Syndrome from the Incredibles was not right, and did not have a point.

I'm somewhat dismayed that there are so many corners of the internet that try to justify Syndrome's actions in the Incredibles. For me it was a no brainer when I watched the movie the first time. Dude was just a whiny brat and threw a temper tantrum. There's no clever, subursive angle you can look at that to try to make it look like some hidden injustice was happening. The kid had no bussines trying to fight with Mr. Incredible, because he's a kid with no powers and it's only going to make matters worse. Honestly it feels like "Walter White/Thanos/Travis Bickle did nothing wrong" levels of contrarianism that are trying to pull of some gaslighting shenanigans into making you think an obvious villain wasn't a villain.

I watched it again thinking that there was something I was missing. Nah. Dude threw a 20 year long pissy fit because he didn't get his way and killed a bunch of innocent people. It's really not that deep. Mr. Incredible was reasonable with him too. He told him why it was a bad idea and the kid just wouldn't listen. He acted like an asshole, sure. But give the guy some slack. The kid was stubborn as hell.

And it's weird we're going to chastize Batman for endangering minors but then call Mr. Incredible cruel for being a responsible adult.