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the label 'eugenics' somehow covers both horrific atrocities such as state-forced sterilizations, and also legally enforced, widely supported things like preventing siblings from marrying. This is an *absurd* word! I can't believe we still use it.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Dec 16, 2022

TO BE CLEAR, I am extremely against things like state-forced sterilizations, and very pro things like "parents being able to avoid having children with debilitating genetic diseases". If anyone is like 'aella supports eugenics' the thing I actually support is the latter category.

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@Aella_Girl

My sister has a bad genetic disease that will likely severely impact her quality of life and life expectancy, and she's been concerned about ever having children. But with ""eugenics"", she could ensure that her children will be free of that disease.

4:58 AM · Dec 16, 2022

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I think you gotta use the long description of each use case and not *that word*, as it will summon bad things

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eugenics is a tainted term, gotta ditch it everything that is evil about selective breeding gets the eugenics tag

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i don't get this. wouldn't your sister not be around if your parents had the same choice??

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I use 'eugenics' whenever I need to explain the motte-and-bailey problem to someone because the obvious anti and obvious pro elements are so ridiculously clear

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Imo, eugenics is fine, it's the implementation that can be a problem.

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I'm in the same boat as your sister(genetic and progressive). I spent a year thinking about it before getting the vasectomy. I would recommend she find out how much pre birth testing costs and termination would hit both her body and her head.