{"id":2838,"date":"2020-02-16T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T20:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2020-02-27T23:17:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:17:25","slug":"on-eugenics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/on-eugenics\/","title":{"rendered":"On Eugenics"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"This<\/a>
Colossus talking to Chrissy Pride in Secret Wars: Years of Future Past (5 issue Miniseries) written by Marguerite Bennett. It\u2019s something that gets passed into my Twitter feed every few years. Always retweet this panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I post this so often on twitter it’s been my pinned tweet for over a year. I keep it on my phone. But neither of those allow for the full transcription, so here’s a transcribed version.<\/p>\n

One panel, many many word balloons. Colossus kneels, holding his daughter Chrissy \u00a0Pride’s hand, looking up into her face as he speaks. Wolverine’s son Cameron stands in the background, arms crossed, but listening.<\/p>\n

Colossus is the only speaker.<\/p>\n

It always begins as a joke. Listen to me, both of you. One sees a father or a mother of whom they do not approve\u2014and their brats won\u2019t shut up and the parents are so exhausted that they just let their children scream, all sticking, and crying and hitting and wild.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And you say to your friends \u201cyou should have to pass a test to breed.\u201d Do you understand? \u201cYou should have to get licensed to have kids.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It starts as a joke.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then perhaps there is tragedy. A postpartum mother who should\u2019ve gotten help, but her insurance didn\u2019t cover therapy. A father who erred because he was raised believing men are pathetic if they are caregivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first tests are drafted. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And you think, \u201cGood.\u201d You think, \u201cThose children will be safe now.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The tests come out, and yes, there\u2019s some problems, but nothing that cannot be ironed out, yes?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But now, anyone with a mental illness, with a criminal record, is barred from becoming a parent, and you think, \u201cwell, that is sensible, yes?\u201d Because you\u2019ve never known anyone like that, so who is to tell you they are not like they are portrayed in stories?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sick, dangerous, criminal \u2014 those words expand. Suddenly it is anyone with diabetes, anyone with cancer, because they could die and leave their children orphaned, so how dare they ever try to have children? It is deaf couples, disabled couples, interracial couples, gay couples\u2014because don\u2019t they know how hard they\u2019re making it for their children?<\/p>\n

This it is whoever they want.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You think you are working for the greater good. You can\u2019t even fathom the life of someone who isn\u2019t exactly like you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then one day\u2014it is you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some gene, some history, some past behavior\u2014and suddenly, you too are sick dangerous, criminal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because the truth is this\u2014human hate can adapt to anything.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You think you are safe. But if someone hates you, they will come up with the reason after the fact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Only then do you realize what you put in power. Only then do you realize what you stripped away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is terrible power in a joke, in a story, in taking the truth and making it ugly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you understand, children?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I post this so often on twitter it’s been my pinned tweet for over a year. I keep it on my phone. But neither of those allow for the full transcription, so here’s a transcribed version. One panel, many many word balloons. Colossus kneels, holding his daughter Chrissy \u00a0Pride’s hand, looking up into her face … <\/p>\n

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