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Odin2005

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7. Margret Sanger was one, too. Nobody's perfect.

Reply to RZM (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 12:11 AM

Dec 2012

It was a stupid intellectual fad with horrible results, much like "Evolutionary Psychology" today, which is used to justify patriarchy, militarism, and sexism.

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Nikola Tesla the Eugenicist [View all] RZM Dec 2012 OP

Nobody's perfect. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

I agree completely RZM Dec 2012 #2

Yes, seems to have been a peculiarity of the day. (nt) NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #3

From the Wiki "Eugenics" page entry..... mojowork_n Dec 2012 #4

That's the conservatives' basis by the way for arguing that liberalism is rooted in racism. Bucky Dec 2012 #6

Eugenics was a growing fad in science circles in the 1920s. So he was still ahead of his time. Bucky Dec 2012 #5

Margret Sanger was one, too. Nobody's perfect. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #7