The first word balloon of Magneto (I think) in the picture you posted is essentially my argument and my gripe.
That isn't Magneto, its Cyclops pretending to be Erik the Red.
Polaris is a 50 years old character as of this year in the comics. While her character has been on a lot of super hero teams over the years from working for the U.S. government.
To being the enforcer leading a mutant dictatorship. To being on the X-Men there is a commonality in her thinking and worldview. Moral restraint not so much a thing and a view that holding herself to a higher standard then who she is fighting such as she talks about above violent racists is not a thing. Holding yourself to a a higher standard in her eyes just gives them the advantage when at war and her goal is not to 'be a hero' its to accomplish objectives.
The writers of The Gifted did read up very well on Lorna in the comics and have fleshed out who she was and is from the comics this season and tried to replicate it. What she wants is typically positive, but if one reads her comics down to the last one she was in last year her methods to try to obtain positive outcomes involves actions that if you are looking for a moral center to them you are looking the wrong place.
As for the difference between say Esme's thinking and Lorna's thinking? The main separation that exists comes down more on selflessness vs selfishness. Lorna does in fact think of other people first and is trying to help other people. Mind you those other people are first and above all mutants, but she cares about human innocents too typically and does factor them into what she does even if the character will put the lives of the many above the lives of a few. [/spoiler]
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