In real life if there were people that had powers like in comics, would most people hate on them?

[Silver7]

If there were people that actually had powers and they used their powers to do good, would people hate them for having powers just like how the humans hate the mutants in X-Men?

I find it interesting to think about how people would try to interact with these people

[BoomerZ]

Any person that uses their powers outside the law would be hated as your "good" might not be someone else's "good". And the collateral damage they do in the process would make normal people's lives miserable.To think personal opinion's and beliefs would make a person with powers not do horrible things to people they feel is wrong doesn't take human nature into account.

[HGohwell]

Given how many people hate groups of people just for being people without extra things to fear like super-powers, I'd imagine there would at least be some people who did hate them just for having powers, never mind what they did with them. If you can hate a person for something like the colour of their skin, sexuality or beliefs, powers are definitely something to hate especially since unlike the colour of someone's skin, powers can actually do harm.

But also as pointed out, what even is "good". The military and police are also believed to do good by some people and hated as institutions who do a lot of harm by others. And there's a high likelihood this sort of thing would be militarised pretty quickly or subject to governmental smear campaigns. Then you've got issues like relying on these people to solve all problems and then blaming them for not fixing your problem, who do superheroes pick and choose which crimes/problems to solve and how people would feel towards them if theirs wasn't it. And a lot of these superheroes act outside the law and, depending on your series/iteration of that character/series, act as judge jury and executioner. While I'm not a fan of the sort of grimdark superhero takes where everything has consequences that are super dark (I prefer the fun type like the Incredibles and Tiger&Bunny) it's not hard to see how people would turn on them.

[thepenmonster]

If we're talking people who grew up in our societies who have our collection of morals gaining abilities beyond human?

They would massively abuse their powers and large numbers of people would still cheer for them because that abuse was never visited upon them. ex- Cops.

[JoshRaed]

Probably not. It's not really how that works. Their powers would give them privilege and systemic power likely. Also having superpowers probably won't get you bullied. Maybe if they're oppressed for a different reason, but being oppressed for having superpowers is very unrealistic.

[Robert_S_S_Gordon]

Once a single mutant uses their powers to do harm or cause significant destruction, I think at that point those without abilities would create Marvel Sentinels as a countermeasure.

[ThunderChicken]

Absolutely. We have smart people. Others hate them. We have talented athletes and music stars. Others hate them. We have brown people. Others hate them. We have LGBTQ people. Others hate them. We have Jewish/Muslim/Hindu people. Others hate them.

Why would we expect people to be accepting of people with exceptional abilities if they can’t even like people who are slightly different than themselves?

If Jesus Christ himself came back to Earth today the second most stupid thing he could do would be to reveal who he was. The most stupid thing he could do would be to prove it. His most devout followers would have him nailed to another cross before sundown.

[NickRowler]

This is sort of what my comic lore is about. People have powers but they still live mundane lives. Fire-people are discriminated against because people believe that they are more dangerous and aggressive. Society will just other whoever they can use as a scapegoat.

[thepenmonster]

If Jesus Christ himself came back to Earth today

He did! Him and Buddha moved to Tokyo! I read the documentary.

[TheLemmaLlama]

It depends, really. Real-life bigotries have a lot of history around them, and narratives built up over centuries. Contrary to popular belief, it's not actually the case that people see others who are different and automatically go 'ew, different people; let's bully them!'

If you were to suddenly drop superpowered people in the midst of our current modern society, for instance, I honestly don't think people would suddenly decide to hate on them, at least not until they've figured out how they fit in to their already existing narratives about people and society. (In fact, you could probably test this by going to a hate forum or smth and asking how they'd feel about superpowered people; I'm willing to bet they'd be like 'I'd be cool with superpowered people, why wouldn't I be?')

The role that differences actually play is they introduce power dynamics over time, as two different kinds of people interact, memories and anecdotes accumulate, power struggles happen, narratives get established, etc. So if superpowered people have existed this whole time, you will probably end up with them being discriminated against, or conversely you might end up with them at the top of the hierarchy and in a position of power over the non-superpowered

Probably not. It's not really how that works. Their powers would give them privilege and systemic power likely. Also having superpowers probably won't get you bullied. Maybe if they're oppressed for a different reason, but being oppressed for having superpowers is very unrealistic.

So yeah, it could eventually go in this direction, but I wouldn't say people would automatically decide to privilege them any more than they would automatically decide to hate them.

It all depends on initial conditions; who won the physical/cultural power struggles at the start (establishing a power dynamic which tends to snowball and become further entrenched over time). This could be a function of how common superpowered people are, how the powered/nonpowered difference interact with other demographic differences, and probably a whole bunch of other factors XD

We have smart people. Others hate them. We have talented athletes and music stars. Others hate them. We have brown people. Others hate them. We have LGBTQ people. Others hate them. We have Jewish/Muslim/Hindu people. Others hate them.

There's a difference in how people hate smart/talented people though, vs how people hate racial/sexual/gender/religious minorities