Mages are oppressed but a man who wants to liberate them and not the elves or slaves like Fenris is deserving of no respect.
Ain't that the truth.
Honestly? As pro mage as i used to be, i never viewed armed insurrection as a viable method of changing things.
For one?
The Templar Order is a LOT bigger then the circle of Magi, or it was heavily implied to be.
For another, how many people would die who disagreed with that line of thought? We saw how Uldred killed or forced demons to possess mages that weren't aligned to him.
And then we see that again and again, In Asunder, in DA 2...
Now expand the scale of that killing, just how many mages will die who wanted nothing to do with that fighting?
I may not hold much love for Mages myself, but they are a valuable resource, something i view as useful, to be forced to destroy all for the actions of a few...It's infuriating to me.
But there isn't much of a choice at this point, until the extremist mages are dead or surrender, this conflict cannot stop.