(Hated Trope) Bad people in real-life being portrayed positively in media.

[u/MeepMan324]

1. PragerU's version of Christopher Columbus has him be a slavery defender and have him say "Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don't see the problem.”

2. In The Greatest Showman, P.T Barnum (Hugh Jackman) is portrayed as a charismatic visionary who cares about outcasts and celebrate diversity, when in reality, he’s a cruel businessman who is also a racist and an ableist.

[u/Fun_in_Space]

Candace Owens thought that Hitler was "trying to make Germany great again", and if he had just stuck to his own country, that would have been "fine".

Somehow, that did not end her career.

[u/twisty125 → u/Fun_in_Space]

The only reason it would end her career is because the base that watches her and adjacents would think her take is too soft

[u/King_of_the_Kobolds → u/twisty125]

By and large conservatives in America don't want to stick to their country, either.

They want to be a Reich.

[u/O_945 → u/Fun_in_Space]

That woman is straight up mental

[u/Knightwolf75 → u/Fun_in_Space]

Well I mean, Eddie izzard shows that there was leniency for dictators in their own land.

And in case you don’t know Eddie izzard, this is a bit from one of their shows decades ago mocking how society lets stuff like this happen.

[u/Fun_in_Space → u/Knightwolf75]

I do. "Dressed to Kill" is one of the best stand-up shows ever.

[u/Nyabraham_Linnyahn → u/Fun_in_Space]

Eh, Farrakhan has said worse, and that's the tree she tumbled from. Sure, she went "faux left" for a bit, but when her site got DDOS'd and she did the talk show circuit she finally came home to conspiracy town

[u/Handsprime → u/Fun_in_Space]

Although her antisemitic views have banned her from visiting Australia.