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Originally posted by Grimm22
Maybe not, but that doesn't justify what he does in anyway 😐Would a black man killing white people be justified because his ancestors were slaves? No
Is a jewish man killing germans justified because germans killed 6 million jewish people? No
Magneto doesn't even attack Mutant haters most of the time, he simply kills innocent people in his quest for power. He just hides behind his hypocritical 'justification'
No one is saying his murder of innocent people is justified.
But he has valid motive behind his descent to villainy.
As a child he witnessed the persecution and internment of his family as Jews, and his mother, father and sister were murdered in the Holocaust. As an adult he again witnessed his daughter's death due to indifference and bigotry.
The motivation for his actions has always been a fear that one day ordinary humans would persecute mutants for being different in the same way that Jews were persecuted in Nazi Germany. He believes that war between mutants and humans is an eventuality and he's prepared to fight back. His belief has been vindicated by the advent of things like the Mutant Registration Act, the nation of Genosha and their mutate slaves and Sentinels with the prime directive of hunting, capturing and killing mutants. Rachel Summers hails from a future where Magneto's nightmare has become reality.
The grand irony of his actions is that he has become the things he hates in order to prevent his nightmares from occurring.
As a villain his motivation is one of the most understandable and valid, which is the purpose of this thread. And under different circumstances he has been a hero at times.
To simply say "Well he kills people." defeats the purpose of the thread.
