• Is Robin Hood a liberal hero, who redistributes wealth from the evil rich people to the poor and needy who they've exploited?
• Is Robin Hood a conservative hero, who fights back against big government run amok?
• Or is Robin Hood just an example of how silly the liberal/conservative dichotomy is?

 

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Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
 
D: None of the above
 

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Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
 
I always saw him as liberal, because A) he was the good guy and I'm a liberal so I think liberals are the good guys and by extension clearly Robin Hood must be liberal, B) because he's redistributing wealth as you say, and C) because I've never heard a conservative actually make any effort to claim Robin Hood as an icon for their own narrative. And thus I never really got any kind of message that contradicted my original assumption.

So, clearly, via careful critical analysis, Robin Hood is definitely a liberal hero.

Except now we have the Tea Party, who I can see appropriating him. So ultimately I think I'm gonna go with your option C.
 

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Posted by 0Megabyte (Member # 8624) on :
 
Or perhaps E: A criminal/type of historical criminal with good publicity.
 

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Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
 
Robin Hood is actually a libertarian villain who coddles the poor and redistributes wealth that could have gone to the construction of many Fritz Lang style statues of Atlas holding up the world.
 

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Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
 
Is a man not entitled to the gold of his belt pouch? NO, says the cute cartoon fox. It belongs to the countryfolk.
 

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Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
 
lol.
 

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Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
 
Ah, this is why I love Hatrack. I want to QFT and LOL at every response so far. You're all my liberal/conservative heroes.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
While very few versions of Robin Hood make any sort of sense at all, the Robin Hood of the Disney film is a particularly baffling specimen.
 

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Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
 

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Is a man not entitled to the gold of his belt pouch? NO, says the cute cartoon fox. It belongs to the countryfolk.

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While very few versions of Robin Hood make any sort of sense at all, the Robin Hood of the Disney film is a particularly baffling specimen.

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Is a man not entitled to the gold of his belt pouch? NO, says the cute cartoon fox. It belongs to the countryfolk.

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I feel embarrassed asking this, but is this specific phrasing from an actual Ayn Rand book or is it just from Bioshock?

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Is a man not entitled to the gold of his belt pouch? NO, says the cute cartoon fox. It belongs to the countryfolk.

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I feel embarrassed asking this, but is this specific phrasing from an actual Ayn Rand book or is it just from Bioshock?

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