#but what Bill Willingham wrote Bernard doing IS antisemitic like he full on uses antisemitic dog whistles. so yeah | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

heroesriseandfall · 2 years

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It is really frustrating that the characteristic of Bernard Dowd that has become popularized is literally just the antisemitism his creator wrote him with.

I don’t know how much this part of his character will be brought back in new comics but I really don’t want Tim’s new boyfriend to be antisemitic, so can y’all please learn at least a little bit about antisemitism in conspiracies before writing a new post about Bernard making what is literally just an antisemitic conspiracy theory but with Batman. His creator already wrote him being pretty clearly antisemitic, I really don’t think we need more.

#also. yeah I find it at least a little annoying ives was a longer bigger presence for Tim and he’s Jewish but he gets left in void #while the antisemitic theorist character gets to become Tim’s new boyfriend. ughh #bernard dowd #antisemitism #tim drake #batfam #heroesriseandfall #to clarify I don’t think Bernard getting chosen over ives was motivated by antisemitism. but it’s annoying #this also isn’t necessarily saying everything vaguely resembling a conspiracy theory is antisemitic. idk enough abt antisemitism to say that #but what Bill Willingham wrote Bernard doing IS antisemitic like he full on uses antisemitic dog whistles. so yeah #i made a better version of this post a while ago but I saved it to drafts and don’t wanna dig for it #timber negative #i guess #dc

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