+ 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.
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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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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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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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Wait which point? do you mean it’s central that your followers are majority abled and that’s part of why you’re posting things likethis? I don’t get how that makes it ok to torment others who aren’t your followers tho?
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But see there's this concept of 'torment' that I'm really careful to agree is happening. My understanding of an accusation like this is that it's a complicated minefield and historically has often been used in ways I strongly disagree with.
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