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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

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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.

5:28 PM · Apr 15, 2020

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I phrased it the way I did not because of my following - not because of the internet - not because of some special way I had to frame it - but because I was being cognizant of others opinions on the subject and know that my opinion is only mine. This is anthropology at is core

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No I mean, I think I actually mean something different. Like my audience actually does not interpret things in the damaging way you're trying to protect against. I think you and I are coming from two extremely different schools of thought here.

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It’s controversial opinion because of the community I feel most strongly towards - the disability community- and it’s controversial within that space. This is basic anthropology theory and if you’re interested in human opinions like this I really suggest looking into methodology