Well, it's the same as in the real world. Governments can ennact anti-racist legislation to protect minorities, but that doesn't mean individuals will abandon their beliefs just because the government grows more tolerant. It's up to everyone involved to show the bigots how wrong they are, and...
The X-Men stood up for those who were preyed upon, as they always do. They didn't "serve" the government, any more than they "served" mutantkind. The role of the X-Men, as is repeated over and over in both the comics and the films, is to "protect a world that fears and hates them". Their mission...
I disagree. The Brotherhood... -Attacked a center dispensing the cure with the equivalent of a firebomb (Pyro's attack on the center Rogue attended) -Killed several police officers in order to rescue Mystique. -Oh yeah, destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge. Unless the cars that fell off it...
I just got back from watching the film. When the credits started, they immediately turned up the lights, the usher went to get the door, etc. A few people walked out, but three of us stayed, and the usher kept giving us weird looks, till one guy said "there's supposed to be an extra scene after...