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My response was, "Not on pages one and two."

The teacher smirked but I found it cowardly; the class was derailed most of the rest of the night by discussing modern politics in relation to an essay that was anything but. There was some truth to be learned and discussed, but it was more important to gain social capital in this class. Either glorify the identity of a man who was so much more, who offered so much more in this essay, or rebuke the glorification as an act of independence and free thinking. And, subsequently, the death of critical thought was on full display for the rest of the evening.

Two days later in my shop, a relatively new comic reader was asking for recommendations for Superman comics. I walked him along my long wall of graphic novels and pointed out several great titles as another longterm DC customer (mainly a Batman reader) stood quietly, perusing the same shelves. The new customer was picking up a healthy little pile of volumes as I did my normal song and dance about some of the great DC stories over the years.

As if he was destined to be a buzzkill, the veteran customer spat out the statement of, "If you ask me, Superman is the most boring superhero." Well, this caused me to stop dead in my tracks and stare at him. Surely, his interruption would come replete with some, you know, follow-up supporting statement. Because, like him or not, Superman has been a founding part of the DC Comics world. After probably 5 seconds of no continuation on that line of thinking, I just said, "Well, thank you for that inspiring piece of insight."

This was likely my mistake. The other customer snorted a laugh, but the veteran customer seemed enraged at my dismissal of his statement that was totally with merit. He snapped at me, "What? You think I'm wrong?"
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