the writers want to acknowledge his real fears of being the lone black person left in the group (perhaps even acknowledging what Trekkies know: that T-Dog has a red shirt on, and the question is not if, but when, he is doing to die). But then Dale discovers that T-Dog is delusional because of a high fever, thus rendering the very real discussion of race to nothing more than the ramblings of a febrile mind.

I love this part. The author thinks that finally a character is talking some sense, only for it to turn out that a fever is making him paranoid and delusional.

Maybe it will turn out that the author had a high fever too when they wrote this.

2012-11-13T16:03:23+00:00

Article is tl;dr, so I went to the very end:

but doing nothing to break the mythos of a world where white men rule, and everyone else is expendable.

white men rule, and everyone else is expendable.

Are you fucking kidding me?

betterthanthee · 2012-11-13T16:05:22+00:00

White males are low hanging fruit and are the easiest group in society (at least in Democrat territory) to shit on without social repercussion. In some circles hating on white males even raises your social status, especially if you're a "white" male. And the worst part is most white males just roll over and accept it, or even actively perpetuate the anti white anti male narrative. I'm eternally struggling with myself as to whether I should just accept it or if I should actively fight it.

crazyex · 2012-11-13T16:17:28+00:00

I have a hard time believing all those women who proudly demonstrated in Slut Walks would be so quick to step up and do the soldiering at the sharp end of the stick in a post-apocalyptic world.

In fact, I'd be less surprised to see femininity going back to being a naked (no pun intended) commodity to be fought over, traded, and defended, as opposed to the less direct commodity it currently is.

Title	Salon.com complains that "The Walking Dead has become a white patriarchy!" I laughed at the title, then i went away.
Author	ThePigman
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Comments	28
Date	November 13, 2012 5:47 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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