Re: Okay, now you're just nitpicking.
I don't think wanting to make explicit the diference between "What they did was wrong and I condemn it totally" and "I wouldn't have done what they did, but it was an understandable thing to do" is nitpicking.
"I realize that you're worried about mutants being persecuted, and while do you are right to do so, you have to understand that there are mutants out there that really are a threat to the world at large,"
The thing is, there are also non-mutants that are a threat to the world at large. That's the problem, not whether or not someone is a mutant. Remember, this is a world where ordinary people DO spontaneously gain super powers and do put on a cape and fight crime. They also help the law and the military handle the people with super-powers who don't.