Incoming rant
I think already I have said in threads how I would approach the X-men franchise and hate. The X-men would be loved, Mutants would be hated. Mutants in general would dislike the X-men because they don't experience the same issues as regular mutants. If you are confused by the X-men being loved just think Alabama college football team. The X-men should be neutral faction in the mutant and human hate equation with them receiving just enough hate to remind it sucks for mutants but just enough love to make you think that someday mutants and humans can live together. The X-men will come off a little uncle tomish because to accomplish their goal it means picking the system over the movement. X-men is goal is changing the system from with in the system.
Finally the universe tells two big lies
1. Registering mutants is some evil act. Let me introduce you The Selective Service System
Yup that is right all US males have to register into a system.The Selective Service System (SSS) is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription (i.e. the draft). All male U.S. citizens (and male immigrant non-citizens) who are between the ages of 18 and 26 are required by law to have registered within 30 days of their 18th birthdays.Registration with Selective Service is required for various federal programs and benefits, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), student loans and Pell Grants, job training, federal employment, and naturalization
2. They would be a mutant power classification system something like
Class A- Deadly Powers
Class B-Non safe powers
Class C- Unable to control powers
That completely changes the dynamic of how you talk about Mutants. All those comments where someone goes "Mutants are walking weapons" it changes to "Class A are walking weapons" which means there is whole population of mutants who aren't included in the "OMG you should be scared of them debate" . In universe the discussion of cure becomes a whole lot more complicated where you can argue that whole group of mutants should have their powers removed/restricted for the general safety of everyone and in normal setting everyone stupidly goes along with anticure/anti restriction stance because it means the remove of all of their powers but in this set up you would have mutants who are in no danger of their safe powers being removed.
The X-men could be some really interesting scifi fantasy that covers eugenics,discrimination, classicism in superhero setting but instead we get lowest common denominator stuff because to tell "the hate and fear" thing but to do so they are trying to brute force it. The X-men is much better franchise when the Morlocks are the feared and The Brotherhood is the hated. And the X-men are some where in the middle being superheroes
end rant