Why Left and Right Misread "300"

Neal Stephenson had a great op-ed column in Sunday’s NYT (no reg required, apparently) on why most people, left and right, get 300 wrong, and why geeks rule. Worth a read. I have noticed that even libertarian opinion varies on Frank Miller. I think The Dark Knight Returns touches on many themes that are liberty-friendly, and the Give Me Liberty/Martha Washington series are explicitly libertarian. But YMMV I guess. I'll be open to further discussion of this after I've had a chance to see 300 myself, which I'll do Friday if I get enough writing done before that.
On a related note, the Comics Reporter had a great line when weighing in on various opinions about 300: “for those of us of a certain age it's hard to get past the fact that we live in a world where the success of Frank Miller movies are a topic in the first place. It's like having to discuss Vice-President Gygax.” Best. Analogy. Evar.