I don’t think you realize the extreme leaps in logic you’re making here though with those numbers and assumptions about the general populace of the MU and their opinions? There is no way of actually knowing or being able to say that X percentage of humans “hate” mutants going by what we’ve been told over the years? As I said in my last post, it would be a lot more realistic and palatable to some of the X readership if more people were being shown being allies to mutantkind. Fully agree and think that would be a great idea so it doesn’t seem so off balanced. But while we’ve seen a majority of human interactions with the X-men being that of fear, and a subset of those being prone to outright hate and bigotry, we’ve also seen many instances where people were in awe of them, taken aback at how heroic they are, surprised that mutants would go out of their way to save them, and yes even in some cases fans of them. Not in the majority of storylines of course because the X-men mostly come into contact with groups and power structures within the MU that are trying to persecute and/or kill them. But it’s a leap to say that 60% of people on Earth in the MU have an outright and overboiling “hatred” for mutantkind. Fear is different than hate in that regard, even though one can and does occasionally lead to the other. Fear is Kitty Pryde being afraid of Nightcrawler for many issues because of his distinctly stark appearance and physical features. Hate is Senator Kelly fighting for years to implement legislative endorsed plans to eradicate the “mutant menace”. So it’s more appropriate to me to say that the majority of humans on Earth fear mutantkind out of general misunderstanding and unfamiliarity with them and people “different” to them. But to say that the majority of people are frothing at the mouth, marching for mutant death is a gross misstatement. As you said if we’re being realistic here, the majority of people have their own lives, families, friends, jobs, etc. going on and don’t necessarily have the time or energy to “hate” mutants like that. But they damn sure would be afraid that someone in their family might “turn into” one. That’s different from Captain America and other superheroes doing things that cause mass disruptions in human affairs throughout the years. Countries start, instigate, and go to war all the time that cause casualties and human casualties. But it’s accepted at some point as being part of life and eventually people move on. Compare anti German and Japanese sentiment 70 years ago as opposed to 40 or so years ago until now. I’m sure people thought they’d never be forgiven but here we are where they are now actively part of the global community again. People have short memory when it comes to meta humans and their outlandish and fantastical infighting and such. It’s easier to ignore/move on/accept as part of life that conflicts will arise. Much easier to do that with global issues than to deal with it within the confines of your own home when your child starts turns blue one morning and can suddenly read your mind. Like I said before. The mutant issue is distinctly different because for more human beings it would be FAR too personal of a matter. As opposed to whatever shenanigans Hydra, or Reed Richards, or Cap are up to now. At least they are “humans” trying to save the world most of the time. The mutants of different as they are a distinct and personal bombshell deviation from normalcy that you as a human at times would have to deal with directly. Not watch at home ok your tv. In a world where superheroics and all that comes along with that are considered commonplace, mutant issues would still hit far too close to home. That’s it. And it makes sense for that reason, at least to me.
Also a world where the majority of people in it are actually racist and openly so is not so crazy and far off as you have explained it to be. Since that was literally the case not even 100 years ago. Society finds way to excuse and ignore atrocities with their eyes wide open when they system in place is beneficial to them. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone at this point much less “too out there” to apply to a modern-day comic storyline.