I apologise if this seemed dismissive - this was part of a longer ongoing conversation by comment and email between me and Nekosmuse, which as a result skimmed over a lot of things we had discussed previously, which may lead to it seeming light to an outside reader.

It was more a commentary on Erik's POV than on the actual events of the story - my answer was intended to be from inside Erik's headspace rather than objective. So perhaps to modify it I should say "Erik sees himself as not having done anything anti-human and as taking logical steps to protect mutants." Not that what he does is moral or laudable. It is logical that this is what he would do, given his mindset and stance on these issues - that mutant life is inherently more valuable. He doesn't really think about the human perspective here, instead he is feeling victimised for doing what he sees as the right thing.

I didn't intend for it to be read as my opinion on his actions' morality, and I'm sorry if it comes off that way.