On a cold March morning many heroes turned out for the annual Mutant Rights Protest of Paragon or M.R.P.P as it has become known.
I participated with my fellow mutants to battle against the prejudice some of us receive. We may not look the same as everyone else, but we do the same job as the normal looking heroes. Mutants today have to battle prejudice, especially those with more obvious abnormal features. I’m here to report on the protest thorough the eyes of one.
In this day and age there have been reports of citizens being rescued by mutants and running away screaming or not even thanking them for battling the 8 foot tall cyborg that was about to cut their head off. I talked to a few at the protest.
"Its not my fault i've got five eyes, some people I rescue look at me and run away, jeez! You’d think they’d be happy to be rescued!" a protester called Penteye told me before going mad at some children who pointed and laughed at him - he was later arrested for public intoxication.
"Today you can’t win, there’s no place on magazines for a triple headed hero, its just wrong," a hero called Tri-ed exclaimed, the other two heads declined comment; one of them was asleep.
The fact is some mutants, like myself, are treated unfairly. I believe we are unique, not horrible ugly freaks. I joined the section for Equal Rights For Mutants with Tails or ERMT for short. "Having a tail can get in the way and cloths are a problem but there are advantages too" A flying hero called Dragella told me while holding a sign that read ‘People with tails have feelings too’.
Many of the people I talked to in the protest today had the same message: Equal rights for mutants. It’s an ongoing argument, which is still being debated and a long way from finished.
The color of your skin, whether it be black white, blue or green shouldn't’t affect anything. From personal experience I can say there are anti-mutant citizen out there. Having a tail or an extra head or two doesn't change the fact we are heroes, we do the same job, but we just look a little different. Hopefully the protest did some good today. Just remember the next time you get saved, be it a mutant or any other hero, just be thankful and give them a pat on the back... or tail as the case may be.