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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 24 Nov 2018
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    THEORY: If the missionary guy sincerely believed those Sentinelese were destined for eternal damnation by virtue of their inexposure to Christ, then he might have been justified in attempting to contact them. Not saying the underlying belief is right, but the moral intuitions are

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      2. Jeff Bates‏ @hemos 25 Nov 2018
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        Except theologically, Christianity accepted long ago that if you had no way of hearing the Word, virtuous life would mean going to heaven.

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 25 Nov 2018
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        That's a hotly debated theological question and there's no universal "acceptance" of what the answer is

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      2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 25 Nov 2018
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        Here you gohttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1066806444853465088 …

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        I'm not that invested in the "should you attempt contact with isolated peoples" debate but it's pretty philosophically interesting, so here goes pic.twitter.com/a2V06NrhhU
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      2. Paul Knox #MedicareForAll‏ @popsknox 25 Nov 2018
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        This is baked into the narrative . We know how missionaries think and what motivates their arrogance and the hubris behind their beliefs of cultural superiority. The true lesson is keep your superstitions to yourself and mind your own business.

        3 replies 8 retweets 220 likes
      3. Utopiekflucht‏ @Utopieflucht 25 Nov 2018
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        Says the guy wanting Medicare for all as if [gulp] there were some moral imperative to it.

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      2. Rebecca Bitton‏ @rebeinstein 25 Nov 2018
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        By your logic, literally any heinous act can be justified, so long as the aggressor has good intentions and has rationalized that the victim will somehow be better off. It’s ludicrous.

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      3. Croissant Roll‏ @CroissantRoll 25 Nov 2018
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        Any interaction with @mtraceypic.twitter.com/lEGevNYrSX

        0 replies 2 retweets 60 likes
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      2. my real identity is horrifying enough‏ @kellycarey 24 Nov 2018
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        OMG MICHAEL GIVE IT A REST BUD

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      3. Freedrickson Rio‏ @FreedricksonRio 24 Nov 2018
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        I know right ? Not like there’s any history of missionaries destroying entire populations or enslaving them and subverting their culture and history. I think they had every right to defend themselves from Christianity.

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      2.  🦇 ⚰️ Moth Hiss Gristle  ⚰️ 🦇‏ @spookperson 25 Nov 2018
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        pic.twitter.com/c84gkTyfbs

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      3. Ban All Nazis @Jack‏ @NoahSchles 25 Nov 2018
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        accurate depiction of his ideology

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      2. Johnny Argent‏ @JohnnyArgent 24 Nov 2018
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        But, can I take it a step farther & ask, "What kind of half-assed supposedly all-knowing, all-loving creator 'father' would eternally torment people because...etc. etc. -U don't need binoculars 2 C where I'm going here, Right?" So, the missionary shouldn't even have bought in.

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      2.  😈IPM  🎃 🕷️ 🦇 💀 👹 👻‏ @IPM_HQ 25 Nov 2018
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        THEORY: If George W. Bush sincerely believed that Curveball was telling the truth about Saddam's WMDs, then he might have been justified in invading Iraq and killing a million people.

        1 reply 4 retweets 61 likes
      3. Trump puts the POS in POTUS  🇺🇸‏ @GrouchoMarx1011 25 Nov 2018
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        Yup, @mtracey just endorsed that theory too.

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      1. tuunbaq for what‏ @woke_hoover 25 Nov 2018
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        god you're an insufferable Kant

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      2. Timothy Huyer‏ @tim4hire 25 Nov 2018
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        This also justifies the Spanish Inquisition and similar episodes in history. Any degree of barbarism can be justified if it could cause someone to convert to Christianity.

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      3. Roy Jemison‏ @RoyJemison 25 Nov 2018
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        “No one expects the moral intuition!” - Monty Python, probably

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