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Why are you calling the hypothetical disgusting when the hypothetical itself admits it would be unpleasant? It’s a hypothetical. They’re using it as an example of why it wouldn’t work. They wouldn’t be doing it for real because the situation doesn’t even exist. It’s like getting angry at someone for saying “I would drink too much alcohol if it were in my house” when they’re saying why they don’t keep alcohol in the house by saying “I find it disgusting this person would even consider drinking too much alcohol if they had it in their house” like yeah that’s why they don’t have alcohol in their house.
You’re making a false equivalence there, comparing a drug to a human being with thoughts and feelings. If you change your sentence to “I would abuse my partner if I had one”, one involving an actual human being, people would be telling you to get therapy even if you remained single, because it’s unhealthy way to think about human beings.
I’m not equating abusing alcohol to abusing people, it was a poor word choice on my part, I should’ve said something like “drink too much alcohol” to make that more clear. I’ll edit that so it doesn’t look like that’s what I’m doing.
I don’t think you understand my rebuttal. My point is that you’re equating a substance abuse problem with treating someone with basic respect. They are fundamentally different issues.
I’m equating people’s desires to avoid those situations. Not the situations themselves.
I see. I don’t necessarily see those as equal either, but I respect your opinion.