Bio-Freaks and Chimeras

subspeciesism: Cyborgs against Adepts

Technological integration predated biogenetic manipulation, but it had its problems. Sometimes the implants would be rejected by their hosts. Malfunctions plagued some models. And a percentage of people, suspicious of technology, turned instead to biological modification.
Cyber-Symbiosis companies produced several commercial campaigns depicting Adepts as “bio-freaks” and “chimeras” with ugly mutations and bizarre animal appendages. Those that bought into this new kind of sub-speciesism continued to harbor resentment, mistrust, and suspicion of the self-proclaimed “New Men”. As human beings began to realize that they were reclassifying themselves as whole different subspecies, the first contentions between unaltered humans, cyborgs, and adepts lead the way in the emerging sub-speciesism.