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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.

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

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.

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?

2:59 PM · Sep 30, 2021

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Whether or not it's OK to hire a prostitute for a child isn't a "charged issue" - the question is outrageous precisely because there is no controversy. If you're being deliberately outrageous, you know, whatever, have fun - but you can't plead ignorance.

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There is clearly controversy based on the response I got.

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When you question the moral framework of your society you're signaling defection. Just as your questioning of the christian believes was a reliable sign that you shouldn't be trusted because you were at risk of defection.

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Many of your recent questions (the 13 yo, the billionaire) take things out of context where the context is important. (Not that that makes you evil, but they do cause emotional reactions.)

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To me what are/might be your most charges topics are ones that feature very imbalanced power dynamics, situations where people who have experienced them may have suffered severely and ones that have too little options or are too vague and leave parties out of the conversation.

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Well, when you ask “would you rather…” there’s an implication in the question itself that one answer is (morally/ethically) more preferable than the other. A lot of questions you ask are also very uncomfortable subjects for a lot of people to think about.

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