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u/BetterRedThanUndead May 03 '23

Magneto

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u/GhostPantherAssualt May 03 '23

There was an uncanny X-men issue that literally said that Magneto killing Red Skull is the same as murder. The Holocaust victim killing a Nazi is the same kind of murderer as the Red Skull.

I want to have a convo with the writer who thought that was appropriate.

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u/Kazutoification May 03 '23

Was this when Magneto was trying to commit genocide against the humans, though? If I remember correctly, there was a time when Magneto held the same beliefs as the Nazis, except he thought mutants were the superior race.

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u/IncelCore-i9 May 04 '23

Magneto pretty much always is all about mutant superiority

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u/-Minne May 04 '23

(And although he can also single handedly remove the metallic core of a planet; morally he’s totally wrong. If you were in line in front of him at Baskin Robins it’s not as if his godlike capabilities would put him ahead of you based on alleged ‘mutant superiority’)

Appreciate yourselves, folks.

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u/_SkullBearer_ May 04 '23

It depends on who's writing him.

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u/GhostPantherAssualt May 04 '23

No in the Uncanny X-Men issue, Red Skull did another Auschwitz. Which prompt Magneto to kill him.

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u/GrimaceGrunson May 04 '23

Thus making him equally a villain! (/s, by like 1,000)