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4 years ago

hey so i couldn't help but notice that while this post is good a lot of the replies r shit

there's a lot of ppl pointing out that "in txt magneto wanted 2 do a genocide against all non mutants" and while yes that is true there's more 2 it than that

the ppl who r saying magneto was right r not saying "genocide is super cool" what they r saying is "we shouldn't hav 2 play nice w/ the ppl who oppress us"

it's no mistake or coincidence imo that x-men is a series marketed 2wards ppl in minority groups and the representation of ppl who don't want 2 play nice w/ the oppressors is magneto, it's p obvious [at least from what little i've seen] that x-men is essentially just propaganda 2 try 2 demonise ppl who would rise up against their oppressors instead of asking them nicely if we can hav equal rights yet, not saying u can't enjoy x-men btw just wish that more ppl would watch media w/ their brains switched on instead of just ignoring all cultural context and then getting mad when ppl don't ignore said cultural context

it's like, disney villains were made queer coded 2 demonise queer ppl, and a lot of queer ppl reclaim those villains now bc of this, and no1 is saying that if a queer person reclaims a queer villain that that somehow now means that they agree w/ their actions in txt bc we r aware of the cultural context and keep that in mind

magneto was a character that was made 2 demonise ppl who's activism isn't oppressor friendly, i can't speak 4 what it was originally but at least what little i've seen it seems like it was written by the majority and marketed 2 minority groups 2 try 2 stop us from getting any ideas abt rising up against our oppressors

it's weird 2 me how ppl in the replies r saying that ppl who r saying magneto was right "don't hav any critical thinking skills" bc it just shows that they r just taking everything in x-men at face value w/out applying any thought abt cultural context and y the only guy who's anti oppressor is shown 2 b evil, like do u guys actually think that there's ever going 2 b a character in mainstream media who's in a minority group who's not willing 2 play nice w/ the oppressors who's ever going 2 b shown in a good or even honest light?? and i mean in a real way not in a "well it was just that we needed a different person in power" or "well it was just this individual that was bad not the system" kind of way

[sry if this is incoherent im typing this while sleep deprived]

chaosclover1999

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