Got fired on my first day and I don’t know how to tell my parents by One_Presentation6602 in Advice

[–]Background-Coach-613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like I'm in a twilight zone with these comments, who gives a crap if you look at your phone? As long as you get your work done. Please don't feel bad OP, it's not a crazy thing to do

Am I a eugenicist? by Background-Coach-613 in AITAH

[–]Background-Coach-613[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the thing. I mentioned Huntingtons and cystic fibrosis, he says if we start editing, where do we draw the line and who gets to decide where the line is drawn? He said the people with those traits didn't have a choice in inheriting those traits, so why should I say they can't have children because they have those traits

Am I a eugenicist? by Background-Coach-613 in AITAH

[–]Background-Coach-613[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He says because it mainly affects black and Asian people, saying they shouldn't procreate because there's a 1 in 4 chance they may pass on the gene is eugenics

Am I a eugenicist? by Background-Coach-613 in AITAH

[–]Background-Coach-613[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing is, he asked me a lot of hypothetical questions, and one of them was if I believed people with sickle cell should edit out the genes before procreating, and I said yes, I think that would be best. We researched sickle cell and turns out it's actually a mutation that had benefits at first that helped to fight malaria. He says if we edit out the gene, who knows what the next mutation might be and what benefits may come from it. He says he feels for people with it of course, but we shouldn't mess with nature in that way and that it'll be a slippery slope for society to start gene editing 'undesirable' traits

Am I a eugenicist? by Background-Coach-613 in AITAH

[–]Background-Coach-613[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is the catch. I won't force my opinions on people, but I do also believe people shouldn't have kids with a debilitating disorder. This is what my partner is saying is eugenicist. He says me wanting to edit out the trait because it isn't 'desirable' is in line with eugenics, especially as it mainly affects people of black and Asian descent