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Politics writer for http://Salon.com . Author of Troll Nation. https://www.amazon.com/Troll-Nation-American-Devolved-Clubhouse/dp/1510737456 …

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    Amanda Marcotte‏Verified account @AmandaMarcotte Nov 10

    https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/a3wvgp/study-finds-people-are-morally-outraged-by-those-who-decide-not-to-have-kids?utm_campaign=sharebutton&fbclid=IwAR1QFUqt3138Z-m-ZGeIRNS1mFLgwEd-Rnp_tffKPrQbffcSbJlxHzIfbe8 … This is one of those situations where choosing not to be nice to people who are not nice to you works out. If you get grief for being childless, it helps to calmly state that you just didn’t want to contribute to the overpopulation destroying the planet.

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      1. Amanda Marcotte‏Verified account @AmandaMarcotte Nov 10

        You really have to stifle that urge to be nice, of course, but if you develop a reputation for calmly and politely shaming people who try to shame you, I promise, they will stop doing it.

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      2. Xirina Steiner‏ @XirinaS Nov 10
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        There is no reason to be overly nice, but no need to be rude. Firm and fair. I decided to not to have kids, and frankly its nobody's business but my own. If we live our lives by how others perceive us, it's not much of a life.

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      3. Eunartha Bossamy‏ @eunarthabossamy Nov 10
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        Go ahead and be rude. Rudeness never killed anybody. Rude has its time and place like everything else. Embrace the fucking rude.

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      4. Xirina Steiner‏ @XirinaS Nov 10
        Replying to @eunarthabossamy @AmandaMarcotte

        For me, if it's someone that I actually like (and there aren't many), I'll be nice...at first. But if it's someone I don't know, then they discover quickly that they made a terrible judgment call to try to force their beliefs. So I agree. Sometimes rudeness needs to be embraced

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      1. Jonathan Coit‏ @jonathancoit Nov 10
        Replying to @AmandaMarcotte

        All this article does is strengthen my desire for not having kids. I will feed myself on their moral outrage!

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      1. @InformedTakes‏ @PeebsY0 Nov 10
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        I have dear friends who would make great parents, and they're not interested in it. Breaks my heart, but that's MY issue. Not theirs. I don't bother them with it. I maintain a true respect for their choice.

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      1. Willow Edmond‏ @EdmondWillow Nov 11
        Replying to @AmandaMarcotte

        I have been know to sometimes go, "Well, I might have wanted kids, but then I met yours." *whistles innocently*

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      1. DumpTrump‏ @Unstable_Genie Nov 11
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        It's perverse that a decision to not procreate could spur moral outrage, given that everyone knows the world is despoiled due to overpopulation. I suspect what really drives it is a guilty conscience. IMO moral inversion and projection explain most conservative speech these days.

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      1. Will Walker‏ @wawalkernyc Nov 11
        Replying to @AmandaMarcotte

        Agreed, but even short of that it’s crazy that “I don’t want to have my own children” is not enough all by itself.

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      1. Dan Ancona‏ @DanAncona Nov 10
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        Great answer if your objective is encouraging large majorities of people to angrily reject environmentalism. Oy.

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      1. Robynne‏ @vinegarworks Nov 10
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        What's interesting is that the study group was 197 undergrad students - which means that many of them probably haven't had children themselves. I wonder what the results would be on an older cohort of adults.

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      1. Howard Burkett‏ @hpburkett Nov 10
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        I've always turned it into a joke: "if you know someone crazy enough to hook up with me, but sane enough to be trusted with kids, let me know." Eventually even Momma stopped asking...

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      1. Pat Doyle‏ @txoffender Nov 10
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        Well they do have an inflationary effect on inner city housing and public schools.

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