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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I genuinely do not understand the moral outrage that people express at some of my lines of questioning. It's a bit novel each time, and to some extent I'm drawn to figuring out which kinds of question that trigger the outrage. But it seems so inconsistent!
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Some qs I predict people would get upset about, but they don't at all. Others seem extremely innocuous or basic questions I assume everyone asks and then I get slapped upside the head with surprise anger. I've learned ppl are touchy about trans, pedos, bestiality, and autists.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
and like, it is intuitive to me that those questions are more charged, but not intuitive to me that they're anger inducing. I've sort of assumed the charged areas are the most interesting places to ask qs and some part of me doesn't get why everyone else doesn't feel the same
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
But I mean if we wanna do the childhood explanation thing maybe it's cause I was raised a fundamentalist Christian who believed evolution was a lie and gays were sinful, and questioning every single one of my deepest moral intuitions was essential for getting out of there.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
But still, those questions didn't make me angry, I was still drawn to the charged questions about whether women should be allowed to vote or whatever then, and I'm drawn to the charged questions of this culture now. And - whyyy do they make ppl so upset?
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Siri Dhyan Singh
@siridhyan
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@Aella_Girl
it seems to me you aren’t allowing for how some lines of questioning are or at least rhyme with mental violence. “Do you still rape your [ blank ]?” would be an example. There is a priming involved that can be used for ill intent. 🙏