And curiously enough, it's the one mad that made the transition from "mad for reactionary reasons" to "mad for the right reasons" basically intact.
X-Men: The Last Stand draws parallel between the discrimination that the mutants face and homophobia
they even have a parent ask their child "have you tried not being mutant at some point"
They even owned me in the comments section on cracked dot com, saying that the director confirmed that it's a gay alegory
Except that mutants pose an actual threat
A lesbian can't take the Golden Gate bridge for a flight while at the same time disintegrating people without even a glance. No gay guy read your mind, and so on.
An important part of -phobias being -phobias is that they're irrational, that the danger is imagined.
But the Juggernaut can, at will, just start tearing apart downtown - and nobody can stop him.
Well, maybe other mutants.
But at that point you might as well start making a movie about how prejudice against mutants is like gun control, while ignoring the fact that nobody is has an inborn Uzi.
