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Aella
@Aella_Girl
(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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@astraia_esprit
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@Aella_Girl
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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Astraia: art nudist🏺
@astraia_esprit
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@astraia_esprit
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@Aella_Girl
+ 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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@astraia_esprit
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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Astraia: art nudist🏺
@astraia_esprit
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@Aella_Girl
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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@astraia_esprit
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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@astraia_esprit
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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Astraia: art nudist🏺
@astraia_esprit
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@Aella_Girl
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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@astraia_esprit
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.
Astraia: art nudist🏺
@astraia_esprit
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@Aella_Girl
I mean ..... based on what I was seeing from some of your followers and people defending you on here, it sounds like they don’t understand the problematic nature of it.... because they are not apart of the group of people you’re talking about...?
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@astraia_esprit
This is sort of central? I can feel myself getting frustrated at Twitter cause the things I properly want to explain will take up a lot of space. But I think your point is highlighting part of why I'm standing by what I'm doing.
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