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Can you link to the story you're talking about? I'm not familiar with it. What you need to realize is that the most sensational stories are the ones that make the news. The vast, vast majority of interactions Americans have with police are totally benign; even when the person is being arrested. Cops don't want to hit y... | As an international student, the US is becoming too dangerous for me to consider it as a viable option for university | 1 | 2014-03-29T03:17:06 | 18 | 6 | 86Δ |
Why can't a private business make the same decision? Private businesses get things provided by tax-payers. They benefit from public education of their workers, infrastructure, police/fire protection, unemployment benefits, copyright/trademark protection, tax breaks, etc. Why should a tax payer be forced to fund somethi... | Private business should be able to do or not do business with whoever they want. | 0 | 2015-05-13T17:50:49 | 50 | 2 | 24Δ |
Your view is basically that more co-operation (and less finger-pointing) is likely to lead to more progress. Who could argue against that? It's a completely sensible proposal. However, you've put forth your idea as a proposal for the future, this is what we should do going forward. I've pointed out to you that it alrea... | Racism, sexism and general discrimination will only begin to fade when we stop pointing fingers and accept that "Us" vs "Them" isn't real, there is only "Us" on this earth. | 1 | 2015-08-12T22:24:16 | 63 | 3 | 85 |
Care to cite the fact that "most people" do have those levels of cash reserves and that a used car of appropriate quality is readily available at all times in their locality? Can people self insure against house, car, and health issues simultaneously? After all, the same event (house fire) can result in the loss of a h... | I believe that all private insurance is essentially gambling and should be discouraged. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-21T19:34:52 | 45 | 1 | 70Δ |
Approval voting is even better. 1) Approval voting is even simpler. It's nearly as simple as FPTP. Instead of "vote for one, most votes wins" it's "vote for one or more, most votes wins". STV is actually relatively complicated as voting systems go. 2) Approval voting retains local representation just as well as any non... | Single Transferrable Vote (STV) is the best voting system. | 0 | 2015-03-01T08:44:11 | 106 | 2 | 28 |
Terrorism is rooted in idealogy OKC was McVeighs paranoia and obsession with government being evil at the point in time Charlie Hebdo was the result of fundamentalist Islam idealogy I can't really think of examples beyond guys like McVeigh and Islamic terror | Global inequality caused what we call terrorism. | 1 | 2016-07-13T07:08:02 | 87 | 1 | 1 |
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Space_station The Death Star is specifically mentioned as a mobile space station. The article also notes that especially large ships are classified as stations by the *in-universe* system, so even if you don't consider the DS a station it technically is one in canon. | I believe the Death Star is a space ship and not a space station. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-10T21:43:23 | 87 | 21 | 1 |
There is simply no way that such a test could be created without being abused. The very act of creating one would be a massively politicized issue, with every organization and party with power on the line vying to influence the structure of the test in little ways that favour their voters/interests. | Everyone should pass a test in order to vote | 0 | 2017-05-04T21:13:35 | 98 | 2 | 6 |
Third party votes matter, even if people claim that you're wasting your vote, because you're still taking part in the political system. You might not be adding to either of the "big name" bipartisan candidates. What if in the next election, a third party candidate you voted for in this election decides to run for a maj... | A third party vote for President is wasted. | 1 | 2016-06-06T15:24:49 | 41 | 5 | 2 |
The thing about "fat acceptance" is, its sort of glorifying being unhealthy. You bring up some good points and I'm sorry that you have been mocked for being heavy, but the truth is, being overweight is a terrible lifestyle. Not only because of how it damages your health, but because of the hatred some people have of fa... | I like the "fat acceptance" movement for the most part. Please CMV. | 1 | 2013-09-16T13:44:31 | 36 | 14 | 1 |
Why do you believe the past was more "objective" than the present? The "truth" is that people (including politicians) have always lied and that some portion of the public is inclined to believe them. Do you think that PolitiFact drawing 3.5 million views in the 24 hours following the first debate is indicative of a soc... | Donald Trump and Fake News are the natural consequence of a culture that has increasingly championed relativism (i.e. non-objective Truth) | 1 | 2017-05-23T21:54:49 | 41 | 14 | 42 |
Ironically, I did recently buy a handgun, but not out of hatred and anger; instead I bought it out of fear and caution. I think this deserves attention because you've sort of answered your own question in a way. First, if we want to get anywhere at all in this discussion we both *have* to remember that members of any p... | The political right is more violent than the left. | 0 | 2017-02-28T23:00:17 | 77 | 5 | 7 |
Arguing the morality of anything based on potentiality is a very slippery slope. If it is immoral to destroy a fertilized egg because it has the potential to become a happy human being, is it then moral to kill a human being because they might potentially cause death, harm, and suffering to others? Is it still moral to... | Abortion is morally wrong due to the potential for life | 0 | 2016-08-07T08:18:25 | 79 | 2 | null |
What if the person in the leftmost lane is going faster than the person in the middle lane? Do you think he shoukd slow down just so someone else can break the speed limit? | Slower drivers should always move right to make way for faster drivers on the highway | 0 | 2016-11-07T13:39:50 | 93 | 2 | null |
Under that logic Christians are Jews. The Mormons use a different book to base their religious practices on. It is the book of Mormon. This is the same as how Christians have the New Testament. And just like how the New Testament separates Christians from the Jewish faith, the book of Mormon separates Mormons from the... | Mormons are Christians, and any definition of Christianity that excludes them is problematic in some way. | 0 | 2016-04-08T15:35:38 | 89 | 0 | 40 |
Sponsorship and rebuilds are motivated by money, whereas this is a distinct political change Why are you okay with one of those, but not the other? Names change. ultimately, there are probably financial reasons. What's the difference? opens the door for other campaigns to rename stuff. I don't know if this is import... | Renaming Calhoun College, Yale sets a dangerous precedent in recognizing historical figures | 1 | 2017-02-12T15:05:44 | 54 | 42 | 1 |
Okay, here's my take, broken into a few sections: **Legality** I don't think this is what you're talking about, but I thought I'd mention it briefly anyway. When we're talking about legality, we might talk about what "rights" a person or entity has or doesn't have. We might also lump together people as single faceless ... | Pirating isn't immoral if you would not have bought the product anyway. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-21T08:56:07 | 407 | 17 | 41Δ |
Economics has its problems with other social sciences about personal bias and interpretation of data. But I feel like you reduce what economic sciences really are, for exemple it's a certain school of thoughts that consider the individual as an economicus, but economic psychology tells otherwise. The role of economist... | Economics is an illegitimate and largely pointless discipline | 1 | 2016-08-11T01:15:01 | 51 | 1 | 7 |
Gender is biological Gender and sex are two different things (where sex is your outer body, genitalia..., gender is an identity) [Last paragraph in Research](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INAH_3) And it doesn't behave like a delusion. Delusion can be managed by a combination of antipsychotic meds and psychotherapy (per... | Transgender individuals have a delusion. | 0 | 2015-02-25T00:37:26 | 94 | 0 | null |
Kids aren't punished for asserting themselves, they're punished for being assholes about it. Kids don't have the language to make logical arguments. Try as we might to fix this language, teens argue from emotion. | Kids should be able to talk back to authority during a dispute | 1 | 2017-03-02T16:56:15 | 55 | 5 | 14 |
*I know this isn't how tax rates works but let's assume it is for simplicity's sake. This is somewhat emblematic of the problem with your whole position. You are working with a grossly oversimplifeid sense of how taxes work. The most glaring problem isn't that you've oversimplified how tax brackets work (though you hav... | The tax on rich people is way too high and is therefore unfair. | 0 | 2015-07-08T00:36:57 | 66 | 3 | 7 |
It really depends on the amount of things you're likely to have on you at any given time and the intended flow of gameplay. Let's compare Dark Souls (does not pause) and Skyrim (does pause). Dark Souls is a game very much about timing and about demanding accuracy. The "flow of play" in Dark Souls is that you run an ar... | Opening your inventory in games should not freeze time | 1 | 2016-12-05T21:33:40 | 48 | 102 | 5 |
Humanity existing, collecting knowledge, and engineering a way out of this inevitable doom, is life's only chance of existing indefinitely. We're life's best shot. We have an obligation to thrive and build a way to spread life across the universe. I've had this weird idea for a sci-fi novel floating around in my head ... | Humanity is ultimately beneficial to all life on Earth | 0 | 2016-09-01T20:13:08 | 116 | 4 | 91 |
Yes, you have to hook up every server with every device you want to use. There are several tricks to do this reasonably securely, but that's kind of beyond the scope of what I feel competent to discuss... and there isn't any great standard yet that I know of. | Biometric authentication is fundamentally insecure and should not be replacing passwords | 1 | 2015-12-24T04:59:55 | 51 | 4 | 144 |
Only going to address this part, although I do agree the tone shifted oddly. You rarely see Leslie's kids, and when you do, it's to hear about how awful it is to have triplets. But then it's implied in the end that Leslie becomes the President of the United States. That really struck a nerve with me. Who are Leslie's c... | Parks and Recreation took a serious decline at the beginning of Season 5 and got progressively worse | 0 | 2016-09-16T21:40:19 | 51 | 95 | null |
I've overcome extremely severe claustrophobia through exposure therapy and drugs (I can now handle small places without drugs). Not everyone has access to the medical care I did though. And it took me years to get to that point. I have a family member who was raped at knifepoint. I know she still has triggers. I don't... | If a person is triggered by something, they have a moral obligation to themselves to make a devoted effort to overcome it/desensitize themselves. | 0 | 2014-11-25T03:31:07 | 97 | 1 | null |
everything will end and ultimately there is no point. Why is something ending equatable with there being "no point"? When I eat a pizza, that experience ends, but that doesn't mean it was pointless. The point was to give me some energy and to make me feel happy because it tastes good. what is the endgoal for mankind? ... | life holds no meaning. I'm a Nihilist and I don't care about much of anything anymore. | 0 | 2016-04-23T19:42:53 | 76 | 1 | 3 |
This whole situation is comparing apples with camels. Can a person attracted to their sibling be only attract to their sibling? I mean, to really allow this, we'd have to distinguish fetish from sexual orientation. Can they have a relationship with anyone else, if they are of the gender the person is attracted to? A ga... | there is no legal or moral argument against allowing incestuous marriage that hasn't been thrown away in pursuit of gay marriage. | 1 | 2015-06-28T01:59:51 | 422 | 146 | null |
A dollar a day times billions of people though. Even if it cost a trillion dollars, spread out over even 30 years, it'd be worth it Or we could spend that money on research towards Mars Colonization or fusion reactors. I think future generations would find those much more valuable. we're talking about calculating time... | A Calendar of 13 months of 28 days each would be vastly superior to the Gregorian calendar. | 1 | 2015-05-02T17:12:02 | 127 | 3 | 43Δ |
Why does it have to start with voting though? What if, for example, the result of the last presidential election was the wake up call that made you begin to become less apathetic and more politically active and aware? Now that you want to be more involved, shouldn't you start participating in discussion and trying to ... | Eligible voters who do not vote, ought to refrain from complaining or commenting about election outcomes | 1 | 2017-03-02T02:00:10 | 83 | 1 | 2 |
Men are an overwhelming majority of manual labourers, and manual labourers are just operating their bodies for someone else's money too. Indeed the injury rates from hauling couches up stairs is I'd imagine much higher than the injury rate from sex. (Although I'll grant that, at least so long as it continues to be in i... | Heterosexual sex work is incompatible with gender equality | 0 | 2014-09-13T01:29:51 | 55 | 7 | 1 |
Should we ban Shakespeare plays such as *Henry V* and *Julius Caesar,* or are you only concerned with films? If so, should we ban the film versions of those plays? edit:typo | 'Historical' films that are 'based on a true story' should be strictly monitored for accuracy, if not outright banned. | 1 | 2015-05-16T19:33:55 | 38 | 1 | 2Δ |
I studied English in college and as a result I've written a lot of these types of essays. In my experience, we weren't graded on the actual answers we gave but rather how well we were able to defend whatever position we came to. So when I came to a "what do you think about..." kind of question I would tackle it with te... | Testing students on subjective material, such as literature, is a complete waste of time and should be eliminated from the mandatory curriculum | 1 | 2016-02-08T21:46:08 | 42 | 10 | 80 |
1. can we add the death penalty then? someone kills 200 people and has a maximum sentence? it seems the max sentence would be ( 75 - Your age ). If im 70 and i murder a few people, i can only get 5 years max? Well thats going to incentivize crime... Right now gangs use kids to run errands since they have more lax laws... | Inmates under the age of 75 should be automatically paroled as they usually are of no harm to others | 1 | 2016-04-13T16:47:26 | 88 | 1 | 12 |
Scientific experiments are rigorously and repeatedly tested, much more so than any religious observation. But that still does not defeat Hume's conundrum, no matter how well established a trend may be, there's simply no logical tool that can be used to make an absolute statement out of data. Assuming the physical prope... | Religion is the opposite of science. | 1 | 2016-10-27T00:11:34 | 39 | 7 | 2 |
A lot of those things you mentioned (acne treatment, fashionable clothes, hair treatment, gym membership to lose weight) require money. Since being poor isn't the poor person's fault (in most situations), I'd say being "unattractive" because you can't afford things that would make you "attractive" isn't your fault. You... | If you are unattractive, it's largely your fault. | 0 | 2015-08-30T18:50:38 | 102 | 12 | 1 |
Wow. Your view relies heavily on a "there is only one truth" perspective. It would be nice indeed if there was only one truth about all kinds of things. The fact is humans are fallible, even in large groups. A mere disagreement with the majority does not make someone delusional. The evidence for the efficacy of vaccin... | Supporters of the anti-vaccination movement meet the diagnostic criteria for psychiatric illness and should be treated accordingly | 0 | 2014-06-20T19:34:45 | 108 | 3 | 5 |
Changed view? | There should be an age limit in the military, in terms of combat. | 1 | 2017-04-24T06:41:50 | 66 | 1 | 50 |
One problem with sun screen is that they contain large amounts of titania (Titanium dioxide) nanoparticles. We don't really have a good idea of the effect of these nanoparticles on [human health](http://www.physorg.com/news63466994.html) or their effect on the environment. Aquatic life is very sensitive to chemicals an... | I think any person who elects not to wear sunscreen is unintelligent – CMV | 1 | 2014-02-08T19:25:17 | 38 | 6 | 5 |
But electoral votes aren't based purely by numbers. It's also population. There are already more people who voted Democratic, so why is adding more a problem Or, divide Texas, as Puerto Rico, then both sides get a state. The reason there are 2 Dakotas is because Republicans wanted to stack the deck. Who needs that muc... | The united states gains no benefit from having puerto rico as a state | 1 | 2017-04-26T15:35:02 | 153 | 10 | 56 |
Lets examine the root of the problem (emphasis added): The fact is, there just shouldn't be that much money being generated for college sports and the only reason there is, **is because fans are obsessive and willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money to them** Why are fans so obsessive about college sports? For many ... | People need to stop being fans of college sports. | 0 | 2014-07-24T05:49:17 | 64 | 1 | 1 |
Yea I've used it as a way to find something new, something different than what's available in my area. As soon as I find something really good I cancel and try to find it on Amazon or some other website | I think subscription boxes are pointless | 1 | 2015-09-05T17:29:21 | 67 | 3 | 14 |
i saw this a few days ago but didn't get a chance to reply... i also (want to) feel like i chose my own sexuality to a point... but i also feel like the whole concept of 'sexuality' doesn't even make much sense. i want to feel like i somewhat choose things to like/dislike about people or in general, thus i choose my s... | I believe I chose my own sexuality. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-23T08:20:41 | 37 | 1 | null |
How does something like (racism, sexism, not being very nice, etc) effect how they'll be as a president? The President needs to make attempts to try and represent *everyone*. If someone says "I disagree with the president, therefore he doesn't represent me." Well. Ok. If people, on the other hand, come out and say "th... | Deciding on who to vote for based on a presidential candidate's personality or anything other than their policies is unintelligent. | 1 | 2016-07-20T17:57:46 | 48 | 8 | 12 |
You seem to expect radical changes as an effect of a simple party change. Most parties agree on general terms on how a country should be run and the arguments are regarding details on some of the incremental changes. Economics, tax law, criminal law, foreign affairs, security, etc. are all pretty much the same for ever... | Elections in advanced democracies are essentially kabuki theatre on economic policy. The elite will have their way no matter what the people vote. | 0 | 2015-12-18T16:08:20 | 25 | 2 | 32 |
A society which needs a war on drugs is a fucked up thing, not the war itself. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's OK. Watching gladiators fight animals used to be popular but that doesn't mean it was OK at all. To address your point a bit more directly, neither the politicians, the police or the person you ref... | Those who enforce the war on drugs are just as guilty as the politicians who wrote the laws. | 0 | 2015-09-07T14:25:29 | 109 | 0 | null |
"Communism doesn't work in real life, that's pretty well known" I think that right there should be enough to consider it bad - I dont think that people are inherently against the general idea; but if it doesn't work then its a bad idea right? I would say it is frustrating to have people keep pushing for (wanting to dev... | Communism isn't that bad. | 1 | 2017-05-22T19:27:21 | 83 | -1 | 1 |
How about confidence is the choice to ignore possibilities that you could be wrong that you cannot account for? You can acknowledge things that genuinely prove you wrong, but lacking those you assume that nothing will. No worrying about unfalsifiable hypotheticals. | I feel that confidence is a primitive mindset that maintains ignorance. | 1 | 2014-05-26T09:45:02 | 43 | 4 | 7 |
One big reason is the fallibility of the judicial system. In fact, this reason alone is enough to instantly set me against the death penalty. Even the most clear-cut case has some room for error, and if the suspect is executed then was found innocent by some new evidence or an otherwise overturned conviction, it's too ... | I believe those sentenced to life in prison should simply be executed. CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-24T23:32:24 | 23 | 10 | 13 |
However, my main point is, even though the government could find stuff to take me down with, why would they? They don't have to. At least not now. Imagine you are Muslim and suddenly someone worse than Trump comes along. Well, first thing he does is download the already compiled "All Muslims in the US" List and orders ... | Limiting my privacy rights won't really affect me personally | 0 | 2017-03-24T19:10:03 | 62 | 1 | null |
1) What kinds of violent crimes would you punish with forced genital cutting? Is it your view that the punishment should be vastly disproportionate to the crimes? 2) why forced genital cutting? If the goal is to repay violence with violence, why does the violence have to be aimed at their genitalia? 3) If your answer ... | Violent criminals should be castrated | 0 | 2017-03-18T03:01:25 | 132 | 1 | 3 |
I'm going to attempt to address your arguments relating to being out of the super powers closet so to speak. You run the risk of being hunted down for experiments. Surely a lot of parties would want to figure out how you do it, and how it can be replicated This would be true of absolutely any super power out there. If... | Teleportation would be an very overrated superpower in our world | 1 | 2015-10-25T03:03:44 | 317 | 1 | 2 |
The world doesn't, but Playboy was one of the first mainstream options, and arguably still one of the most well-done. Your argument seemed to partially hinge on this idea that the world would be missing out if Playboy wasn't around anymore. Losing the defining aspect of Playboy might be a significant blow right in the ... | I do not agree with Playboy's decision to stop publishing fully nude photos | 1 | 2015-10-13T17:37:23 | 86 | 6 | 45 |
I can't speak for transgender people. But I can speak as a cis male who totally hates gender roles, and say that gender roles are hammered into us repeatedly by society all the time and that shit just isn't going away any time soon. That's one possible reason to deal with gender in the first place. I mean, it's not a c... | Transgenders only enforce gender stereotypes. | 1 | 2016-07-17T10:22:55 | 100 | 6 | 7 |
Catalytic converters don't filter out gases, they make them undergo a chemical process that breaks dangerous compounds down into safe ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_converter#Types You wouldn't be able to just filter out nitrogen gas. In those explosions, the entire chambers of hydrogen and oxygen mixed... | Electric Powered Vehicles are a Horrible Idea for the Environment. Instead, we should look into using Hydrogen Fuel. | 1 | 2016-10-14T04:17:40 | 39 | 3 | 4 |
There are lots of places to read that opinion, but charity and good will don't answer what benefits it brings and changes no hearts. Well if you can't consider the benefit rawly of refugees coming into the country, then think of the long term benefits that population growth can have. Refugee influxes like the one Europ... | Supporting the immigration of Muslim refugees into a predominately Christian/Agnostic country is detrimental to the host country. | 1 | 2015-09-07T06:33:17 | 123 | 1 | 4 |
So a baby that is born and survives for a couple hours before dying has a debt? I don't really follow the logic in that. I think your view is wrong simply from a base logic standpoint. | You owe taxes starting from your first moment of existence; they are a debt you are morally obliged to pay. | 0 | 2015-04-07T16:46:25 | 198 | 2 | 4Δ |
The problem is not breeders. If you took out mutts from the equation, you'd see that breeders alone couldn't even satisfy the demand for dogs. The problem is puppy mills and people irresponsibly breeding their pets because "they are cute together" and for similar nonsense reasons. If you wanted to decrease the amount o... | It's always a better decision to adopt a mutt from the pound than to buy from a breeder. | 0 | 2017-05-11T00:29:35 | 95 | 6 | 2 |
They're not needed for hunting and not needed for sport shooting. The common argument in favor of keeping high capacity magazines is that civilians need them in case they need to fight off the government if it becomes overly oppressive one day. Even if we assume that's going to happen, I don't see magazine capacities m... | American civilians do not need high capacity magazines. | 0 | 2016-06-19T04:35:55 | 334 | 5 | 2 |
Why remake the exact same story? Why can't Dr. Frank-n-Furter be transgendered? It's certainly the discussion that's more relevant today. | Dr. Frank-n-Furter is a transvestite, not transgender, and casting Laverne Cox was a terrible idea. | 1 | 2016-05-19T06:17:35 | 136 | 61 | 23 |
So, banning Muslims is unconstitutional because the constitution doesn't say anything about only applying to citizens. It says the government can't make any law preventing the free exercise of religion and forcing people to choose between freedom and coming to America or practicing their religion and staying in a dange... | Trump's stance on immigration is over-exaggerated my the media and not actually that extreme. | 0 | 2016-08-02T17:53:01 | 231 | -3 | null |
The question of existence of an afterlife **as defined as supernatural** is, by definition, unanswerable through scientific inquiry. But the possibility of a **natural** afterlife can not be ruled out by scientific inquiry at this time. But that's not to say that we must remain agnostic. Discovery is nothing if not pu... | The question of the existence of an afterlife is unanswerable. On this topic we must remain agnostic. | 0 | 2016-08-11T20:54:10 | 80 | 2 | 1 |
Why is it that if I pay the $8, everything's OK, but if I just download it I become the scum of the Earth? Because that's what the people who created the content think you should pay. We as a society let copyright owners decide how they'll sell their creations, because if we didn't, they wouldn't be able to earn enoug... | I pay $95/month (after discount) for Internet access. I believe whatever "piracy" I partake in is perfectly reasonable. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-08T04:04:47 | 47 | 4 | 7 |
i think in a world where every menial task is taken over by ai, we would be more likely to see very little advancement due to how incredibly consumed we have become by entertainment via technology. you must remember that the greeks did not spend all day bingeing netflix and browsing reddit. no one is going to spend tim... | A future world where AI will work and take care of us releasing us from labor and allowing us to live, love and do whatever we want will be a paradise. | 0 | 2016-10-20T07:51:21 | 53 | 2 | null |
U.S. government is responsible for healthcare being so extraordinarily expensive Within the time frame you speak of several things have happened and all of them have contributed to making healthcare in the US ridiculously expensive. 1: Most of the cost of healthcare is paid for by a third party (i.e. not the patient) S... | U.S. Government interference made healthcare expensive. | 1 | 2017-05-14T11:21:42 | 124 | 2 | 1 |
Well, to really have a standardized educational experience you need a consistent curriculum *and* tools/funding/teacher/community quality. I'd argue that the later is *far* more important too. Common core is *just* the curriculum. If you put standards in place but make zero attempts to correct (or even account for) fu... | common core is a good thing. | 1 | 2015-11-03T18:16:02 | 59 | 12 | 21 |
Maybe the posters to T_D and MAT are just more comfortable with allowing their emotions to affect their views than I am -- and I suppose there's nothing wrong with that. Yeah, what I'm getting at is that if an intellectual space is set up as a support group for a given cause (pro or anti trump in these cases), then the... | /r/The_Donald and /r/MarchAgainstTrump are equally toxic, and neither represent real pro-Trump or anti-Trump sentiment | 1 | 2017-05-11T20:40:44 | 61 | 2 | 12 |
Your opinion would be fine if the US had a fairer electoral system. The fact is, under the current system, voting for someone who might be more "ideologically pure" in your eyes will make it more likely that someone who disagrees with you to a greater extent will win office. | As a democrat I hate Trump, and don't trust Hilary. I want to vote third party. | 0 | 2016-08-05T11:56:44 | 79 | 3 | 3 |
How do you explain non-binary trans people? I'm a trans man. I don't pay any mind to gender stereotypes. I wanna wear nail polish, I'll wear nail polish. If I like a pink hat, I'll wear a pink hat. If it were all due to social constructs, then explain gender dysphoria. Social constructs don't make me want a mastectomy... | There are no girls nor boys toys, this is all a social construct with no basis in reality.Thus I believe many transgenders are victims of binary thinking. | 0 | 2017-02-01T11:18:24 | 79 | 1 | 2 |
I noticed you didn't make any mention of people whose careers or jobs are dependent on how much grass there is. I live in Arizona, where many people choose to have gravel lawns, which despite being practical, is admittedly not aesthetically pleasing in most situations along with being a personal nightmare for attemptin... | There is too much grass in the United States | 1 | 2017-03-08T05:35:48 | 247 | 6 | 2 |
I believe until a person actually demonstrates something to me personally that shows they should have my respect (ie show compassion to those less fortunate, selflessness or demonstrate integrity, for example), they are due only the respect I afford any other fellow human. Why is it not the other way around? Why do y... | Judges and other elite professionals don't deserve any more respect than another person I might meet | 0 | 2017-05-16T16:10:23 | 67 | 5 | 6 |
Consider this, and then I'd like your feedback. I think that consciousness is a phenomenon that exists in its own right. Kind of the idea that the sum is greater than the whole of its parts. Any chemical, atom, cell, piece of tissue, synapse, anything on its own is there by itself. But put together it creates a reactio... | Free Will Does Not Exist | 1 | 2016-09-22T06:57:44 | 154 | 1 | 1 |
The bible states clearly that homsexuality is a sin. No, it does no such thing. See [this article for example]( http://www.clgs.org/arsenokoit%C3%A9s-and-malakos-meanings-and-consequences) But more to the point, Christianity is not a homogenous group, nor are any other of the "big 3" religions. Within Christianity, the... | Religious tollerance is pointless, religions are not equal and have no place in modern society | 1 | 2015-02-08T02:20:48 | 427 | 39 | 7 |
I am not a Muslim, but i am a immigrant from SriLanka. It seems like we are bending over backwards to make these people feel at home instead of making them integrate Do you think that most immigrants don't want to integrate? everyone want's to integrate in society, because they want to fit in. It's very hard to integr... | I believe that muslim immigration is causing my country's culture to decay. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-11T02:19:35 | 265 | 10 | null |
So then we can already distinguish between the groups? If "feminazi" can be used to describe extreme feminists, then don't you think that a future conservative pundit could come up with a disparaging term that is similar to "egalitarian" and then we are right back where we started? No matter how moderate mainstream fem... | Feminists should change their title (maybe to egalitarians) to disassociate themselves from the extremists. | 1 | 2015-07-15T04:42:49 | 127 | 24 | 14 |
Is fiction truly of some use? You ever try and hit on a guy/girl by talking about what media they consume? | Consuming fiction in any form (i.e. books, comics, movies, sitcoms, video games, music, etc) is a waste of time. | 1 | 2015-08-30T12:35:28 | 51 | 3 | 7 |
Palestine is not recognized as a country by the US so no President would be supporting them. So this issue with him means nothing because we have to be supporting them already in order to abandon them. | Bernie Sanders, if elected, will abandon the Palestinians and make no serious attempt to help them in their oppression. | 0 | 2015-11-24T07:58:23 | 57 | 2 | 25 |
I don't see what the point is of labeling transgenderism "a psychological *condition*" if by your own logic cisgenderism is one as well. "Condition" is usually used in combination with "psychological" as a connoter of abberation or or illness, not simply a state of being that can be said of everyone. A better way to pu... | [Serious] "Transgender" IS a psychological issue | 1 | 2016-11-30T04:15:01 | 44 | 8 | 6 |
First, and this is true of all Presidential candidates, you need to recognize that the things Sanders says he wants to do as President are not the same as the things he would actually do or be able to do as President. The President does not pass laws, Congress does. And if President Sanders can't get his student loan b... | I want to vote for Bernie Sanders. | 1 | 2015-09-18T16:58:34 | 555 | 220 | 147 |
http://individual.utoronto.ca/jacobhirsh/publications/Hirsh_DeYoung_Xu_Peterson_2010.pdf In two studies, using a personality model that divides each of the Big Five into two aspects, the present research found that one aspect of Agreeableness (Compassion) was associated with liberalism and egalitarianism, whereas the o... | The left has a herd mentality | 1 | 2016-05-26T14:53:47 | 41 | 2 | 106 |
only condition is citizenship Even if you leave the country? (and the age of 18) Why 18? Benefits (either directly, or through tax credits) are already paid to parents in many countries — would you do away with those? | [CMV]I believe Basic Income Guarantee is the solution to most, if not all of America's societal woes. | 1 | 2013-06-11T00:25:28 | 180 | 1 | 2 |
Republicans (as do I) make a big distinction between voluntarily giving financial and other support from it being taken. Welfare is not voluntary on the part of the providers, people are free to give their money to who they want. Your distinction of 18 is the government level, why should that have any bearing on their ... | People who espouse ideals of self-reliance should kick their children out at adulthood, else they reveal themselves as hypocrites | 0 | 2016-12-24T06:10:13 | 55 | 2 | 2 |
I have one very important thing to add. Since we live in a democracy and ideally everyone would vote in every major election, the people need to be educated in what's going on in the world. If not, how could they hope to vote for the right person? | Keeping up with current happenings and the news is absolutely useless for a common person. | 0 | 2017-04-20T17:58:02 | 44 | 2 | null |
There's a difference between an argument from authority and the appeal to authority fallacy. The latter usually being a single or couple of people as an authority and/or saying something *has* to be true because of their authority and/or their area authority is different from what they are talking about. E.g Fred's a s... | Current laws, or local laws, have no place in an ideological argument. | 0 | 2017-05-05T02:32:32 | 69 | 2 | 5 |
If terrorism were caused by poverty, we'd see a hell of a lot more terrorism coming out of Africa than the Middle East. We don't. | Global inequality caused what we call terrorism. | 0 | 2016-07-11T21:28:35 | 87 | 1 | 9 |
But he isn't comparing the cost of an iphone to the total cost of healthcare, he's awkwardly, ham-handedly calling attention to the fact that people who struggle financially still seem to find a way to buy a lot of expensive things that they don't need. An iphone is just an example. This is a classic politician answer... | Jason Chaffetz made a good point with his iphone comment. | 0 | 2017-04-19T22:52:21 | 60 | 7 | 8 |
insulting, disagreeing: not crimes. taunting: not a crime unless it is harrassment. sending threats: a crime. | CMV : Freedom of speech includes freedom of "hate speech" | 1 | 2016-07-01T22:34:01 | 194 | 1 | null |
I agree with you on the processed meat-part. But while fresh produce is healthi*er*, frozen vegetables are not *un*healthy. It is probably necessary to balance cost and nutrition. If it is cheaper to buy frozen produce I don't think it is too bad. When the vegetables are frozen you also save man-hours in the kitchen si... | College cafeterias do not offer good enough healthy options for students | 0 | 2014-10-03T19:38:20 | 74 | 6 | 7 |
I have PTSD from severe childhood trauma. There are half a hundred things that will get my heart racing and send me into spiralling anxiety, if not outright terror, which are reasonably commonplace. But I don't say to people "you slamming doors triggers me". In fact, I don't tell people what tirggers me at all unless ... | 'Triggers' aren't a real thing. We should all be able to overcome our issues and not project them unto other people. | 0 | 2015-08-08T18:42:55 | 283 | 2 | 5 |
Neat idea but I disagree that there's any wasted space on a chalkboard. There's nothing any child will see on a chalkboard that they won't see the moment they set foot outside. That said, we all already know that this isn't a question pertaining to the feasibility or economics of putting advertising in classrooms. It's... | Chalkboards in School Classrooms Are Wasted Prime Advertising Space | 0 | 2017-06-15T20:16:46 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
First of all, the physicality of men and women are different, and on the sports field, this would perhaps affect the game. On average, men are stronger than women, so I don’t think that it’s fair to have people with different abilities to play together. It is a known fact that men are (no not all men are better than ev... | Female students shouldn't be allowed to play on male sports teams | 1 | 2014-07-25T04:37:01 | 49 | 2 | 1 |
The point of x privilege is not to make, say, white men feel bad about being safe. They absolutely shouldn't feel bad. The point of x privilege is that when the white man (who may be a generally smart, well-adjusted, empathetic person) says something like "What's the big deal about walking alone at night?" he may be fo... | I believe anyone who uses "x privilege" in a discussion is a horrible person and a parasite on society. | 0 | 2014-04-14T02:52:07 | 460 | 2 | null |
The summary of the religious argument is that sex exists for the purpose of procreation and to give in to desire solely for the purpose of pleasure is to indulge in sinful behavior. There exists a train of moral thought throughout the history of Christianity, exhibited strongly in some forms like Puritanism, that moral... | The Republican position of being pro-life AND opposing birth control and sex ed is absolutely indefensible and ridiculous | 1 | 2017-05-28T05:47:03 | 148 | 2 | 16 |
Okay, here is my argument First, porn can really mess with the male brain. Let's say a young male is scrolling through pages upon pages of pornography. He is looking at the women who have been chosen based upon their bodies, the ones that are "good enough". How long does he look at them? Probably less than a minute, th... | The college football industry is many times worse than the porn industry. | 0 | 2014-12-02T04:03:22 | 335 | 6 | null |
Your friends might be addicted to gambling without you knowing it. Maybe they hit the casino after work or on the weekends on a regular basis, or maybe they spend a lot of money online betting on sports or playing in daily fantasy sports games. They might not show their addiction when they're playing small stakes games... | Casino poker is ethically dubious. | 0 | 2015-09-08T21:44:05 | 81 | 2 | 43 |
There are easier and more moral ways to stimulate population growth than to force women to have children they don't want. You can't argue that banning abortion is the easiest way to solve this problem. Japan could increase tax breaks for having children or encourage immigration. Restriction people's rights is not the s... | Japan ought to ban abortion | 0 | 2014-12-31T14:48:32 | 77 | 2 | null |
*Most animals that we eat would be extinct or lesser in numbers by huge factors, purely based on numbers, there are more and most live longer (when slaughtered at maturity). Pigs for instance, big blobs of walking food, they can't survive in nature, but they do exist because of humans and we take care of them, until we... | Eating animals is morally wrong. | 0 | 2015-01-18T17:17:05 | 146 | 0 | null |
I came here to change your view specifically to the point that TWD zombies would not be hard to deal with PRE-apocalypse. If anything Fear the Walking Dead is a good case against how it would be impossible without massive incompetence, secrecy and a contrived notion that the government wouldn't share the information pa... | I think, in zombie taxonomy, Walking Dead zombies would not be that hard to deal with once the post-apocalyptic dust settles. | 0 | 2015-10-30T23:56:17 | 237 | 3 | 1 |
Two points about your OP. First, as has been covered by others but I still feel the need to address it as a scientist: the Islamic world was utterly crucial to our development of the techniques of mathematics and physics on which western scientific progress is based. If you say that it only matters how people interpr... | Islam is the worst major religion. | 1 | 2016-04-10T10:46:49 | 252 | 4 | 1 |
However, I'm not going to marry myself to secularism, I'll keep trying to update my worldview based on evidence, wherever that may lead me. I guess that's pretty secular though. It's not so much that you *have to* end up atheist or theist, secular or otherworldly, scientific or superstition... my point was that if your... | I think I should not have any more philosophical debate with my YEC mother. | 1 | 2015-04-10T01:00:44 | 128 | 2 | 23Δ |
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