Let's make sure to keep things civil, everyone. There's a lot of good points being made.
(Also I am living for you, Tycon. Fight the good fight.)
yeah, humans are still killing them on the daily and will genocide them if given the chance, but the future implications of a tour are the REAAAAAAAAAL evil things, uh um sure thing its impressive how humans get tons of excuses to their treatment of mutants , yet the tiny bit of anything negative warrants these sort of responses.
its immensly telling
If you can understand why mutie is a slur, then you understand why flatscan is a slur. The writer choosing to make the kid say those words is not an accident. When children start dropping slurs when referring to other groups the responsible in the room need to start correcting that child. If you don't you'll wind up with generation of Krakoans who think its okay to walk through a gate, say that crap, and get anything other than a negative response. They'd just be mini-Magnetos who can't keep his mutant supremacist ideas out of a conversation with humans for 2 seconds.
Ferro, the behavior is self-defeating. In-universe all it breeds is anti-human mutants who think reprisal is just. In-universe we know this dooms mutantkind to extinction. In terms of principles it completely destroys the Krakoans as any sort of good guys if they allow children to indulge, unchallenged, in hate speech.Originally Posted by Ferro
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No words used for people being white or male or straight can ever really impact them or their position. They can laugh words off because those words hold no power over them or how society views them. No one in the MU is discriminated against because they’re a flatscan. No word Mutants can use would ever be the same because of the power structure of the MU. Flatscan is more like honky, dick or breeder. Yawn.
I'm shocked that more people aren't talking about the Sentinel City. That **** is scary.
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I thought "breeders" was more about people who have kids vs people who don't? Didn't know that was LGBT.
And the point is, well, Krakoa isn't really better. We know there's something wrong with it, we know it dosen't end well, and I question how far off it is from what Orchis is doing.
Believe me, I don't have to imagine; I remember sitting in a classroom at lunchtime doing some homework while a group of other kids were making jokes about -insert slurs for muslims.- Horrible, horrible stuff and, guess what, in adulthood those same kids still foster those same attitudes because they weren't challenged. They still contribute to hurt and harm by dehumanising a whole people. That's the problem here.
Humans in the government responsible for that atrocity up there were able to do so because they dehumanised mutants. They don't view them as equal, they view them as beneath them--them being insulted is gonna further fuel that. On the flip side: the mutant kid who dehumanises the humans and isn't challenged on it is going to continue to believe that. Humans will forever be 'other' and god help him if he has a human kid.
The cycle is perpetuated and continues.
Empathy also means never seeing the same side or “humanizing” them. These children grew up with humans and have probably seen the best and worst of humanity. This insult doesn’t have the power to keep mutants from possible cooperation. Hell, they can go through a Gate whenever they want.
Thanks queen!
Sadly.
I agree that it's going to be a bumpy ride. But that's what I find fascinating about it. We're looking at realistic feelings that many people can identify with and I think that's important. At the end of the day, I'm glad there is such emotional reaction to all of this because this is how it really is out there.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!