The liberalism is still there. It's just liberals trying to do decolonization but failing every step of the way. It's mainly there for character driven stories and tie into LOK more.
That's going to be a hard pass from me then. I think the 'character driven stories' are what I wanted more of because those (and the martial arts) (and the SUPER CUTE CHIMERA ANIMALS) are the real strengths of the show. But I cannot watch libs butcher a decolonization narrative and the entire LOK setting seemed like shit so tying in with that means it'll necessarily be disappointing af.
Thank you for your thoughts. I disagree about the Southern Raiders episode but I would have to go watch it again to feel like I was speaking fairly and I'm not willing to do that so... yeah. Your take is valid even though I disagree.
I kind of thought Aang doing the "but I can't KILL because of my religion!" thing and then finding a nonlethal way to win was interesting from a religious perspective actually. Since it was framed more as a religious thing than some lib "killing oppressors is bad" thing.
Fitting given how bloody-handed the British Empire was/is