What are your less obvious instant prejudices?

Necrophilia is wrong for much the same reason as pedophilia is wrong… the inability of the other party to give informed consent.

As a Christian, I believe that certain things are wrong under any and all circumstances. But there are almost always practical and/or logical reasons for them being wrong as well.

It’s hard to discuss my prejudice without explaining the crumb trails of logic that I use to determine a thing as right or wrong. And I don’t believe the word “prejudice” is an appropriate descriptor for global societal taboos. Prejudice is a word that I use on an individual basis, not a “we” or an “us” basis.

To build a case for or against murder or necrophilia for instance, I must first chose how to analyze them in regard to personal beliefs as an individual, against what I view as appropriate for all of society. Those viewpoints are not always in alignment with each other.

@CaptainHarley Why is informed consent necessary?

The only one that comes to mind is when I see someone hawk up a glob of phlegm and spit it on the street or sidewalk. The immediate reaction is that they must be some uncouth person. Oddly, Dad did this all of the time, and he was a gentleman other than this act.

People who pretend to be one way when in reality they are something else. Very common.

We think it’s wrong to correct someone’s parenting, or blatantly call them a bad parent, but we actually should?

@Blackberry That sounds more like a judgement than a prejudice. Could you clarify?

I’m a bit confused by the question and the use of the word “prejudices”. Is this specifically what you describe in the details as “Things you know are wrong without thinking.”? If so, I’m not sure there is anything that I haven’t gone over with a fine-tooth comb – at least nothing that I am aware of.

For example, if you witness someone hitting their kid at a store, most would say it’s none of your business and you can’t tell that person how to raise their kid? Maybe that wasn’t a bad answer lol.

@Blackberry – I think I agree with what you are saying. But to me, that seems more like “what societal norms do you think are bullshit”? It’s not considered polite to have an opinion on how someone raises a kid, yet I don’t have a problem with this. Any jackass can have a baby. How does that give you the right to do with that kid what you please?

I’m wondering if @wundayatta had something else in mind.?

I have a powerful aversion to men who bite their nails. It is visceral and probably relates to the fact that my father, a man who was very distant and detached emotionally, had very nice hands.

Maybe I mean a kind of unquestioned principle—things that you believe to be true and have never questioned. Like murder is wrong. Or sex with a minor is wrong. Or (for some people) a white sharing a bathroom with a black person is wrong. Or cheating on your partner is wrong. Or having two wives is wrong. Or having a slave is wrong.

Many of these things have not always been true. But it seems to me that they are built into us these days so much that we will say something is wrong without even knowing why it is wrong. It just is. Since you have no reason, I consider it a prejudice.

But maybe it’s an impossible question because if you aren’t aware of it, how can you be able to talk about it? Maybe I should ask what prejudices do you see in others that they seem to not question?

I’m prejudice against lima beans. They don’t sit well with my constitution. The same can be said for my prejudice against murder.

Liars, but especially compulsive liars.

I have a strong aversion to… horrible smells. My nose is extremely sensitive so if I walk by someone smelling like a wet ashtray, alcohol/vomit mix, extreme BO, or excessive use of perfume, and some other certain smells, my nostrils immediately go into panic-room-mode, shoot a message to my brain and I immediately clench my jaw… then my mind just shuts down and is unable to comprehend anything else about that person but their smell.

I knooooow that others are not just their smells, but… my nose knows different. (pun intended!)

(this doesn’t include smells from people I know well- for them, I just say, “uhh… did you know that…?)

My dog is prejudiced against spiders. She has a pretty low opinion of cats as well.

If I were asked, “is it ok to murder someone?” I’d ask who the someone is before answering. Political assassinations are murder, but they’re not all wrong.

@Uberwench Yeah, I know quite a few people who are prejudiced against practicioners of Jihad.

@wundayatta

Because society has decided that it is inappropriate to force oneself on someone who cannot comprehend what is being done to them.

I don’t think everything is completely right or wrong, as I believe there’s no pure evil. I’m the type of person who look in to the bright side of every matter, no matter how destructive the matter could be. i.e. I don’t think murder is wrong, or completely wrong, it depends on the matter and should be handled case by case, I understand and sympathize if they murder to survive, as revenge, or simply for money (any less hypocritical person wouldn’t deny this).

I think benefit is more valuable than morality, as people could adopt different kind morality, and morality itself couldn’t feed your mouth.

@snowberry I have no idea what you’re trying to get at.

I’m not convinced you understand what jihad really is, either, or how it is misappropriated by most terrorists. The so-called “greater jihad” is a spiritual struggle against temptation. The “lesser jihad” is about warfare and can be about expansionism or killing apostates, but is usually limited to formal warfare in defense of Islam or informal defense against criminals in modern times. It’s still religious bullshit like all the rest of it, but it’s at least good to know what someone believes before attacking them on it.

@Uberwench OK, I stand corrected. However, I think I’m safe to say that what ever those guys did (or thought they were doing) when they crashed those planes into the twin towers- I am prejudiced against them and the many people who think like them. Does that work for you? : )

@snowberry That works for me. I’m against them, too. I’m not convinced we’re prejudiced, though, because I think we have good reason to be against them even if not all acts of violence are wrong.

@Your_Majesty

“Take but degree away, untune that string,
And, hark, what discord follows!
Then every thing includes itself in power,
Power into will, will into appetite;
And appetite, an universal wolf,
So doubly seconded with will and power,
Must make perforce an universal prey,
And last eat up himself.”