As I've been trying to catch up with the Marvel movies, there was a moment in Spider-man Homecoming that caught my attention. The bully says he admires Spider-man, and sees him as an inspiration to be a better person. Then he immediately turns around and starts bullying Peter.
It made me think of someone I used to work with at the Zoo. He was a HUGE Marvel fan. But then he'd bully people too. Not as directly, but he'd spread malicious gossip about people - me included. He'd tell things out of context, and leave out details to try to make people sound as bad as possible.
I wonder. I guess people look up to super-heroes, knowing they can never quite be like that. So do some people look up to nice people, but never bother trying to be a better person?
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