2 and half episodes into Marvel and Netflix's new series Iron Fist and I see that Marvel's and Netflix's social-political views have invaded their shows.
Half way through the 3rd episode, the show transitions to a scene in Colleen's dojo where her students are being taught by one of the senior students. Danny enters through the door, stepping around the students, and quietly observing. One of the students decides to start cracking jokes, rather than practice and take his lessons seriously. This appears to be very disrespectful to Danny who then takes a boken, and strikes the floor, getting everyone's attention. Colleen appears from the other room. Danny proceeds to lightly berate the students for their poor form and lack of discipline, he then proceeds into a demonstration. As he turns to begin his demonstration, he sees Colleen who makes no effort to stop him.
The student who was making fun earlier decides to disrespect Danny at the end of his demonstration by making a farting noise. Danny gracefully sweeps the student's legs, and the student falls to ground. Colleen rushes over to consoles the disrespectful student.
The next scene, Danny and Colleen are in the other room. It's here that we get some social justice. Colleen asks Danny what the hell, and who put him in charge (she did, by the way, by not intervening). Danny confronts her and asks if this is a day-care or if she's training warriors. Colleen then states that she's trying to provide a safe place for people, and that half the people in her dojo get beaten up by their families or bullies, and this is the one place where they don't have to worry about that - until now (because Danny is apparently a bully, or at least acted like one).
Notice that she didn't answer Danny's question. She can't. If she did, she'd have to confront the truth. The truth is, martial arts isn't just some shit you do to get into shape, or to feel good about yourself. Martial arts is intended to defend yourself. It's intended to teach you how to beat up other people should you ever find yourself in a fight and without a weapon or convenient escape route. In other words, it's a skill for warriors.
If her students are being bullied, then they're there to learn how to defend themselves against said bullies (yes, even their family). It's a well known fact that one of the best ways to stop a bully is defend yourself against them (that is if they act violent against you first). Once a bully learns you aren't going to be a victim, they usually stop. If her students don't have the wherewithal to take her training seriously, they're likely going to continue to get their asses handed to them.
So what is she doing, running an adult daycare, or a dojo? Well, at this point, and from my perspective, she's running an adult daycare.
Was Danny being a bully? I don't think so. Was it harsh of him to sweep the student's legs? Yes. The internet defines bullying as the use of force, threat, or coercion, to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. Did he use force? Yes. Was he trying to abuse, intimidate, or dominate the student? No, he was emphasizing his point with action, sadly the only way that student seemed to want to learn.
Where's the social justice in that? Well, it comes when Colleen admits her dojo is a just a safe space. A dojo shouldn't be a safe space, it should be a place that will challenge its students physically, mentally, and potentially even emotionally. Does this mean it can't be warm and welcoming? No. Does it mean the students can't be friendly and can't crack jokes? No. What it means is that there is a time and place for everything, and during practice is not a place for jokes.
Later in the episode we get to see Colleen beat a man twice her size and probably twice her weight in a no-holds-barred cage fight. This fight scene is pure feminist propaganda. A real fight like that would've been extremely lopsided as the man's superior strength and reach would've overcome her skill.
It's a good thing Iron Fist is fiction, but it's too bad people will see this, spreading SJW and Feminist lies.
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