lol I was just thinking “someone just needs to strafe the crowd with a tommy gun”. Also thinking “this is America?” I can’t imagine just going about my day and randomly rolling past this fucking shit. 

Because they’re a bunch of pussies

If someone thinks anti-racism is a “contested concept,” it sounds like they’re pre-emptively suing before they get fired for doing racist stuff. 

Christie as a white Lizzo?

“It’s always that last part.” - Sam Wilson.

I don’t say that Walker was a good person. What I’m saying is before he killed the flagsmasher, he wasn’t as bad as I touhgt he would be after the first episode.

I don’t see what in the show can imply that the GRC is corrupt. It looks like the equivalent of the UNHCR post-blib, with more or less the same level of efficiency and accountability. And governemental bodies can give appoint whoever they want to do a specific set of missions.
As for the “they know what the fuck…

Actually if you remember the conversation he and Battlestar had.. Both of them knew he was not the best man for the job.. but he had (on paper) the qualifications the powers that be wanted.

Totally agree. Anyone that can’t at least have empathy for Walker being put in a role he doesn’t belong in needs to rewatch that scene from First Avenger. Steve was chosen because Erskine knew he had the right personality traits to handle it. Granted, that was about being able to handle the serum, but the point is he…

None of them has any right to do any kind of international criminal investigation, especially while being cozy with a mass murderer.

Exactly... I don’t fault him (100% at least) simply because he was selected by someone/some group with an agenda without really understanding what it entails.

True, but remember what T’Challa told Zemo in Civil War: “The living are not done with you.” He *wanted* to die after completing his mission in breaking up the Avengers. They aren’t giving that to him.

It’s a shame that the motivation of the flagsmashers weren’t more fleshed out in the show

Actually Sam (and by extension) Bucky were already chasing a lead for a different mission that happened to intersect with the Flag Smashers.. Keep in mind, in military investigations, assuming you can prove your goals while similar are distinct, there is no “jurisdiction” requirements...

He’s definitely more complicated than his comics counterpart. He’s correct in that he’s a product of the US’ military-industrial complex. He committed war crimes in Afghanistan and got a medal for it. Give him power and of course he’s going to use it to play cop on the world’s stage. That’s what they wanted when they…

Not necessarily.. The military works on a need to know basis and they do a pretty good job of covering up/glossing over their “mistakes” internally.

IMHO, the series was not written primarily for black MCU fans or black vets.

usagent always gets a bad rap. the guy’s heart was always in the right place, but he was a little too gung ho ooorah america for his own good. wyatt russell’s version is toned down significantly. siiiiiignificantly.

So Sam gets his suit from the Wakandans wielding a shield made from stolen Wakandan vibranium... Goddamn. Are black people ever going to have to stop building America?

You know, I kind of feel bad for John Walker. I was ready to hate the guy after episode 1 (that smirk!), but episode 2 and 3 (and the first half of 4) kind of redeemed him in my eyes : he was a regular guy that got a job previously held by a superpowered legend, and who was trying to do his best.

And I must say that I…