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(1) Huge swaths of Democratic blocs have little-to-no idea who he is. Working class Democrats, Blacks, Hispanics are all in the same boat. The only people who have a vested interest in him are college students and certain areas of the internet. No one seems to be addressing this huge discrepancy either, making the whol... | Bernie Sanders is never going to win the Democratic nomination. Even if he did win the nomination, he will never win presidency. | 0 | 2015-07-12T18:03:27 | 157 | 1 | 1Δ |
First, let's be clear that anything self-imposed is not censorship, first because you're still the ultimate authority on what you do and don't say, and second, because free speech would self-destruct as a concept if it meant immunity from things other people might say in return. For example, your own CMV has some eleme... | Trump supporters face worse censorship than any other group in America today. | 1 | 2016-11-23T16:58:37 | 32 | 1 | 82 |
I think the addition of all these pronouns and identities is just adding a word to describe how one feels and making them feel like they belong. Gender is largely a socially enforced concept but since everyone is allowed a different bandwith of gender performance by their society (Some places a man can get away with em... | I feel like non-binary genders are just a ploy for attention and are actually disrepectful towards trans men/women | 0 | 2017-04-16T17:01:07 | 430 | 8 | null |
That's like saying there's only white people black people and ethnic people. | There are only three genders | 0 | 2015-05-18T00:33:54 | 156 | 2 | 1 |
Okay, so I am on a phone so forgive me. I think the funny thing is that liberals don't want to be labeled something for some reason, but it is okay to label Republicans one way. Change US citizens and Republican party with other things and it can easily become racist/prejudiced. Ex African Americans and police respecti... | US citizens who support the Republican party are either profoundly ignorant or immoral | 0 | 2017-05-14T09:46:18 | 350 | 0 | null |
Another gripe is that units behave incredibly stupidly when they aren't explicitly ordered by the player. For example, badly injured units will mindlessly return fire on their attackers instead of falling back and finding a healing unit. I'm not sure what this gripe is....You want the game to play itself for you? You s... | Some of the challenge of playing Starcraft 2 comes from wrestling with an interface that was intentionally designed to be hard-to-use. | 0 | 2015-12-10T17:42:14 | 125 | 9 | null |
I far prefer the UK version. My gf has a huge crush on Gordon, or anyone who can yell with that much confidence really, so she loves watching the shows for it. I just like making mental notes of all the reasons chefs and the like end up failing, so I don't do it myself. I'd like to say I agree with you, but its like an... | It's immoral to watch Gordon Ramsay shows like Kitchen Nightmares, Master Chef and Hells Kitchen if you're aware of the suicides they have caused. | 0 | 2014-10-07T17:10:36 | 156 | 1 | 1 |
It *sounds* like a terrible argument, but if I read it I wouldn't take it as an argument at all. I'd read it more as The pictures on this site are really blurry Check your glasses Oh right, they needed cleaning Example is a little patronising but still. I'd read it as someone asking me to double check my reasoning fo... | "Check your privilege", used in a Debate, is a terrible Argument. | 0 | 2014-11-02T03:13:56 | 38 | 1 | null |
It might help to clear up some misconceptions about shelters in general. The first thing to remember is that safety is the paramount concern of any shelter and every shelter has different rules concerning what constitutes a breach or lack of safety. Most shelters allow boys up to 17 years of age unless they don't have ... | I think that keeping men out of domestic violence shelters is nothing but bigotry. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-25T05:05:35 | 486 | 5 | 1 |
A vote for independence should not involve the people who they want independence from. It makes no sense to do so. If people want independence, they should not have to stay because other people don't want them to have independence. The rest of the UK has a far larger population than Scotland, so even if the vast majori... | The Scottish Independence Referendum should be voted on by the whole UK, not just Scottish residents. | 0 | 2014-07-31T14:26:52 | 90 | 5 | 2 |
The US wasn't without guilt in the holocaust, so I wouldn't say that we are above that sort of thing. Although we didn't commit any actual crimes during the holocaust, we did basically refuse to help the Jews a few times. Have you heard of the MS St. Louis? I went to the holocaust museum in DC last weekend and saw info... | I believe that systematic genocide like the holocaust could never happen in a country like the US. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-10T00:46:41 | 51 | 2 | null |
One problem I see is that it would be very difficult to actually run a campaign targeted at such a nebulous voting block. Local papers and television, as well as local debates are a good way to learn about who my candidates are and what they represent. There is no good way to reach the Aa-Ac voters. | We shouldn't divide up congressional districts by geography. | 1 | 2016-10-18T05:28:26 | 41 | 2 | 152 |
So there are a few problems with this: "Chemical castration" typically means blocking testosterone from the body, which lowers sex drive. But it does not eliminate it, nor does it make the person unable to have sex. I am a trans woman, which means I was born with a male body. I am on a high dose of a drug called spiron... | I believe that convicted child molesters should be chemically castrated. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-26T05:36:57 | 74 | 1 | 6 |
There's a couple of things. To start with, your legal identity is your responsibility to safeguard. It's always been that way. You can't blame banks for your passport being stolen. I'll grant that the digital world makes it harder to protect your identity, but as an adult, and a voter, it's expected that you take steps... | You should be able to sue lenders and banks for issuing credit to an identity thief impersonating you, thus ruining your credit score. | 0 | 2017-06-16T01:06:17 | 183 | 7 | 2 |
Why do atheist people believe it is ok to go up to those who want to promote their religion, usually for peaceful purposes, although in cases where their religion takes an extremist view (ISIS), it is understandable why atheists would challenge their views. Because it is. As long as I'm not threatening you, then it's O... | Atheists do not have the right to voice their opinions on religion to those who have faith. | 0 | 2015-06-10T17:45:45 | 53 | 1 | 50Δ |
some do ascribe to a more authority-driven family structure, and I don't fundamentally take issue with that. In this case, however, I consider it a corruption of authority, still a lie that "life's not fair" is the parent's true reason Are you taking exception to the specific phrase "life isn't fair"? In a situation si... | "Life's not fair" is a terrible (non)justification for parents to make to their children | 0 | 2016-09-09T01:04:57 | 37 | 2 | 9 |
You have two arguments that conflict with each other. If automation increases with wages and automation decreases costs (less paid in wages) how would prices increase? Also, for most stores the price increases are spread across many items. If labor costs jump 50% and are 50% of the products markup some items will barel... | A $15/hour minimum wage is a disastrous proposition which will accelerate youth unemployment and automation and increase product prices. | 1 | 2017-06-01T16:04:55 | 526 | 1 | 1 |
Since there is a bunch of different personality types, there are a bunch of right ways to eat a reece's and arguably no wrong way to eat one. Sure, you could say that any single method of eating a Reese's is "right" for certain people. But given this assertion, it follows that a method for eating a Reese's can be "wron... | There's no wrong way to eat a Reece's | 1 | 2015-01-16T00:31:57 | 99 | 9 | 10 |
In all of human history, and about 5x farther back as far as we can tell, the CO2 concentration, the main factor of climate change right now, has literally never been nearly this high. Sure, the earth cycle might have been far higher millions or more years back, but for farther back than humans have lived, it has never... | I do not need to care about what happens to the planet, unless it will directly effect my life. | 1 | 2015-09-25T07:47:52 | 32 | 2 | 19 |
This turned into 2 posts due to character limit. Please forgive my novel. First, let me be clear on one thing: I’m leaving cannabis out of this CMV. Cannabis is now very accepted as it is legal and decriminalized in many places, not to mention medically legal. As a drug, it’s no longer taboo, it’s just a healthier form... | Using illegal psychedelic drugs is unnatural, disturbing and shameful, and therefore, and I believe that anyone who does use them needs immediate mental help. | 0 | 2017-02-02T02:14:53 | 125 | 2 | 3 |
Your position is a tautology. If you redefine "racism" to mean something that categorically includes all white people, then yes, all white people are racist. You haven't actually said anything though, you've just changed the definition of a word and then said "this is true based on how I've defined this word". What vie... | All whites are racist | 0 | 2016-10-19T20:24:09 | 114 | 12 | 13 |
Contemporary Oregon is not the Jim Crow South. You're absolutely right. In fact, it's the opposite - protections against discrimination are stronger and broader in Oregon than elsewhere. Most relevant is the fact that sexual orientation is a protected class, meaning that discrimination against same-sex couples is plain... | Bakeries Should Not Have to Pay $100k+ in "Emotional Damages" for Refusing Service to Gays | 0 | 2015-04-25T19:44:40 | 101 | 2 | 1Δ |
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The press is in no way part of the checks and balances of government. Freedom of the press is their right, but they have no power other than reporting. Your entire view is hinged on an incorrect definition of this term. The three branches of government have checks and balances to limit each other's power. The press is ... | Calling the media the enemy of the American people is a way to eliminate checks and balances at a governmental level and creates corruption | 0 | 2017-02-27T20:38:49 | 562 | 20 | null |
It makes perfect sense to vote for Trump if you think Hillary is 100% evil, but there's a chance that Trump isn't entirely. There's something called the ultimatum game. It's when a potential reward is given to two people, then one of the recipients decides what the split will be, and the other decides whether to accept... | Bernie Sanders supporters who are voting for Trump over Hillary are either behaving irrationally or should not have supported Sanders in the first place. | 0 | 2016-05-08T14:16:35 | 1,184 | 4 | 3 |
This isn't necessarily untrue, but it's important to look at this through a nuanced lens. First off, trans identities are really varied and not limited to MtF or FtM. Many people who identify as trans identify as nonbinary or genderfluid. With that being said, there are 2 things to consider. The first is that public im... | Transgender people are perpetuating gender norms. | 1 | 2017-06-06T18:54:26 | 301 | 574 | 2 |
I think that if you are to make this kind of argument, you're implicitly assuming something more about the nature of morality than about the nature of God. Namely, if morality was God-dependent then there would be no reason NOT to worship him. Good would just be good by definition. In that case, our moral intuitions mi... | If the Christian God does exist, he should not be worshiped. | 0 | 2015-04-20T01:49:01 | 430 | 5 | null |
Only example of what I think you mean by "mumble rap" that I fuck with is Future, so i'll explain why I like him in specific. A friend of mine says all the time that you could literally use a program to randomly generate words and then have future spit them over a trap beat and it'd sound good. Now thats obviously a b... | Mumble rap sucks | 0 | 2017-02-28T22:35:38 | 103 | 1 | null |
In terms of common sense, it's a space station because it's round, basically. Without copying existing IP, imagine a space ship and then imagine a space station. Which looks more like the Death Star? It's also mostly stationary. Yes, it can move, but it's stationary for every fight it's in, right? If you put hyperspace... | I believe the Death Star is a space ship and not a space station. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-10T20:09:53 | 87 | 1 | 2 |
My plan was to graduate College and join the USHS (the military medical school) and become and Army doctor. FYI, you don't have to go to USHS to be a military doctor. You can go to civilian medical school, and get HPSP which is slightly different but accomplishes roughly the same thing. The only reservation that I had... | CMV Me joining the army is not a waste of time nor does it conflict with my personality | 1 | 2014-12-29T02:15:38 | 47 | 1 | 4 |
Arguments like this pretty much all hinge on the assumption that "art" has some sort of objective meaning, and/or represents some sort of minimal threshold of quality or significance. But it's just an empty term, whose dominant meaning is historically and culturally contingent. You're confusing [Aesthetics](https://en.... | There is no objective criterion or argument for what counts as art | 0 | 2017-03-21T04:44:14 | 84 | 1 | null |
What about women who make it clear they do not want a child upon having sex? Condoms, IUDs, diaphragms, and birth control pills are all indicators that a woman doesn't want to get pregnant. Should a woman actively trying to prevent a pregnancy at the time of sex be forced to carry a child? | No one should get an abortion if it is against the father's consent | 1 | 2016-11-13T09:58:06 | 143 | 3 | 4 |
That may as well happen if the system remains as it is at the point where automation completely replaces all manual jobs. However with automation comes cost reduction, with cost reduction, comes greater disposable income for corporations. Do you really think the governments around the world are going to sit by and watc... | Humans are going to die out because of an economic collapse | 0 | 2015-01-05T05:41:50 | 45 | 1 | null |
If you think that the life in your girlfriend's body other than her consciousness is worth protecting you should be thrilled with her donating. It means that parts of her that would have otherwise died get to live on. If it's the reverse then what mattered (her brain) will have died and the rest really isn't so importa... | My girlfriend is an organ donor. While admirable, I want her to opt-back out. | 0 | 2014-04-22T03:56:28 | 49 | 2 | 6Δ |
There is no such thing as an accentless dialect of any language. An accent is simply a distinctive form of pronunciation that is associated with a region or social class. Everyone is from a region or social class so everyone has an accent. Even if you are from an area that has been deemed the "standard" pronunciation o... | There is no such thing as an American Accent | 0 | 2017-04-27T22:21:09 | 205 | 2 | 4 |
I agree with your premises, but not with the conclusion you've drawn from them. I guess really it has to do with this: ~Humans learn from and copy one another, especially when that person is successful. Could everyone in the world go 100%, growing-your-own-food off the grid? Of course not, there's not enough land. Bu... | Living "off the grid" is arguably worse (for society) than living responsibly "on the grid" | 1 | 2017-04-19T18:18:53 | 31 | 3 | 15 |
As someone who took many a bagged lunch back in the ole school days, if you're talking about the "superior" way to make a PB&J there is no better construction than a light layer of peanut butter on both pieces of bread, with the jelly nestled safely in between. There are multiple reasons for this. 1) A traditional... | I think putting jelly on first when making a PB&J is the superior option. | 1 | 2016-10-20T20:56:10 | 63 | 60 | 2 |
Even though you are talking about Israel and Palestine, you moral judgement seems independent from the notion of country. Example: I can take whatever a homeless guy may own, his 10 dollars, his clothes etc because I offer more to society. What about beating him because he is next to by doorstep, sitting on the paveme... | I support Israel over Palestine because they've contributed more to the greater good. Therefore are more deserving of having the majority of the land. | 1 | 2016-08-18T21:14:48 | 203 | 3 | 5 |
There's a difference between consenting to a fight and refusing to press charges. If both parties had consented to the fight beforehand, it would be legal in many if not most jurisdictions (this is how boxing is legal). However, what seems to have happened is that friend A assaulted friend B without his consent, and t... | I believe that unless it causes a public disturbance, 2 consenting adults should legally be allowed to fight without weapons. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-18T18:40:44 | 42 | 3 | 28 |
The view is that riots in black communities are somehow immune to criticism. Since when? Because here's what that means if the answer is yes. If I have to accept violent behavior, then I must accept the destruction that comes from it. I must accept all forms mistreatment that come from that violence. That means if som... | Accepting riots in the black community as part of social change is wrong. | 0 | 2016-07-07T23:37:58 | 137 | 2 | null |
Freedom of religion means that Federal Government money doesn't go to support one particular religious institution over others. Words aren't money, and the vagueness of "under God" is I think what keeps it from unfairly supporting anything. Atheists have tried to get the phrase removed but the Supreme Court buckled und... | The pledge of allegiance should be removed from public schools in the US because it violates both freedom *of* and freedom *from* religion. | 0 | 2015-01-09T09:00:26 | 172 | -1 | null |
So, in systems with more than two strong parties, a coalition government is usually necessary. This coalition is restricted in what it can do by its composite parts. So while one half of the coalition might be left, the other is centrist. Hence, you get center-left policies. Arguably, the U.S. parties simply form coal... | Bipartisan politics is an outdated and largely worthless concept. | 1 | 2017-05-01T01:25:15 | 28 | 7 | 6 |
Opposing ideas based on where they come from isn't helpful. Judge ideas as ideas. If someone proposes a good law, support it. If someone proposes a bad law, oppose it. The inspiration for the law shouldn't matter. It'd be silly to oppose a good law that happens to have been inspired by something in America. | The United States of America is socially and legally backwards and should not be emulated by other countries. | 1 | 2017-02-05T23:38:18 | 444 | 710 | 2 |
I don't know of any vampires that have "stayed good" after turning. (Although there are some that have "regained goodness"). That's probably the most common trope these days though -- the good vampire. Take Blade for instance, or the one from the Twilight series (presumably). Or Sluggy's Sam the Vampire. Or Police Girl... | If I had to choose between being turned into a zombie, a vampire or a werewolf, I'd go for zombie. | 1 | 2015-10-30T17:02:22 | 103 | 7 | 10 |
Selfish here can be defined as "lacking consideration for others", and although I personally don't like it when the person in front of me recline, they don't have any information on any of that. Some people simply don't mind if someone reclines, which wouldn't make the one sitting in front selfish. Also, you should con... | people that recline their seats in flights are selfish | 1 | 2015-08-11T17:47:55 | 175 | 13 | 1 |
Perfect is the enemy of good. It would be practically impossible to live without causing the death of some animals, and I don't really know any vegetarians who claim to do this. Rather, vegetarians might wish to refrain from needlessly killing animals when perfectly adequate alternatives are available. | To be vegetarian and participate in modern agriculture is philosophically inconsistent. | 0 | 2015-02-05T02:06:05 | 60 | 5 | 12 |
The dirty secret about alcohol is that it actually really does feel good. Nobody starts down the road to alcoholism because they like throwing up or blacking out. So let's at least first make that clear - the first few drinks of any drinking session *are enjoyable*. Your main reason for not drinking is out of fear. And... | I've never had one sip of alcohol, and I don't have any interest in ever trying it. CMV, please! | 1 | 2013-06-24T22:31:10 | 59 | 5 | 2 |
Most people in most western countries seem aware of Trump's failings but Republicans, for whatever reason, are not. This will not change no matter what he does. When the realities of Trump's policies begin to effect Trump's supporters they will turn on him. His budget cuts will deeply affect his voter base in rural Ame... | Most of Trump's supporters will continue to support him in 2020 no matter what he does in the meantime | 1 | 2017-06-01T20:27:38 | 107 | 1 | 1 |
Would Obama bringing a defamation case help fix House gerrymandering or oust any GOP governors? That's where the change needs to happen, and I don't see how this lawsuit would help that. Trump's approval is down to 38% so he's basically down solely to his base at this point. That base is so full of vitriol for Obama th... | Obama should sue Trump for defamation over wiretapping claims | 1 | 2017-03-21T19:03:37 | 101 | 4 | 2 |
No one from a third world country should immigrate to first world countries. These countries happen to be mostly white, and white people are pretty racist. I think, from Eastern Europe to White countries shouldn't be an issue, but if your skin is not a shade of white, you're pretty much fucked in the ass in a white cou... | I don't think the USA is a great place to live. CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-03T12:52:50 | 738 | -1 | null |
What if instead of contributing to a central fund, you were able to personally choose which segments of business or charity your taxes were applied? That's far too susceptible to abuse. Here's what I would like to see: * What I would like to see is a complete, from the bottom up, revamp of the Tax Code into something t... | I feel that wealthy should pay a flat tax rather than the current progressive US tax system. | 1 | 2014-05-17T18:20:37 | 144 | 2 | 4 |
Okay so lets take World Of Warcraft as an example, not on steam i know but bear with me. I started playing in Burning Crusade, about a decade ago and have logged at least 10 thousand hours. At one point i truly loved this game and would recommend it to anyone who would listen without a second thought. Now however, with... | If a game on Steam receives a negative review from someone who has played that game for more than 200 hours, you should ignore that review. | 0 | 2017-07-05T02:29:27 | 138 | 1 | null |
I can only speak for myself but sometimes my girlfriend understands me more than I do. And she has said the same to me. It's like having twice the brain power to work my emotions out. I mean we won't always understand, it's trying to understand that matters. Regardless, relationships are natural, you will desire them a... | No one will ever understand completely what you might be feeling, making most relationships pointless | 1 | 2016-10-07T10:20:17 | 33 | 3 | 5 |
That's true, but when I see a woman I find attraction in her feminine qualities. A woman with beautiful hair, nice eyes, good face structure, and good figure are very appealing to me, and I like them to be typically feminine. That's the thing keeping me from dating a more masculine woman, someone who's more prone to ex... | Identifying as a "Pansexual" is more confusing than its worth, and makes Transgenders more outcast | 1 | 2015-02-05T16:12:38 | 65 | 6 | 4 |
Let's start with the most obvious problem with your view. Let's assume everything you saw was accurate - i.e. you aren't misremembering and you weren't on drugs, etc. There is absolutely no reason why you should jump to the conclusion that this was aliens. Like no reason at all. A. There are dozens of *reasonable* exp... | Aliens have been here and I have seen them. | 0 | 2017-05-08T19:39:16 | 50 | 17 | 12 |
The first problem that came to mind would be a brain drain. Companies/musicians/actors etc would simply relocate to a country that does allow for more than $2 million in income. It would take an unprecedented global effort to carry out and a total overhaul of the very foundations of the global economy to pull off. | I think no one deserves more than $2 million annual income. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-21T16:10:21 | 469 | 95 | 1 |
If you heard the phrase "men" would you think "fuck the women and children"? | Whenever I hear the phrase "Women and children", all I really is hear is "Fuck men". | 0 | 2017-04-25T19:51:59 | 116 | 3 | 5 |
Let's play "make a straw-man": If I hit a pedestrian at slow speeds, they could die. They would not have died if they were in a car or wore a helmet. Therefore, all pedestrians must wear a helmet. In less sarcastic terms, you the driver are responsible for your accidents, whatever they cause. If you see a motorcyclist... | In the US, It should be illegal to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. | 0 | 2016-05-12T22:34:08 | 32 | 1 | null |
Freedom of Speech is an inalienable human right from a philosophical perspective (not just something from the Constitution). Think about it this way: if someone told you that you couldn't speak your mind on something, you'd be pissed, so don't impose that restriction on someone else. However, that example isn't specifi... | Anti-theists and Westboro Baptist have just as much right to publicly express their views as anybody else does. | 1 | 2015-08-10T03:57:23 | 39 | 2 | 3 |
Since they have chosen to kill themselves, why don't they choose to actively improve their situation? Call me an optimist but I sincerely believe that if a person tries with the best of their ability, they can improve how they live. This misunderstands a lot of what mental illness is. Firstly, your analogy with alcoh... | Suicide is an act of weakness. | 0 | 2015-03-22T17:12:04 | 34 | 5 | null |
Why would torture would work against someone willing to die for their cause? He *already* thinks he's going to die- and how would he rather die? Knowing his plan worked, or not? He's never going to tell you the truth, not even to stop the torture, because he can win AND stop the torture. The ticking time bomb is actua... | Supposing that the "ticking time bomb" scenario is real, torturing terrorists is ethical | 0 | 2017-01-23T07:37:43 | 38 | 3 | 5 |
You are in that sense correct that in an economy at capacity, government can usually not produce magic growth (unlike an economy in recession, where government can produce growth). It can however influence the long term trajectory of growth by strengethening long term market confidence, improving public health, educati... | Government officials have very little control over economic growth and political candidates are either bluffing or stupid when they say they will "grow the economy." | 1 | 2015-07-14T01:19:13 | 60 | 2 | 1 |
The problem isn't that people cherry pick their views, it's that they cherry pick their views and then claim that those views are valid *just because they're in the bible*, or they say they believe in this-and-that *just because it's in the bible*. And of course, if a belief simply being a part of the bible gives it va... | I don't see the problem with "cherry-picking" your views CMV | 0 | 2013-12-06T21:32:48 | 66 | 1 | 8 |
It's really not just the search engine results. It's everything that you do. If you are logged into a google account on your phone, they have a *fantastic* amount of information about you that wouldn't be bad if it were actually completely independent of your search engine results... but they do a huge amount of correl... | What Google knows will never adversely affect you, so avoiding them because they track you is irrational | 1 | 2016-03-09T22:00:18 | 108 | 1 | 173 |
The cost to make another planet livable would be immense, probably in the range of trillions to quadrillions of dollars. It would likely take centuries of investment from our planet to make it livable and functional. If our earth break down in the next few centuries the colony will probably wither and die. We would do ... | I believe colonizing other planets and/or moons is inevitable for the survival of our species, and we should greatly focus on funding this. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-09T19:07:50 | 54 | 0 | 63Δ |
And since the position I described is different than the one you posted, would that not constitute a change in said position, thereby causing you to make it rain some deltas? | If you haven't experienced pregnancy, you are missing important perspective on the abortion debate | 1 | 2016-05-19T01:06:16 | 130 | 1 | 7 |
The worst thing about your proposal is that it would provide a strong incentive for the justice system to ignore exoneration appeals. If each exoneration will cost millions more in taxpayer money, there will inevitably be pressure to squash exoneration requests (even valid ones). Your system won't lead to all those inn... | I believe that all states should compensate wrongly convicted people by a large amount of money and support | 1 | 2014-06-07T07:35:00 | 47 | 1 | 13Δ |
I would be fine with this argument if religious people hadn't so adamantly wanted marriage (along with other religious terms) to be officially sanctioned by the government. If you want the government to recognize your religious ceremony officially, you can't then complain when the government states that they will recog... | Marriage is between one man and one woman, because Marriage is intrinsically religious. The word Marriage should be removed from Government and changed to something around "Civil Union". | 0 | 2015-07-15T23:41:08 | 51 | 2 | null |
Taxing poor people less is a conservative idea. A genius one day figured out that the less you tax the poor, the less poor they are. Collecting taxes from the poor to pay to feed, clothe, educate, and house the poor is selfdefeating, but, worse than that, it just makes the government do the worse possible thing any gov... | I feel that wealthy should pay a flat tax rather than the current progressive US tax system. | 0 | 2014-05-17T19:04:29 | 144 | 6 | 4 |
I will not be persuaded by arguing from increased productivity or lower HR costs, since those negative consequences are ultimately the result of unreasonable people anyways. I'll start here... unreasonable people exist. They did yesterday, they do today, and they will tomorrow. If a business owner or HR department is c... | The taboo against discussing politics in the workplace is antiquated and should be ignored. | 1 | 2016-10-13T02:27:07 | 23 | 11 | 10 |
Hi, I see where you're coming from and don't think you're a right-wing nutjob, but I do think you're misinformed about some of UKIP's more dangerous policies and the relationship between the different cultural and ethnic groups in London. *Firstly, let's address your misconceptions about London.* **There is no Sharia p... | As a foreigner, I believe UKIP has some good points and it would not be the end of the world should they win. | 1 | 2015-04-30T13:24:36 | 110 | 225 | 3Δ |
The premise of a terminally ill teacher resorting to meth dealing seems laughably unrealistic to me. The premise of a terminally ill engineer, nurse, or painter resorting to meth dealing seems laughably unrealistic to me. I haven't seen the show, and it's not my kind of thing, but they're using a single character. They... | I am a high school teacher who refuses to watch Breaking Bad because it turns a respectable career into what appears to be unrealistic shock entertainment. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-01T01:39:54 | 27 | 1 | 3 |
I switched from being a hardcore liberal to being a mostly right leaning conservative. Let me try putting it in some perspective. One thing you need to know about conservatives is that they adamantly refuse to integrate religion to government or government to religion. Another thing you need to know is that there are ... | I literally cannot understand most Republican social views. | 0 | 2017-02-13T13:02:41 | 250 | 1 | null |
Clove oil: http://www.jodjournal.com/article/S0300-5712(06)00024-8/abstract#/article/S0300-5712(06)00024-8/abstract) (actual study and journal) Actually used for some reduction in pain primarily tooth related. Commonly used for dry sockets after tooth extractions. FDA did recognize it's legitmate use, but I think has s... | Essential Oils are bullshit | 0 | 2015-01-08T00:53:21 | 29 | 6 | null |
Just a few things: 1) Canadian border security can and will turn away those who don't meet the medical requirements to enter canada if we think you are are unable to afford the care (this placing the burden on Canadians). You may be able to afford the birth, but you would have to prove you could afford even the worst ... | If you live within an hour's drive of the Canadian border, you should have your baby in Canada, not the US. | 1 | 2015-11-15T22:45:01 | 125 | 276 | 1 |
To address each point: 1. Yes, we protect minors, even if that means throwing people in jail for non-violent drug offenses for doing so. Do you think most people start doing illegal drugs only as adults? 2. Not really, since the quality of your driving doesn't matter, just your intoxicant level. 3. Why would it being a... | I don't believe that non-violent drug offenders should get sent to jail. | 1 | 2015-02-23T00:54:20 | 111 | 1 | 41 |
The biggest problem students have with the ACT is the limited amount of time given to complete each section. As you said, in the reading and science sections all of the answers are right in front of you but students do not score perfectly in these sections because of the time restraint. While the material can relate to... | Standardized testing (ACT/SAT) is actually a great way to judge college readiness. | 0 | 2015-02-19T01:50:48 | 170 | 1 | null |
Let me preface by saying that I do not agree with the white nationalists or the alt-right, and their whole race realism thing is one of if not the most disgusting things I have ever seen. However, if their argument is that the ideas of *realpolitik* can be extended to racial and ethnic populations, and that these popu... | White nationalists' obsession for asian women is wrong | 1 | 2016-12-05T01:58:43 | 50 | 1 | 6 |
There just isn't really any evidence that having a high iq makes your life substantially worse compared to having an average iq. It is a trade-off in some ways but whether or not that's worse depends highly on what you value. Being productive is only good if you can benefit from your labour. I suspect that highly inte... | High intelligence is a negative trait | 1 | 2017-05-23T08:29:42 | 180 | 1 | null |
Exactly. Like how [this](http://hapz.worldofinteriors.netdna-cdn.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x543/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/h/churchfield-highgrove-2-seater-sofa-bed.jpg) is somewhere between a sofa and a bed. For me it could loosely be seen as a sofa. In any case, the existence of this sofa/bed... | Human races dont exist and acting like they do is detrimental to society. | 1 | 2016-09-17T13:56:02 | 68 | 3 | 1 |
Many advancements in New world music (jazz, samba, rhumba, R&B, Rock and roll, and hip hop) were developed from musical traditions bought over by slaves from sub Saharan Africa | Nothing worthwhile has ever come from sub-Saharan Africa. No scientific breakthrough, medical innovation or brilliant philosophy was ever created by the the people from that part of the world. | 1 | 2015-08-27T23:18:44 | 91 | 6 | 14 |
I don't agree that increasing the cost of junk food would destroy the business of it. Can you say more about the untaxed alternatives? In my own world I cant think of anything I can make that replicates the deliciousness of things like Doritos, donuts, and candy. The option to make things for cheaper than products does... | So-called "fat taxes" should not be on junk food, they should be on pants. | 0 | 2015-06-10T19:01:12 | 100 | 2 | null |
The Iron Cross isn't even a Nazi symbol like you seem to imply. It originated in the Prussian military, got later an award of the German military, got used in WW1 and WW2 and is now they symbol of the Bundeswehr. The Nazis used it, sure, but it doesn't belong to them. | I don't think it's accurate to describe Milo Yiannopoulos as a Nazi | 0 | 2017-02-12T19:32:55 | 369 | 2 | 2 |
I think when Asian women discover black men, they'll understand. White women who have been with black men generally can't get enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_players_in_National_Basketball_Association_history Manute Bol is the only black player to break the top 10. The list is heavily dominated by... | Black People are Better | 1 | 2017-05-02T23:07:53 | 286 | 3 | 7 |
I think you could be right, but I would point out that this mental exercise is similar to imagining the internet age in a pre-industrial society. If you explained the modern world to pretty much anybody pre-1800 they would flat out not believe you and tell you the laws of physics wouldn't allow for such a world to exis... | Humanity will never colonize outside the solar system. | 1 | 2016-01-23T00:11:14 | 63 | 98 | 1 |
I'll approach this from a different perspective. Why should you give any credits for a speech at all? It changes nothing, it accomplishes nothing. Political speeches are nothing but posturing and spitting out as many cliches as you can. Why should a speech be praised? Praise the policies, the decisions if you want. Bu... | Trumps speech in the middle east should be praised, even if you're a liberal. | 0 | 2017-05-23T14:48:26 | 143 | 2 | null |
I think feminism is not so much about pretending that men and women are alike in every way. It's more about fighting the idea that the differences make men superior to women, and fighting the fact that women get treated as inferior people because of that. The last sentence in your post seems to sum up the disparity be... | I oppose feminism, and I don't think women are equal to men. CMV. | 0 | 2013-03-28T06:53:20 | 121 | 3 | 1 |
I'll agree with you that it's true that both of these things are "brain chemistry" (in a sense... chemistry is kind of a misleading term here, but I'll take it as you mean it... electrochemistry is ultimately all physics, which doesn't change the argument). So... what's the advantage of calling one of these things a "... | It doesn't make sense to consider Laziness a character flaw but not Depression | 1 | 2014-09-05T02:48:09 | 78 | 3 | 90Δ |
The biggest problem anyone should have regardless of what side of the debate they are on is that she is a liar. She made $160k on her first kickstarter producing videos at a production value of $26.7k each video. As noted by others in this thread, the videos are trash. Take the [final video](https://m.youtube.com/watch... | Anita Sarkeesian and similar feminists actually have a point about the portrayal of gender roles in video games. | 1 | 2016-12-06T05:50:43 | 617 | 0 | 1 |
You are going to have to get over the whole all relationships will be pointless. I mean people won't get you one hundred percent, but there really isn't anything inherently wrong with that. I don't get my wife. She certainly doesn't get me one percent and we make it work because we each bring different ideas to the t... | No one will ever understand completely what you might be feeling, making most relationships pointless | 1 | 2016-10-07T09:33:05 | 33 | 28 | 16 |
While their policies may not seem acceptable by "our" standards, that is their culture and their decision. We really can't judge another culture by our standards. They should be part of the UN because we may be able to influence their culture to be more "modern" through association and deals made via the UN. The religi... | Saudi Arabia should be removed from the United Nations and stripped of all advantages that come with being part of the UN, due to their sexist governmental policies, harsh laws, and blatant human rights abuses | 0 | 2015-04-23T05:09:00 | 189 | 1 | null |
I will say that in this case, the /s is being misused outside of its original intent. The irony of such use is somewhat comical. But the person posting the ss doesn't use /s so I'm not sure it qualifies. Well, your CMV claim literally was that "Adding /s to a statement kills the joke. Always." In the example, Trump *t... | Adding /s to a statement kills the joke. Always. | 1 | 2017-05-18T20:41:26 | 70 | 1 | 41 |
Spoiled food is not food; it's trash or poison. You don't save yourself from wasting food by eating it. You only cause yourself to eat trash and poison. There is nothing wrong with not wasting food. Your problem seems to be with inventory management. You should buy just enough food to make it to the next shopping trip.... | Wasting food is a horrible, selfish thing to do. | 0 | 2017-02-07T21:07:46 | 46 | 12 | 73 |
What you're saying is that there's basically no tangible difference between a $100,000 luxury car and a Rolls Royce/Bentley. I'm no expert, but my understanding is that the difference is that they're basically hand made. Leather is hand stitched, they have a wood working shop, it's all carefully hand crafted. And as a ... | I feel that high-end luxury cars (Bentley, Rolls Royce, etc.) are a complete and utter scam. CMV | 1 | 2013-09-02T20:28:34 | 55 | 8 | 1 |
How about someone who, say, brutally raped a dozen prepubescent girls, causing massive irreparable internal damage, and left them beaten and broken? Gotta say that even though I oppose the death penalty, I'd be a lot quicker to pull the switch on scum like that than someone who, say, planned the murder of his wife's lo... | I believe that only murderers deserve death. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-17T18:31:52 | 42 | 7 | 108Δ |
Yeah, so I don't think you understand how pensions work. The system Im in is a 2% accrual, 10 years to be vested, 25 years or 57 years old. I pay in 10%, and the town kicks in some amount. This goes into a giant fund, and is used to grow the money and make it so when I retire, I can leave with my 50% salary and relax u... | Settlements from lawsuits against police departments should be paid at least partially out of police pension funds. | 0 | 2015-04-14T06:37:33 | 89 | 1 | null |
Someone explained the problem with modern art to me a while back, and I think it's applicable to pretty much any form of contemporary art. There are only ever a few exceptional artists in any given field or style at any given time. We, as members of the 21st century, have the benefit of looking back and filtering out t... | There hasn't been any good painters in the last 30 years. | 0 | 2015-10-22T02:01:30 | 78 | 29 | 4 |
Everyone can say that they wished they had done something in retrospect. I wish I learned how to code, developed my Spanish, and worked harder in math. But I wasn't willing to do the work. It's a lot harder to do things when they are in front of you. So why don't you practice art now? Nothing is stopping you. Art is re... | Art should be required in middle school and high school | 1 | 2015-10-19T05:03:12 | 61 | 14 | 55 |
Why would that same rule not apply with someone from the middle east? Being a queer dude in the US can be dangerous sometimes, I know. You learn how to drop hints and to back off and remove yourself from the situation if necessary. So... why open yourself up to so many false negatives by assuming ethnicity has anything... | As a gay male, I think its better not to get close to Middle-Eastern immigrants I come across. | 1 | 2017-01-16T07:05:39 | 302 | 13 | 47 |
I think the problem with your view is that it's very moralistic and patronizing. Why *should* anybody in the world do anything? Using the world "should" makes it seem like you have internal set of rules and everybody else has to abide by them. But consider that everyone has their own standards which they follow, which ... | If able, people should have to contribute to society in order to have a comfortable life. | 0 | 2015-02-13T14:14:18 | 48 | 1 | null |
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