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The older I get, the more justified Magneto seems. Peaceful, non-disruptive protests are a waste of time at best and an exercise in painting a target on yourself at worst.

I'm a bit ambivalent on political violence, both in fiction and real life. On the one hand, it's probably not the sort of thing we should encourage if we want a stable society (and if you ever did get a discrimination free world, one imagines you'd want it stable). On the other hand, if your ability to live a vaguely healthy and happy life is consistently under threat from the powers that be, forcefully removing the power from them, regardless of method, certainly seems wiser than begging (and that's all a peaceful protest ultimately is: whiny, incessant begging that wears the mask of aggressive, indignant demands in a vain hope to seem more dignified than it actually is) for your oppressors to be a little nicer.

Frankly, its a mark of impeccable restraint that Magneto didn't level the entire planet as soon as the first sentinel was built.