Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight - eviltoast
  • KaiReeve@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    There are 8 billion people on this planet now. Surely you can find someone other than your cousin.

    It really shouldn’t need to be illegal, but I guess residents of the volunteer state require a little more incentive to find dates before the holidays, rather than during them.

    • Noxy@yiffit.net
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      7 months ago

      wasn’t talking about myself, which shouldn’t need to be pointed out, but here we are.

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      7 months ago

      Most on Lemmy and other lefty spaces are of the “two consenting adults can do what they want” mind but take an inconsistent turn on this, seemingly because it’s “icky” to them.

      How is that any different than conservatives being anti-gay because it’s “icky” to them?

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        7 months ago

        It’s not because it’s “icky”, it’s because if you both have the same grandma then you only have one snickerdoodle recipe for Christmas cookies, genetically speaking.

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          7 months ago

          As stated several times in this thread, the risk of genetic issues is akin to that of a 40+ year old woman having kids.

          It would seem consistent to also ban that if that is your actual issue, right? So, is that what you’re suggesting?

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            7 months ago

            I never called for a ban. I said maybe go out and explore the forest before climbing up the family tree. And it’s my understanding that most women understand the risk of procreating after 40 and typically avoid it.

            But I’m not your daddy. You don’t need my approval to fuck your uncle’s kids.

            • capital@lemmy.world
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              7 months ago

              You said,

              It really shouldn’t need to be illegal, but I guess residents of the volunteer state require a little more incentive to find dates before the holidays, rather than during them.

              I took this to mean that those who don’t voluntarily choose to not marry/have sex with their cousins need to be forced not to by law (a ban). Did I misread that?

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      There are 8 billion people on this planet now. Surely you can find someone

      Not really.

      Speaking from a virgin, and not a cousinfucker, perspective.

      ‘There’s someone for everyone’ is such a fucking bullshit platitude.

          • Jojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            The just world fallacy is about people getting what they deserve.

            That doesn’t seem to really apply to the statistical argument that there are enough people out there, the chance for any given individual to not have any shot is effectively (if perhaps not precisely) zero. Small enough to not be worth considering.

          • cum@lemmy.cafe
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            7 months ago

            I don’t see how that fallacy is relevant here though

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                    7 months ago

                    I mean you’re just crying about the world being unfair because you’re a virgin. I’d calm the pretentiousness here. I’ll give you a hint: that behavior is a cause as to why you feel that way. Does this need to be dumbed down more? Or do you need to ask a few more wastefully empty replies that add absolutely nothing?

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      7 months ago

      There are 8 billion people on this planet now. Surely you can find someone who isn’t black

      Same line of reasoning, just 50 years ago.

      We shouldn’t ban consenting adult relationships solely because they are icky.

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            No, I want you to explain your reasoning, you’re the one who made it. please explain how marrying a black person is just like marrying your first cousin.

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              7 months ago

              There’s nothing objectively wrong with either one. Both have been banned because they gross people out for purely social (bigoted) reasons.

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                Incorrect. One results in higher than normal birth defects that exacerbate over time, and one is perfectly healthy. We, as a society, should try to limit birth defects, no? Are you also in favor of bringing back thalidomide?

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                  7 months ago

                  Out of curiosity, are you chill with incest if the couple is incapable of biological reproduction? (They’re the same sex, one or both has been sterilized, ect.)

                  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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                    7 months ago

                    continued procreation within the family destroys the viability of the offspring eventually. This is not something to be encouraged.

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                    7 months ago

                    that’s not true, and false equivalencies only serve to make you seem more ridiculous. You’re gross, and your kink is historically shamed because it destroys us a viable species. I feel sorry for the people in your life.

                • capital@lemmy.world
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                  7 months ago

                  One results in higher than normal birth defects that exacerbate over time, and one is perfectly healthy.

                  Are you for any law preventing people more likely than average to produce offspring with defects from reproducing, or just cousins?