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Taking this guy's metaphor seriously, there's quite a bit of self-own aspect to it, given that X-Men's plot largely centers around the government actually wanting to genocide mutants in the sense of hunting them down and locking them up in camps/killing them. And mutants in X-Men also tend to be shown as superior to non-mutants in some meaningful concrete sense, which is what allows them to be the comic book superheroes they are (though there are plenty of downsides too). Also, he seems to be conflating "mutants" with "aliens" when he talks about mutants from outer space; mutants are definitionally humans with mutated genes.
I think if this clip gets any sort of traction in the progressive left, it will just be fairly standard fodder for "look at what this ignorant hateful bigot is saying about this oppressed minority. This is a truly mask-off moment that shows that our outgroup really is as evil as we say they are and all that talk about just protecting children and whatnot is just camouflage for their true desire to literally murder trans people." The fact that he's black wouldn't really play much into it, since black people (and other minorities) who don't toe the party line have generally not gotten any protection at all from the backlash; if anything, it tends to heighten it due to being perceived as a traitor to the cause. That latter part probably won't play a factor either, though, since blackness and transness, though grouped together under the wide umbrella of "oppressed minority," are still considered fairly distinct. And antipathy between black people and sexual minorities, particularly gay people, has been well known; and the sexual minorities win that oppression Olympics conflict at least 99 times out of 100.
While I agree with his argument. Am I correct that there’s some amusing about the video? Or do I have bad taste.
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