X-Men vs. Reality

In the 50s Junior Senator Joseph McCarthy taught Americans to fear the Communists. In the 21st Century Rep. Peter King taught us to fear Muslims.

In the world of the X-Men Senator Robert Kelly taught us to fear the Mutants.

In the 50s the U.S. blacklisted actors as subversives. In the 21st Century the U.S. locked up suspected Muslim terrorists without a trial.

In the world of the X-Men Senator Robert Kelly convinced Americans that they needed to register mutants to protect humans.

In the 20th Century the U.S. collected information on subversives with COINTELPRO. In the 21th Century the U.S. used the Department of Homeland Security.

In X-Men the mutants are rounded up by Sentinels created by Dr. Trask, Liaison Henry Peter Gyrich and authorized by Senator Robert Kelly. The were created by Shaw Industries as part of Government Project Wideawake.

Anti-Muslim Hysteria leads to attacks on Muslims at home. Anti-Mutant Hysteria leads to attacks on Mutants at home.

Those that are kidnapped are monitored in both worlds.

In the 20th Century the U.S. engaged in wars with Communists in Korea and Vietnam.

In the 21th Century the U.S. is engaging in wars with Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.



In the X-Men world the humans declare war on the mutants.



Is the real world mimicking the world of the X-Men or are the creators of the X-Men mimicking the real world?

Note: While I realize that there are real threats to the U.S. my point is not to equate all of these actions as unprovoked antagonism by the government against Muslims. We were attacked on 9/11. My issue with the war on Terror is that it is too unfocused and open ended. Obviously all Muslims are not terrorists. 19 Hijackers attacked us. 14 were from Saudi Arabia and the rest were from Yemen and UAE. My issue is that we used that as a pretext for war with Afghanistan and Iraq. We used it as a pretext to detain people without trial. We used this a pretext to wiretap citizens and take away our Constitutional rights regardless of warrant or suspicion. The solution to 9/11 should not be endless war. The solution should not be a police state.