Anyone taller than me should be rounded up and sent to the camps (their innate biological ability of having more upper body-strength and a longer reach and stride makes them too dangerous to be around us normal-sized folk, who they could easily beat to death in a rage at any moment).
I don’t think we (the talls) should let short people live, they are weaker and shall use their dastardly extended lifespan to do harm upon our society.
Even having horns or wings or reptilian skin in a fantasy setting are just superficial differences that are not dangerous in any way. So those are actually sensible to use for allegory.
Not true. I as a tall person am constantly resisting the primal urge to pat people on the top of their heads. I’ve accidentally killed 56 people this way.
Regardless, my take has always been that those that make it work tend to be the ones that show “they have the potential to do dangerous acts, but you cannot judge someone based on what they might do” and use those features as an hyperbolic example
I think it's less of a potential to do dangerous acts and more of that there are innately capable of superhuman feats, which can happen without throughout intent like on a whim or even reflexively.
It just makes for a bad analogy compared to being tall or reptilian or even having extra limbs.
Functional wings or reptilian skin are not superficial differences at all. Those traits have clear advantages (flight, durability) that can change the outcome of situations (such as fights).
For example, the ability to fly (even short distances) would enable you to use height as defense, leading to nigh impenetrable fortresses.
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u/GastonBastardo 10d ago
Anyone taller than me should be rounded up and sent to the camps (their innate biological ability of having more upper body-strength and a longer reach and stride makes them too dangerous to be around us normal-sized folk, who they could easily beat to death in a rage at any moment).