Talk:Amon/@comment-141.0.8.100-20120411141728/@comment-50.53.109.37-20120411222336

The problem with Amon is not so much what he stands for, but how he is going about it. He could very well be right in that benders dominate society and reduced non-benders to second class status, or he could just be playing on people's fears of this happening. We have yet to see enough about how Republic City opperates to really make a judgment in that regard, but I would wager that Amon is probably greatly exagurating the problem. Mako and Bolin are actually an example of how benders aren't neccessarily elevated simply by being benders; they grew up on the streets, they weren't given handouts or preferencial treatment just because they're benders.

Amon's villainy comes from the fact that he makes absolute claims and seeks to obliterate an entire group of people for the actions of a few; it's no different than blaming all germans for the actions of the nazis in WWII, it places blame on an entire group rather than specific people who actually deserve the blame.. He uses violence and terror to achieve his ends. He could be correct that benders are unjustly elevated simply by being benders, but his own actions are not the proper way to incite change.