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(putting your potential libertarianism aside) Would you support a government program that paid a moderate monthly stipend to people who've tested positive for severe genetic illnesses, as long as they don't reproduce?

Yes/probably
46.8%
No/unlikely
53.2%

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Again- pls consider the implications of these Q’s. Everything in my tweets about methodology applies here to- this is in bad taste and if ur genuinely interested in extreme eugenics opinions - I really suggest not doing it in a public poll - the bias here makes any data worthless

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+ honestly I get that you’re interested in people’s opinions- but is it really worth essentially tormenting the autistic people who feel pretty personally attacked by this? Just throwing that out there. I get the pursuit of truth and knowledge - but is it really worth the grief?

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The only people who are truly benefiting from this discussion are cis white people, and you, and it doesn’t seem like you’re having all that fun of a time with it anymore anyway. What’s the point?

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I'm not talking about autism in this poll. One extreme illness I had in mind that I was asking about was one that runs in my family, has killed some of my uncles, that might randomly kill my mom any day, and that I thankfully just tested negative for.

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I didn’t say you were talking about autism - I said you were talking about eugenics which is a subject that hits different for a lot of autistic people. As another person pointed out - whatever particular condition you’re talking about doesn’t really matter

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But what about my experience? I absolutely want a world where we can eliminate the genetic diseases that have hurt my family so much. Am I just supposed to shut up about this because other people might somehow interpret this negatively? No, that thought makes me angry

5:21 PM · Apr 15, 2020

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There’s a difference between sharing what you think and sharing your experience and opinions- and asking strangers to weigh in on whether or not disabled/ill/genetically different people should have kids. Or exist at all. That kinda stings for a lot of us

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It's really hard to interpret this as a request for me to restrict my speech and questions not because of it directly, but because of associations people make to bad things. This is categorically not a persuasive reason, and agreeing to restrict seems like a dangerous precedent.

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so I have a pretty #UnpopularOpinion about #eugenics... I don’t want to have a kid because of my genetic conditions. I would be happy to adopt or foster or some variant of that, but I do not want to have a natural child who I know would very likely get my conditions.

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Holy shit, I'm amazed you had to pepper that with so many qualifiers. How is that even a controversial opinion? Wtf kind of crowd is following you? I think that you had to frame it that way makes me angry on your behalf.

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Then talk about YOUR experience. Pls talk about that! Sing it to the roof tops!!! I’m sorry that you feel those conditions have hurt your family so much - but that’s not a reason to think other people who’s identities are linked to their conditions shouldn’t exist

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And also- here’s my tweet about this (we actually have v similar view points but there are ways to talk about your own exp without broadening it to others)