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I think you’re grouping BDSM and Asexuality together because they are both stigmatized by society. However, BDSM and fetishes are not related to sexual orientation and gender identity. That, at it’s core, is what the LGBT+ movement is about. I absolutely think that BDSM needs more acceptance in society, but it has not... | Asexuality doesn't have a rightful place in the LGBTQ movement any more than a fetish like BDSM. | 0 | 2015-10-27T01:13:59 | 631 | 1 | null |
Bigger than committing literal genocide against native Americans? | I think the war in Iraq is the largest mistake the USA has ever made. | 0 | 2014-08-22T06:32:45 | 46 | 2 | null |
I'm going to ride on what /u/scottevil110 posted [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/2c0frm/cmv_ratheism_should_be_renamed_to_rantitheism/cjap3i1). To reiterate his point, atheism is not something which describes an existing trait, it describes the absence of an otherwise common trait. Simply talking a... | /r/atheism should be renamed to /r/antitheism | 1 | 2014-07-29T18:28:11 | 711 | 5 | 4Δ |
No one is ever 100% themselves, ever, and I don't think its possible. Anyone who is probably has a diagnosable social disorder. Our personalities and behaviors change slightly depending on social context. My work self is slightly different from my friends self from my family self, and from my SO self. They are all 100... | A person can only be 100% themself around another person if they share their reddit account identity with that person | 0 | 2017-06-19T11:07:20 | 58 | 1 | 89 |
[$1.4B](http://www.projectknow.com/how-much-money-is-spent-on-anti-drug-campaigns-in-america/) was spent between 1998 and 2005 on a single anti-marijuana campaign. In that same period, around [40%](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_States#Usage) of people had tried the drug(with that percentage up su... | All drugs should be legal | 1 | 2017-05-07T17:05:26 | 39 | 6 | 31 |
Simply put, the powers that be don't actually *care* what the voters want. They will find a way to put their person on the ballot, because they *know* that if they do, somewhere around 40% of the populace will vote for their nominee *no matter who it is* (within reason) anyway, because they don't want to vote for the o... | Bernie Sanders actually has a very realistic chance of winning the 2016 election. | 0 | 2015-07-03T08:20:41 | 97 | 1 | 8 |
Most, if not all, of who support the restriction of abortion rights in the US tend to refer to themselves as "pro-life." I believe that "anti-abortion" is a better name for these people, as the behavior of many of them are anything but "pro-life." Sure, but only if you also insist on calling "pro-choice" people "pro-ab... | Being "pro-life," but also supporting the scaling back of social programs to support the poor, is hypocritical | 0 | 2017-06-21T01:55:07 | 201 | 1 | 1 |
Well there are plenty of moral frameworks, but whether you agree with them is another story. Take the Christian one. God gave humanity animals and plants to eat because he loves the humans who he created in his very own image, and wants to provide food for them. Animals are acceptable to kill and eat, but they are not ... | I believe there is no moral framework in which it is permissible to eat meat but not to have sex with animals. | 1 | 2015-05-19T10:44:13 | 81 | 8 | 39Δ |
The reason the Native Americans were basically wiped out by viruses and disease carried by early European settlers was because those European settlers had a variety of animals domesticated and therefore their immune systems were stronger than the Native Americans who didn't domesticate as many animals. When a surgeon p... | Planetary Protection (the concept of protecting other planets from Earth life) is a flawed concept. | 1 | 2016-04-29T22:21:46 | 74 | 4 | 1 |
What I think that you see wrong is that it is her duty to report. It is the same as cops who have to report such offenses. While somebody might not support the laws they have to follow them and if you are part of the executive branch in a system like the USA then it is your duty to report. What you are suggesting is ... | Those who enforce the war on drugs are just as guilty as the politicians who wrote the laws. | 0 | 2015-09-07T16:33:56 | 109 | 2 | null |
People would have sex and do drugs and sleep in the stalls. Source: security guard/homeless teen. I've busted people doing it, and been there. | Bathroom stalls should go all the way down, and have no gaps in the doors. | 0 | 2017-04-11T10:03:03 | 60 | 0 | null |
Simplicity is part of Apple's design philosophy, but that's not what's driving the swap to USB-C. Neither is minimalism. Apple is trying to drive the market. USB-C is in a pretty common situation: it's *vastly* superior to every other port/protocol out there, but product developers are very hesitant to start designing ... | Apple are falsely equating simplicity with minimalism in their hardware design | 0 | 2016-11-01T05:52:47 | 191 | 2 | 7 |
The thing is, presidents are not in the position to enforce their view on policy on Congress. They ask for a mandate from their constituents, but when it comes to implementing their policy views into law, presidents need to find a majority in Congress to support their view. Look at president Obama, Obamacare is very si... | I think Hillary Clinton is a good choice to be the next president. | 0 | 2016-07-25T22:21:18 | 140 | 4 | null |
With respect to the example of vaccines in particular, the role of education seems very confusing. As in mentioned in this article from Mother Jones, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/denial-science-chris-mooney, many of the communities that contain lots of unvaccinated kids are very wealthy communities. Whil... | I think that the promotion of "hands on" learning in science education actually has harmful effects on society as a whole. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-15T00:25:52 | 19 | 1 | null |
Ethical veganism is just about trying to cause the least amount of harm possible (within reason). Obviously, you could plant fifty trees and then kill yourself and probably have a much smaller carbon footprint, but no ones advocating that because it's about taking reasonable steps to reduce harm where possible. Just b... | The most ethically vegan thing to do is to commit suicide because human population impacts animal life more negatively than eating them. | 0 | 2017-01-12T05:20:19 | 46 | 2 | 1 |
Most of the reasons the woman lists for needing to go have to do with what her family or the neighbors will think rather than her actually having legitimate reasons to want to leave. It's very possible that she wants to stay but because they're living in a time in which female desire and female sexuality were repressed... | The song "baby it's cold outside" is about rape | 0 | 2014-12-02T21:55:53 | 60 | 2 | 14 |
A prime example of this is iTunes. Music purchases made on iTunes cannot be easily or particularly legally exported out of iTunes. That's simply not true. Music purchased via iTunes is DRM free for years (I think since 2009). The only difference is the format, Apple uses AAC per default, but you can easily convert it t... | Apple is a horrible company that abuses its userbase more than any other company | 0 | 2017-05-30T09:31:00 | 44 | 3 | 5 |
I could write two dozen things in opposition to this, but just to gather a few basic points. -You should understand, if you don't(seems like you don't), that what you're referring is [eugenics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics), a field of thought that has existed for about as long as Darwin's theory of evolution... | We Should execute the weak to improve the human genepool and reduce overpopulation | 1 | 2015-09-01T03:36:37 | 64 | 18 | 6 |
I would suggest that this is a problem with the social circles you're looking at: it would be akin to a white person looking at rednecks and saying "I have lost my faith in white Americans". Maybe a larger portion of the black population are in this group, but you can change your own view by looking at and socializing ... | I have lost my faith in Black Americans | 1 | 2017-07-06T14:14:29 | 36 | 5 | 9 |
You are going about this all wrong. A positive non-racist and ethical outlook on people is good, but it lacks anything pragmatic. Sure, not racially profiling is good, but that should be nowhere near the forefront of your mind. The problem is your swagger, self-awareness, and inner willingness to become tremendously vi... | I don't want to be afraid of random black people on the street. I was just attacked. Again. | 0 | 2017-01-07T03:18:07 | 393 | 10 | null |
Europe is facing massive problems that stem from the fact there are people coming from the Middle East who refuse to accept Western Values. Those are called "every minority in the majority country ever". Every single minority had a problem to integrate, because people naturally don't want to do that. Now, the good way ... | It's not racist to demand that immigrants integrate into the dominant culture, and that is better for them if they do. | 0 | 2017-06-10T23:56:34 | 1,330 | 49 | 34 |
A fade out is one of many tools musicians use for songs. If you think of albums like movies it would be like using a fading cut away to prove a point and move the story along. I agree a 10 song album with 10 fade outs sounds pretty stupid. If I fade song 3 so I can have song 4's intro hit harder, or add to the mood of ... | Ending a song with a fade-out is generally inferior to giving it an actual musical conclusion. | 1 | 2014-08-22T21:28:06 | 111 | 72 | 2 |
While I'll give you that slices are generally superior, there are two instances where square is better. The first is obvious; giant pizzas. Some XL pizzas nowadays are so large, that creating a reasonably sized slice simply isn't possible. It'll end up far too thin and unwieldy. The second is with thin-crust pizza. Whi... | Cutting pizza into squares is wrong | 0 | 2016-04-29T03:13:31 | 41 | 3 | 7 |
By that logic sports like basketball and soccer shouldn't be in the Olympics either, because the referee essentially acts like a judge, and the referee's calls can have a great effect on the outcome of the game | We should remove from the Olympics sports that require judge(s) to declare a winner | 0 | 2016-02-04T20:19:48 | 149 | 2 | null |
Recognize that the primary concern here isn't the "rights" of the adults involved -- it's always what the best interests of the children require. Courts presume that parents are usually the best judges of what's in their kids' best interests, but that presumption can be rebutted. Don't fixate on whether a parent is "fi... | I don't believe grandparents deserve any rights when it comes to being able to see their grandchild(ren). I don't understand why US courts grant grandparents visitation rights despite the child(ren)'s parents being deemed fit. | 0 | 2014-05-01T17:25:33 | 64 | 2 | 1 |
Some knowledge isn't worth the price. What does it feel like to bash in a man's head with a baseball bat? I'm glad that I don't know - the price of that knowledge would be much higher than I ever want to pay. Knowing the flavor difference between heroin cut with baking soda and heroin cut with plaster would likewise re... | There is no pride in not knowing something. | 1 | 2016-01-29T15:39:56 | 31 | 33 | null |
To tackle this, you need to look deeper than demographics. What is the point of affirmative action? At what point is a society fair, as opposed to racist or sexist? Well, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, "a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Now, socie... | I do not think affirmative action is wrong | 0 | 2014-06-29T02:12:15 | 183 | 1 | null |
Okay, I think you have officially Changed My View haha Glad this has been a productive discussion. If your view has indeed been changed, please draw your attention to "The delta (∆) system" in the sidebar and award me one delta. The reason I think this is important is because I'm pissed off about the way things are in... | America is not a democracy | 1 | 2014-12-27T05:22:08 | 75 | 1 | 2 |
Yeah, you're definitely right that they probably wouldn't accept it if Trump wasn't elected president and I also fully agree that the smaller states being weighed disproportionately is a major contribution to Trump winning. That being said, them being hypocrites doesn't render the argument itself pointless, nor does Tr... | The 'America is a Republic, not a Democracy' is a poor rebuttal to a criticism of the Electoral College. | 1 | 2016-12-11T21:59:55 | 146 | 1 | 6 |
The ability to be able to try a juvenile as an adult is an example of taking the law on a case by case basis which is a good thing. In general it is not reasonable to think the law is going to work effectively for every person. If there was a 17 year old serial rapist would you really want them to have their record wi... | trying a child as an adult makes the protections offered to children irrelevant and is downright vengeful | 1 | 2015-05-31T20:40:57 | 51 | 21 | 5Δ |
Ned stark died because he was too noble. Even when he could see the evil in others, he couldn't bring himself to do what was necessary, and tried to be as honorable as possible. Usually the good guy wins in these scenarios, but game of thrones strives for realism more than anything. Yes, he was dumb. But his stupidity ... | after watching Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones, I think TV shows' quality is bad and I don't want to bother seeing any more of it. [Warning: spoilers ahead.] | 0 | 2015-06-06T19:52:48 | 92 | 2 | 12 |
As with all logic, the existence or non-existence of God hangs on some assumptions. Here are mine: 1. The universe exists. 2. The universe has physical limits. 3. The second Law of Thermodynamics (2nd Law) can be taken as true until a single counterexample can be found. 4. The rule of cause-and-effect applies outside t... | I believe God is a completely illogical concept with no basis in reality and was created solely to help us cope with our mortality. | 1 | 2014-05-14T01:51:33 | 119 | 2 | 1 |
Explain why, based on pleasure derived, other desserts deserve their loftier perch in the gastronomic community. People enjoy food not only because of its taste but also because of its novelty, luxury, and sophistication, just as people enjoy fancy wine not just for its taste but also for its price. There’s something a... | Cookies and bars don't get enough respect. | 0 | 2017-01-12T22:14:31 | 79 | 1 | 1 |
1) High corporate tax rates do not work, period. If you tax one of these entities at 30%+, do you really think they'll lay down and pay that? No, they won't. That's why Sweden, Norway, etc. can all have functioning corporate tax income, because they tax at a reasonable 10-15%. Anything above 35% is absolutely absurd, t... | The US should increase the top marginal corporate tax rates and offer tax incentives for companies that keep the minimum wage of their employees over a certain amount | 0 | 2016-06-27T20:39:40 | 136 | 3 | null |
What do you mean by the father having a say? Suppose the mother wants an abortion and the father does not. What do you do? If you go with the abortion, then the father has no say. If you don't, then the mother has no say. If it's a given that one of them has all the power, doesn't it make more sense for it to be the on... | Men Should Have Some Say in Abortion | 0 | 2017-02-22T00:09:56 | 184 | 1 | 3 |
I don't disagree with you in theory, however I am not particularly comfortable with giving the power to any particular group of people to decide what is and what isn't news. I'm sure the lines are quite blurry when you really dig deep, if they miss one correction do they get their title stripped? What if you have a tal... | I believe news organizations that knowingly lie should not be allowed to label themselves "News". CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-01T16:27:05 | 66 | 19 | 15 |
it can, at any point, be suddenly invalidated completely by just one observation. This is incorrect. Scientific theories can be wrong, and they can be improved. But our understanding won't literally reverse from our current understanding. Newtonian physics isn't false because of Einsteinian physics; there are just plac... | I believe, from a nonreligious and completely logic-based view, that since we respect human life, abortion, until we learn WHEN life begins, should be considered murder and should be handled by the states, to protect the rights of what, at the very least, could be a human life. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-30T05:12:47 | 875 | 2 | 1 |
It must come down to how you feel, and it's important that you shouldn't feel pressured or guilty. In CMV it's our job to persuade you of something, but not necessarily the opposite of your view. How about changing your view of the situation as if you were an outsider? What if you changed your view to: "Being the carr... | Being the carrier of a genetic defect, i don't think i should have a second children. | 1 | 2014-08-02T19:02:34 | 91 | 1 | 78 |
Sure, on paper making robots that could flip burgers and make fries seem simple, but think about just how many moving parts that involves. Those parts will get covered in salt and grease, which will corrode a lot of parts, and will make a lot of other ones end up getting, for lack of a better word, pretty gross. They'd... | Fast food joints should be completely automated | 0 | 2015-03-27T21:57:09 | 122 | 3 | 7Δ |
Knowledge of an event doesn't mean that the event couldn't have been different. If you were choosing between milk and juice, and you were going to pick juice, then God would know this. If, however, you were going to pick milk, God's knowledge would have been different. In neither of these scenarios did God force you to... | There can not be an omniscient all-knowing God if humans have free will. The two can't coexist. | 0 | 2014-08-17T23:55:38 | 131 | 1 | 1 |
the amount received in tax is equal to or greater than the amount distributed by UBI Do you think people are proposing to distribute **all** tax dollars out as UBI? UBI would be a very expensive program but it won't distribute **all** tax dollars. I'm really confused by your post because you seem to be missing some fun... | Universal basic income is unsustainable | 1 | 2017-06-22T23:32:57 | 44 | 1 | 2 |
Maybe you should actually try rapping before you criticize it. Having good flow isn't something just anyone can do, it takes practice. Rappers who make their own beats have an additional level of talent as well. Again, beat making isn't as easy as you'd think it would be if you actually tried it. If you're good at bo... | Rappers don't have any real talent. | 0 | 2015-08-18T17:32:42 | 69 | 1 | 21 |
Economically, I believe they are voting against their own interests. Religiously it's more complicated, as religion has gotten really tied up in politics and become a seemingly partisan thing. I'm from Texas, but I currently live in Alabama. I look around me when I drive through this state and often wonder how these p... | Americans in the rust belt are not voting against their best interest when voting republican. | 1 | 2017-04-25T16:55:01 | 240 | 68 | 1 |
Are they actually effective? The pledge of allegiance, in particular, seems utterly counterproductive. Children start reciting it before they can have any idea what these fancy, archaic words mean -- maybe "liberty and justice for all" might have some meaning, but "indivisible"? Or "republic"? And even "liberty and jus... | The pledge of allegience and other rituals of national identity are holding society back. | 0 | 2015-06-01T20:41:38 | 99 | 3 | 7Δ |
* An expensive wedding ring is a kind of a "safety" for wives. If the husband dies or divorces, she still has a valuable object on her person. * An expensive wedding ring indicates that a wife is willing to make a sacrifice (pay x months salary) to marry a woman. Thus, he cares enough about the woman to marry her. It'... | The "you should spend x months salary on a wedding ring" idea is morally reprehensible and financially irresponsible in every single case. | 0 | 2014-10-14T18:41:27 | 92 | 0 | 1 |
I'm a software developer, and as a rule use the command line as much as possible. I find the closer I get to the underlying technology, the better I understand it. Putting more layers on top of it just obfuscates things for me and gets in my way. There was even a period where I didn't even use a graphical desktop envir... | There is no need for programmers to use a command line; in fact, doing so makes them *worse* programmers | 1 | 2017-02-09T19:07:08 | 54 | 5 | 2 |
Often I find myself following the opinion of the mass. When I see a comment is controversial, I become especially critical to what is being said. And when I see a comment that has a very good upvote downvote ratio I rarely disagree, because I don't expect myself to. So I think it forces people to think more for themsel... | I believe that the new "score hiding" system is poorly done and only makes viewing comment threads more annoying. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-09T13:54:31 | 75 | 50 | 2 |
To add to what many have already said, the Beatles introduced to the populace the concept of a compact band that wrote, sang and played their own instruments. They didn't invent the concept, but they did open people's eyes to it. Before they came the music world was filled with solo singers and boy/girl bands who had o... | I don't think that The Beatles are as big of a deal as they are made out to be. | 1 | 2014-05-29T21:19:27 | 67 | 2 | 1 |
There are large parts of the current defense spending that are incredibly wasteful and not adding to the overall safety of the American people. For example, the F35 is an aircraft that has been in development for over a decade, costs estimated to run over $1.5 trillion dollars over the life of the program (of which se... | The United States of America needs to have a massive defensive budget, and honestly needs to be larger. | 1 | 2017-06-26T20:23:22 | 40 | 13 | 1 |
It sounds like most of these problems are with the implementation, and not the idea itself. While these programs have the noble intention of showing girls that they too can be scientists, engineers, programmers, et cetera, it sends out the message to both boys and girls that females need extra help or motivation to pu... | The creation of girl-only programs to promote women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the K-12 level actually perpetuates gender stereotypes in these fields. | 0 | 2015-10-15T04:28:29 | 301 | 65 | 6 |
I do believe it is admissible proof currently. However, a proof's admissibility does not make it also conclusive. There are multiple ways of tampering with such pictures, as well as multiple ways to reinterpret the picture as not showing any illegal act. The presumption of innocence is strong on this one; one would hav... | I think any pictures of someone using or possessing a illegal substance (or minors in places like bars) posted to social media should be admissible as proof for them to be arrested. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-17T00:28:10 | 53 | 1 | 3 |
I'm just going to ask the question: Any taxpayer funded research should be made available to tax payers, they paid for it after all, but is there a problem with making it completely open access to the world? Should a country subsidies research in this way? edit: And is there a way to making any research available to ci... | Taxpayer funded research should be freely available to any citizen upon first publication. | 0 | 2014-11-10T13:29:40 | 141 | 1 | null |
The core of this is whether or not you believe opinion = interpretation. Let's look at your example about homosexuality. You see the statement "being gay isn't natural" as ignorance of facts rather than an opinion. But the operative word there is "natural" and how you interpret it. Just because you see "natural" as li... | I do not think that people can have opinions on anything that can be proven scientifically or factually. | 1 | 2016-12-19T17:44:13 | 195 | 375 | 1 |
For as long as I can remember I've been a huge Star Wars fan. How long? There's a documentary called *The People Vs. George Lucas* and one other I can't remember, where in both they essentially make the same point: *Star Wars* was never about being a serious film and was always about kids. Ewoks in *Return of the Jedi*... | The Star Wars prequels are objectively bad and there is nothing redeeming about them. | 0 | 2017-03-25T05:17:57 | 37 | 2 | 7 |
Consider a few things (and I'm not trying to take sides on the abortion debate here, but only to address the idea that these things are inconsistent). But...before that, the term "murder" is generally reserved for something that is _by definition_ criminal. I think "ending life" might be a better term since if it's leg... | It's morally inconsistent to think abortion is murder, but also believe it's up to women. | 1 | 2017-01-30T23:06:55 | 67 | 4 | 55 |
Wait, you are young, college educated, bisexual, female, and atheist. Before you ask us why you don't think another republican can win, you should really take a look at yourself first. You've likely surrounded yourself in an echo chamber. I present 2 reasons why the Republicans are still going strong: 1) Young people d... | Unless the Republicans change their stance on social issues, the United States will never have another Republican President | 0 | 2015-08-29T06:04:35 | 60 | 3 | null |
I have never seen any benifit to private school. Evidently some parents do. That's not your call to make. The only thing it does is creates social inequality from the start. The kids who go to private schools are usually rich white kids that already have a socioenconomic advantage. What's the problem here? We don't ban... | I think that private schooling and homeschooling should be made illegal, and everyone be forced to attend public school. | 0 | 2015-08-25T16:48:15 | 148 | 3 | 11 |
In [some states](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/16/states-atheists-banned-public-office/) it is illegal to hold public office and be an Athiest. And to your second point, I don't know about the other states, but here in AR you have to publicly acknowledge your belief in God to hold a liquor license at your pla... | Atheists in Western nations aren't currently being persecuted or oppressed in any meaningful way | 1 | 2014-09-17T08:34:27 | 110 | 7 | 1 |
It doesn't force me to ponder anything other than "well, which definition of sound are you using?" It has a definite yes/no answer depending. This is a pretty deep pondering though! Semantics is often derided in an argument, but it is crucial. If you're discussing the nature of things falling with no one around with so... | If a tree falls in a forest with no one around to hear it, it DOES make a sound. | 1 | 2016-05-11T19:11:05 | 51 | 2 | 92 |
Pedophilia is a sexual orientation It's not. It's classified as a [paraphilia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paraphilias). It would actually not make any sense to call pedophilia a sexual orientation. The "sex" in sexual orientation does not refer to intimate activities involving genitals, but to the sex***es*... | Pedophilia is a sexual orientation and thus can't be rehabilitated | 0 | 2016-12-25T00:29:20 | 51 | 1 | 23 |
My father and I had this conversation once. I'm not good with words, so I'll post the excerpt from the book I used as my main point. It's from The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett's. The capifalized letters are by the character Death, who is conversing with his granddaughter about the tooth fairy, the purpose of belief, an... | I believe that lying to young children about Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy etc. is negative, and probably creates huge trust issues for some down the line CMV | 1 | 2014-02-05T05:35:01 | 43 | 3 | 1 |
That isn't what you were arguing against though. You were saying we don't need triggers at all. There is a difference between fakers ("I LITTERALLY GOT PTSD FROM A SANDWICH" tumblrinas) and people with PTSD after a rape or seeing a friend die. Being triggered (from a real case not a faker) could lead to suicide in ext... | 'Triggers' aren't a real thing. We should all be able to overcome our issues and not project them unto other people. | 1 | 2015-08-08T00:56:12 | 283 | 78 | 9 |
The states already are tasked with incorporating the business, and this makes more sense to be under their control. Just like with minimum wage, allowing let the lawmakers of the state to overriding control of the federal standard usually proves to be the better option. This also gives companies a choice on where to op... | I think they United States should pass minimum mandatory leave laws. | 1 | 2014-07-16T19:54:47 | 72 | 3 | 11Δ |
You're view has already been changed, but I'd like to add a little something. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, their tastes, and their preferences. As this thread has made clear, quite a few people here are the minority of people who like licorice. And their opinions are wrong. Licorice is objectively terrible ... | Liqourice should not be included in variety packs of jelly beans. | 0 | 2014-09-24T13:09:29 | 39 | 2 | 2 |
I believe that sexual reassignment therapy and subsequent surgery are harsh, irreversible treatments dealt to the body to adhere to the requirements of a mind that is malleable through outside influence and chemicals. Speaking as a trans woman, transitioning was pretty much the only thing that is possible to ameliorat... | Gender reassignment surgery is a blunt, barbaric way to solve a very, very complicated mental illness. | 1 | 2016-07-31T18:34:13 | 111 | 17 | 6 |
No one should be complaining There is your problem right there. People should complain if they are not satisfied. The schools are paid for by their taxes, they should have a right to complain. I also think your alternative of homeschooling is not a good alternative. Poor people can't stay home all day and teach their k... | No one should be complaining about public schools when alternatives exist that they're not willing to take advantage of. | 0 | 2015-01-11T21:37:27 | 77 | 6 | null |
I would suggest one narrow category where you should consider changing your view: People who are convicted of *election fraud* in particular should sometimes (or always) have their voting rights limited. At least until it is determined that letting them vote again is safe. It is common for criminals, particularly felo... | Felons should be allowed to vote. | 1 | 2016-04-22T21:53:50 | 246 | 8 | 4 |
If suffering is greater than pleasure, I could understand why you would commit suicide. But a better approach is to find a way to make your pleasure in life greater than your suffering. So to help us, could you tell us what suffering is in your life? So basically, we are all going to die eventually. Not completely acc... | We are all going to die someday, I might just as well kill myself right now. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-21T21:02:10 | 24 | 2 | 62Δ |
That simply doesn't work. It's impossible for just about any politician to keep their promises, especially in today's political climate. For example, the Democrats and Republicans have completely different policy proposals that counter one another. In your system the minority party will be punished for being the minori... | Politicians should be legally required to keep campaign promises | 0 | 2017-04-08T22:37:24 | 32 | 1 | 30 |
The education system is a spectrum. In the early years, knowledge is all they teach. Children are unable to think critically to understand *why* 1 + 1 = 2, all they can grasp is that it *just does*. When they're older, they can be taught the logic behind the axioms of mathematics. To do basic math, science, etc., you d... | The education system today focuses on knowledge and does not develop thinking, leading to problems. | 0 | 2016-12-24T19:20:07 | 38 | 6 | 16 |
Studies such as the Madrid study have shown that there are real physical differences that correspond with the gender transgender people transition to, this also drives transgender people to usually assume the gender roles of what they are transitioning to. This happens because there are biological differences in behavi... | If you accept transgender people, you also have to accept transracial, or you are a hypocrite. | 0 | 2017-04-11T01:06:03 | 205 | 2 | null |
You talk about this like the US is the only major player on the world stage. If we were, we could take a more absolutist stand. However, we are not. A professor I had who used to work at the UN said you should always make judgments with one key consideration: Compared to what? We will never have an ideal world. We can ... | The support of Saudi Arabia is one of the worst foreign policy decisions that the US and its allies has ever made. | 0 | 2016-09-20T10:39:29 | 215 | 7 | 12 |
Dilemma here is 1, The Opposition give in to the Nazi Intimidation, and give up their own political power. or 2. They resist the intimidation, give their vote according to the election results, and band together to vote for the opposition. Or, option 3. They agree to support Hitler if he gives their own party some powe... | I Support the Electoral College. | 1 | 2016-11-13T20:01:22 | 72 | 3 | null |
because someone has the title of a law enforcer doesn't mean that they shouldn't follow the same legal process as a citizen would. Yes, it should. They are trained professionals. Whether you like it or not, a cop has better instincts for high pressure potentially lethal situations than an ordinary citizen. I mean, wha... | Police officers who kill citizens for any reason should be placed under arrest by another officer for murder. | 0 | 2015-08-06T22:31:01 | 125 | 0 | 1 |
But anyway, I think that's a bit beside the point. The point is that anisogamy is very widespread, and in species which do have it, it can be used to define two sexes. As such, biological sex is not just a social construct. | Biological sex (male / female) is a social construct. | 1 | 2016-07-25T16:50:39 | 113 | 6 | 2 |
we wouldn't need as robust abortion rights with better sex education and access to contraception For the pro-choice POV, I'd agree that fewer individuals would require access to robust abortion rights with better sex education and access to contraception, in the sense that there would be fewer unintended pregnancies. ... | I feel that fighting for better contraception availability and sex ed in the US is more important than fighting for abortion. | 0 | 2015-03-15T17:45:57 | 210 | 2 | null |
Learning another language doesn't just have to be for communicating with your direct surroundings. Learning a new language gives you access to a lot more media and culture than you previously would be exposed to. Knowing more languages doesn't just represent being able to talk to more people. It is a sign of being educ... | It's unfair to criticize people from the U.S. so much for only knowing English. | 0 | 2016-01-20T11:38:06 | 75 | 2 | 1 |
Another angle: perhaps you *are* correct, that most people you are romantically interested in do not like you. However, I want to argue that you actually have *very little* understanding about why that is. For instance, your insistence on being attractive, which is far less of an issue for men than it is for women. Or,... | Some people just aren't lovable and will literally never find a romantic partner to like them. | 0 | 2017-04-10T19:43:52 | 77 | 3 | 17 |
I started smoking when I was 17, though it never got to the point where I was smoking more than a half a pack a day. At most points I was only smoking 3-4 a day, and I've since quit. I was also a smart kid and I applied myself. I skipped some grades and went to a math and science academy during high school. And yet I s... | Anybody who has taken up smoking tobacco since the year 1990 has made a proundly stupid decision and has nobody to blame but themselves. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-26T16:32:06 | 924 | 1 | 2 |
Why not just emigrate to Europe? Or make good on the perennial promise Americans make every election and come over to Canada? Or Australia? Or Britain? Or Ireland? All of these well-developed, mostly English-speaking, democratic parts of the world have high quality of life, and better healthcare than the US for the ave... | if Obamacare isn't replaced, Americans who can't afford healthcare should consider going to Europe and committing nonviolent crimes with lengthy sentences | 0 | 2016-12-13T09:22:32 | 29 | 1 | 12 |
We only see negative outcomes. Positive outcomes, especially in the form of wars we didn't fight, peoplw who were not killed by terrorists, gangs that didn't form, etc. are impossible to prove. Not to justify any of the decisions we made, but unintended consequences aren't the same as bad decisions. Anyone put in a pos... | At this moment in time, the United States creates more problems than it solves both domestically and internationally. | 1 | 2015-12-28T21:49:59 | 119 | 27 | 1 |
Anything else is discriminatory. First question is: so what? Laws can and do discriminate all the time. 15-year-olds can't buy liquor. A 30 year-old can. Total discrimination based on age. Totally okay. There are some kinds of discrimination that isn't allowed, but the rules are probably fuzzier than you think. There ... | If you allow Trans women with penises to use women's locker rooms and showers, then it would become discriminatory to men with penises from using them as well | 1 | 2015-11-04T21:05:41 | 107 | 15 | 3 |
The official theatrical version of the prequel trilogy is awful. There are so many moments I cringe on seeing that it is unwatchable for me. However, there are enjoyable moments hidden between the awfulness. I watched a fan edit of The Phantom Menace, [Shadow of the Sith by L8wrtr]( https://ifdb.fanedit.org/sots/), and... | Star Wars episodes 1, 2, 3 are not worth watching. | 1 | 2016-10-15T19:39:11 | 42 | 0 | 1 |
People with higher incomes generally work longer hours already, society has agreed that richer people pay more taxes. | The rate at which one's income is taxed should be based upon average hourly income rather than annual income | 0 | 2015-01-11T18:34:13 | 72 | 1 | null |
Killing people over their words, or their paintings or drawings, or their symbolic speech, is fundamentally immoral. Yielding to the demands of someone who says "don't *say* this or I will kill you" encourages people to make that kind of demand. Thus the appropriate reaction to people who make those kinds of demands is... | Drawing images of Mohammed and posting them on Reddit (or proliferating them anywhere) is unethical. | 0 | 2015-01-09T00:26:29 | 73 | 4 | 14 |
Grades are not an accurate reflection of intelligence. There are different types of intelligence, some people find math and science easier, some more fine humanities easier, and some find the arts easier. Some people are just very bad test takers. They may understand the material and do all of their homework but fail t... | Grades are an accurate reflection of intelligence | 0 | 2014-06-02T07:12:36 | 42 | 1 | null |
If you're worried about it, get properly drunk surrounded by trusted friends who are instructed not to let you do anything really, really stupid and find out what kind of drunk you are. Or don't - I happen to know that I am basically perfectly fine while plastered in that I'm not going to cheat on my girlfriend, not go... | Getting drunk on purpose is an irresponsible decision | 1 | 2014-08-05T05:28:07 | 66 | 2 | 3 |
I think that you need to distinguish between your problem with critical race theory and social justice movements. It looks to me like you're arguing that critical race theorists are doing a bad job of examining non-western societies and that social justice movements aren't trying to affect change within them. I think t... | Critical race theorists and related social justice movements usually ignore non-European forms of oppression | 0 | 2016-01-19T23:07:26 | 92 | 10 | 4 |
The problem is that, in most cases, it's impossible to tell if somebody could overcome a hurdle if they tried hard enough or circumvented it through changing methods etc. In practice then, it's always easy to say "well you didn't try hard enough" and it's non-falsifiable. Likewise, you can always say "well I never sto... | No amount of practice can overcome a lack of talent. | 0 | 2017-06-07T16:12:22 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
1,2 and 3 This is definitely true, but it might actually be a good thing. If we imagine the car hobby in 50 years, it might actually be cooler than it is now. I mean, I suppose it depends on what part of the hobby you like the most. You're right that buying and owning cars, especially nice cars with internal combustio... | I'm scared of self-driving cars. | 1 | 2016-06-29T22:20:21 | 40 | 1 | 8 |
Hello, so I am a mixed race person (black and white). I have always struggled to find my place because racism still exists and people want to categorize you. That being said, while I have experienced racism from white people I have also seen it in Asians. Go to Asia and you will experience some crazy ass casual racism... | Almost all white people are inherently racist/evil and blacks should segregate | 0 | 2016-10-19T14:42:25 | 232 | 3 | 3 |
What do you mean by credit? I think from what you're saying, you're equating it to popularity. If that's the case then yes, screenwriters do not get a lot of credit. Within the industry, however, a screenwriter can do lots of work without ever having their name in the credits(e.g. script doctoring), but they become suc... | Screenwriters deserve far more credit for films than they get, directors deserve less | 0 | 2016-08-10T06:28:46 | 99 | 1 | null |
I keep u block on most sites, but usually make an exception for quality journalism. I'm surprised to learn about Forbes delivering malware though. This misunderstands how modern web ads work. Precious few websites actually manage ad sales of their space, rather they outsource it to advertising networks who run the ads ... | There is an ugly culture of entitlement when it comes to ad blocking and piracy. | 1 | 2016-11-14T17:22:24 | 73 | 19 | 236 |
I would say that there are parts of religion that I agree with. I've volunteers at churches when they were helping to give food to some very needy people. But what pisses me off is when religion wants to get their faith based beliefs taught in science class at public schools. I get militant about that, not because I w... | Militant Atheists hate religion because they have been personally damaged by it. | 0 | 2016-03-25T06:58:58 | 35 | 1 | 57 |
The EU basically works in much the same ways. The US is technically united as one nation, but each state within the US has its own laws and, more importantly, its own culture. Going to Dallas Texas is a *completely* different experience from going to New York City, both of which are wholly different from going to Los A... | We need to do away with all the small countries in Europe and unite them as a single nation like the U.S, and later strive to turn all small countries into large, united tracts of land. | 0 | 2015-07-31T07:16:35 | 31 | 1 | 60 |
It is NOT the medium. The reason the show was great for the first few seasons, began to suffer from rushed/clumsy storylines last season, and is seeing more of the same this season, is because the showrunners have now moved beyond the books and they are now effectively creating new content for ASOIAF. The problem is no... | Game of Thrones has finally been stretched too thin by the constraints of television and the storytelling is starting to suffer. [SPOILERS!] | 1 | 2016-05-04T18:36:46 | 72 | 133 | 33 |
What if the job is for some kind of anti-drug organization? Wouldn't the hypocrisy of telling kids to "just say no" while high as a kite justify termination? | There is no good reason to drug test any white collar worker | 1 | 2015-06-11T18:40:18 | 68 | 1 | 4 |
Disclosure: I was an intern at Blizzard for a few months, though I never worked on Titan/Overwatch Blizzard is a massive company with deep pockets, that's true. Blizzard has also shown time and time again that they have high standards of quality and continue to support their games through continued development (Warcraf... | Overwatch is overrated, and wouldn't be nearly as well embraced by the community if it was made by another company. | 1 | 2016-06-30T10:15:54 | 62 | 2 | 6 |
I guess I want to take it from a somewhat different perspective even if has been somewhat touched on. It seems you somewhat believe it's the responsibility for the person who wants an mono relationship to be the one to sacrifice their own preference for the sake of their partner, but where is the responsibility of the ... | Not agreeing to your partner being polyamorous is rooted in your own insecurity. | 0 | 2015-12-28T06:54:10 | 119 | 1 | 1 |
How is it unfair to rate those movies low? You just explained how they are losing value. The only people who would actually use those ratings are people like you, who don't have the understanding of context required to warrant the amazingly high rating. So, why allow other people walk into the same situation and experi... | I believe movies on imdb with more than 20 - 30 years should not be open for rating, CMV | 1 | 2013-07-29T02:07:18 | 24 | 3 | 70Δ |
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