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I lean towards the first category, and will say isolated, accurate things. But if you use words vaguely, then you might think I'm implying something which, imo, I am very much *not* implying. I meant exactly what I said, and no I don't see how you got that conclusion from it. 2/

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e.g., yeah, we should question all moral intuitions. All moral intuitions includes necrophilia, yes. No, questioning a moral intuition does not mean we are condoning the thing. It's possible to still dislike necrophilia *after* probing your moral intuitions. I'm questioning-

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moral intuitions about necrophilia on principle, not because I am particularly interested in necrophilia, but only because of it's instance in the principle. Me saying "We should question moral intuitions around necrophilia" does NOT at all equal "Yeah necrophilia is awesome".

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Harvaticus Gogglemeister IX

In my head this seems extremely clear and self evident, and it's pretty confusing to me how people continually don't seem to get this. They often describe me as a troll or attention seeker - no, I'm just on the autism spectrum and follow things through to their conclusions.

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Really clear example of why this is important: negative moral reactions to homosexuality are largely disgust reactions. That intuition should be challenged. Also highlights how our brains can trick us into believing we have Reasons™️ for gut feelings. benthamopen.com/FULLTEXT/TOPSY

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Yep, absolutely. I grew up with a strong disgust reaction to the idea of gay men, I'm really glad I questioned that one.

@Piecupine

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I experience similar situations fairly often. It's frustrating how quick people are to assume broader meanings and motivations for the clear, specific statement you just made.

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Sadly, I think this ability to question a system or judgment on the logic or principal is not very common as it's a learned skill. I remember trying to have a chat with friends about incest and two of them refused to engage as "it's wrong. I don't need to question it."

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That's part of the problem. Most people don't or can't follow ideas to a logical conclusion. They also have trouble separating their emotional reactions to ideas from the practical realities of that idea. Feels over reals is flippant but sadly accurate.

"old country time" joon

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I think you’re misreading other people here. You’re getting pushback because moral intuition is not what people feel about necrophilia, its more similar to them to say a biological aversion to eating feces. There’s nothing moral to engage with, its just purest form of disgust

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RunSilent 2x-vaxxed 3x-boosted RunDeep

A lot of people who don’t have ASD would identify with your thought processes. I think a lot of this can be described in terms of good vs bad faith interpretations of comments.

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