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### Human: I feel like GMOs are good for society as a whole. CMV.### Assistant: [deleted]### Human: By and large this is correct, the most prevalent GMO crops which have been around the longest are herbicide and/or insect resistant. Traits like these don't increase yield intrinsically; rather they allow for higher yie... |
### Human: CMV: If you don't tip because you believe the business owner should pay well enough so tipping isn't required, if you patronize that establishment but don't tip, you are reinforcing this model and not changing it.### Assistant: [deleted]### Human: I'm a server and my hourly rate is $3.25 an hour. If you thin... |
### Human: CMV: There is a difference between being happy with your body and being an unhealthy weight.### Assistant: Loving oneself can be a good motivation to change things. When a person just feels depressed and hopeless, they're going to say "what's the point of trying a diet, I already know I will fail." But if th... |
### Human: CMV: I think that the "everybody's a winner" mentality is bad for the mind### Assistant: I think you don't give kids enough credit when it comes to motivation. I grew up in a time when the sports I played that gave out trophies did give out participation trophies. I can tell you every single kid hated the pa... |
### Human: I believe the structure of tipping needs to radically change. CMV.### Assistant: I'd move to abolish tips altogether. Servers should be paid a wage like any other employee. This will of course mean that restaurant menu prices will rise or be folded into a mandatory service charge. But because of market ef... |
### Human: CMV: I shouldn't stop listening to a music artist because of their personal life (specifically XXXTentacion)### Assistant: >I feel the need to state that I don't agree with anything XXX does or has done. I think it's despicable. I genuinely thing this is horrible.
The question is: does that disgust at th... |
### Human: CMV: Women should sign up for the draft in the United States at age 18 or the draft should be done away with.### Assistant: It's been a very long time since we had a full-scale war; 1945 is just barely within living memory. That's why it's excusable that we should have forgotten what total war *really means.... |
### Human: CMV: Judges should never be elected.### Assistant: Honestly, judges will likely never be elected based on merit, so it really just comes down to who you want influencing the judicial branch: other politicians, or the people.
Look at supreme court justices: all appointments are incredibly political maneuvers... |
### Human: I believe people should not be allowed to bring babies in a movie theater except if it's a special "everybody can bring their babies" showing/theater. CMV### Assistant: >if someone brings their baby and it either starts making cooing noises or starts crying *and the parent either does nothing or tries to ... |
### Human: CMV: I mainly agree with Russia over Ukraine.### Assistant: > Russia did not violate international law by annexing Crimea. Whether they did so in poor taste is a completely different topic that has nothing to do with politics or international law. It also has nothing to do with the USSR, or the Cold War. ... |
### Human: CMV :: I believe physically demanding jobs should not have gender-specific standards in their physical fitness testing. Change my view...### Assistant: These fitness tests are not to determine if you are strong enough to do certain tasks. If it was, then they would just have you do those tasks. It's to pro... |
### Human: CMV: There should be no such thing as legally mandated 'sick leave'. Instead, everyone should get extra 'annual leave' entitlements.### Assistant: The penalty for taking sick leave is... that you are sick. If you are faking being sick, then the suitable penalty is being fired.
So we already have penalties i... |
### Human: CMV: I believe that chess should have a mirrored set up, instead of having "queen on color"### Assistant: I've played this way accidentally. I haven't exactly done a huge amount of testing, but I remember that I only noticed because I realized I could win by harrassing the other guy's King because my Queen w... |
### Human: CMV: I believe that the "lovable loser" protagonist that gets the girl in films is misleading and should be avoided.### Assistant: I think the problem is less that the lovable loser is winning the girl of his dreams, and more the problem that the woman is something to be won. I tend to question the feminist ... |
### Human: CMV: I don't think disrespecting the dead is worse than disrespecting the living.### Assistant: The dead can't retaliate or defend themselves.
Do you intellectually insult the mentally challenged?
Would you curse out a deaf woman?
Give the finger to a blind man?### Human: The dead don't care, because they ar... |
### Human: CMV: Soft Eugenics is a great idea.### Assistant: So let's give a scientist couple money to have three kids.
Great.
But then if a less intelligent couple goes and and has lots of kids what's the point.
But let's abandon this fiction that reproductive freedom should reign supreme.
Every time we have ... |
### Human: CMV: Prostitution is not a form of violence against women### Assistant: I think some of it comes down to an issue of consent. Coerced consent is not really consent. The line between purchased consent and coerced consent is not exactly hard-cut.
Also from what I understand, countries with legal prostitution... |
### Human: CMV: The Warhammer 40k Orcs are simply obnoxious and the universe would be better off without them.### Assistant: Orks provide many things to the 40k Universe.
1. As you mentioned a source of comic relief.
2. The orks are able to be used as a constant threat without need for further plot. If eldar/... |
### Human: CMV: "Fake news" is quickly becoming a thought-terminating cliché that is usurping the place of meaningful discussion of news reliability### Assistant: >"Fake news" essentially didn't exist as a term in public discourse until after the election:
That's primarily because it was assumed that inconsequenti... |
### Human: CMV:people calling for President Obama to call it what it is "Islamic Terrorism" is useless and even counter productive.### Assistant: The term Jihad is an inherently Islamic word as it is the sixth pillar of Islam.
All Muslims are required to practice Jihad, but the interpretation of what Jihad means is co... |
### Human: CMV: The presence of a disproportional racial disparity is not enough to prove "systemic racism."### Assistant: It all depends on the specific of the statement. For example, look at the study that found that resumes with black sounding names were less likely to get interview calls than resumes with white sou... |
### Human: CMV: In the Harry Potter editions of Top Trumps, Voldemort repeatedly being given 0 for 'courage' is a misrepresentation of his character### Assistant: > The only other explanation is that by 'courage' Top Trumps means something more in line with 'nobility' or 'morals'. This would probably make marginally... |
### Human: CMV: There is nothing wrong with casting a black actress in a traditionally white role.### Assistant: I would argue that Hermione isn't a traditionally white role. Her race is never mentioned in the books, she just happens to be played by a white actress in the films.
However, there absolutely are cases whe... |
### Human: Drunk women are capable of consenting to sexual intercourse. CMV.### Assistant: I think part of the problem here is that you are assuming that all drunk sex is equal. Technically anyone intoxicated is not capable of consenting to sex, but I've had plenty of sex while drunk and I don't consider any of it rape... |
### Human: I believe that abortion is always wrong because life begins at conception. CMV### Assistant: Conception is a process, not a distinct point in time.
The process of conception involves many chemical reactions and processes. It is not an instantaneous occurrence so who's to say when the jumping off point is?
... |
### Human: I can't see any logic in the anarchist ideology. Educate me and CMV### Assistant: The basic premise of anarchism is that [no one has any right to be obeyed nor duty to obey](http://www.ditext.com/wolff/anarchy.html). Keep that in mind while I try to answer your questions. I'm not going to try to convince y... |
### Human: CMV: Fear over A.I., "artificial intelligence" and super-smart computers that could destroy mankind is dramatic hyperbole and fearmongering.### Assistant: > Where is there any evidence that there are actually any super-smart computers that can come anywhere near the capacity of the human brain?
This is l... |
### Human: CMV: Social conservatism is irrational, unconstitutional, and harmful. It should have no place in modern society.### Assistant: > I have yet to hear a rational argument for any social conservative principle.
How about the argument that social norms surrounding not having sex before marriage will produce ... |
### Human: CMV: If I wanted to maximize good, instead of buying made in America products, I should buy the cheaper version made overseas and donate the difference to an effective charity.### Assistant: You're goal is to maximize social good, which is admirable. Your argument uses money as a tool which you believe has t... |
### Human: CMV: Israel is a toxic ally to the US and the negative situations they involve us in outweigh any value they provide.### Assistant: Israel is a desirable ally for the US for much the same reasons as Cubas was a desirable ally for the Soviet Union. Having a constant military presence and support at or near a... |
### Human: CMV: Life is pointless### Assistant: All our lives are effectively pointless from the perspective of the vast and eternal universe around us. Fortunately, we are not the vast and eternal universe around us. You are just you, and I am just me, and we are the only ones who can decide our own meaning.### Human:... |
### Human: CMV: if intelligence is determined by factors outside of your control, then so is grit and character.### Assistant: I'll do this short, because I imagine this will take a little back and forth.
The premise I would start with is there is a fundamental difference between intelligence and grit. Intelligence is... |
### Human: I believe all victimless crimes, including prostitution and drug use should be legalized. CMV### Assistant: The first thing I really feel a need to address is the seat belt issue:
I'm driving down the highway, behind your car. In Scenario 1, you have a seat belt and you're buckled in. In Scenario 2, you are... |
### Human: CMV: I think it is okay to use the phrase like Team-A 'Raped' team-B in a sport's context.### Assistant: The word "murder" is an exaggeration of a win in open struggle. There's nothing good about killing people, but a fight to death is a legitimate metaphor for a sports game. "Rape", however, uses a very dif... |
### Human: CMV:TV series are unrivaled better in the original language than dubbed versions### Assistant: I'd argue that in the case where you don't speak the language, subtitles convey even *less* emotion than dubbing.### Human: i agree. but i'd like to focus on the case that i speak the language. i think that if you ... |
### Human: CMV: Corporal punishment is an effective way to make young children behave.### Assistant: This is an empirical question that can be answred by reserahc:
There are studies that show:
"Time-outs yield same short-term compliance as spanking."
"Long-term compliance: spanking is not effective"
and
"Spanking... |
### Human: CMV: If something that is meant to be harmless is said by one person but is then deemed offensive by another, the intent of the speaker should take precedence over the interpretation of the ones offended.### Assistant: I think it is important to remember that jokes and comments don't happen in a vacuum by th... |
### Human: CMV: The Rage Virus from 28 Days Later would have never made it across the ocean to the America's.### Assistant: In the second film it was revealed that there are latent carriers who show no symptoms but spread it through blood or saliva. One such individual infects the whole safe zone in *28 weeks later* th... |
### Human: CMV: I believe that the rule of "not talking about your salary/wage with coworkers" is more harmful than beneficial.### Assistant: The reason that employees are encouraged not to disclose their salaries is that it is in the firm's interest to negotiate a salary that is sufficient to satisfy each employee and... |
### Human: CMV: Pro-life activists/advocates should all sign up to become caretakers/foster parents to the fetuses they fight so hard to protect. Not doing so makes the whole movement the epiphany of hypocrisy.### Assistant: I'm not pro-life, but I don't think they are hypocritical in this respect.
> So I say if y... |
### Human: CMV: The draft age should be 21 not 18.### Assistant: Are you talking about the draft age as stated in your title? Or the voluntary enlistment age as mentioned in your explanation?
Because the draft is never going to be used by the U.S. except in an emergency situation ever again. Modern equipment and tacti... |
### Human: CMV: I do not believe that it is a good thing that everyone in the US can buy weapons freely.### Assistant: Just getting facts regarding US firearm laws out of the way first:
State laws vary but with the exception of private sale between individuals, every firearm sale in the US must go through a federally ... |
### Human: I think that women are, overall, inferior to men. I would prefer to think differently.### Assistant: I would blame history. Women were never allowed to advance in the sciences or arts until very recently (and if you look at the art world now, it is dominated by women).
One example is [Maria Winkelmann](http... |
### Human: CMV: Donald Trump has a cult-like following and unlike the left, his followers are unable to be critical of him and this is dangerous.### Assistant: The left is fully incapable of being critical of itself or tolerating criticism of itself currently in the US, and much of the world. In fact if you look at the... |
### Human: CMV: Workforce diversity efforts seem to be based on wrong assumptions and achieve the opposite effect### Assistant: Efforts to make minority demographics more balanced in tech companies isn't limited to just hiring. There is a significant amount of outreach to schools and children to try to destigmatize cod... |
### Human: CMV: Despite what the media would have you believe, I'm 100% sure the "Cuckoo for Cocoa puffs" bird is not actually insane.### Assistant: The phrase "cuckoo for" can be understood to mean "crazy for/about" in the same sense that someone would use it just to signify greatly enjoying something.
The bird defin... |
### Human: CMV: Those who buy from telemarketers are responsible for the existence of telemarketers.### Assistant: TL;DR: Telemarketing serves some purposes other than just the occasional purchase they generate. Those other purposes are, usually, more important.
The full explanation is in the word: tele*marketing*. I... |
### Human: CMV: people or organizations don't deserve my respect until it is earned### Assistant: While respect can be defined as "deep admiration" for something or someone, often the groups that ask for it (such as LGBTQ organizations) are actually just asking for you to remain unopposed or to not get in their way. If... |
### Human: CMV: The UN should add Hindi as a 7th official language### Assistant: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian were languages that historically belonged to large, global empires. This is why you find countries that those languages across the world (Russia and China are a bit more localized, but still ... |
### Human: I believe that organ donation should be opt-out, not opt-in. CMV.### Assistant: edit: blah the law changed when I was not looking
False dichotomy.
Opt-out is preferable to opt-in in my mind, but your question ignores the very prominent third method to approach this problem, **mandatory choice**: we *forc... |
### Human: CMV: Posting nude pictures online is caused by a need for attention and not empowering### Assistant: Doing something to get attention, or to empower one's self are not mutually exclusive. What does receiving that attention do? What is the point of receiving the attention? Add on to that the fact that these w... |
### Human: CMV: I think the Citizens United Supreme Court decision should be treated as a threat to national security### Assistant: > In general the fact that Congress only has 8% approval rating and the American public is virtually helpless to do anything about it is a cause for serious concern in my eyes.
Except,... |
### Human: I think a lot of criticisms of "popular opinions" on Reddit are circlejerks of confirmation bias and victimization complex. CMV### Assistant: Two thoughts:
1.) Any effort to generalize about the opinions or behavior of so large and diverse a website as Reddit is basically doomed to failure in the first plac... |
### Human: CMV: "Safe spaces" have no place in higher education institutions.### Assistant: You might want to read through the [discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/4xsg8k/cmv_safe_spaces_are_unhealthy_because_college/) this topic generated when it came up last week, and see if any of the comments... |
### Human: I believe that /r/atheism/ is full of ignorant, intolerent, naive, and mostly bigoted people, that aren't a valid reflection on the atheist people I encounter in my day to day life. CMV.### Assistant: > Maybe it's just an american thing.
Way off, mate. Just a couple of days ago I was arguing with a anti-... |
### Human: CMV: The act of forcing police to wear cameras is merely treating a symptom of a problem rather than the cause### Assistant: I would argue that greater transparency in the police force through the mandatory use of patrol cameras and public access to these recordings in the court of law actually treats one of... |
### Human: CMV: Prostitution should be legal in all 50 States.### Assistant: The best argument (and the one that changed my opinion on the subject) is that when prostitution is legalized, the increase in demand is not proportional to the increase in supply. This results in an increase in [sex trafficking](https://www.... |
### Human: CMV: People shouldn't be dismissive of conspiracy theories.### Assistant: The problem is that many, many conspiracy theories border on the truly unbelievable and directly ignore evidence to the contrary. Look at chemtrails. Contrails are a phenomenon that is VERY well understood, and yet, there are thousands... |
### Human: CMV: I believe that people who live outside of societal norms by choice have no right to complain when they are treated differently for these choices.### Assistant: > In an "ideal" world, all people would treat each other with respect and dignity. However, the world we are living in is far from ideal, and... |
### Human: I believe that most people should not be blindly encouraged to get married or become sexually exclusive. It causes a lot of emotional harm through powerful jealousy as well as sexual restraint, and often leads to physical violence. CMV### Assistant: What if people are innately driven towards ~~sexual exclusi... |
### Human: Finding myself becoming a bit racist. Sincerely CMV.### Assistant: Being annoyed or alarmed by atrocious actions isn't racist. But allowing, for example, the media hype (because that's exactly what it is) of "the knockout game" to negatively influence your opinion of black Americans is another thing altogeth... |
### Human: CMV: The exponential increase in human knowledge and technology will be slowed down because of the limited amount of knowledge acquirable in a human lifetime.### Assistant: Do you have any reason to not believe that this would have already occurred if it was going to in the future? We already have discipline... |
### Human: CMV: If you can't afford to have kids, don't have them.### Assistant: This post was just dripping in emotion, something I try to shy away from in this sub because I really think it weakens any argument. But I'll bite.
I view the world through a social lens, and I believe that human beings are largely creatu... |
### Human: CMV: The only true way to break the cycle of poverty and crime in the black community is to equally fund all public schools### Assistant: [New Jersey has tried this, and it hasn't really worked.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_district) Especially when you get to high schools, where the better funded i... |
### Human: Cocaine should be legal. CMV### Assistant: My only issue with cocaine is the barrier for overdose. How much cocaine does it take to kill yourself? Is it independent of medical conditions, or are some people randomly prone to overdose? Would there be regulations on purity?
I would be worried that it's just t... |
### Human: CMV: Libertarianism is a flawed ideology because it oversimplifies the nature of human social interactions.### Assistant: You are coming to this conclusion based on the bizarre rantings of a small subset of libertarians that are popular on the internet.
There are several flaws with your reasoning.
There ... |
### Human: CMV: Romantic relationships in high school are not worth the trouble### Assistant: The earlier you have your first serious relationship, the earlier you mature and become better at having serious relationships. Your first relationship is always going to be a learning experience, why not have it when you are ... |
### Human: CMV: There are no good reasons to not wear a helmet while riding a bicycle### Assistant: You made it subjective when you said:
>I would much rather endure a little discomfort than get a possibly permanent injury to my head.
Thus, you open the possibility that someone may choose otherwise. As an adult, ... |
### Human: CMV: Caitlyn Jenner should have been arrested for the car accident she caused in February.### Assistant: You do not just get arrested just for causing an accident, even if a fatality is involved.
The police must have reason to believe that you were commiting more than a traffic Infraction, like you were us... |
### Human: CMV: The world would be a better place if everybody obtained their news from at least two sources - one left-wing, and one right-wing.### Assistant: 1. If I watch Fox News and MSNBC, I don't get some balanced view. I just get two sources of, IMO, idiots yelling and screaming.
2. If I am biased already, ... |
### Human: CMV: People who are attracted to far right ideology are more likely to be dangerous and mentally unstable.### Assistant: I would point out that there are more instances of anti-Trump protesters attacking Trumpeteers than the reverse. Plus, the riots committed after Trump's win versus Obama's win.
But in ter... |
### Human: I believe there are too many Pokémon. CMV.### Assistant: You underestimate how creative people can be.
For instance, Magic: The Gathering, the biggest card game in the world- guess how many cards it has? Around 15,000. Every single one is different. It's own name, ability, everything. There are [250+ variat... |
### Human: CMV: I think bitcoin will never be used by the masses as a currency.### Assistant: > It's subject to 51% attacks [..]
Yes, but such an attack is fairly obvious and not really beneficial for one particular government. To see what and what not an attacker can do read [this document](https://en.bitcoin.it/w... |
### Human: CMV Subjective aspects of sports (define "sports" as broadly as you wish) should be eliminated as much as possible.### Assistant: One of the things that sports bodies aim to do is to create consistency where practical between elite and professional sports on one end and recreational/child sport on the other.... |
### Human: CMV: Jennifer Lawrence is wrong about the pay-gap and has no data to prove she's right.### Assistant: Looking at individuals is tricky. You are right that there are individual factors that play for each actor/actress and for each movie.
But overall, consider that [Jennifer Lawrence was the highest-paid actr... |
### Human: CMV: "Free Speech Zones" and "Protest Permits" for political rallies are in direct violation of the Bill of Rights### Assistant: It comes down to the need to balance the right of various to individuals to assemble and speak, and the necessity for public property to actually be accessible to the public. The c... |
### Human: I think purposely not masturbating is idiotic (e.g. r/NoFap) CMV### Assistant: Speaking from the point of view of an avid masturbator, I have seen it impact my life pretty dramatically. I masturbate every day (at least once, usually more), and when I try to stop, I find myself completely unable.
Sex addicti... |
### Human: I believe that new roads should be built with a bike lane. CMV### Assistant: Roads shouldn't have the bike lanes, the bike lanes should be built seperately between the pedestrian strip and the road, but they should be up on the curb not part of the road. Bike lanes should also divert through parks alleys and... |
### Human: CMV: Problems in personal life do not give a person a right to be rude or mean to others.### Assistant: Having problems at home doesn't give you the right to verbally bully, said mean things etc.
Being a human gives you that right.### Human: I can see from most of these comments I failed at wording this co... |
### Human: CMV: Teachers in America should have incentive-based salaries### Assistant: This actually encourages teachers to avoid teaching smart or gifted children, which can be a major problem.
If a kid gets a 98% on the test at the beginning of the year, the smart thing to do is the bare minimum for this kid, becaus... |
### Human: CMV: It's completely legitimate to be Islamophobic.### Assistant: >It's not deer doing this, it's not owls, it's not raccoons, it's bears.
It *is* deer and owls and racoons though. You are less likely to be harmed in america by an Islamic person than a white person, or a black person etc. White people a... |
### Human: CMV: American elected officials and senior civil servants are generally underpaid. Raising their salaries would improve governance.### Assistant: While pay may attract talent, it's no guarantee that it will serve as an incentive to serve well.
Also, you have to find a way to make the pay they get AFTER ser... |
### Human: CMV: Americans would never rise up in protest to defend their freedoms### Assistant: What motivation do the American people have to "defend their rights and freedoms"? Americans enjoy a high quality of living and really aren't oppressed to the point that it affects their daily lives.
Aside from that, I'd sa... |
### Human: CMV: The "If you can't pronounce it then don't eat it" or the "if you don't recognize it neither will your body" rules for ingredients in processed foods are ignorant and should be ignored.### Assistant: I enjoy a good laugh about people who get pissy over Dihydrogen Monoxide as much as the next guy. Having ... |
### Human: CMV: Hearthstone is an objectively bad Card Game.### Assistant: What makes your opinion more objective than anyone else's? I agree that it has poorly written rules (for both text and code), but the rest is just stylistic choices that you disagree with. The bad rules are enough to make it *imperfect* or *fl... |
### Human: CMV: I don't think Western military intervention is universally bad### Assistant: I'm sure there are examples where intervention has been relatively successful, but the main question is whether intervention is good as a policy. You mentioned four cases that were relatively successful, but there are dozens of... |
### Human: CMV: birth control should be covered by health insurance### Assistant: Free speech is the first amendment right? So how come the government doesn't fund people starting up their own newspaper articles?
The problem here is that taxpayer money shouldn't really be going into healthcare as a whole. That's what... |
### Human: I think the majority of people who claim to be asexual are so because of emotional/mental health issues and not because they are inherently asexual CMV### Assistant: I don't know how to convince you that asexuality is real (there are [more than a few](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality#References) psych... |
### Human: CMV: Recent Film Critics Judge Films Moreso By Ideology Than Quality### Assistant: There are so many film critics now-a-days that it is silly to make such broad generalisations### Human: No it's not, you can respond by consensus. Did you even read the thread?### Assistant: Since there are so many film critic... |
### Human: I don't think people should have the right to refuse donating their organs once they die. CMV### Assistant: Aside from the religious implications, it also comes down to basic ownership/sovereignty rights. Some people may simply not want to allow their body to be used in such a way. If we take away the freedo... |
### Human: CMV: I'm Pro-bullying. Or at least ANTI-anti bullying campaigns I've seen. Long Text Inside.### Assistant: > Bullying is part of the acceptance process . The new kid comes in, kids usually poke fun of him before anything else. Their response tells far more than what they children are saying. Getting angry... |
### Human: CMV: Time travel is impossible.### Assistant: Technically, we are all traveling through time.
If you mean going forward into the future at a faster or slower speed, that has been proven by [Einstein's Theory of Relativity.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity) For example, in the beginning of ... |
### Human: I think SRS is kind of a good thing CMV### Assistant: My main problem with SRS is that they don't tolerate dissent, and that any post, even outside their main sub that does not conform to their radical ideology will be brigaded and individual posts censored.
Firstly, despite your "evidence", they are a down... |
### Human: CMV: I think that making statements such as "It is never the victim's fault" is wrong and counterproductive.### Assistant: First of all, it is disturbing to me that you think being sexually aggressive is comparable to being homosexual.
>Women should be able to take responsibility for when they are using ... |
### Human: CMV: I don't think that retiring MIB agents should be neurolized### Assistant: Non-agents don't have access to current situations. There's a good chance they might see an alien or a situation involving aliens and get themselves involved thinking that they know best, or that they have to intervene when in re... |
### Human: I think that moderately wealthy people have little to no understanding of what it's like to live as an average american does. CMV### Assistant: This is akin to saying that Americans will never know what people living in a third world country are experiencing. Harboring anger or hatred toward a person for no... |
### Human: CMV: The growth of libertarians is caused by society being a better place to live, largely from pro-government/anti-libertarian causes### Assistant: So I have two general responses:
First, political stances of all stripes tend to be most pronounced and vociferous among young people. There are many strident... |
### Human: CMV: Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer is Jesus.### Assistant: The song was written by a secular Jew, Robert L. May. May stated that he based the song off of his own shy childhood. While he did later convert to Catholicism, it was long after the song was written and published, so I can't see any way that any po... |
### Human: I think it's ridiculous that a 19-year-old can be jailed and labelled a sex offender for having consensual sex with a 16-year-old. CMV### Assistant: Well first I'd like to say that where I live 16 is the age of consent, so... yeah.
In Canada we have a "close in age clause" in our age of consent law. If you ... |
### Human: CMV: I think subreddits like offmychest who blanket ban/message anyone who posts in a sub they dont like, and then demands you follow their agenda or you'll be ignored and forever banned from participating, should not be allowed to use mod-mail/banning for this purpose.### Assistant: Honestly, the only way I... |
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