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CMV: Euthanasia and neutering of pet animals should generally be banned | {'id': 'lzgrafb', 'text': 'But why doesn’t modern farming techniques, battery chickens, etc etc count as “treating animals bizarrely”?', 'author': 'oGsBumder', 'score': 7, 'timestamp': 1732828221} | {'id': 'lzgr7lx', 'text': "Animals can't convey their own choices. They should be put down if they're old and/or in serious pain. Pets should be neutered because feral animals are bad. They cause problems, drive bird populations down, and further the problems of inbreeding.", 'author': 'lt_Matthew', 'score': 1, 'timest... | 1h25ky6 | CMV: Euthanasia and neutering of pet animals should generally be banned | I think a lot of the softness / weirdness / decadence in modern society comes from (or coincides with) our wrong and bizarre opinions about animals.
I believe these 2 practices are large contributors to our wrong beliefs about animals.
**Euthanasia**
- First, is demonstrably very harmful to the poor vets who are fo... | 1,732,827,509 | wormno | nan | nan | 2024-11-28 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Psychotherapy is overrun by leftist practitioners, lacks diversity, and cannot be trusted to provide ethical therapy | {'id': 'lzlzsan', 'text': 'Again, this applies to a professional organization or a professional community of practice. Not individual therapist. \n\nLet’s say the American Medical Association spoke out against Trump or against Harris. Doesn’t really matter. The professional organization now has a political bias that... | {'id': 'lzlwlqd', 'text': 'Your argument about diversity falls apart when you look at the actual data. The field is way more diverse than you think - APA stats show that among new psychology PhDs, about 38% are racial/ethnic minorities, and that number is growing every year. Male representation has also been steadily i... | 1h2u6xp | CMV: Psychotherapy is overrun by leftist practitioners, lacks diversity, and cannot be trusted to provide ethical therapy | I believe that psychotherapy as a field has become dominated by white, female, liberal practitioners, which undermines its ability to provide ethical and trustworthy care for clients. Using the same argument that leftists often make about diversity in fields like programming, executive boards, and other industries, I a... | 1,732,909,823 | Puzzle_headed_4rlz | nan | nan | 2024-11-29 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Sometimes race swapping matters, sometimes it doesn't | {'id': 'lzlv3te', 'text': "How does her skin being any other color make the story so radically different that someone wouldn't be able to recognize it even with the same name? It seems you're opposed to the very thing that allowed those stories to take shape, which is that they were adapted from prior stories with all ... | {'id': 'lzluill', 'text': "You couldn't pick worse example. Some people say, she was white, some say she was black. Some say in between. I'd say in this case it doesn't matter because we simply don't know. \n\nI think it matters in cases where we know. You don't want a film about Japan in middle ages where every other ... | 1h2tdql | CMV: Sometimes race swapping matters, sometimes it doesn't | I have seen the extremes of this perspective, and perhaps more people think like me, but the loudest voices drown out the rest. But, I think that if a remake or live action adaptation of a movie/tv show is being made, then the race or ethnicity of a character matters only when cultural/racial elements are at the forefr... | 1,732,907,667 | Blasberry80 | nan | nan | 2024-11-29 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Tyson Vs Paul should have been been transparent about the rules and then billed it as Tysons toughest challenge yet. | {'id': 'lz6w0t5', 'text': 'There\'s no way anyone would organically spin it that way. Instead you\'d hear people saying\n\n\n"Tyson ruins legacy after accepting incredibly unfair fight for money"\n\n\n"Jake Paul fight with Tyson won\'t do anything for his reputation after hearing about the fight rules" \n\n\n"No way T... | {'id': 'lz6vvqb', 'text': 'Paul only wants to fight fights he know he will win.\n\nThe whole point of the fake fights is for a rich, famous nobody to get some fake accomplishments\n\nIf everyone knew ahead of time the rules are set up so this chump has unfair advantage it would hurt his reputation rather than boost it'... | 1h0vay5 | CMV: Tyson Vs Paul should have been been transparent about the rules and then billed it as Tysons toughest challenge yet. | By this point anyone who even cares remotely about the Tyson vs Paul fight, knows about the several, alleged, (secret) handicaps against Tyson in the fight. One of which, being he can't knock Jake Paul out.
Going forward, let's assume this to be fact. If it IS true, they should have marketed it as Tysons biggest cha... | 1,732,679,299 | Ultimateace43 | nan | nan | 2024-11-27 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Slavery and human trafficking is morally and ethically wrong. | {'id': 'lzjgcmd', 'text': "Rule B of the subreddit says you must personally hold the view and demonstrate that you are open to changing it. \n\nYou hold the view, which is great, but have not demonstrated an openness to changing it. With this topic, that's also great. I think we'll all agree that being against slavery ... | {'id': 'lzjfs8j', 'text': 'Didn\'t you get the memo? A segment of a particular country\'s electorate doesn\'t call them slaves or the human trafficked; they call them asylum seeker and undocumented immigrants \n\nSince these "undocumented immigrants" are paid like crap the liberals can go through with their lives calli... | 1h2icde | CMV: Slavery and human trafficking is morally and ethically wrong. | Honestly there is no defence for slavery and human trafficking, the idea of a human being forced against their will to do labour or be taken to a place against their will as property is abhorrent affront against human rights.
Honestly, it is terrifying and sad that these still happens, but some people say it is mora... | 1,732,873,482 | Evoxrus_XV | nan | nan | 2024-11-29 | 2024_fall |
CMV: I believe within ethics and politics the consent principle/voluntarism is unreliable and times fallacious. | {'id': 'lz5orqe', 'text': 'This kind of reaffirm my point that the context and scope of the conversation and how certain phrases fit actually has to be taken into account.\n\nYou can be talking about a multitude of sex act and somebody in passing will say well I don’t really give a shit as long as the people partaking ... | {'id': 'lz5nhu0', 'text': "I suppose my response would be, how serious is the perceived harm? There are no universals. \n\nYou can't consent to being murdered for instance, you also can't consent to your surgeon perfoming surgery on you with McDonalds cutlery. Consent is not the defining factor. \n\nSimilarly extreme ... | 1h0pmtp | CMV: I believe within ethics and politics the consent principle/voluntarism is unreliable and times fallacious. | I commonly hear people when advocating for various contentious social issues use the phrase “if it’s between consenting adults, I have no problem” as a form of justification. While that principle seems reasonable at face value, I’ve found the majority of people who use it rarely apply that standard universally and reso... | 1,732,662,362 | Kage_anon | nan | nan | 2024-11-26 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Isolationism, as foreign policy, will fail. The next generation will suffer due to an adherence to isolationist principles. | {'id': 'lzajza5', 'text': '>What is isolationism, then?\n\n[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku)\n\n**Sakoku (鎖国 / 鎖國, "chained country")** is the most common name for the [isolationist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolationism) [foreign policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For... | {'id': 'lzafek8', 'text': 'It always fails.\n\nLook at the most isolationist places in the world. They are all shit.\n\nAlso, it\'s a lie.\n\nOur navy is literally the police of the world\'s oceans.\n\nWe are the largest economy in the world.\n\nBy definition, we can\'t be ourselves and still be isolationist.\n\nIt wa... | 1h1c3mx | CMV: Isolationism, as foreign policy, will fail. The next generation will suffer due to an adherence to isolationist principles. | From AP: “Trump argued Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia’s February 2022 attack, declaring that even ‘the worst deal would’ve been better than what we have now’.”
Donald Trump wanted Ukraine, a sovereign nation, to cede territory to Putin in a “deal.”... | 1,732,734,331 | bg02xl | nan | nan | 2024-11-27 | 2024_fall |
CMV: We were put on this earth to suffer | {'id': 'lzxfn8a', 'text': "You're welcome.\xa0\n\n\nAdvice regarding strategies is a huge ask. It's much easier for me to think of the other side of the coin than to actually be convinced by those thoughts, if you know what I mean.\n\n\nI think for me it all boils down to a few core truths: the bad in us will never kee... | {'id': 'lzwxqe9', 'text': '"Comfort" and "Convenience" have brought our shared environment to the brink. Pursuing them has created selfish, entitled, and cruel people with huge disparities of wealth. God will judge us harshly!', 'author': 'Lance_E_T_Compte', 'score': -1, 'timestamp': 1733080563} | 1h4atso | CMV: We were put on this earth to suffer | One of my long-held mantras in my life is a simple one: "We were not put on this earth to suffer". This year has shown me that the opposite is the truth. Life is one instance of suffering after another, and the only constants in it are that we are born, and that we die. In my individual life, I have been hit with an ab... | 1,733,080,274 | effervescentcatheter | nan | nan | 2024-12-01 | 2024_fall |
CMV: r/nostupidquestions and perhaps any other question subreddit is kinda useless now. | {'id': 'ltn1ei2', 'text': "If I've changed your view, even a small bit, please feel free to reward a Delta.", 'author': 'Wellfooled', 'score': 4, 'timestamp': 1729834229} | {'id': 'ltmwdtk', 'text': 'AI chatbots are built to make the most natural-sounding text it can. Not the most accurate.', 'author': 'dougmantis', 'score': 3, 'timestamp': 1729831555} | 1gbm11p | CMV: r/nostupidquestions and perhaps any other question subreddit is kinda useless now. | It would've been useful - at least, if ChatGPT didn't exist. Now such AI chatbots can answer a variety of questions even Google can't. Sure, won't hurt to ask in the subreddit, but wouldn't it be faster to use AI to help answer the question rather than waiting for another user to respond?
I mean, it's not even about e... | 1,729,830,328 | ManyRazzmatazz4584 | nan | nan | 2024-10-25 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Terms like unalive detract from the painful reality of suicide, the fact that words are now being used which specifically became mainstream due to people not wanting to get demonetised is a sad reflection of the state of humanity | {'id': 'lz933m8', 'text': 'It sounds weird to me too and isn\'t something I\'m likely to say. But I almost wonder if that\'s part of the idea. "Suicide" sounds romantic and meaningful, "unalive" sounds clumsy and dumb. After a couple decades of increasing rates of teen suicide, maybe it\'s a small way to take some o... | {'id': 'lz8za9u', 'text': 'That’s true that language evolves but “unalive” wasn’t a medical term like your example, it is genuinely a joke. It’s like “uncomfy”, like imagine if the word harrassed was replaced by “uncomfy”z I remember when people started using “unalive” some years ago as self depricative “✨depression✨” ... | 1h15jnn | CMV: Terms like unalive detract from the painful reality of suicide, the fact that words are now being used which specifically became mainstream due to people not wanting to get demonetised is a sad reflection of the state of humanity | The word came about from subtitles on shorts and videos, to prevent getting the video demonetised. This is dystopian, the fact that watered down language that shouldn’t exist now does, not due to language progressing, but rather regressing due to money being held above using proper terminology.
I don’t blame the creat... | 1,732,717,662 | CopyGrand7281 | nan | nan | 2024-11-27 | 2024_fall |
CMV: there can be no morality without religion | {'id': 'lxo91tn', 'text': "Absolutely - someone else could believe its moral to litter. \n\nBut I don't believe it is moral, so I don't do it. But that is not based on any legal standing or religious doctrine. \n\nI feel bad when I do things that I think are bad, so I avoid those things.", 'author': 'Rainbwned', ... | {'id': 'lxo1xkz', 'text': '///"Any system of morality has to have a mechanism of enforcement. I am saying that religion and nothing else is such a mechanism of enforcement.\xa0"\n\n \nYes , you are SAYING that, not demonstrating it in any way whatsoever so why even bother debating what has not been proven ?', 'author'... | 1gtpymm | CMV: there can be no morality without religion | This topic is posted here on a regular basis but I have not yet seen a sound argument. The fundamental reason why religion is required is to have an enforcement mechanism for moral principles in the same way that courts and police exist for legal principles. Let me first make a few assumptions.
1. I refer to religion... | 1,731,883,698 | NightflowerFade | nan | nan | 2024-11-17 | 2024_fall |
CMV: If thoughts represent potential realities, then simulation theory suggests we are likely already living in a simulation. | {'id': 'lza49w8', 'text': ">It’s not about a 100% success rate but about the demonstrable link between imagination and eventual realization in certain contexts.\n\nWhat is that context and how does simulation theory fit into that context? Because frankly there's also a strong link between imagination and false ideas. T... | {'id': 'lz9zs82', 'text': 'The jump from 3 to 4 requires a clarification of 3. Really, it’s an assumption that you can decide for yourself it it’s fair\n\n> 3. It is reasonable to assume simulations exist\n\nHonestly I think this is fair, considering we have simulations, but strictly speaking there are legitimate argum... | 1h19vhl | CMV: If thoughts represent potential realities, then simulation theory suggests we are likely already living in a simulation. | Humans have an extraordinary capacity for thought: the ability to envision, predict, and simulate alternative realities in our minds. Throughout history, many ideas that once seemed impossible—such as creating fire or flying—were eventually actualized. What was unachievable in one era became reality in another, as know... | 1,732,728,844 | la_poule | nan | nan | 2024-11-27 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The Internet Is Not That Bad | {'id': 'm041vyn', 'text': "The issue with your post is that you are describing what people complain about in regards to the internet, but you are leaving out what they think people should do about those problems. You acknowledge that the problems exist and then point out that they can be fixed, as if the fact that the... | {'id': 'm03yo0k', 'text': 'The internet is all of our eggs in one basket. Someone said you aren’t supposed to do that.', 'author': 'jennimackenzie', 'score': 0, 'timestamp': 1733179183} | 1h57bh9 | CMV: The Internet Is Not That Bad | Frankly, I'm surprised that it took this long for somebody to make a post like this, but I did actually check google and, wow, it's nothing but angry Redditors complaining that the Internet is a cancer/worst thing ever to exist/is ruining everything. I highly disagree, here's why:
**Point #1: The Internet helps pe... | 1,733,177,339 | AGuyWhatDoesThings | nan | nan | 2024-12-02 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Our global society is turning to a dumpster-fire due to pollution, animal cruelty, fossil fuel extraction, political/social polarization, new technologies being used to commit unspeakable injustices, and other harms. | {'id': 'm03zwnf', 'text': "Because having problems doesn't mean you shouldn't have hope. I refuted all of your other points and agreed on one point. \n\nJust because my finger hurts doesn't mean I should lose hope. I have the rest of my body that's fine and I use that to fix my finger. In the same way, we live in a tim... | {'id': 'm03z51d', 'text': "We live in the age of convenience and technology. We have the knowledge of the world in our pockets. We go to a warehouse of food and trade paper for sustenance. It's absurd to think that modern times are horrible compared to any other age.\n\nYou need to get off the internet and go outside o... | 1h57d7l | CMV: Our global society is turning to a dumpster-fire due to pollution, animal cruelty, fossil fuel extraction, political/social polarization, new technologies being used to commit unspeakable injustices, and other harms. | So I am in my late 20s, and I have been alive long enough to realize how screwed up modern life has become. It is like that musical song "Life is a Fucked Up Mess" from *Big Mouth* is turning to reality. So to give you an idea what topics I would point out, here is the bulleted list.
* Pollution
* Animal Cruelty
* Fos... | 1,733,177,458 | Denim_Skirt_4013 | nan | nan | 2024-12-02 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Mr Keating from Dead Poets Society was THE best teacher | {'id': 'lznelhv', 'text': 'Well back then the resources avaialble were pretty much non-existant and people were generally a hell of a lot more violent and less interested in school.\n\nHaving kids chant the alphabet or their times tables wasn\'t harming anyone and the rhetoric around "only" rote learning was greatly ex... | {'id': 'lzmx7s3', 'text': "I haven't watched the movie as an adult so maybe I should do that. But as I remember he gave some good advice to the kids, specifically the lesson about following your own path and to avoid the mundane and unsatisfactory experiences that comes from conformity.\n\nBut turning the kids against ... | 1h2ynr4 | CMV: Mr Keating from Dead Poets Society was THE best teacher |
I know a lot of people like to say that Mr. Keating wasn’t a good teacher, and honestly, I don’t get it. Sure, we don’t see a ton of his actual classroom instruction, but the point of his character wasn’t to drill poetry analysis or hand out grades. He was there to inspire, to get his students to think for themselves.... | 1,732,922,236 | Total_Literature_809 | nan | nan | 2024-11-29 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Citizen traffic violation reports should lead directly to fines in many cases | {'id': 'lzdtq6a', 'text': 'So in my town there are red light cameras at every intersection. School zones also have cameras for speeding. We don’t run red lights or speed in school zones here. It gets annoyingly expensive if you do. So call it dystopian but that’s reality for a lot of cities. And certainly this leve... | {'id': 'lzdt1aw', 'text': 'I\'d count those both as traffic violations.\n\nBy "if there\'s evidence," you include a random person sending a cell phone or dashcam video to the police? Speeding is especially surprising, given that basically everyone is speeding basically all the time.\n\nWhere do you live? And can you li... | 1h1rsrm | CMV: Citizen traffic violation reports should lead directly to fines in many cases | In today's age with everyone having a smartphone and some people even having dashcams, I feel like it would make sense to allow some reports to directly lead to a fine for the traffic violator. A lot of the time, people simply don't care about respecting traffic rules but if they knew that their fellow citizens were mo... | 1,732,783,907 | macnfly23 | nan | nan | 2024-11-28 | 2024_fall |
CMV: 90% of Donald Trump’s public statements are hyperbolic. 50% of Americans Accept These Statements As True. | {'id': 'lzmoail', 'text': "Not disingenuous but it's a sort of cognitive dissonance, if you ever get one down to brass tacks on their beliefs and what he's said or done they get mad because it flies directly in the face of their religious beliefs 99% of the time.", 'author': 'Spacemarine658', 'score': 9, 'timestamp': 1... | {'id': 'lzmnh77', 'text': "To be fair you could argue a lot of his backers also believe his hyperbolic nonsense if you look at objectively it's literally impossible for him to please all the corporations and organisations he's made promises to because they have conflict goals and interests.", 'author': 'Foxhound97_', '... | 1h2xlmg | CMV: 90% of Donald Trump’s public statements are hyperbolic. 50% of Americans Accept These Statements As True. | The following are some of Trump’s most egregious hyperbolic statements:
“On Nov. 7, 2020, as news organizations correctly projected that Biden had defeated him, Trump tweeted the opposite: ‘I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!’.”
“Kamala has imported an army of illegal alien gang members and migrant criminals from the dung... | 1,732,919,206 | bg02xl | nan | nan | 2024-11-29 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Goodhearted "cultural appropriation" is flattering and should not be frowned upon. | {'id': 'lx7bv0s', 'text': 'There\'s cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation. Appreciation is, well, appreciated. Good faith, well meaning people showing genuine interest and due reverence for sensitive cultural things is amazing. Belittling the important cultural aspects of a marginalized peoples as an accesso... | {'id': 'lx6yl7z', 'text': 'I think a lot of times when people say someone is doing cultural appropriation what they really mean is that they are just being raciest. For instance, someone doing blackface isn’t borrowing cultural aspects from African Americans, they are just mocking African Americans. I think if you are ... | 1grkyyp | CMV: Goodhearted "cultural appropriation" is flattering and should not be frowned upon. | I am Austrian and when non-Austrians find a liking in our culture and lets say find Schnitzel tasty and cook it or offer it in their restaurants or want to wear Lederhosen I am not offended at all, quite to the contrary.
Same with Americans: I bet most Americans wouldn't even think about being insulted by Europeans fo... | 1,731,634,243 | Possible_Lemon_9527 | nan | nan | 2024-11-15 | 2024_fall |
Cmv: feminism is a hate group for men | {'id': 'm00a48k', 'text': 'Hi. I\'m a feminist and I don\'t hate men and, in the feminist spaces I hang out in, it is not acceptable to say "all men are like this" (unless there is actual evidence that all men are). Does that disprove your view?', 'author': 'SeldomSeven', 'score': 13, 'timestamp': 1733127311} | {'id': 'm009t02', 'text': "It's hard to change your view when you're simply making sweeping and inaccurate generalizations about feminists. \n\n\nBut quite simply, few hate men as a whole and their views simply aren't mainstream or influential. At most it bleeds over into meme culture because memes tend to be rather si... | 1h4q28i | Cmv: feminism is a hate group for men | Before I start I know people for some reason consider "female" to be sexist. In this post I'll be using it as an age neutral term.
But i (along with many other males) are sick of being gaslit about feminism. Feminists clearly hate and demonize men, and there's no way to argue against this.
Like many others who grew up ... | 1,733,126,437 | jdjdjdiejenwjw | nan | nan | 2024-12-02 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Voter Retaliation is Wrong | {'id': 'lw0hi6e', 'text': "I'm saying that returning to neutral doesn't count as retaliation, even though the jump from positive to neutral might be painful for them. You have to actually go into the negative part, actively seeking harm, for it to be retribution. \n\nLet's distinguish between the types of support. Beca... | {'id': 'lvz5xl9', 'text': '>Nice Motte and Bailey there\n\nNice straw man there. \n\n>Freedom of disassociation isn’t the same as threatening or even enacting violence, financial punishment and so on.\n\nWe aren\'t talking about threatening violence. We are talking about cutting people out of our lives *because we have... | 1glz42m | CMV: Voter Retaliation is Wrong | I’ve been seeing posts about retaliating against people who voted from Trump. I didn’t vote for him but this behavior is concerning. Some examples include going no contact/blocking or cutting them off financially.
If you believe in democracy then you shouldn’t pressure people to vote a certain way or punish them if t... | 1,731,008,484 | WildFEARKetI_II | nan | nan | 2024-11-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Gorsuch is as good or better of a SC justice as Garland would have been | {'id': 'lzyxn74', 'text': "And what makes you think Garland wouldn't make the same decisions on native rights? Gorsuch was joined by the other liberal justices on those was he not? Why do you think Garland would differ from any of them?", 'author': 'Roadshell', 'score': 7, 'timestamp': 1733104381} | {'id': 'lzywnxy', 'text': "I agree with his natives rights views. They are inconsistent with his other legal views. Inconsistent views is not positive. He can have a couple good decisions, that doesn't outweigh the many more negative ones.", 'author': 'superskink', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1733104029} | 1h4jbuw | CMV: Gorsuch is as good or better of a SC justice as Garland would have been | Knowing what we know now, and putting aside how you might feel about the process surrounding the nomination, do we think Garland would have actually been an effective justice? As AG he has shown zero willingness to hold trump to account. And after the untimely demise of RBG, he would not even have been the deciding vot... | 1,733,102,890 | whydontyousimmerdown | nan | nan | 2024-12-02 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Relatively speaking, New York has the most underperforming system of Higher Ed. in the US. | {'id': 'm0bksrk', 'text': "The private schools came first in the NE so have the entranched advantage. Harvard 1636, Yale, Cornell, nyu 1830, syracuse 1860. Vs suny storybook (1950s), suny Binghamton (1946).\xa0\n\n\n\nState and federal funding didn't start pouring into higher education until almost 200 years after Harv... | {'id': 'm0bjwg2', 'text': "I don't know enough about it to explain why, but there aren't any great public universities in the entire northeast region. I presume there is a reason for this. Whether New York is underperforming cannot be evaluated without a better understanding of the full context.", 'author': 'Delicious-... | 1h67hc3 | CMV: Relatively speaking, New York has the most underperforming system of Higher Ed. in the US. | New York is the 4th most populous state in the US. It has the highest GDP/capita. It's in the top 10 states in terms of the percentage of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. It has one of the most important financial hubs in the world--New York City.
One would think the state would have a strong public highe... | 1,733,285,730 | NittanyOrange | nan | nan | 2024-12-04 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Rape should have a lesser punishment | {'id': 'lxvuvnk', 'text': 'Your argument to punish based on everyone affected wasn\'t a point I made at all, my point was that rape significantly and irrevocably impacts the victim in a way that cannot be rectified through financial or medical means like many other crimes. I at no point said we should consider all the ... | {'id': 'lxvisdw', 'text': '\\>Now sure, rape is a horrible crime, but to excavated it to the degree that it\'s even half as bad as murder is absurd. Additionally, many times rape actually ends up giving longer sentences than murder.\n\n \nThe second part is just wrong according to the DOJ [https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/... | 1gunmm6 | CMV: Rape should have a lesser punishment | **Warning: My view may be extremely disturbing for some. I highly advise to proceed with caution.**
My view is that one-time rape should have a lighter sentence, particularly in the US where the punishment for rape is extremely harsh. This view is soley that the US ought to give lesser punishments for rape to hold con... | 1,731,986,152 | Revadon | nan | nan | 2024-11-19 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Companies should be required to obtain, and continually renew, explicit consent to send physical advertisements to addresses. | {'id': 'm0flfcj', 'text': "Yea, if you're fine with it, then you're fine with it. It's just something to consider.\n\nA secondary point I thought up while doing that math (I got about the same answer as you in another comment, using different sources, so we're probably on target there), is the economic impact.\n\nThe ... | {'id': 'm0fhsoo', 'text': "This would effectively remove an entire method of communication for small, local businesses. Despite the ubiquity of the internet there is a huge contingent of the population that either doesn't have access - almost 11.5 million homes - or doesn't want to use it, like elderly and rural popula... | 1h6ql7d | CMV: Companies should be required to obtain, and continually renew, explicit consent to send physical advertisements to addresses. | I'd guess everyone is familiar with a mailbox full of spam advertisements from grocery stores, local business, credit card companies, etc. Many times it's just sent to "Current Resident." There's a national do-not-solicit list, but there's no enforcement or regulations around businesses honoring that list.
This is ann... | 1,733,344,915 | NowImAllSet | nan | nan | 2024-12-04 | 2024_fall |
Meta: r/changemyview is recruiting new moderators | {'id': 'lzddkps', 'text': 'The moderation standards, which are part of the community guidelines, say that posting rules (which would include Rule D) do not apply to moderators when they are acting in a moderation capacity. \n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/s/3Mka7FRX54\n\nPlease feel free to award me a delta fo... | {'id': 'lzdbf0h', 'text': 'Rule D violation. If meta posts are allowed in this sub by mods, that should be directly specified in the community guidelines', 'author': 'chewinghours', 'score': -1, 'timestamp': 1732774905} | 1h1pb0h | Meta: r/changemyview is recruiting new moderators | It's that time of the year folks. We're looking to expand our team of volunteers that help keep this place running. If you're passionate about changing views through thoughtful discourse, what better way can there be to contribute to that than help to keep a community like this as a smoothly oiled machine? We're not lo... | 1,732,773,526 | RedditExplorer89 | nan | nan | 2024-11-28 | 2024_fall |
CMV: it would be beneficial for Reddit users to go off platform | {'id': 'lvdbjlt', 'text': "Social media works when you have critical mass. Content creators want to be on platforms where there are users that will see said content, and users want to be on platforms where content creators post content. Unless you can get a critical mass of creators/users to migrate, the new platfrom... | {'id': 'lvdb361', 'text': ">Is there not some sort of open-source model that could be non-profit? \n\nOf course. It relies on billions of dollars of investment spending. Do you have a backer who can supply that billions of dollars?\n\nRemember: Reddit spent literal billions of dollars before they managed to break even.... | 1gjhgt8 | CMV: it would be beneficial for Reddit users to go off platform | Last week, Reddit released rosy earnings and guidance, causing the stock to explode.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/reddit-stock-skyrockets-earnings-beat-ai-growth-revenue-huffman-2024-10
It seems that a large part of their growth has come from selling our data to AI training models.
In other word... | 1,730,735,426 | original_og_gangster | nan | nan | 2024-11-04 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Stock Market vs. Gambling: Are They Really That Different, i don't think so | {'id': 'ly0xrrv', 'text': "Because stock is a source of capital that allows business to grow. If a tech company sells stock, it lets them fund research that leads to innovation. \n\nMoney freely flowing from worse companies to better one also drives improvement and innovation. Companies that make better cars and oper... | {'id': 'lxzl372', 'text': "It is very different from what people normally think of as ownership.\n\nIf you buy a bicycle, you get to use the bike. You don't get to use McDonald's if you buy shares in it. There's no benefits like if you owned your own restaurant.\n\nYou also don't get to decide what happens to McDonald'... | 1gv645d | CMV: Stock Market vs. Gambling: Are They Really That Different, i don't think so | The stock market is just another form of legalized gambling, where the balance is tilted in favor of the rich and powerful. A few individuals can crash the market, politicians profit from insider information, and regular individuals are left betting on luck. Unlike other industries, no tangible product of value is crea... | 1,732,045,711 | tyrorc | nan | nan | 2024-11-19 | 2024_fall |
CMV: There is no scientific evidence of anything spiritual being real. | {'id': 'ly6gvfg', 'text': 'We may not believe the evidence, but it is still evidence.', 'author': 'deep_sea2', 'score': 5, 'timestamp': 1732152109} | {'id': 'ly6einr', 'text': 'There is no scientific evidence of math being real either.', 'author': 'donotdonutdont', 'score': -3, 'timestamp': 1732151245} | 1gw3tgu | CMV: There is no scientific evidence of anything spiritual being real. | I am not saying spiritual things aren't real, but I do believe that there is no scientific evidence pointing in that direction. Most of the "evidence" I see is just looking at things we don't have answers for yet, and assuming that a materialistic universe doesn't HAVE an answer, because we haven't found it yet. Sayin... | 1,732,151,112 | BigMiniPainter | nan | nan | 2024-11-21 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Patriarchy Hot Take: Women only have rights if men agree to grant them rights. | {'id': 'lyd5e7q', 'text': 'Sure, my argument is the sex based lens is useless. Your argument is winner take all. 99.9% of people, regardless of sex have no rights.\xa0', 'author': 'Kazthespooky', 'score': 4, 'timestamp': 1732249036} | {'id': 'lyd3uu9', 'text': "No, women have rights because every human has rights. In any case, your argument should be that women's rights are only *recognised* if men agree to recognise them.", 'author': 'threeknobs', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1732248422} | 1gwyzqu | CMV: Patriarchy Hot Take: Women only have rights if men agree to grant them rights. | Given the biological differences of physical strength in men and women, men collectively have a monopoly on force over women
Rights only exist in actuality insofar as a government grants AND enforces them through laws. All laws are compelled by physical force.
Therefore, men will always be the arbiters of rights bec... | 1,732,247,755 | donotdonutdont | nan | nan | 2024-11-22 | 2024_fall |
CMV: not all cultures deserve respect | {'id': 'lx5eqry', 'text': 'WARNING: Long comment, if you don\'t want to read all of it, skip to the last paragraph\n\nConsider the proposition "I respect your right to believe X, but draw the line if you *do* X." We have no choice in our present societies but to do the first bit - we can\'t actually police the thoughts... | {'id': 'lx55kan', 'text': ">What civilization is is six billion people trying to make themselves happy by standing on each other's shoulders and kicking each other's teeth in. It's not a pleasant situation. And yet, you can stand back and look at this planet and see that we have the money, the power, the medical unders... | 1grcnjc | CMV: not all cultures deserve respect | hot take but yeah. i come from a country that thrives off it’s cultural practices and I partake in them. I believe culture is the very essence of humanity. however i don’t believe ALL cultures deserve to be respected and tolerated. some examples of cultural practices i’ve come across that i will never personally tolera... | 1,731,611,632 | ZealousidealWorth986 | nan | nan | 2024-11-14 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Men and Women should ALWAYS be held to the same standard within any given job | {'id': 'lzvnt4i', 'text': 'Sure, but are we really holding them to “the same standards” when one of the standards is “you need to be a particular gender to do this job?” Obviously you still want the person to be competent, and you would maintain certain standards accordingly, but it seems plain that you might overlook ... | {'id': 'lzvlumx', 'text': '> "everyone shines differently"\n\n\nNo, this is not what I mean. What I mean is that jobs are very, VERY rarely, exactly the same for two people. Expectations, duties, communication, treatment, etc., changes person-to-person, regardless of gender. Or any other factor, for that matter.\n\n\nS... | 1h44j71 | CMV: Men and Women should ALWAYS be held to the same standard within any given job | I was having a conversation with a woman about why more women aren't pilots and they had all these reasons why, and they said something that gave me pause. They said that in aviation everyone is held to the same standard but when giving the reasons why more women weren't in aviation, they didn't mention that maybe wome... | 1,733,063,614 | TheAverageBear132 | nan | nan | 2024-12-01 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Everyone deserves compassion (even the worst people) | {'id': 'm0y56oy', 'text': 'My bad i forgot about that, just copy paste the “yes, you did” comment', 'author': 'yeah-this-is-fine', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733613934} | {'id': 'm0xzad8', 'text': '“Hurt people hurt people.” \n\nEver heard that expression? No one is born a rapist, but some people do, for example, suffer from childhood sexual, physical, psychological abuse that causes them to similarly hurt people when they’re older. \n\nNo one is condoning or justifying them hurting peo... | 1h9317i | CMV: Everyone deserves compassion (even the worst people) | Firstly, let me explain my perspective. I don’t believe that murderers, rapists, or others who commit heinous acts should escape justice. They must answer for their crimes. However, my theory is that evil in people is often a statistical byproduct of society. With billions of individuals in the world, someone is bound ... | 1,733,607,780 | Kizinhou | nan | nan | 2024-12-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The public response to the United healthcare CEO’s death is proof that the majority of the US is left-wing economically, at least on healthcare. | {'id': 'm0vravl', 'text': '>If anything I feel like what people post online is the MOST reflective of how they really feel. No fear of retribution because of the anonymity.\xa0\n\nExcept people who post their opinions online are a bad sample representation of people in general. \n\nIt’s like saying “most people think J... | {'id': 'm0vqqu5', 'text': '> I believe the overwhelmingly supportive response to the death of the United healthcare ceo is among the strongest pieces of evidence to support the economic side of that argument we\'ve ever seen.\n\nMore directly, would you also say the "overwhelmingly supportive response" is a strong piec... | 1h8uok2 | CMV: The public response to the United healthcare CEO’s death is proof that the majority of the US is left-wing economically, at least on healthcare. | I made a cmw a little while back that asserted that the majority of the US is economically liberal, and socially moderate. Conservatives politicians typically attack the left from a social policy perspective for this reason, their actual economic policies are extremely unpopular among the vast majority of the electorat... | 1,733,584,906 | original_og_gangster | nan | nan | 2024-12-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Rap peaked years ago and will never be as good as it was | {'id': 'm1apuho', 'text': "There's also survivorship bias. The low quality stuff of previous eras gets forgotten", 'author': 'genobeam', 'score': 79, 'timestamp': 1733797392} | {'id': 'm1aot8l', 'text': "Haven't heard a good rap since Doggystyle.", 'author': 'InfidelZombie', 'score': 0, 'timestamp': 1733797006} | 1haqzj4 | CMV: Rap peaked years ago and will never be as good as it was | Don't get me wrong, there are still plenty of rappers right now who have talent. However, a majority of the modern rap songs I listen to now come from artists who have been around for a long time (mostly Eminem, who is one of the few artists who falls under this category). Rap isn't my favorite genre in the first place... | 1,733,796,513 | HeroOfTime_21 | nan | nan | 2024-12-10 | 2024_fall |
CMV: You cant reference your “background” in a scientific subject when you didn’t finish your undergrad in that subject. | {'id': 'm18j0pr', 'text': 'So if they had done research or lab work, but not completed an undergrad - would you consider it a credible background?', 'author': 'Rainbwned', 'score': 8, 'timestamp': 1733770964} | {'id': 'm18hvpe', 'text': 'The fact that different people might focus on different levels, does not negate the very real hierarchy of competence.', 'author': 'obsquire', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733770614} | 1hagzir | CMV: You cant reference your “background” in a scientific subject when you didn’t finish your undergrad in that subject. | Hey everyone! I’m currently in paramedic school, and have a honours degree in neuroscience from when I was younger. In my current program, there are a few individuals who constantly reference their previous knowledge in various scientific fields (neuroscience, kinesiology, biology, etc). However, after talking with the... | 1,733,769,911 | theweepingarmadillo | nan | nan | 2024-12-09 | 2024_fall |
CMV: scrub daddy is a bad product | {'id': 'm0inpd3', 'text': 'Try the Scrub Mommy. It is the only one I use. Hard and soft sides!', 'author': 'turiyag', 'score': 18, 'timestamp': 1733393601} | {'id': 'm0h7evk', 'text': "Definitely much more effective when it's hard. A sentiment I'm sure we all agree on!", 'author': 'TaketheRedPill2016', 'score': 6, 'timestamp': 1733366353} | 1h6xx71 | CMV: scrub daddy is a bad product | Each one of its benefits are either not that useful or in actuality drawbacks of the product
1. hard when cold, soft when warm. I don't like to wash dishes in cold water, who likes to have their hands freezing. "oh but you don't leave the cold water running, you just make the sponge hard with the cold water", yeah and... | 1,733,364,112 | Janewaymaster | nan | nan | 2024-12-05 | 2024_fall |
CMV: People who are celebrating UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death are wrong | {'id': 'm0hw7y0', 'text': 'The fact that in the US health insurance is considered a part of compensation is such a wild and disastrous misstep on every level independent of your political leanings if you actually subscribe to a political ideology rather than a part ideology. Tethering insurance to employment is the opp... | {'id': 'm0h76qj', 'text': ">I don’t know how you can argue against that.\n\nThe counterargument is fairly straightforward: The insurance company is not responsible for ensuring access to healthcare. They're responsible for ensuring that they pay out qualifying claims made against the policies that they sell. If their t... | 1h6v8ey | CMV: People who are celebrating UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death are wrong | I’ve seen a lot of posts on social media about Brian Thompson’s death. A lot of the claims are asserting that UnitedHealthcare is terrible at approving claims and has led to the loss of loved ones.
While I see and understand the frustration of people, is it crazy for me to think that it’s not his fault that your famil... | 1,733,356,610 | Dizzy_Title | nan | nan | 2024-12-04 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Ethics is not a "real thing" but an evolved psychological mechanism to encourage prosocial behavior | {'id': 'm04i12s', 'text': 'I adopt a meaning because I believe in it. I don’t need an objective standard for my belief\n\nAs for active nihilism, here’s a [link](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/9/23/leonard-finding-purpose-nihilism/)', 'author': 'Nrdman', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1733186087} | {'id': 'm004l9d', 'text': 'So where does the "ought" come from?\n\nEither it\'s created from objective reality or it\'s magically created outside of objective reality. There are no other options.', 'author': 'Z7-852', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733123745} | 1h3y56i | CMV: Ethics is not a "real thing" but an evolved psychological mechanism to encourage prosocial behavior | I believe that ethics is not an objective or universal phenomenon but rather a psychological and cultural instrument evolved to encourage prosocial behavior that benefits the individual indirectly through the success of their community. In this view, ethics can be understood as a heuristic system - imperfect but genera... | 1,733,038,665 | Aimbag | nan | nan | 2024-12-01 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The reason things seem so politically hopeless in America for the left is because their expectations are too high | {'id': 'm1bth1w', 'text': 'You are just making a bunch of claims without much evidence, though. How do you know "we don\'t really want to do lefty policies"? If that was truly the case, why couldn\'t the GOP undo Obamacare under Trump\'s first term? \n\nIf the problem is that GOP just calls everything woke, then it doe... | {'id': 'm1bbgiv', 'text': '> They want to go back to the 1950s and 60s when taxation rates were high, we had a great compression, and lower income inequality. We had universal programs that raised a generation of Americans out of the great depression.\n\nTrue. \n\n> We had civil rights and liberalism was the name of th... | 1hatxpk | CMV: The reason things seem so politically hopeless in America for the left is because their expectations are too high | My basic thesis is that the left in America is like MAGA in the way they yearn for a time that no longer (or never) really exists. They want to go back to the 1950s and 60s when taxation rates were high, we had a great compression, and lower income inequality. We had universal programs that raised a generation of Ameri... | 1,733,805,954 | corbohr | nan | nan | 2024-12-10 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Since Trump is a threat to democracy, Dems should completely overhaul the American electoral system even though it means they might never hold the White House again. | {'id': 'm14gy5k', 'text': 'I\'m not an economist.\xa0 In the case of the US presidential election your tie breaker objection isn\'t relevant.\xa0\n\n\nMy understanding of Arrow\'s Impossibility Theorem is that no (ranked) system eliminates strategic voting and so no (ranked) system can perfectly capture the preference ... | {'id': 'm10gxuv', 'text': "moderates just voted for Trump, so they won't care. moderates aren't smart enough to understand what a proportional voting system is anyway. \n\nif you're only asking them to *campaign*, then you should have titled your post that, rather than telling them to just *do* something that they don... | 1h9fraz | CMV: Since Trump is a threat to democracy, Dems should completely overhaul the American electoral system even though it means they might never hold the White House again. | I’m coming at this from the position of a libertarian and as an American that spent some time in Europe.
In America, we have a first past the post system which gives a candidate with 50.1% the win even when their opponent wins 49.9%. Seems fair but when you think about it this leaves a lot of people feeling alienated ... | 1,733,652,322 | computerconflict19 | nan | nan | 2024-12-08 | 2024_fall |
CMV: We should not be celebrating or encouraging the healthcare CEO murder | {'id': 'm0w0y15', 'text': 'you should really have the solution in hand for how to get the government to act without this kind of thing first before coming to this conclusion', 'author': 'Letters_to_Dionysus', 'score': 4, 'timestamp': 1733589160} | {'id': 'm0w09lb', 'text': 'True enough, but to say that the Romans of all people took a strong line on corruption and embezzlement is... a brave interpretation, to say the least.', 'author': 'dts85', 'score': 3, 'timestamp': 1733588943} | 1h8vo3e | CMV: We should not be celebrating or encouraging the healthcare CEO murder | First and foremost, I want to say that I don't feel bad for the CEO. That is not my view. My view is that the reaction to his murder is bad.
Here are the reactions I'm talking about:
Celebrating his murder.
Encouraging people to not help police catch the murderer.
Encouraging stealth jurors to get on the jury and n... | 1,733,587,682 | spoilerdudegetrekt | nan | nan | 2024-12-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Inflation is not a good thing. | {'id': 'm1cg8kq', 'text': 'Your demand patterns will change if there is deflation. So yes, there will be less demand on top.\n\nThis phenomenon will hold true for all asset classes.\n\nBusiness impact would be chaos too. Long term supply chain contracts will simply not make sense at all (high inflation/currency volatil... | {'id': 'm1ceabj', 'text': 'It is function of a debt based economy. When there is inflation, debt works well, because there is basically guarenteed growth. \n\nIf there is no inflation, there would be deflation due to increase in productivity, than there would be high default risk even if there are massive tech growth.'... | 1hazmb1 | CMV: Inflation is not a good thing. | 1. Inflation means my money will be worth less over time. Why would I want that?
2. The 2% inflation target that many countries strive for is [completely made up](https://time.com/6548908/inflation-target-federal-reserve-essay/) and not backed by any sort of empirical research.
3. A common argument is that it promotes ... | 1,733,829,808 | TuskActInfinity | nan | nan | 2024-12-10 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Terms Like 'Incel' Prove That We Reduce People's Worth to Sexual Success | {'id': 'lvye87k', 'text': 'I think that this is a very internet problem, outside of men and boys 15-25 I don’t think this is really a thing in the real world. I know lots of people outside of relationships that are still loved and cherished by those around them. My favourite uncle was single for my entire childhood and... | {'id': 'lvy690a', 'text': 'They reflect the fact that they themselves are frustrated for not being able to engage in relationships, and that very frustration is the reason why they are so toxic and disrespectful to others. \n\nSure, the term has become so broad that people call anyone they don\'t like incels (just like... | 1gly6bc | CMV: Terms Like 'Incel' Prove That We Reduce People's Worth to Sexual Success | Let’s start with the term “incel,” which often reduces a person’s value to whether they succeed in the dating world. I think this is a narrow view. After all, it overlooks bigger struggles, like isolation and the lack of meaningful relationships, which are real issues. When we focus only on sexual success, we miss the ... | 1,731,006,127 | borisdandorra | nan | nan | 2024-11-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: If your climate consistently experiences at least 1 snowy day/night per year then it cannot be classified as a mild winter climate anymore. | {'id': 'lxjojhu', 'text': "Vancouver BC is a mild winter. It's rain for 5 months straight. But we get a week or two of cold. Compared to the rest of Canada that IS mild.", 'author': 'thatcfkid', 'score': 7, 'timestamp': 1731817755} | {'id': 'lxjocap', 'text': 'If you don’t get snow then you don’t get winter at all.', 'author': 'Adequate_Images', 'score': 5, 'timestamp': 1731817663} | 1gt5hd8 | CMV: If your climate consistently experiences at least 1 snowy day/night per year then it cannot be classified as a mild winter climate anymore. | I have seen a lot of climates that experience snow being called “mild winter climates” to me that’s already at least within low end moderate winter climate. I don’t see how an area that EXPERIENCES CONSISTENT SNOW per year be classified as a “mild climate”.
The term “mild winter” should be reserved for subtropical reg... | 1,731,817,146 | Tale_Any | nan | nan | 2024-11-17 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Teams should have a feature to display the languages you speak | {'id': 'm1js3cy', 'text': 'I think you just highlighted a key issue with your request... "If there is enough demand for those features." \n \nThe reality is that Teams is a product a company is selling. If that company sees enough demand for a feature, they\'ll implement it as they are financially encouraged to do s... | {'id': 'm1jg5hz', 'text': 'In my Teams right now I see options to set my work location and to set status message. So, your team should be able to use that if necessary.\n\nI think your issue is more of an organizational thing - if you need to get something from a team in another country, your IT company could organize ... | 1hbw3tz | CMV: Teams should have a feature to display the languages you speak | Microsoft Teams should give users the ability to select which languages they speak. You can configure loads of different things, your work hours, what office you're working in during which days, your work hours, your pronouns, ... But for some reason the languages you speak is not one of these options. I'd think tha... | 1,733,931,226 | Finch20 | nan | nan | 2024-12-11 | 2024_fall |
CMV: American high schools should have mandatory gun safety classes | {'id': 'lufytuv', 'text': 'But arent those the same people who need the most help with gun safety?', 'author': 'IncandescentObsidian', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1730248056} | {'id': 'lubi2ue', 'text': 'Americas so fucked man, no don’t teach your children to shoot guns. \nSo weird', 'author': 'Mundane_Primary5716', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1730191287} | 1geifto | CMV: American high schools should have mandatory gun safety classes | The 2A exist and I’m going to assume it’s not going away anytime soon. As such firearms ownership is a right
Not all families own guns or are unsafe with them, so they can’t teach their children who will eventually have the legal right to bare arms
Accidental gun injury can be be reduced if people are taught how to b... | 1,730,163,485 | pisspeeleak | nan | nan | 2024-10-29 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Culling male chicks is the least cruel option after in-ovo sexing | {'id': 'lyr2wh1', 'text': "Of course it's not going to change my mind. Though I have been an advocate against factory faming for more than a decade now, and I have not eaten anything from a factory farm for that entire time, not an egg, not a drop of milk, not a chicken.\n\nBut yea... it's pretty obvious even to me, s... | {'id': 'lyf9d46', 'text': 'Those sentences are simply not equivalent in any sense, and while you may think it\'s just a stand-in, other commenters are actually insisting that the statement itself is true. This isn\'t "common shorthand." The conversation was about the literal price of eggs. If you think correcting demon... | 1gx4o9z | CMV: Culling male chicks is the least cruel option after in-ovo sexing | Several EU countries have banned the practice of culling male chicks because the general population finds it "icky." The thing is, factory farming as a whole is inherently icky and culling the male chicks is objectively the most humane way of dealing with the fact that it makes zero economic sense to raise these chicke... | 1,732,270,673 | Consistent-Gap-3545 | nan | nan | 2024-11-22 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Nobody should have 400 billion dollars or even 1 billion | {'id': 'm1pn1n5', 'text': 'And how can you do that with 500 million but it’s impossible at a billion?', 'author': 'Superbooper24', 'score': 26, 'timestamp': 1734020637} | {'id': 'm1pmrzy', 'text': 'Question: do you really think Musk has 400Billion in the bank? Or that all the rocket ships and factories and facilities and such makes up the bulk of his "billions"', 'author': 'Soundwave-1976', 'score': 9, 'timestamp': 1734020554} | 1hcomod | CMV: Nobody should have 400 billion dollars or even 1 billion | ERROR: type should be string, got "https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/11/business/elon-musk-400-billion-net-worth\n\nElon musk just reached a 400 billion net worth. I don't care if most of that is in stocks or assets nobody should have this much money while most people are struggling right now. \n\nHe profits off the labour of his employees while paying them a pittance to what he makes in return. He used his wealth to help get a government installed that is favourable to his interests such as deregulation.\n\nNobody needs over a billion dollars let alone 400 million. This wealth in excess of 1 billion should be taxed at 100%" | 1,734,020,205 | vuspan | nan | nan | 2024-12-12 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Contemporary nations on territories with rich past have no right to claim artifacts from the West | {'id': 'm0fzgvi', 'text': "You saying that value is determined by demand is actually (not taking into account field specific academic terminology) a very good explanation on how we do decide what heritage is. The point you are making is exactly what the perspective of heritage studies argues. The ownership I talk about... | {'id': 'm0ff16m', 'text': "You're making a lot of assumptions that are irrelevant to this discussion because they pertain to the generous hypotheticals you THINK happened when these artifacts were looted and not to the actual circumstances. \n\n>a culture *im not even apart of*\n\nThat's not the case for the vast major... | 1h6c24v | CMV: Contemporary nations on territories with rich past have no right to claim artifacts from the West | I belong to a nation with relatively rich past and some artifacts in British museum. I think calling what XIX century archeologists and collectors did with objects from ancient civilizations stealing and looting is wrong. Archeology, interest in distant past, valuing these objects is a modern western enlightenment or r... | 1,733,303,916 | Emo_Dilemmo | nan | nan | 2024-12-04 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The right does more to help the working class by accident than the left does while pretending they care | {'id': 'm23ij3r', 'text': 'You said "the left" not federal democrats.\xa0\n\n\nBernie is Left.\xa0', 'author': 'Locuralacura', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1734222923} | {'id': 'm224l3o', 'text': 'The Child Tax credit that the Dems bragged about and then also ended?', 'author': 'MountainHigh31', 'score': -1, 'timestamp': 1734204637} | 1hea8u9 | CMV: The right does more to help the working class by accident than the left does while pretending they care | So I voted for Trump my biggest reason is inflation over the decades and especially recently has taken a sledge hammer to wages which have been suppressed by policies like high immigration, not addressing illegal immigration and of course trade with countries that use pseudo slave labor. I highly doubt you can change m... | 1,734,204,113 | FlyingFightingType | nan | nan | 2024-12-14 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Gatekeeping is necessary for the furtherance of taste | {'id': 'lyt6gux', 'text': "Yeah, you've been wrongly accused of Gatekeeping I believe.\n\nYour opinion is quite valid. Although many might disagree, the real question is who are they to gaslight you into believing your opinion is Gatekeeping?\n\nI'm not Gatekeeping Picasso saying I don't like his art. I'm simply expres... | {'id': 'lyt2miw', 'text': 'id love to hear your take on bebop. Black musicians invented jazz and then white musicians learned it and started making all the money off of it ruining economically what black musicians created. Charlie Parker and counterparts invented bebop in the late 40s essentially as a gatekeeping devic... | 1gz1dbp | CMV: Gatekeeping is necessary for the furtherance of taste | So many people use "gatekeeping" as evidence that someone is in the wrong, but gatekeeping is necessary for culture. Gatekeeping is something that everyone experiences every now and then, and it's totally normal and reasonable.
For example, if you want to be in fashion, by virtue of existing, you won't be able to com... | 1,732,481,944 | Pop3Productions | nan | nan | 2024-11-24 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The Democrats are doomed in the long term. | {'id': 'm129jy1', 'text': 'That wasn’t long ago though, and keep in mind that Hillary’s election was extremely close. Then Biden won after that.\xa0\n\nThe head of the DNC has already stepped down and there are lots of big shifts happening. MAGA resonating with workers also means they have to evolve the message.\xa0', ... | {'id': 'm128mrx', 'text': "I think you are discounting the power Trump has over his followers. They are not Republicans they are MAGA. Once Trump is gone, the Republicans are screwed. They couldn't even win the Senate seat in Wisconsin which also voted for Trump.", 'author': 'thejoggler44', 'score': 42, 'timestamp': 17... | 1h9o6wr | CMV: The Democrats are doomed in the long term. | Before I present my case, I want to get two things out of the way. One, I am a Democrat who voted for Kamala Harris, so I would very much like to be wrong. Two, this analysis does not take into account the possibility that no future elections are held. While I'm not convinced US elections are over forever, half of Redd... | 1,733,679,746 | SacluxGemini | nan | nan | 2024-12-08 | 2024_fall |
CMV: No Realistic Democratic Candidate Could Have Won the 2024 Presidential Election | {'id': 'm1sl3gb', 'text': "And the logic is that was she is the VP pick. When you vote for someone in the primaries for president, you are voting for the VP pick to replace them if the president can't or won't be president.\n\n\nBiden won the primaries and then dropped out. Ergo, the VP pick is the winner of the ticket... | {'id': 'm1sid6e', 'text': "I don't think they should have held another primary. What I am saying is putting up the second most popular candidate would have been the wiser choice. In my opinion.\n\nThis does raise a quandary within my own logic though because I wasn't happy they just threw Kamala up as the presidential ... | 1hcyukr | CMV: No Realistic Democratic Candidate Could Have Won the 2024 Presidential Election | I posted a similar CMV soon after the election, but it got removed because there were a bunch of posts saying similar things at the time. But now that the dust has settled a bit, I figured I'd try again on this.
Soon after the election, people started pointing fingers. I saw a ton of complaints that Kamala was the wr... | 1,734,046,987 | BackAlleySurgeon | nan | nan | 2024-12-12 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Rittenhouse trial should have been tried at the Federal level, not State. Judge botched it. | {'id': 'm23yz41', 'text': "Black did not buy the rifle as a gift. Rittenhouse gave Black the money, and told Black what rifle to purchase. What they did comes right from one of the examples on 4473. I just changed the names from Smith to Rittenhouse, and Jones to Black.\n\n\\>Question 21.a. Actual Transferee/Buyer: For... | {'id': 'm21hwe2', 'text': ">So you think the convicted pedophile that had just gotten out of custody because he body slammed his girlfriend that was on video aggressively yelling at people and starting fires, that was also seen on drone video coming out from behind a car to chase Kyle about 100 feet and was only shot w... | 1hdwkn3 | CMV: Rittenhouse trial should have been tried at the Federal level, not State. Judge botched it. | The whole mess begins with Kyle’s straw buyer Dom Black, who purchase the weapon from a Ace Home Center in Ladysmith WI, and stored at Dom’s stepfather’s house in Kenosha WI until Kyle picks it up.
The way the trial went down, as we know it, is the WI prosecutor charged Dom Black with two felony counts of intentional... | 1,734,156,464 | canned_spaghetti85 | nan | nan | 2024-12-14 | 2024_fall |
CMV: There is an inverse relationship between how easy it is for you to vote and how important it is for you to vote. | {'id': 'lurhlco', 'text': "For what reason? That it's easy? Your premise doesn't hold true for any state without restrictive voting laws. \n\n9 out of 50 states now allow all mail voting now that several states have added within the last year or so. \n\nThe popularity of this method is growing. For around 30 million pe... | {'id': 'lurgbwj', 'text': "The state I live in is 100% mail in, everyone gets a ballot mailed to them. Ballots can be placed in collection boxes or mailed back. It isn't at all a swing state, but like it is everywhere local elections are the most important to people's day to day. I mailed my ballot back this week, rese... | 1ggpd3g | CMV: There is an inverse relationship between how easy it is for you to vote and how important it is for you to vote. | If you are a white male you are least likely to be demonized and impacted by the mostly white males who are elected. Also, the richer you are the easier it is for you to vote, and the least impactful policies will be on you.
The older you are the more free time you have, culminating with retirement, and the least imp... | 1,730,409,534 | somecisguy2020 | nan | nan | 2024-10-31 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The state of the insurance/medical industry in the USA is not the fault of Brian Thompson and he did not deserve to be killed. | {'id': 'm0mc0zz', 'text': "It is not the percent approval. It is the way the approval is decided. UHC is relying on AI models to deny elderly people coverage. They are ignoring providers' advice, and the AI is wrong 90% of the time. The elderly cannot appeal these decisions because they lack time to wait for this. Both... | {'id': 'm0m80m8', 'text': 'Did UnitedHealthcare not have heavy lobbying efforts to create an environment that maximized their profits by denying essential healthcare to people? Mr. Thompson is the executive of that company and those efforts. \n\nWhat health insurance companies do is immoral and attempting to turn a pro... | 1h7m48o | CMV: The state of the insurance/medical industry in the USA is not the fault of Brian Thompson and he did not deserve to be killed. | I have seen lots of ravenous posts lately about how little people care for Mr. Thompson, how he led an amoral company and his killing might be justified or even beneficial, but this all sounds extremely myopic to me. We (Americans) chose this system, and we have reinforced and reiterated that choice through our votes t... | 1,733,438,599 | adenocard | nan | nan | 2024-12-05 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The west should not be escalating the war in Ukraine even further | {'id': 'lvlzd9d', 'text': 'Of course. Heres a list of the most notable. There are also of course cases of Americans refusing to fire when ordered as well. \n\n\n[Vasily Arkhipov. ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov) The intresting thing about Arkhipov is that he wasn\'t a subordinate unlike most of the ot... | {'id': 'lvly35p', 'text': ">Short of launching massive numbers of nukes, Russia has no capability of successfully invading anything much beyond their immediate neighborhood.\n\nDidn't stop them from trying. War sucks, and Putin sucks for starting them.\n\n>1) This is the language that warmongers use to hype up the next... | 1gkjohz | CMV: The west should not be escalating the war in Ukraine even further | Let me preface this with I am and was my whole life rather pacifistic, so I probably am very biased. The majority of Redditors I encounter seems to want to escalate the war Putin wages against Ukraine. But the way I see it is:
Either the US/Europe/NATO does the bare minimum or even nothing to aid Ukraine. Then, Ukrain... | 1,730,846,820 | FastLegEnte | nan | nan | 2024-11-05 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Deportation of immigrant is racially motivated | {'id': 'lw872w7', 'text': "It doesn't happen in large numbers. It isn't something people care about because it doesn't happen in large numbers to affect culture, wages, neighbourhood safety. You say it's a racial issue, when it is actually a socio-economic/crime issue. Loads of poor uneducated people that don't speak E... | {'id': 'lw86nxq', 'text': 'Unfortunately the Dems really didn’t have a response to what to do about illegal immigration except to say, but without them our fruit won’t get picked. I think the mass deportations are also racially motivated. It’s just here in England the messaging didn’t work for the Conservatives who los... | 1gn6hjh | CMV: Deportation of immigrant is racially motivated | Back in operation wetback, there were legal Mexican mixed up with illegals immigrant and deported back. A staggering 3 million were deported back. All had one thing in common and that was they looked like Mexican.
Back to 2024 , the case is still the same. If you look at footage of detection center you will see they ... | 1,731,144,584 | Cheetah_sperm_1999 | nan | nan | 2024-11-09 | 2024_fall |
CMV: We should get rid of all public graveyards and golf courses. | {'id': 'm21cu02', 'text': 'Now that I think about it, if would make funerals more interesting, too.', 'author': 'jstnpotthoff', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1734195190} | {'id': 'm21c3am', 'text': 'Religion is not just important to religious people. Even the famously anti religious communists had graveyards.', 'author': 'Nrdman', 'score': -1, 'timestamp': 1734194945} | 1he6eqo | CMV: We should get rid of all public graveyards and golf courses. | These giant swaths of green space and land are taken up by the dead and the small few who think public golf is necessity (it's not).
Both golf courses and graveyards could be converted to affordable houses and publicly usable green space and community space.
There is literally no reason outside of religion for the n... | 1,734,193,415 | AllTheNopeYouNeed | nan | nan | 2024-12-14 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Using Europe as a compass for Defining the Orientation of a U.S. Political Party is Not Logically Sound | {'id': 'lz92h1k', 'text': 'Wonderful counter argument!\n\nUsing the same form of logic, let’s say the definition of a square originated there and that is a 4-sided, regular polygon with angles of 90 degrees.\n\nThen somewhere else, people started expanding the definition of a square to include rectangles, so all 4 side... | {'id': 'lz8xw4n', 'text': 'ok but this is wrong and kind of feeds OP\'s point a little. Democrats in America are quite progressive on social issues, even by European standards, while being more liberal on economics. You guys have led most of Europe in legalising gay marriage and marijuana, and now your climate policy i... | 1h15go3 | CMV: Using Europe as a compass for Defining the Orientation of a U.S. Political Party is Not Logically Sound | Inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, but a pet peeve of mine on here all the same.
All the time I hear "the left are not actually left because...somewhere in Europe"
The orientation of a political party and how far left or right they are, is determined by the environment and sentiment of the country they ex... | 1,732,717,435 | PaperPiecePossible | nan | nan | 2024-11-27 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Subsidising low emissions technology is a much better approach to reducing global emissions than penalising fossil fuels. | {'id': 'm2i862p', 'text': '> The reason for a carbon tax is that you have to get rid of ongoing use of existing high carbon footprint energy generation, transportation, fertilizers, etc. \n\nIf your goal is to get rid of fertilizers using the haber bosch process, you want to kill 80+% of the world population. There is ... | {'id': 'm2hzapc', 'text': 'Make renewables cheaper and better, and everyone will switch because it just makes sense economically.', 'author': 'Gear-Outrageous731', 'score': -1, 'timestamp': 1734446324} | 1hgbyjs | CMV: Subsidising low emissions technology is a much better approach to reducing global emissions than penalising fossil fuels. | The western world are currently the most interested in slowing down anthropogenic climate change, with many of them imposing carbon taxes, bans on fossil fuel exploration, etc. While this will likely reduce the emissions of the countries that have these policies in place, it has no effect on countries that take climate... | 1,734,446,176 | eagle_565 | nan | nan | 2024-12-17 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Man has never been on the moon. | {'id': 'm24tias', 'text': 'You can see a wall because it reflects light back at you. But does it reflect a laser back at you?', 'author': 'roylennigan', 'score': 4, 'timestamp': 1734243964} | {'id': 'm24rd5r', 'text': 'are YOU reflective then? if i point a tiny red laser dot on you, will you reflect it right back?', 'author': 'ProDavid_', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1734242776} | 1helur2 | CMV: Man has never been on the moon. | Based on what I have researched, eg. all videos of the moon landing, people who made analysis of the photos, the specifics of the Hasselblad camera and what environments it can operate in, I do not believe people have been on the moon. I do believe that machines such as satellites have been on the moon, though.
The wa... | 1,734,240,572 | Minimum-Guest4937 | nan | nan | 2024-12-15 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Whenever you have to create a password for something there should always be a second box to confirm it | {'id': 'm2eyaho', 'text': "Middle schoolers shouldn't be logging in to random websites at school. \n\nIf all you're talking about is kids in schools, that don't have phones, and can't just get a new password if they mess up, then sure, fine: Middle-school's homework systems could perhaps benefit from password confirma... | {'id': 'm2e6l66', 'text': "The biggest danger to password security is password re-use.\nIf you rely on people to type in their password every time, they're going to reuse it.\n\nSo, rather than the second box, you should design your password system to operate using openId Standards, or accomodate password managers, and... | 1hftyu7 | CMV: Whenever you have to create a password for something there should always be a second box to confirm it | The point of this post is not to argue that this is any kind important or controversial issue in grand scheme of things. This is instead a challenge to see if anyone on this sub can come up with a rebuttal for a very simple opinion that I cannot think of a counter argument for.
As for the argument, I believe that any ... | 1,734,384,212 | Drillix08 | nan | nan | 2024-12-16 | 2024_fall |
Cmv: Most Republicans/conservatives are either soulless, un empathetic creatures or have a mental deficiency. | {'id': 'm23ethy', 'text': "I think curiosity and the ability to self-educate, as you suggest, are also signs of privilege. Now, many Republicans are privileged --- but many are not.\n\nSay you're a Republican. You come home after working twelve hours, you're exhausted, trying to make ends meet; you know the world is br... | {'id': 'm23e181', 'text': 'I\'m not a conservative. I\'m pretty far left as a progressive (at least in US politics). \n\nThat being said, I value opinions that differ from my own. Honestly, it\'s how I arrived at my opinions and beliefs. When I was an ignorant teen, and young man, I absolutely was a "conservative." I d... | 1hefvqq | Cmv: Most Republicans/conservatives are either soulless, un empathetic creatures or have a mental deficiency. | It's pretty simple really. Why would anyone be against things like universal healthcare, free education, etc. These things should be basic human rights. The only people that are against these things seem to be rich f*cks that don't give two sh*ts about anyone else.
There's that and then people who generally think Trum... | 1,734,220,100 | Specific-Emu-8067 | nan | nan | 2024-12-14 | 2024_fall |
CMV: dogs are old-fashioned AI girlfriends | {'id': 'm275uoj', 'text': 'Human interference isn’t enough to make something artificial. I came about because of human interference, I am not artificial', 'author': 'Nrdman', 'score': 3, 'timestamp': 1734285443} | {'id': 'm26wpyz', 'text': 'Not only that. Various teledildonics technologies (lmao) make it so your masturbation aid is reactive to onscreen content.', 'author': 'ElephantNo3640', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1734282466} | 1hewqpw | CMV: dogs are old-fashioned AI girlfriends | I like dogs they're very cute and fun to play with but the thought of getting one myself give me the ick. They're the neediest thing in existence, a trait bred into them to make them easier to own and in return they're excited about everything and will give you unconditional love forever. People love this about them, g... | 1,734,281,649 | snowleave | nan | nan | 2024-12-15 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Walt Disney was the greatest American to have ever lived. | {'id': 'm28778b', 'text': 'Lincoln literally helped abolish slavery. That is one of the largest cultural shifts in history, and the impact is still seen today. That didn’t influence the culture of our society? No president has done so?', 'author': 'ifuckedup0226', 'score': 21, 'timestamp': 1734297235} | {'id': 'm286d2b', 'text': "Wouldn't the greatest American be someone who influenced the US for the better? Also, couldn't you argue it is those who followed his legacy that are the most inspirational, not Disney himself?", 'author': 'No_Button5279', 'score': 3, 'timestamp': 1734296967} | 1hf29qq | CMV: Walt Disney was the greatest American to have ever lived. | I understand that the greatest American to have ever lived is up for debate, but I believe the title of the greatest American goes to Walt Disney and I will explain why. Most Americans today grew up with some sort of Disney's influence. Many Americans have visited his theme parks in Florida and California and watched s... | 1,734,296,488 | Commercial-Pound533 | nan | nan | 2024-12-15 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Sadists and Zoosadists who commit violence resulting in injury, and all pedophile who have done so much as procure csm should be jailed for life without parole. | {'id': 'lwyyibk', 'text': "> If the selective enforcement isn't a part of the law itself,\n\n[Addressed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1gqimt0/cmv_sadists_and_zoosadists_who_commit_violence/lwyv0np/). \n\nYes, I do think that a two tiered system for minors and adults should be set up. But, until s... | {'id': 'lwyqopd', 'text': 'As someone with a family member in prison for life, I understand what you mean. I mean, in an instance where there is video of someone abusing animals and children, and the reasonable doubt is, nonexistent, we shouldn’t waste our tax dollars on them.', 'author': 'Unhappy-List-1169', 'score': ... | 1gqimt0 | CMV: Sadists and Zoosadists who commit violence resulting in injury, and all pedophile who have done so much as procure csm should be jailed for life without parole. | Provided that their crimes have been proven.
These are egregiously antisocial acts that no healthy society can tolerate. They almost universally impact people who are totally powerless, or animals. This very fact makes it difficult to apprehend perpetrators; the sheer volume of these activities and the veil of anonymi... | 1,731,519,664 | Common_Noise_9100 | nan | nan | 2024-11-13 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Executives of healthcare insurance companies are no more guilty for the deaths of patients than any other decision maker within the healthcare sector | {'id': 'm2a2wxh', 'text': '[EMTALA means that emergency room patients, by law, must be treated regardless of whether they have insurance/can pay or not.](https://www.acep.org/life-as-a-physician/ethics--legal/emtala/emtala-fact-sheet)\n\nSeparately, [Propublica has done *many* articles on how insurance companies deny l... | {'id': 'm29rjb6', 'text': 'Your argument seems to be focused on pricing of medications. However as evidenced by the shooter writing "delay, deny, depose" on his ammunition casings, he was specifically making a statement about the insurance company\'s strategy of, again, "delay, deny, depose" meaning dragging out the pr... | 1hf92ag | CMV: Executives of healthcare insurance companies are no more guilty for the deaths of patients than any other decision maker within the healthcare sector | This CMV **does not** relate to the events in New York. I have no interest in discussing vigilantism. This post is in response to comments I've seen across reddit blaming executives of healthcare insurance companies for the deaths of patients. I am seeking to understand this position more thoroughly - specifically what... | 1,734,316,310 | MrGraeme | nan | nan | 2024-12-16 | 2024_fall |
Cmv: Trying to be manly is ironically very unmanly | {'id': 'm2ddsid', 'text': 'There are a lot of angles to tackle this ideology from, but I think the most salient one is to find the consistency in their behavior:\n\n\\- These men think lashing out in anger as emotional outlet is a masculine way to emote. \n\\- These men think breaking down into tears as emotional outl... | {'id': 'm2cuu0k', 'text': '>This is a specific type of person...\n\nYeah, a strawman.\n\nYour top-line argument and the body of your post don\'t really jive. Up top, you are making a flatly categorical statement. Then in the body, you are giving us a very narrow definition of what you consider to be the unmanly way of ... | 1hfn4kf | Cmv: Trying to be manly is ironically very unmanly | This is a specific type of person. Guys who try desperately to be manly “alpha” men, who are very insecure about how others see them and become very emotional if anyone dares think they are not mr macho man are ironically very unmanly. They cannot do something which they consider “feminine” because they are manly men w... | 1,734,366,949 | After_Discipline_794 | nan | nan | 2024-12-16 | 2024_fall |
CMV: White people SHOULD be punished for the acts of their ancestors | {'id': 'm0g18rb', 'text': 'Why should it stop there? You’re saying someone else’s generational trauma doesn’t matter just because it’s older than historical records.', 'author': 'I_shjt_you_not', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733351492} | {'id': 'm0fzq8q', 'text': 'You’re moving goalposts here. The guy clearly told you what he thinks.', 'author': 'TopTopTopcinaa', 'score': -7, 'timestamp': 1733351014} | 1h6sqve | CMV: White people SHOULD be punished for the acts of their ancestors | (I have quite a few hot takes that would probably never be taken seriously as a viewpoint anywhere else, that explains why I'm often here, for context, I am Asian).
This just doesn't make sense when people say otherwise.
If Person A steals from Person B, and Person A dies and gives the money to their kid, Person B i... | 1,733,350,208 | AGuyWhatDoesThings | nan | nan | 2024-12-04 | 2024_fall |
CMV: There is absolutely no good reason to hold a pro-Palestinian demonstration today (Oct 7) and it should be seen as glorification of terrorism | {'id': 'lqsqm1h', 'text': 'It seems extremely likely that the goal was to take hostages for a prisoner swap while getting a ton of attention for the conflict. This is based on the fact that they pretty immediately offered a prisoner swap. They probably didn’t realize that Israel was going to respond by completely destr... | {'id': 'lqspdzs', 'text': 'Ya but Hamas is the controlling gov in Palestine. Has been for a long time. Now all the sudden they separated? \n\nYou can’t cheer for Hamas attacking Israel then turn around and cry when Israel hits back. Not agreeing with any of the violence but let’s stop the nonsense with word play. The w... | 1fyamjb | CMV: There is absolutely no good reason to hold a pro-Palestinian demonstration today (Oct 7) and it should be seen as glorification of terrorism | It is the first anniversary of the horrific attack on Israel, yet streets in my city are full of pro-Palestinian protesters with their flags.
I believe that there is absolutely no good reason for them to be there today and it can only be explained as celebrating the terrorist attack. They could have chosen literally a... | 1,728,315,409 | Downtown-Act-590 | nan | nan | 2024-10-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: there’s no such thing as dressing for yourself. | {'id': 'm1kclgp', 'text': 'Thanks! You can type ! Delta (without the space) with an explanation as to why your view was changed. \n\n[https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/wiki/deltasystem/](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/wiki/deltasystem/)', 'author': 'sawdeanz', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1733942515} | {'id': 'm1jpbc9', 'text': "I wear what's comfortable for me. I'm not doing this for others, I just don't want to catch a cold.", 'author': 'BenIsDrowningInWater', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733935491} | 1hbwv4w | CMV: there’s no such thing as dressing for yourself. | Alright here’s my contention: there is no such thing as dressing for yourself.
The other day, I heard someone (woman, if it matters) say “I don’t dress like this when info out for other people; I dress like this so I feel confident! So I feel good!”
The immediate thing that comes to mind is that your concept of conf... | 1,733,933,198 | schafna | nan | nan | 2024-12-11 | 2024_fall |
CMV: People convicted of the most violent crimes (such as murder, violent SA) should be turned into quadriplegics by the state as an official form of punishment | {'id': 'm0hakap', 'text': "A quick Google search shows that there are about 200,000 people with quadriplegia. \n\nSome more quick Google searches show that there are more than 100,000 sex offenders per year in the US, and about 10,000 cleared cases of murders. \n\nEven assuming pretty generously about how much overlap ... | {'id': 'm0h6q06', 'text': "That's pretty extreme.\n\nImagine if you had your dominant hand chopped off - that would largely make you unable to cause harm to others as well, but you would also be less of a burden on others. This was a common punishment for thieves in premodern societies.\n\nBut also imagine if you tatto... | 1h6yh8e | CMV: People convicted of the most violent crimes (such as murder, violent SA) should be turned into quadriplegics by the state as an official form of punishment | I think people who are convicted of rape, murder, and violent sexual assault should, in addition to a traditional prison sentence, be turned quadriplegic by the government. This would be done via a painless surgical procedure on the spinal cord. I genuinely think it has many benefits:
* Greatly reduces recidivism by e... | 1,733,365,763 | Kalk-og-Aske | nan | nan | 2024-12-05 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Jack Smith should have insisted on being fired. | {'id': 'lyzuuq7', 'text': "I am revising my position here a little bit. I'm not sure how important the AG report would be, I'm trying to find more on that. But I think there were two other considerations that were important for Smith:\n\nFirst, the fact that dismissing the cases himself allowed him to request that th... | {'id': 'lyzrcbz', 'text': 'Voted for one. What do you think is going to happen when Trump\'s insane plans tank the economy? Do you really believe a man who is nearly $2 billion in debt, has declared bankruptcy 6 times including bankrupting a casino of all things, committed millions of dollars of fraud in his home state... | 1gzwkkq | CMV: Jack Smith should have insisted on being fired. | A few hours ago, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith filed a motion to have the courts dismiss both pending cases against Donald Trump. I do not believe he should have done so.
The Jan. 6 case charged Donald Trump with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Conspiracy to Obstruct, Obstruction and Conspiracy against rights... | 1,732,575,300 | Orphan_Guy_Incognito | nan | nan | 2024-11-25 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Billionaires are not as rich as we think they are | {'id': 'm2bju8u', 'text': 'Very very rich to the tune of **billions of dollars**, yes? Like they literally have access to that money.', 'author': 'blind-octopus', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1734352735} | {'id': 'm2bgpvs', 'text': 'I agree it’s much harder to comprehend when talking about time, because we don’t measure time using a decimal system', 'author': 'Swayfromleftoright', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1734351154} | 1hfhalm | CMV: Billionaires are not as rich as we think they are | There are supposedly more than 2,500 billionaires in the world these days. While **I certainly agree that these people are very very rich**, I do not think they are as rich as often claimed, in the straightforward economic sense of possessing billions of dollars of purchasing power (as presented in the memes and infogr... | 1,734,349,414 | phileconomicus | nan | nan | 2024-12-16 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Candace Owens is, indisputably, one of the most heinously moronic political commentators in the world. | {'id': 'm2fuydj', 'text': 'Not in order but all worse than Owens as far as heinous idiocy goes:\n\nAlex Jones \n\nTucker Carlson\n\nBill O’Reilly\n\nJoe Rogan\n\nNicholas Fuentes', 'author': 'FerdinandTheGiant', 'score': 3, 'timestamp': 1734406092} | {'id': 'm2fuwiw', 'text': 'Consider this: she is a product of an environment that incentivizes this behavior. To focus on Candace Owens would be to ignore the broader system that made Candace Owens possible.', 'author': 'TarquinusSuperbus000', 'score': 0, 'timestamp': 1734406072} | 1hg11gj | CMV: Candace Owens is, indisputably, one of the most heinously moronic political commentators in the world. | I will try and keep this relatively succinct :)
The majority of her positions on contentious issues fall apart upon the slightest degree of scrutiny. For the ones that warrant examination beyond their absurd conclusions, the reasoning betrays an egregiously alarming lack of any critical thought. It’s as if an angsty, ... | 1,734,404,237 | 60tomidnight | nan | nan | 2024-12-17 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The most effective way to install Trump as a dictator is to revolt against the rich. | {'id': 'm2fm5ft', 'text': 'More efficient, maybe, but less effective. Too easy to overturn or reign in. Too many variables that might not go his way and prevent him from slipping into the dictatorship role.', 'author': 'QuentinQuitMovieCrit', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1734402763} | {'id': 'm22il8s', 'text': "This is absolutely not true. Trump killed tens of thousands of his own supporters by promoting anti-vax conspiracies. \n\nPeople don't realize that authoritarians kill almost as many of their own people as they do people who oppose them.", 'author': 'BurgerQueef69', 'score': 0, 'timestamp': 1... | 1hebr0n | CMV: The most effective way to install Trump as a dictator is to revolt against the rich. | The French revolution was great for the common people, right? The commoners gained some of the rights that Americans already have. It provided some opportunities, but then lead to a dictator ruling for the next decade or so. So, now there's a pro-business administration coming into power and the general consensus is th... | 1,734,208,232 | epikverde | nan | nan | 2024-12-14 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Molcajete are not sanitary, but cast iron skillets are. | {'id': 'lydf53x', 'text': "season it with rice and salt, the salt will kill and prevent anything from being able to grow, this is how it is traditionally done. there should be no food particles left over when you're done cleaning..", 'author': 'Comprehensive-Leg-82', 'score': 22, 'timestamp': 1732253438} | {'id': 'lydd8xw', 'text': 'You can clean something without soap. Cleaning methods using salt, vinegar, or baking soda exist.', 'author': 'Nrdman', 'score': 14, 'timestamp': 1732252502} | 1gx0a0l | CMV: Molcajete are not sanitary, but cast iron skillets are. | I've been recommended videos on how to properly "season" a molcajete, a dish made of porous volcanic rock, mainly used for making salsa and the sort. However, although it's often compared to seasoning a cast iron skillet, it's not nearly the same.
When you "season" a cast iron skillet, you aren't literally leaving be... | 1,732,252,063 | TheCunnyEnthusiast | nan | nan | 2024-11-22 | 2024_fall |
CMV: fetal personhood should impact how age is calculated | {'id': 'm0kmih3', 'text': "Age is already something we track for convenience, not because it makes complete sense. In many cases, the things we actually care about are physical and mental maturity, but those things can't realistically be checked every time they are relevant. So we use age as a stand-in, because this ro... | {'id': 'm0km362', 'text': "A year is a human measurement, it's an earth rotation we use, it doesn't actually tell you anything magical it's just a personal milestone.\xa0\n\n\nDifferent cultures measure differently, there's more than gregorian calendars, you can have a lunar birthday, zodiac significant dates, there's ... | 1h7esga | CMV: fetal personhood should impact how age is calculated | if a country or state has laws stating that a fetus at fertilization/6 weeks/whenever is an alive human person, then that date should be used to calculate the individual's age (as opposed to date of birth). this is my view because it just makes sense to me: once you are "alive", that time should be reflected in your ag... | 1,733,420,233 | Vegetable_Night_2034 | nan | nan | 2024-12-05 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Trump will be a dictator. | {'id': 'm2er8dp', 'text': "To address your expansions:\n\nElections are actually surprisingly hard to rig. He tried and failed to do that exact thing. The election system is quite secure. And in any case, no rigging of elections will get him a third term.\n\nThe SCOTUS is on his side up to a point, but they are not ... | {'id': 'm2ekwn1', 'text': "Um the fact that has house and Senate is the result of democracy.\n\n\nThe person majority elect should be given free rein of decisions so they can accomplish what they want.\xa0\n\n\nThat's why you have term limits so you can simply don't vote for him again next election if you feel he did a... | 1hfvqgw | CMV: Trump will be a dictator. | No, I'm not saying that he's Fascist or Nazi, not every dictator is Fascist or Nazi. And when I say "Dictator" I more mean that he'll turn the U.S. into a Democracy with a citation needed.
1. He literally said that he'd be a "dictator on day one."
2. He has complete control of the House, Senate and SCOTUS.
3. He is... | 1,734,388,746 | BalanceGreat6541 | nan | nan | 2024-12-16 | 2024_fall |
CMV: I believe the Israel-Palestine conflict would be old news not really talked about anymore if there wasn't a perception that Jewish people are white | {'id': 'ltu9g3p', 'text': 'Since I changed your view, please remember to issue a delta! Thanks.', 'author': 'jzpenny', 'score': -4, 'timestamp': 1729945508} | {'id': 'ltu9cgn', 'text': 'The problem is the baby killing and literal bulldozing over innocent civilians since 1947', 'author': 'Azby78', 'score': -7, 'timestamp': 1729945463} | 1gcjjxi | CMV: I believe the Israel-Palestine conflict would be old news not really talked about anymore if there wasn't a perception that Jewish people are white | 99% of conflicts that happen around the world are between two or more non-white groups, so they barely get any coverage in the US. I mean there's a whole Sudanese Civil War going on since last year that nobody cares about that has killed nearly as many people as those who have died in Palestine and has displaced over 7... | 1,729,944,362 | ImportTuner808 | nan | nan | 2024-10-26 | 2024_fall |
CMV: People weren't meant to live in mega cities from a social perspective, the mass anonymity of them messes with our psyche | {'id': 'm1qu7mu', 'text': 'So a quick Google tells me that "deaths of despair" (suicide, overdose, addiction related deaths, etc) tend to be more frequent per capita in rural areas rather than cities. For instance, here is a study to that effect:\n\nhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10997338/\n\nObviously there ... | {'id': 'm1pz64e', 'text': '> From personal experience living in Denver then Atlanta then Taos, I can say it’s vastly easier to build friend networks here in Taos for 2 big reasons: you run into people repeatedly so your conversations can build and your friends know your other friends, bridging connections and bringing ... | 1hcozr8 | CMV: People weren't meant to live in mega cities from a social perspective, the mass anonymity of them messes with our psyche | People only have the ability to have something like 150 stable interactive social relationships. Likewise until the last 200 years, people pretty much exclusively lived in places with 50,000 people or less. Also, social relationships are one of the biggest indicators of long term wellbeing, both physically and mentally... | 1,734,021,159 | Tiny-Pomegranate7662 | nan | nan | 2024-12-12 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The frequency of false rape accusations is an unknowable statistic | {'id': 'ltal3if', 'text': "The portion where you compare to other crimes is a poor argument. It's reasonable to believe that the vast majority of people *convicted* are guilty, because the bar of proof is relatively high.\n\nWe are not discussing convictions, but accusations. The rest of your comment doesn't go into th... | {'id': 'ltadkld', 'text': ">punished for reporting it\n\nThat's literally not what happened. She told she had made it up, so they believed her (why wouldnt they?) and punished her for the crime she admitted to (even though she didn't do it) \n\n>accused of filing false reports \n\nShe was not accused of it, she told th... | 1g9xfik | CMV: The frequency of false rape accusations is an unknowable statistic | A popular argument against addressing the issue of false rape (or sexual assault) accusations is that they are so exceedingly rare, that it isn't an issue worth dedicating significant resources to. And that addressing the issue of rape and sexual assault is far more vital.
Various "studies" have been done to try to d... | 1,729,643,037 | JuicingPickle | nan | nan | 2024-10-23 | 2024_fall |
Cmv: A Poacher's Life is Not More Valuable Than an Entire Species | {'id': 'm0vfilw', 'text': "It isn't about that. I'm not asking anyone but you. If you are ok with that then you are happily self aware of it then it is at least unhypocritical. \n\nIf you said no and tried to deflect and said it would be a decision or the greater group or whatever is what I was curious about. It sounds... | {'id': 'm0slg3y', 'text': 'Classes of citizens already exist. What are you going on about. And the post is basically "if you do these things, it\'s not bad if you die". They aren\'t saying we should go out and shoot people we think are poachers. It\'s like saying I think people who rape children should die. That doesn\... | 1h8e1q5 | Cmv: A Poacher's Life is Not More Valuable Than an Entire Species | A poacher does not deserve to "live" (to the fullest) after wiping out several members of a species, and it is in no way immoral to take their life (outside of prison) from themselves as, being a poacher, for performing what is basically genocide (speciocide as someone suggested) of another. In no matter what way you p... | 1,733,525,361 | JacobKernels | nan | nan | 2024-12-06 | 2024_fall |
CMV: The fertility rate crisis is the biggest crisis we'll face for the next 100 years. | {'id': 'm2glz5o', 'text': 'Would be nice if you could type a longer reply, so that I could get the delta :)\xa0', 'author': 'Mcwedlav', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1734419189} | {'id': 'm2gl9qq', 'text': "I think you're looking at the problem from the wrong perspective. Try looking up rather than down.", 'author': 'Wattsa_37', 'score': 0, 'timestamp': 1734418763} | 1hg4a4k | CMV: The fertility rate crisis is the biggest crisis we'll face for the next 100 years. | Everyone knows about the drop in births around the world, and aging populations.
I think people especially in left wing circles tend to dismiss the danger that low birth rates pose. The predominant view on the left wing (in my experience) is that the fear around low birth rates is driven by landlords and capitalists ... | 1,734,415,502 | Username-17 | nan | nan | 2024-12-17 | 2024_fall |
CMV: People who pay 300 EUR for a single-mold plastic, no articulation character figurine and claim the quality warrants it are deluding themselves | {'id': 'm2n39aa', 'text': "> Do you have any source for these numbers because when I searched I found numbers ranging from 60 euros to 800 000 depending on factors but if it really be so expensive and they will only make 200 units. I feel they would simply 3d print them isntead.\n\nThere's no fixed prices for this sort... | {'id': 'm2n1ppp', 'text': "Here's an article that says according to the 2022-23 financial report, Games Workshop paid $8.6 million just on molds. It also breaks down some of the other costs associated, like $2.3 million for tooling, milling, injection moulding, and paint machines.\n\nhttps://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-... | 1hgxx9o | CMV: People who pay 300 EUR for a single-mold plastic, no articulation character figurine and claim the quality warrants it are deluding themselves | For reference, I mean something such as [this](https://www.ebay.com/itm/265271544879?norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-169407-715209-8&mkcid=2&itemid=265271544879&targetid=293946777986&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9063754&poi=&campaignid=20536901515&mkgroupid=153284523317&rlsatarget=pla-293946777986&abcId=&merchantid=508516... | 1,734,513,597 | muffinsballhair | nan | nan | 2024-12-18 | 2024_fall |
CMV: IQ tests should just be a score out of a 100 | {'id': 'm35nrdj', 'text': 'Thanks man! I think you have to invoke the bot writing !delta :)', 'author': 'davidkalinex', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1734799582} | {'id': 'm35eo86', 'text': 'IQ is truly only measured by a Stanford-Binet test which has been outed as flawed and racially biased and generally replaced with a wonderlic as the standard aptitude test these days.\n\nSo yes, aptitude tests have been constantly refined and adjusted over the years to be more accurate measur... | 1hjcara | CMV: IQ tests should just be a score out of a 100 | I took one of these “IQ” tests and got my results back in the male yesterday. I got 79 which is like a very good score for me because in high school the highest I ever got in a class was 63% but I think I’ve learnt a lot of things about life since then so I did expect a good score.
I then showed my friends my score be... | 1,734,795,582 | BruceELehrmann | nan | nan | 2024-12-21 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Germany’s choice of Hitler in 1933 shows how democracies can elect their own downfall | {'id': 'lvw6h22', 'text': "I think we've reached the core of our disagreement. I view the Weimar Republic as an extreme case *historically, culturally and institutionally*.\n\nSo although all humans are susceptible to reaching for authoritarian solutions if their security is threatened, *something* prevents that from r... | {'id': 'lvvr11o', 'text': 'Of course it\'s tricky to work out the finer details of morality, but as humans we\'ve generally worked out some good ideas of what is "right" over the last few millennia. I\'d say reciprocity/the social contract is at the core of it, recognising that even when in power, we should act as we w... | 1glntsb | CMV: Germany’s choice of Hitler in 1933 shows how democracies can elect their own downfall | The story of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power stands as a damning indictment of blind faith in authority, of the allure of a figure who claims to “restore greatness” while sowing division, and of the horrifying consequences when fear and anger are allowed to override logic. Let’s dismantle the comforting illusion that demo... | 1,730,977,037 | Top_Present_5825 | nan | nan | 2024-11-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Tariffs actually (politically) progressive | {'id': 'm2sorlk', 'text': 'But there would be better ways to implement this.\nBlanket tariffs give no incentive to stop exploitation.\n\nBut a tariff of which the height depends on labor conditions, en environmental laws, etc. would.\n\nSuch tariffs would be progressive.\n\nYou can see this in the difference between Tr... | {'id': 'm2sodb0', 'text': 'Aaah that’s a fair point. I think traditionally, tariffs were very much a conservative economic policy (at least here in the UK and Europe, I’m not 100% sure about the US). The old landed gentry, aristocrats and other members of the conservative elite favoured tariffs due to a combination of ... | 1hho98n | CMV: Tariffs actually (politically) progressive | To be clear, this is not a pro or anti Trump post. Just the subject of tariffs being discussed got me thinking about it.
The global labor market seems to work in a 'lowest bidder' kind of way (i.e. "who can make these products at a quality level we deem acceptable for the lowest possible cost?").
In a lot of cases th... | 1,734,596,125 | Loose-Tumbleweed-468 | nan | nan | 2024-12-19 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Mental Health issues are becoming too diluted and aren't being used properly anymore | {'id': 'm0xv4pn', 'text': 'I hope none of this comes across as aggressive! I just had a lot to say :)\n\nI think it\'s worth noting that there are very real diagnostic criteria for any mental illness that psychiatrists follow. If someone describes their symptoms that aren\'t improved despite making lifestyle changes to... | {'id': 'm0xtj4o', 'text': "'clinical depression' is actually a very well-defined criteria-based thing ([link](https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10195/dsm-5-criteria-major-depressive-disorder#next-steps))", 'author': 'Aimbag', 'score': 3, 'timestamp': 1733609944} | 1h938vr | CMV: Mental Health issues are becoming too diluted and aren't being used properly anymore | I would like to start out by saying that mental health is important, but I feel like nowadays everyone is depressed or has anxiety. You are not depressed just because you feel sad sometimes. Depression is feeling sad basically all the time, losing interest in everyday activities, planning suicide, and along that degree... | 1,733,608,396 | Dull_Firefighter3584 | nan | nan | 2024-12-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Draws should not be allowed in Chess - 1st to Capture King Wins, and Kings can move into Check | {'id': 'm0xtsff', 'text': 'I just think in practice this is going to result in unsatisfying stupid endings.\n\n\nLike, you say the move that "triggers" K vs K results in a loss. Okay, but then rewind the game a bit. Before that, maybe it was K + something else vs K, and then the King *capturing* that piece becomes a lo... | {'id': 'm0xsrdm', 'text': '>If the move you make triggers these particular positions\n\nFor example if you have a king and your opponent has a king and a castle, taking their castle would lose you the game?', 'author': 'Vesurel', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733609686} | 1h937xo | CMV: Draws should not be allowed in Chess - 1st to Capture King Wins, and Kings can move into Check | Far too many chess games end in draw - the game would be better if there was always a winner and a loser to the game of chess. This would be a more interesting and dynamic game if there were only winners and losers.
The rule changes required are simple:
1st to Capture an opponent's King wins. Kings can move into ch... | 1,733,608,319 | GoodGuyGinger | nan | nan | 2024-12-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: It makes sense for the elites to play nice after AI fully replaces human labor | {'id': 'm3dp455', 'text': "Too many women do. Another example: Conservative women voting for politicians who put into place laws that endanger the lives of pregnant women who face medical emergencies. Because _they_ won’t be one of the poor women left to bleed out in parking lots.\n\n>\xa0It's clearly an irrational way... | {'id': 'm3do5j6', 'text': '>>\xa0So no matter where you are on the economic ladder, you have a reason to be peaceful towards the unproductive class. The reason is that you could end up in it.\n\nSame as how people living paycheck-to-paycheck are kind to homeless people, because they’re just one medical emergency away f... | 1hkdso4 | CMV: It makes sense for the elites to play nice after AI fully replaces human labor | I see a lot of people arguing that once AI replaces all human labor, the elites who control the AI will have no reason to support the rest of the population since they provide zero productive value. So instead of creating something like a UBI, the elites will simply allow mass poverty and starvation to worsen and maybe... | 1,734,920,198 | Suitable_Ad_6455 | nan | nan | 2024-12-23 | 2024_fall |
CMV: A “religion” centered around modern particle physics will be created within the next few centuries | {'id': 'm15a44t', 'text': 'Pretty sure you just copy and paste the little delta symbol, which is on the right underneath the rules, along with an explanation of the basis for the delta.', 'author': 'eggynack', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733718215} | {'id': 'm12v2y3', 'text': "If modern science were to give birth to a new religion, why hasn't it happened already? Science has been around for centuries.", 'author': 'Siddhantmd', 'score': 0, 'timestamp': 1733687296} | 1h9qrow | CMV: A “religion” centered around modern particle physics will be created within the next few centuries | After my NoStupidQuestions thread got nuked by Reddit moment moderators for being a "disguised agenda post," and being "objectively wrong" I decided to post here. Definitely sparked enough interest, so I thought here would be best too for actual discussion.
Here I'm arguing that as we learn more about the universe, ou... | 1,733,686,484 | SpoopyNoNo | nan | nan | 2024-12-08 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Arguing that pro-life people should support welfare or in general should be anti-war/death penalty is arguing semantics and thus a fallacy | {'id': 'lvtf5j8', 'text': 'It would be an analogous "semantic argument" if the people against antisemitism were actually arguing that Jewish people should be protected because they were Semitic peoples. \n\nLife is a supposedly the *core element* of the "pro-life" movement, *according to them*. They *claim* to be conce... | {'id': 'lvt7egr', 'text': 'I think there\'s an obvious conflict in the case of folks who oppose abortion in all instances for the reason that "life is sacred" or whatever in the case of hazards to the life of the mother. If you oppose abortion because you believe the fetus has a sacred right to life, but have no more n... | 1glcxuh | CMV: Arguing that pro-life people should support welfare or in general should be anti-war/death penalty is arguing semantics and thus a fallacy | This is not a pro-life argument necessarily, I am merely trying to state that arguing that pro-life people are hypocrites for not supporting certain stuff like being for the death penalty or being anti-war.
1. War is a complex matter it is a false equivalence to compare abortion debates if one is pro-life and supp... | 1,730,937,155 | Any-Emu-570 | nan | nan | 2024-11-06 | 2024_fall |
CMV: It's better for voters if a candidate promises semi-vague aims then hyper specific policies | {'id': 'm12qzdn', 'text': "Governor promises to lower crime.\xa0\n\n\nGets elected, actually lowers crime by making several white collar crimes he's committing legal.", 'author': 'Tsarbarian_Rogue', 'score': 2, 'timestamp': 1733686017} | {'id': 'm12l7rg', 'text': ">It's better for voters if a candidate promises semi-vague aims then hyper specific policies\n\nThis advice seems to suit husbands as well!", 'author': 'CallMeCorona1', 'score': 1, 'timestamp': 1733684242} | 1h9pgrq | CMV: It's better for voters if a candidate promises semi-vague aims then hyper specific policies | A lot of people are giving Trump flak for being vague on his campaign promises/policies while saying Harris had more thought out and specific policy proposals but I never got why that's better it seems worse to me for several ones.
1) Voters can't be expected to understand the hyper specific policies and their outcom... | 1,733,683,069 | FlyingFightingType | nan | nan | 2024-12-08 | 2024_fall |
CMV: UHC CEO Shooting Will Result in Less Overall Suffering Than If it never happened. | {'id': 'm0vedaw', 'text': 'You\'re ignoring the single factor people are most upset about, which is unfair denials. While this CEO isn\'t the cause of "THE problem," he is the cause of many people actually suffering and/or dying because he is responsible for dramatically increasing denials.\n\nIt\'s true that collecti... | {'id': 'm0v7h5a', 'text': "He's literally just gonna be replaced and nothing will change. For actual change:\n\n1) There is quite literally a mass spree of murders against executives of healthcare companies\n\n2) There is a mass and continued protest against these healthcare companies, whether by somehow boycotting the... | 1h8q7gr | CMV: UHC CEO Shooting Will Result in Less Overall Suffering Than If it never happened. | To clarify, I believe that the humbling of the corrupt and powerful will cause said bad faith actors who are “unpunishable” by standard law to feel fear and vulnerability. This will result in several possibilities:
1: Possibly nothing and it fizzles out, still being a blood drawn on the untouchable proving a point.
... | 1,733,569,385 | Murky_Toe_4717 | nan | nan | 2024-12-07 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Men should be the one to ask for exclusivity | {'id': 'm38zx5t', 'text': 'Well any couple serious enough to consider marriage should 100% be talking about it well in advance to any sort of proposal. Both parties over time talking about goals, aims, needs. And eventually—hey, what’s the timeline for taking this thing all the way?\xa0\n\nA proposal should only be a s... | {'id': 'm379rbq', 'text': 'I’ve never heard that only women can ask for the relationship to be exclusive. \n\n> Men stereotypically are the ones that have commitment issues. \n\nNot from what I’ve observed. From what I’ve observed latch onto their first serious girlfriend or woman who treats them like their mother does... | 1hjkm1i | CMV: Men should be the one to ask for exclusivity | I've never been in a relationship, but from my POV guys should be the one to ask the girl for exclusivity/to be steady. Why?
1. The question is essentially an ultimatum. Let's say the girl asks the guy to be exclusive, and maybe his preferred timeline is to wait another month or two before doing so, but he can't say ... | 1,734,819,432 | lilychoufan | nan | nan | 2024-12-21 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Luigi Mangione shouldn't be idolized | {'id': 'm3gwaeq', 'text': 'Okay, I honestly think this is the problem. I’ve seen lots of threads and takes from people saying this, and they all seem to miss a key part of the argument. ‘Why wouldn’t they try something else before going to killing? Killing is wrong.’ I fully agree with you here. And I agree with you th... | {'id': 'm3guykn', 'text': "While I don't think murder is great, entire kingdoms and civilizations were built and overthrown with blood.\xa0\n\nLooks aside, I think most people are too afraid or don't have the time to stand up for what is right. We feel small and powerless, like going to vote doesn't feel like it's doin... | 1hkt04t | CMV: Luigi Mangione shouldn't be idolized | It's so weird how everyone seems to thirst after him and treat him like some kind hearted superhero. He shot another man point-blank.
Yes, that man was an insurance holder who kept people from live saving items and yes that is awful and he deserved karma. Luigi as a person however is not to be idolized. What he did was... | 1,734,975,633 | Bowsfrill | nan | nan | 2024-12-23 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Taxation is not theft. In fact, it is more akin to a modest admission ticket to participate in the economy. | {'id': 'm1s67ws', 'text': 'No, i just decided arguing with a brick wall isnt a good use of time. You havnt proven (although you have claimed you have) that its possible to opt out. For crying out loud - One of your scenarios call out paying tax for years to purchase property (income tax, property tax) and then be "out"... | {'id': 'm1kqm0x', 'text': "While two things can be true, in this case they aren't. Taxes are not theft. You cannot opt out of someone stealing from you, you can opt out of paying taxes. You can somewhere without government or taxes. \n\nYou could more easily mare an argument for taxes being extortion, since if you don'... | 1hbydut | CMV: Taxation is not theft. In fact, it is more akin to a modest admission ticket to participate in the economy. | I think a lot of people get their paycheck and see tax deductions and feel robbed. Like what do you mean my yearly salary is not actually how much I take home?" Right? Libertarians make the the saying "taxation is theft" their rallying cry, often arguing that no taxation is acceptable, and the government should essenti... | 1,733,936,997 | Prince_Marf | nan | nan | 2024-12-11 | 2024_fall |
CMV: Inheritance tax is morally consistent with conservative values | {'id': 'm362t3j', 'text': 'That is confirming the mindset of resources all being the governments and they are deciding what a person gets to keep. \n\nThe money, the land, the capital, the assets are not the government’s. They are private property owned by the individual. A person conveys ownership through their death ... | {'id': 'm35xy9c', 'text': "\\>But when a multi millionaire (or wealthier) dies and leaves their children enough money so that they have no incentive to work or contribute to the economy and they're free to live a life of indulgence with no consequence, I think that should be examined and thoroughly taxed.\n\n \nWhy do... | 1hjeqcv | CMV: Inheritance tax is morally consistent with conservative values |
As per the title. As a disclaimer, I am somewhat fiscalle conservative myself, if not at least a moderate. I was pondering the common logic of arguments against robust welfare programs, which is typically that it does not provide people who benefit from them an incentive to participate in the economy if the alternativ... | 1,734,802,500 | Strange_Quote6013 | nan | nan | 2024-12-21 | 2024_fall |
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