Punisher is a comic book character named Frank Castle. He’s an anti-hero who targets and kills criminals, but especially corrupt cops (the worst type of criminals). Right wingers, and cops, have co-opted his logo (the Skull) because Punisher is a badass and they think it makes them look like badasses. They either aren’t aware that he hates cops, and most things right wingers like, or they just aren’t self-aware enough to realize that Frank would likely beat the shit out of them if he saw them using his skull.
What’s punisher and what’s the politics about it?
Punisher is a comic book character named Frank Castle. He’s an anti-hero who targets and kills criminals, but especially corrupt cops (the worst type of criminals). Right wingers, and cops, have co-opted his logo (the Skull) because Punisher is a badass and they think it makes them look like badasses. They either aren’t aware that he hates cops, and most things right wingers like, or they just aren’t self-aware enough to realize that Frank would likely beat the shit out of them if he saw them using his skull.
Thus is covered in the Daredevil show that came out a few months ago. It was pretty good.