It seems like a lot of people like comic book movies nowadays. I was a superhero fan and superhero film fan way before they started to get popular, constantly playing with my Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, and Hulk toys growing up. To be fair, I probably didn't read as many of the comics as I should have, but I understood who the characters were and I knew what they represented. Apparently a lot of people don't.
Recently, I read a lot of reviews of "Captain America: Civil War" where people were under the impression that by not choosing to register with the government, Captain America and his team took the more conservative approach. How? Isn't going against the government like the most liberal thing to do? How would Iron Man registering be considered liberal? It isn't. If anything, Iron Man's approach would be the more conservative thing to do.
Does any of this matter? Maybe not, but in this particular instance, there is no shot that Captain America was being conservative. Cap was fighting for his rights and the rights of other superheroes. If he chose to register, he would give up his right to choose, which he even states in the movie. Iron Man uncharacteristically sided with the government, which was also mentioned in the movie. By choosing to stop making weapons and refusing to give his suits to the government, Tony Stark became more liberal in nature until he sided with registration and in a sense went back to a more conservative approach. Obviously the government and military sided with registration, so I doubt that would be considered liberal. So why would people think Captain America's team was conservative? Because Cap represents America and the idea of America F Yeah? No; these people don't understand the characters.
Captain America represents everyone and the good values of people, not just "American" values. He won't blindly follow something he doesn't agree with and if that means breaking away from the government maybe that makes him a bit more liberal. Hell, in the video game adaptation all of Cap's supporters are younger heroes like She-Hulk and Spider-Woman. If the "I'm siding with Captain America, man" kind of lines in the game don't remind you of some Bernie Sanders type supporters, then I don't know what to tell you. Captain America's team took the liberal stance and Iron Man's team arguably took the conservative approach. You don't know the characters, deal with it.
