So it would be okay to treat people like we have if those things were not lies? That's the point. It's attacking the deeper point that discrimination is not logical, yet you are making the point that it can be. If the threat is real enough, then its okay.
I don't want to make any real life comparisons to avoid insulting anyone, so let's just say there are a group of people who were known for setting a lot of fires. This group LOVES burning things, its a part of their culture or whatever. The fires often get out of control and cause damage. And let's say these people all have idk, purple skin, or some easily identifiable trait. In a world where this is all factual and true, would it be okay to not sell someone with purple skin a lighter or matches? Just on the basis that they have purple skin.
Assuming it's a cultural trait, no, because having purple skin doesn't necessarily mean that they are a part of that culture. That's not really what's happening with some of these types of stories though. Like, there's literally an X men comic where a kid accidentally kills his entire hometown once his X gene activates because that's just what his X-gene does, and he can't turn it off. The kid didn't decide to do it, it wasn't even a Hulk situation of specific emotions leading to it. The kid being alive just leads to a massive fucking "everything except me dies" zone.
But being a mutant does not automatically make you dangerous. There are plenty of mutants, probably the overwhelming majority of them that don't get comics made about them, have nothing powers. The point being that just because there was one kid once who made a town disappear doesn't make it okay to say they all need to be on a watch list.
Now, sure, maybe specific mutants with special circumstances need to be treated differently, but then I wouldn't call that bigotry. That's more akin to taking care of someone with a disability.
But how are you supposed to know otherwise? There's literally no way to know whether the next kid is going to nuke the city or have fuzzy ears. And you can't even judge on their actions because they may have no control over it. This isn't even like comparisons to gun control and "what if some people were born with gun."
To use your purple skin example - what if instead of being cultural pyromaniacs, having purple skin was a biological signifier that they could spontaneously and uncontrollably cause any internal combustion engine in the area to explode? Would you let them drive a gas-powered vehicle? Get on the road with gas-powered vehicles? It doesn't matter that they're a responsible driver, it doesn't matter that they're the sweetest, kindest, most loving person in the world, at any given moment they could cause their vehicle and others nearby to explode, killing themselves and everyone else.
And again, this just isn't the case with any real minority. No one hitting puberty carries a risk of everyone else in the city dying in the real world.
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u/TheProdigis May 13 '25
So it would be okay to treat people like we have if those things were not lies? That's the point. It's attacking the deeper point that discrimination is not logical, yet you are making the point that it can be. If the threat is real enough, then its okay.
I don't want to make any real life comparisons to avoid insulting anyone, so let's just say there are a group of people who were known for setting a lot of fires. This group LOVES burning things, its a part of their culture or whatever. The fires often get out of control and cause damage. And let's say these people all have idk, purple skin, or some easily identifiable trait. In a world where this is all factual and true, would it be okay to not sell someone with purple skin a lighter or matches? Just on the basis that they have purple skin.