I think this might be it. Currently dealing with (but now ignoring) someone who claims one cannot consistently support nondiscrimination by gender, race & sexuality AND evidence based epistemology coz of evidence that we can't treat men & women the same re: reproductive health.https://twitter.com/ArthurCDent/status/1053772614823424000 …
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I simply cannot go back to the beginning and explain what is meant by the liberal principle of not discriminating against people by gender, race or sexuality and why it doesn't mean giving men access to abortion & women screening for testicular cancer.
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I should just ignore it but people scratching that itch which makes them do pointmissing pedantry set off an itch in me. I have an inability to endure loose ends so I will follow them down those rabbit holes trying to tie them up & get them to see why their exception isn't one.
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For my own peace of mind. Might be OCD brain. If there is something which does not work in my logical reasoning, it must either be made to work or the reasoning changed to accommodate it coz it's a genuine problem. It can't just sit there being disorderly & not fitting in.
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Because my OCD was always obsessive rather than compulsive. I think the equivalent of this for someone like my father whose OCD was compulsive would be someone coming in and making his flannels and towels unsymmetrical. He couldn't ignore that either. Must. Restore. Order.
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My father channelled his OCD through numbers and systems which satisfied his need for order and made him a very successful businessman. I feel the need to tidy up disorderly verbal/ideological reasoning systems. Set it all out, see how it functions & show the problems with it.
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My daughter seems to do both, bless her. Has the knack for coding and is frankly incredulous and impatient with anyone who doesn't see how it works. This is interspersed with sarcastically dismantling any bad arguments she comes across in her daily life.
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My daughter does the same - symbolic logic and Boolean logic are her creatures. I fear for her when she goes to university because she looks so innocent and I fear that people may react badly when they say something stupid and receive sarcasm in response.
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:( I fear too. I have seen mine explain to someone why their argument for the existence of God didn't work in the same way she'd explain why their coding hadn't. Had to spend a lot of time explaining the things that hurt feelings and get strong reactions intellectually.
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