When Marvel gets back the rights to all of their characters

[Endeavor]

There's that. Plus many normal humans view mutantcy as a disease.
Also, the existence of mutants is a constant reminder that baseline humans could possibly go extinct, being replaced by a new race from within.
No other superhero poses that threat.

 

[metaphysician]

Eh, those all come off as post hoc rationalizations for the otherwise inexplicably specific anti-mutant hatred. Its easy enough to come up with some justification for it; its not so easy to come up with why it would end up that way in the first place.

 

[BoredGuy]

thought this was fun and pertinent:

Spoiler

 

[Lilbaz]

thought this was fun and pertinent:

Spoiler

Thanos is going to win isn't he?

 

[Endeavor]

Eh, those all come off as post hoc rationalizations for the otherwise inexplicably specific anti-mutant hatred. Its easy enough to come up with some justification for it; its not so easy to come up with why it would end up that way in the first place.

I always understood it like that, ever since I started reading the books as a teenager. It's been obvious to me.
Maybe it's a personal experience correlation kind of thing.

 

[Lilbaz]

People don't like mutants because they are different. They are scared of them because they have weird powers and can kill them with little thought. So they need to be controlled. Ultimate tribalism.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

As for X-men, Fox is fine, they've had some fails obviously but I'm sure MS will do at some point, plus for me X-men has never fitted in with the rest of the Marvel Universe why do people celebrate the FF, Spiderman Thor etc but then hate mutants.

There have been issues with superhumans in general. There is the Commission on Superhuman Activities and major issues pop-up from time to time. The Sentinels in Days of Future Past targeted all super-powered people, not just mutants. There was the big blowup that resulted in a Civil War and a Superhero Registration Act being passed by Congress. Characters like Spider-Man and The Hulk have been pariahs for decades. In the films, the government has been unhappy with any superhero that doesn't directly work for them (namely Iron Man, Thor, and Hulk).

What makes it worse for mutants is racism (or species-ism in this case) and xenophobia. A few random people who get powers through some accident isn't near the threat to humanity as thousands of naturally evolved lifeforms. It is a completely different level on terms of scale. Humans in the Marvel Universe see mutants and live next to mutants every day. That's not the case with say, Asgardians. There are a couple of hundred non-mutant superheros at best on Marvel Earth. Prior to the destruction of Genosha, there was an estimated 17 MILLION mutants. A new group of people is entering society, some of whom are criminals, and the existing populace resisted it. This type of thing has been going on since the beginnings of history. Just in the United States alone, we are seeing it with Hispanics and Middle Eastern people right now, and in the past with Italians, Germans, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, etc.

 

[Moridin]

What makes it worse for mutants is racism (or species-ism in this case) and xenophobia. A few random people who get powers through some accident isn't near the threat to humanity as thousands of naturally evolved lifeforms. It is a completely different level on terms of scale. Humans in the Marvel Universe see mutants and live next to mutants every day. That's not the case with say, Asgardians. There are a couple of hundred non-mutant superheros at best on Marvel Earth. Prior to the destruction of Genosha, there was an estimated 17 MILLION mutants. A new group of people is entering society, some of whom are criminals, and the existing populace resisted it. This type of thing has been going on since the beginnings of history. Just in the United States alone, we are seeing it with Hispanics and Middle Eastern people right now, and in the past with Italians, Germans, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, etc.

But how does the general population in the MU know the likes of Spider-Man & Hulk aren't mutants?

 

[Lilbaz]

But how does the general population in the MU know the likes of Spider-Man & Hulk aren't mutants?

Doesn't matter as they are both hated (by some) in their own way. Spidey regularly saves people but the newspaper/s still call him a menace. The Hulk? Even his friends tried to blast him into outer space.

 

[BarryAllen]

I want Micronauts and Rom the Spaceknight back with Marvel.