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CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day
Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and avail... | I agree in concept but it’s incredibly expensive and not all police precincts and counties have the infrastructure for it. Some of the counties use tape like they store their data on tape. | What about the privacy of the people that the police interact with? | iqe8ci | CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day | Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and available immediately or the next day at the latest. We shouldn't have to wait until September to ... | 1,599,778,098 | WolfgangVolos | g4rlup9 | g4rlcuq | 6 | 1 |
CMV: Maxine Waters should be impeached and charged with inciting violence.
Waters said: “We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Freedom of speech does not allow you to incite violence.
[h... | Impeachment is a political process, and a politician can be impeached for anything, practically speaking. I'm only going to deal with the question of whether it is criminal.
One element you're ignoring is *imminence*. The test established is that your speech has to be likely to produce lawless action *right away.* The... | I disagree that anti police protestors have been violent. [Nonpartisan researchers have concluded that deaths reported in the media to be related to protests actually just happened in the vicinity.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/26/almost-none-deaths-linked-recent-protests-are-known-have-been-committe... | mupfdm | CMV: Maxine Waters should be impeached and charged with inciting violence. | Waters said: “We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Freedom of speech does not allow you to incite violence.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent\_lawless\_action](https://en.wikipedia... | 1,618,922,521 | barbodelli | gv74fdd | gv73q97 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them.
Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
Howeve... | > Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
I mean there’s not really much to go on here. All I can really say is no. Palestinians star... | "Genocide"
"Ethnic cleansing"
"Victims"
Words used to describe the Palestinian condition under Israeli rule. Despite Gaza not being under occupation for the past 18 years. Despite the Palestinian insistance on voting for corrupt, explicitly genocidal organizations who demonstrate their evil intentions. Despite Palestin... | 17lymm4 | CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them. | Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
However! There is huge public opinion in the opposite direction too. So I come here with an ... | 1,698,912,619 | Educational-Fruit-16 | k7hdwxi | k7hd9g0 | 69 | 26 |
CMV:There is no morality
I do not believe that there is morality due to a lack of evidence. I will define morality as being an imperative towards acting in the interests of people that are not oneself or a person that one cares about due to a personal relationship. I personally would like to live in a society where pe... | Morality is a label. Right and wrong are subjective and dependent upon social constructs, context, history, current trends, who is taking the action, and a million other things. For example, one of the things that defines a government is their monopoly on the legitimate use of force. So you shooting a drug dealer in yo... | Well, I do believe there is such a thing as morality, but I do not think it is an altruistic concept, such as it is portrayed and often defined.
Say you were to live in this hypothetical world you describe. Then no, there would be no direct physical or psychological detriment to yourself from torturing someone to dea... | 5s5tn4 | CMV:There is no morality | I do not believe that there is morality due to a lack of evidence. I will define morality as being an imperative towards acting in the interests of people that are not oneself or a person that one cares about due to a personal relationship. I personally would like to live in a society where people are prevented from ha... | 1,486,272,204 | suwaii | ddcq142 | ddcmpql | 7 | 1 |
CMV: The media and leftist portion of the world is giving the New Zealand terrorist EXACTLY what he wanted.
The shooter directly stated that his goal was to push social divisiveness. He also obviously pushed this himself by calling out pewdiepie, Candice Owens and President Trump, people he admits he disagrees with, f... | >people he admits he disagrees with, for no other reason than to cause outrage.
Is that the only reason? The shooter's main point behind those figures is that while he may disagree with them in some areas, they were useful in introducing people to white nationalism. Isn't it just as likely that in addition to causing ... | His views are not far left, he is a white nationalist. The right wing media including Fox News and pundits like Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, etc. have pushed this anti-immigration and anti-muslim bigotry that the shooter believed in. What he said in his manifesto is repeated by right wingers everyday.
Che... | b3moe0 | CMV: The media and leftist portion of the world is giving the New Zealand terrorist EXACTLY what he wanted. | The shooter directly stated that his goal was to push social divisiveness. He also obviously pushed this himself by calling out pewdiepie, Candice Owens and President Trump, people he admits he disagrees with, for no other reason than to cause outrage. The media and leftists have embraced his call to outrage by the med... | 1,553,145,571 | luckyhunterdude | ej0p2m5 | ej0odzo | 8 | 0 |
CMV: Criticism of Captain Marvel is not motivated by anti-feminist trolls
I've read a lot of media articles claiming that the negative reactions against Captain Marvel were motivated by "trolls" being misogynists who can't handle a strong female lead. See, e.g., [https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/8/18254584/captain-m... | Sorry, that many people did not post one-star "reviews" of a movie they haven't seen yet based on serious critical analysis.
And I feel you are forgetting the man-boy backlash against the Ghostbusters remake, the call for a boycott against "Mad Max: Fury Road," or the incandescent fury against "Star Wars: The Force A... | 1) The movie is critically and commercially not "crappy". 79% fresh is a fine rating for any film, and as of the 18th of March it has grosses $700 million+ so the advertising campaign could not have been that bad, or else it would have not had this success.
2) The comments that get brought up to say she is insulting p... | b3e9i6 | CMV: Criticism of Captain Marvel is not motivated by anti-feminist trolls | I've read a lot of media articles claiming that the negative reactions against Captain Marvel were motivated by "trolls" being misogynists who can't handle a strong female lead. See, e.g., [https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/8/18254584/captain-marvel-boycott-controversy](https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/8/18254584/ca... | 1,553,100,180 | peekabookpenguin | eiyza8u | eiyxxip | 8 | 3 |
CMV: Crime in the ghetto isn't due to just poverty, it's due to violent & drug culture
[Looking at the list of countries by homicide rate,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate) there are countries which have generally much worse poverty than ghettos, yet astonishingly low homic... | The way crime manifests itself differs between community / across society, poverty has some impacts that transcend boundaries, but the way people live in poverty deal with then more 'generic' aspects of poverty (lack of resources) will depend on the place they live in, and what options they have available to them. The ... | Yeah but acts of violence and drug culture are fueled by poverty. Especially when you're talking about a country like the US where there is more demand for drugs due in part to our abilities to live more extravagant lifestyles compared to other people around the world. When this kind of demand arises it falls to the po... | 86imup | CMV: Crime in the ghetto isn't due to just poverty, it's due to violent & drug culture | [Looking at the list of countries by homicide rate,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate) there are countries which have generally much worse poverty than ghettos, yet astonishingly low homicide rates.
In the slums of Indonesia for instance, murder is almost nonexistent. Yet,... | 1,521,787,067 | Bortles-Senpai | dw5fqdv | dw5dtdm | 12 | 0 |
CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day
Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and avail... | The footage shouldn’t be available publicly in the sense that everyone can view it, but it should be locked away by a non biased organization that has no affiliation with those it holds videos of. This way no tampering can take place in the event a recording needs to be pulled. They absolutely should be recorded though... | If the police stop me because my license plate is invalid and I'm providing them personal information, I don't want the public to see that.
If I'm talking to a police officer and reporting that someone tries to assault me, I don't want the public to see that.
Body Cams are a great way to know what the police officers... | iqe8ci | CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day | Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and available immediately or the next day at the latest. We shouldn't have to wait until September to ... | 1,599,778,098 | WolfgangVolos | g4rmmfj | g4rlter | 21 | 11 |
CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day
Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and avail... | I feel like a better idea is that if you're involved with the police, you should have the right to request the body cam footage. Then you (or your legal counsel) can choose to release the footage to the public or not. The police release footage all the time, but only if it is their favor. | Have you considered the consequences of having everything the police see recorded? The police operate in public spaces, but also homes and semi-public businesses. It’s hardly appropriate to have recordings of people stored in government files for eternity. | iqe8ci | CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day | Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and available immediately or the next day at the latest. We shouldn't have to wait until September to ... | 1,599,778,098 | WolfgangVolos | g4t0sk3 | g4s86t9 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Among the reasons free speech is important is that it may be the principle manner by which we avoid error.
In the absence of free speech (i.e., no speech or, more likely, restricted speech), we necessarily calcify around specific ideas/ideals. Many of those may, in time, be seen as nightmarish attitudes.
Had we ... | It comes down to whether you trust mobs or elites more. With free speech, mobs can circulate all kinds of nutty, even dangerous ideas, with the more sensational rather than truthful being most likely to circulate widely. When free speech is restricted, only the ideas the elites want are allowed to circulate. And the e... | It matters whether or not the jury is still out on ethnic cleansing when people argue it is, which is what this particular argument does. If I'm arguing "we shouldn't allow the public promotion of genocide" and I'm countered with the equivalent of "but it might be to early to discard genocide as wrong!", it doesn't say... | b3blzz | CMV: Among the reasons free speech is important is that it may be the principle manner by which we avoid error. | In the absence of free speech (i.e., no speech or, more likely, restricted speech), we necessarily calcify around specific ideas/ideals. Many of those may, in time, be seen as nightmarish attitudes.
Had we calcified around “prescriptive” ideals of the past (e.g., slavery, child labor, spousal rape, etc.), we’d live in... | 1,553,086,176 | sweetkelshawn | eiyq67t | eiykoh6 | 1 | 0 |
CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports
The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building characte... | You could argue that the purpose of High School is to get you into a good college.
Colleges look at extracurriculars. Many a team captain has gone to Yale.
Also, an hour a day of exercise is good for you. Schools should be encouraging exercise, and school sports does that.
Finally, most high schools have varsity ... | The purpose of school is to prepare you for your adult life, not simply to learn information. Part of that includes being able to take care of yourself physically. We already live in an era of unprecedented inactivity. People sit at a desk at school, they sit at their desk to do homework, then sit on their computers fo... | e1nsrw | CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports | The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building character, they would let anyone join. But they don't as the fac... | 1,574,720,186 | [deleted] | f8qoaxr | f8qo85k | 2 | 1 |
CMV: The Transformers aren't robots
Definitions of what a robot is vary, but they all involve robots being artificial in some way (meaning something else intentionally makes them for a purpose). You can insert questions of autonomy, intelligence, etc. which are all irrelevant to the discussion at hand. A robot is some... | Basically everyone considers androids robots, even if they feel the androids have enough sentience to be considered living. We are not given much info on now transformers are created. If they are either built or somehow life is instilled in an inanimate object I think the term robot is appropriate. If they are birthed ... | >By virtue of them being lifeforms, they aren't artificial.
What? Why? We can artificially breed/engineer lifeforms, and whether we can create life itself is afaik still an open question with some theories as to how it could work.
Im not into the Transformer lore, but did they come out of nothing? Or did they have a ... | b3eiws | CMV: The Transformers aren't robots | Definitions of what a robot is vary, but they all involve robots being artificial in some way (meaning something else intentionally makes them for a purpose). You can insert questions of autonomy, intelligence, etc. which are all irrelevant to the discussion at hand. A robot is something that is made.
The Transformer... | 1,553,101,481 | Tuvinator | eiyyze2 | eiyynv4 | 7 | 2 |
CMV: Donald Trump will accomplish more of his promises if congress flips to Democrat majority in 2018 than if it remains Republican.
Republicans do tend to agree with Donald Trump about 2/3 of the time, but about 1/3 they are against him. For campaign promises like paid maternity leave and mass infrastructure spending... | There's one big failing in your theory - You're assuming that if the Democrats take control of congress, they will remain consistent with and vote with their beliefs/past promises.
I think what is far more likely, and has been borne out in the past, is that they will try to be as obstructive as possible to create fru... | His numbers are really bad. Like worst in history bad.
The Democrats hate and dislike him. There is no trust there.
Nor are they going to look at his multiple examples of plain bad policy.
If the Democrats got into congress they would probably investigate Trump. They wouldn't work with him. | 5s6szk | CMV: Donald Trump will accomplish more of his promises if congress flips to Democrat majority in 2018 than if it remains Republican. | Republicans do tend to agree with Donald Trump about 2/3 of the time, but about 1/3 they are against him. For campaign promises like paid maternity leave and mass infrastructure spending, he will need the support of Democrats.
Donald Trump can push his right wing policies now with a Republican controlled congress, an... | 1,486,291,459 | ShotBot | ddcthgb | ddctfz9 | 10 | 4 |
CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day
Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and avail... | If the police stop me because my license plate is invalid and I'm providing them personal information, I don't want the public to see that.
If I'm talking to a police officer and reporting that someone tries to assault me, I don't want the public to see that.
Body Cams are a great way to know what the police officers... | What about the privacy of the people that the police interact with? | iqe8ci | CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day | Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and available immediately or the next day at the latest. We shouldn't have to wait until September to ... | 1,599,778,098 | WolfgangVolos | g4rlter | g4rlcuq | 11 | 1 |
CMV: The bankers in Mary Poppins are essentially correct: Investing tuppence in the bank is a better decision than using it to feed the birds
So... pigeons are not exactly an endangered species, and it could be argued that they are in fact a pest in big cities, and feeding them just exacerbates the problem.
On the o... | Others have highlighted the benefits to the children's mental health of doing something that brings them joy.
Nobody has yet mentioned the benefit to the economy of the trickle-down effect. By spending tuppence to buy bird food from the little old bird woman's small business rather than locking it away in the bank, t... | >But if you look at it logically, I would argue that investing your tuppence in the bank is a much better financial decision.
There is a concept known as marginal utility. In finance, the idea is basically that as your funds increase, the value you get from each individual dollar (the utility) is decreased. If I have ... | 17llo78 | CMV: The bankers in Mary Poppins are essentially correct: Investing tuppence in the bank is a better decision than using it to feed the birds | So... pigeons are not exactly an endangered species, and it could be argued that they are in fact a pest in big cities, and feeding them just exacerbates the problem.
On the other hand, investing your tuppence in the bank would see it grow over time, as the bankers sing about.
The movie posits that feeding the bird... | 1,698,871,157 | Capability_Green | k7fa324 | k7f1zsk | 35 | 11 |
CMV: The president is too old
Just like any other part of us, our brain experiences a decline in performance as we age. Although our crystalized intelligence remains largely unchanged, fluid intelligence drops off drastically past the age of 75.
I am not specifically taking a shot at Joe Biden, I also believe Donald ... | All the declines you're talking about are averages, not descriptions of every single older person. Though obviously everyone declines as they age, the speed varies considerably. My father in his 70s is stronger than my (wholly able-bodied) brother in his 20s. John F. Kennedy, the youngest person to be elected to the of... | The stress that candidates go through during the primary and general election is generally a good weeding out tool. With the pandemic and Trump being a jackass, Biden did not have to do much to win the election. I disagree with the maximum age, but I would love to see a younger president. | mugpf5 | CMV: The president is too old | Just like any other part of us, our brain experiences a decline in performance as we age. Although our crystalized intelligence remains largely unchanged, fluid intelligence drops off drastically past the age of 75.
I am not specifically taking a shot at Joe Biden, I also believe Donald Trump is too old to be consider... | 1,618,885,863 | Robboiswrong | gv5r37w | gv5qor1 | 27 | 2 |
CMV: Taxation is theft.
I feel that taxation is theft because the government takes your money by force. You are forced to pay a certain percentage of your income and have no say where it goes. How am I forced to pay taxes? If I choose not to pay them, the government levy's fines against me, then sends me to prison if ... | Thank you for the detailed response. Can you please give me a few examples of the things I take from society without consent? | > No, they take your money by contract. You are very free to renounce your citizenship
I would like to see the said contract.
Also you are not FREE to renounce your citizenship, it will cost you tens of thousands of dollars to do so. | 5s5mvk | CMV: Taxation is theft. | I feel that taxation is theft because the government takes your money by force. You are forced to pay a certain percentage of your income and have no say where it goes. How am I forced to pay taxes? If I choose not to pay them, the government levy's fines against me, then sends me to prison if I continue to not pay. If... | 1,486,269,311 | HaloEvent | ddcmjde | ddclsls | 0 | -1 |
cmv: consciousness exist separate from the physical body
Hello, I have been doing some research recently, more specifically, on terminal lucidity. This is a phenomenon in which people with Alzheimer's or dementia suddenly find clarity, often just days before they die. What I wonder, is, how does this happen. The br... | Your evidence stems from the very very occasional and anecdotal occasions in which people with Alzheimer’s regain a modicum of their old selves (which happens at predictable rates throughout the life of the disease) and people who awake from comas.
That has to be weighed against the overwhelming evidence that mind-bo... | Just a caveat that I want to address, People with Alzheimer's don't have clarity "days before they die," It can happen here and there throughout their entire diagnosis.
There were days when my grandfather who passed from Alzheimer's, thought I was still in high school as a 27-year-old man. Other days, He would know th... | mudlxj | cmv: consciousness exist separate from the physical body | Hello, I have been doing some research recently, more specifically, on terminal lucidity. This is a phenomenon in which people with Alzheimer's or dementia suddenly find clarity, often just days before they die. What I wonder, is, how does this happen. The brain has been deteriorating for years, how does it come bac... | 1,618,875,385 | [deleted] | gv57f69 | gv55p0j | 20 | 12 |
CMV: Radical, extreme, and absolutist components of progressive movements generally do more harm than good.
Many social movements throughout history have a **moderate wing and an extreme wing** that have similar goals but use different tactics and rhetoric. The former tends to use logic, rational arguments, and peacef... | >Many social movements throughout history have a moderate wing and an extreme wing that have similar goals but use different tactics and rhetoric. The former tends to use logic, rational arguments, and peaceful actions, and attempts to change the status quo from the inside.
I don't know if "extreme" is the right word.... | >Martin Luther King, JR and other non-violent activists were stalled by extremist actions of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers.
I disagree. MLK and his activism, apart from making segregation unconstitutional, did not do much to instill a sense of pride in being African-American. African-Americans needed a source of pr... | 6jlh70 | CMV: Radical, extreme, and absolutist components of progressive movements generally do more harm than good. | Many social movements throughout history have a **moderate wing and an extreme wing** that have similar goals but use different tactics and rhetoric. The former tends to use logic, rational arguments, and peaceful actions, and attempts to change the status quo from the inside. The latter employs techniques like violenc... | 1,498,488,056 | robbyslaughter | djf7j4y | djf55y8 | 6 | 3 |
CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports
The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building characte... | Okay, but is it necessary for schools to fund such sports? | You're not going out to watch a tennis match | e1nsrw | CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports | The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building character, they would let anyone join. But they don't as the fac... | 1,574,720,186 | [deleted] | f8qqpey | f8qpoge | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Radical, extreme, and absolutist components of progressive movements generally do more harm than good.
Many social movements throughout history have a **moderate wing and an extreme wing** that have similar goals but use different tactics and rhetoric. The former tends to use logic, rational arguments, and peacef... | I think the benefit comes from expanding the overton window. The extremes rarely get implemented. But if the discussion expands to include more extreme positions, than the previously-extreme positions become center-right or center-left. This doesn't change the substance, but it changes the perception. Previously outlan... | MLK jr was called an extremist though and this was his response.
"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has remin... | 6jlh70 | CMV: Radical, extreme, and absolutist components of progressive movements generally do more harm than good. | Many social movements throughout history have a **moderate wing and an extreme wing** that have similar goals but use different tactics and rhetoric. The former tends to use logic, rational arguments, and peaceful actions, and attempts to change the status quo from the inside. The latter employs techniques like violenc... | 1,498,488,056 | robbyslaughter | djf3s9b | djf3aea | 11 | 6 |
CMV: Emotional intelligence is more vital than general intelligence.
I'm studying the evolution of general intelligence (*g*) for my PhD. I used to dismiss the observation that most intelligent animals are social on the grounds that most intelligent animals are either mammals or birds, and both are normally social any... | To preface this, I’m actually a huge enthusiast of EQ, and would be interested in hearing/learning more about the advances in the subject from your perspective. That being said, I’ll try to tackle your opinion by arguing that it’s too strong of a claim.
**Thesis**
Your overarching argument is the EQ is more importan... | >I get what you're saying, but what you're talking about are the accomplishments of a handful of people with exceptional general intelligence. That's awesome, of course, and more power to them.
This isn't exactly correct as it's an effort among a large number of health professionals all over the world. Certainly the... | 8613zn | CMV: Emotional intelligence is more vital than general intelligence. | I'm studying the evolution of general intelligence (*g*) for my PhD. I used to dismiss the observation that most intelligent animals are social on the grounds that most intelligent animals are either mammals or birds, and both are normally social anyway.
In the last several years, however, I've made some observations ... | 1,521,628,961 | Whatifim80lol | dw4ig0m | dw2eyca | 2 | 1 |
CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich.
Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer t... | How can you be land of the free if you don't have a capitalist economy? Economic freedom is a freedom.
There's two types of rights, "positive rights" and "negative rights", that you are conflating. "Negative rights", which are life, liberty and property. "Positive rights" are the rights to things such as healthcare, ... | America’s healthcare system is not truly privatized though. That’s the biggest problem.
Also, land of free means you’re free to make your own choices. People have been born poor and made great choices and have become rich. Three things people can do to ensure they don’t live in poverty: 1) graduate high school, 2) do... | iq2or7 | CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich. | Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer the case. My stance is purely comparing America to my home country (Scotland).
I now believe America is capitalism gone wild, w... | 1,599,742,290 | odkfn | g4ov1oi | g4odnsn | 7 | 6 |
CMV: The English language is not the hardest language to study, learn, or become fluent in.
Any time the topic comes up it is not really a heated debate but more of me being verbally assaulted by English speakers. I've had friends, teachers, and professors all say the same thing. I am talking about the belief that the... | Are you talking about this as a second language, or a first language?
Because as a second language its difficulty depends on what other languages you know. It’s easier if your first language shares vocal sounds for example.
As far as learning the language, it’s also relavent to break it into 4 different skills:
Spe... | I think the point is that certainly compared to the Romance languages, it's vastly more difficult. It's a mismash of rules, words and spellings stolen from many different languages.
Now, Chinese or Hindi have some added challenges for a Westerner because you are dealing with a different character set and phonemes, ... | 6jlcjt | CMV: The English language is not the hardest language to study, learn, or become fluent in. | Any time the topic comes up it is not really a heated debate but more of me being verbally assaulted by English speakers. I've had friends, teachers, and professors all say the same thing. I am talking about the belief that the english language (specifically american english, for sake of this discussion) is the hardest... | 1,498,486,759 | wicodly | djf2s1c | djf2mpg | 3 | 1 |
CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them.
Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
Howeve... | Article 28 of the Geneva Convention IV 1949: "The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations."
Hamas uses civilians as human shields by building their military infrastructure in civilian compounds (hospitals, mosques, schools).
The Geneva Conventio... | > They celebrate Hamas surprise war
Except even in your source the celebration is not shown as a celebration of Hamas but rather a celebration of a retaliatory strike against Israel.
“Many saw the attack, in which over 100 Israelis were abducted and taken as hostages into Gaza, as retribution for the deaths of Palest... | 17lymm4 | CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them. | Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
However! There is huge public opinion in the opposite direction too. So I come here with an ... | 1,698,912,619 | Educational-Fruit-16 | k7hlfa7 | k7hkaej | 147 | 1 |
CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports
The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building characte... | Why can't everyone or almost everyone play a sport? In sports where not everyone could make varsity my highschool added a JV team. If not everyone could make the JV team, they added a freshman team.
I would agree we should try not to needlessly spend money on sports, but why not give kids a chance to pick up a life l... | Except that intramural sports aren't funded by the schools. I am saying that schools shouldn't funded sports since school teaches those values as well. In addition, sports don't benefit everyone since not everyone can play a sport, which means they shouldn't be funded by taxpayer dollars | e1nsrw | CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports | The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building character, they would let anyone join. But they don't as the fac... | 1,574,720,186 | [deleted] | f8qs5hr | f8qpjky | 1 | 0 |
CMV: White Privilege is the incorrect vernacular to be using and is only creating more resentment.
Let's first start off with the definition of the word "privilege".
>a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.
Well we all know that legally, that nobody has mor... | Ultimately, it's being stuck between a rock and a hard place. If we're going to make any kind of progress, people need to seriously consider how their lives are influenced by race relations - both historical and contemporary - and that's very very hard for majority groups to do. When you benefit from a particular syste... | You're applying your definition of privilege specifically in a way that allows you to take offence.
When people discuss things like white privilege, they're discussing the societal benefits of being white -- not a legal immunity or item granted them, but the fact that white people have *the privilege* to not have to e... | b3d9ur | CMV: White Privilege is the incorrect vernacular to be using and is only creating more resentment. | Let's first start off with the definition of the word "privilege".
>a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.
Well we all know that legally, that nobody has more rights than any other person. We know that the law is not different for anybody, unless you have a... | 1,553,095,208 | FuckChiefs_Raiders | eiyqfsr | eiypy9j | 12 | 6 |
CMV: A majority of Atheists get caught up in the negatives of religion. Then because of their massive erection for science, they come off as complete assholes by explaining what religion actually is to anyone who will listen.
Whenever I have heard an Atheist speak to someone who believes in any type of faith they have... | It's not that I consider myself intellectually superior but I'm definitely more rational, and since reason is the tool by which humans understand the world, it's a waste to entertain arguments about the world that refuse to use it. This isn't arrogance, it's just the result of completely opposing metaphysical perspecti... | > Such patterns as: Rivers are a source of the fresh water we need for cooking and drinking - purified by fire water becomes safe to drink. That arable farmland can be domesticated with the plants that we now know how to cook. Since we have more time because we stay in one spot by the river and arable farmland, we can ... | b3b6zm | CMV: A majority of Atheists get caught up in the negatives of religion. Then because of their massive erection for science, they come off as complete assholes by explaining what religion actually is to anyone who will listen. | Whenever I have heard an Atheist speak to someone who believes in any type of faith they have 100% of the time come of as arrogant. Like not having faith in anything makes them intellectually superior.
Now one of my best friends is an Atheist. I’m not saying this to prove that I’m a well-rounded guy, like “I have a b... | 1,553,083,605 | meaty37 | eiys4w8 | eiylr1h | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Reddit is an Echo-Chamber
In my short experience, the subs, specifically political ones, have become/are an echo chamber. Making a comment that goes against the grain can end in a suspension from a sub (mine was from r/socialism), mass karma-loss (which isn't entirely important to me but it causes a cessation on ... | I believe every social bubble is an echo chamber of some sort. A lot of issues either have support or lack of support for it - just because it's two separate opinions that have formed for the issue.
In these cases, I find it's always important to thoroughly describe your own thoughts to be able to expand on opinion. ... | Reddit is an echo chamber
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Yea, sure, if you go to subs *clearly labeled* as housing a specific political ideology expecting to be upvoted for heretical statements, you're gonna have a bad time. Why exactly would you expect a moderated sub on socialism to cater to 'truthfully open discussion' ra... | 6jjokw | CMV: Reddit is an Echo-Chamber | In my short experience, the subs, specifically political ones, have become/are an echo chamber. Making a comment that goes against the grain can end in a suspension from a sub (mine was from r/socialism), mass karma-loss (which isn't entirely important to me but it causes a cessation on open discussion when I can't res... | 1,498,462,495 | EMikaelson | djexg8o | djevh9m | 3 | 2 |
CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich.
Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer t... | >Furthermore, in America not only is healthcare not free, but it’s so privatised doctors have ulterior motives in recommending treatment as they have deals to use certain medications, which means their recommendations cannot be viewed as unbiased. I believe this is, in part, what lead to the opioid crisis America is cu... | You are right on most counts. I say that as an American who has grown up well-off and attended prestigious universities (both public and private) studying psychology, history, and law. I’m a lawyer and have worked as both a public defender and as in-house counsel for large multi-national corporations. I’ve also volunte... | iq2or7 | CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich. | Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer the case. My stance is purely comparing America to my home country (Scotland).
I now believe America is capitalism gone wild, w... | 1,599,742,290 | odkfn | g4rezvm | g4p948q | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them.
Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
Howeve... | If your genocide results in:
1) equal rights for those that are the target of your genocide (and in some areas greater, Israeli Arabs are not required to serve in the IDF, whereas Israeli Jews are)
2) the targets of your genocide making up 20% of your governing body.
3) the targets of your genocide having no trav... | It's pretty obvious there is no genocide. Israel has shown quite well they are trying to minimize as much as possible civilian damage here. Something Hamass can't say. To the point that we have known for a decade and more where the highest ranking hamass leadership are likely sitting right this second, and they wil... | 17lymm4 | CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them. | Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
However! There is huge public opinion in the opposite direction too. So I come here with an ... | 1,698,912,619 | Educational-Fruit-16 | k7hj6pz | k7hiab9 | 22 | 6 |
CMV: Processed clean water is not a human right
I was recently reading about Nestle's horrible practices, and stumbled upon this:
[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-ceo-water-not-human-right/](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-ceo-water-not-human-right/)
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Here's what I think:
1. Someone has t... | according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, every person on the planet needs Food, Water, Sleep, Shelter or they die. So water is not just a basic right but a requirement to survive.
You can boil water and dont need someone to do it for you. If a company does this then I do agree compensation is necessary. I dont feel... | Well I believe we all have the right to life. Since water is necessary for life then I'd say yes everyone needs drinkable water. However there are places like Flint Michigan that come to mind who don't have healthy water but can live on their poor quality for some time. I think my standard of water is probably too h... | b3qi0r | CMV: Processed clean water is not a human right | I was recently reading about Nestle's horrible practices, and stumbled upon this:
[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-ceo-water-not-human-right/](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-ceo-water-not-human-right/)
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Here's what I think:
1. Someone has to filter/clean the water found in nature so that ... | 1,553,174,746 | ApparitionOfChaos | ej1dljw | ej1cxyk | 10 | 1 |
CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it.
I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think r... | I think you are missing a bit of the American perspective. Trump not the illness, but the symptom. Our country trips over its own outrage too much to ever have the proper focus on actual policy that you will find in other democracies. | Have you ever heard the notion that Trump is a distraction from the actual real and substantial discussion that should be taking place?
| 86fstd | CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it. | I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think rightly - based primarily on his seemingly poor work ethic, and his tendency to speak out of turn or at ... | 1,521,758,452 | fleastyler | dw4q8lp | dw4pc1k | 5 | 2 |
CMV: I truly believe the Sandy Hook shooting was staged.
I have done a lot of research and I am almost **100%** certain that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax created by gun control lobbyists, politicians, media representatives and other people who might benefit from the lobbying of gun control laws.
Maybe I am a c... | I'm a conspiracy theory fan, and a hardcore believer that Oswald wasn't a lone killer of JFK.
Two glaring problems with Sandy Hook that I can't get over.
1) A Manchurian situation, maybe. A guy programmed to be a killer. Those death had to be real. It makes not sense to "stage" the whole thing. What an unnecessary wa... | exactly. It is like the people who believe that 9/11 was an inside job. The same logic applies. | 5s5xf7 | CMV: I truly believe the Sandy Hook shooting was staged. | I have done a lot of research and I am almost **100%** certain that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax created by gun control lobbyists, politicians, media representatives and other people who might benefit from the lobbying of gun control laws.
Maybe I am a conspiracy theorist. I don't know. Personally, I think that... | 1,486,273,922 | juliaakatrinaa0507 | ddcnts6 | ddcncni | 6 | 5 |
CMV: using words like "libtard" "demoRAT" and "snowflake" when arguing makes you look weak.
Whenever I see a thread of comments related to politics, I will inevitably see people on both sides using really childish insults like the ones listed above. Even if your argument contains valid points and you make your points ... | I would argue that any name calling and personal attacks will weaken an argument, whether the above words are used or others are. The moment an argument or debate becomes a personal attack, it is weakened.
However, there are some rare instances that these can *help* an argument.
If you have been going back and forth ... | The right wing has no interest in furthering political discourse? Funny, since it's the left wing that is destroying democratic cities that haven't caved to their bullying demands. That's not political discourse. Frankly, it's the left wing that's destroying cities that HAVE caved to their demands, too.
The right's at... | iq9kad | CMV: using words like "libtard" "demoRAT" and "snowflake" when arguing makes you look weak. | Whenever I see a thread of comments related to politics, I will inevitably see people on both sides using really childish insults like the ones listed above. Even if your argument contains valid points and you make your points clear and concise, the moment you include one of these type of insults it immediately makes y... | 1,599,763,737 | kdawk1991 | g4qc2t6 | g4q8nmx | 33 | -1 |
CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich.
Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer t... | Freedom does not necessarily guarantee a certain minimum standard of living for everyone in a free society - it might even suggest the opposite. After all, a free society would allow you to abridge your own freedoms. | I totally agree with all of this.
America is definitely a free country, and I love it here. If people want to get rich? You gotta find a way to make that happen - you can't expect a handout. | iq2or7 | CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich. | Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer the case. My stance is purely comparing America to my home country (Scotland).
I now believe America is capitalism gone wild, w... | 1,599,742,290 | odkfn | g4pnw7b | g4osfeg | 3 | 0 |
CMV: Reddit is an Echo-Chamber
In my short experience, the subs, specifically political ones, have become/are an echo chamber. Making a comment that goes against the grain can end in a suspension from a sub (mine was from r/socialism), mass karma-loss (which isn't entirely important to me but it causes a cessation on ... | Have you considered though that you have mentioned political subreddits on the whole? You may have had something happen on /r/socialism that looked like a bunch of people ganging up on you, but it is because it is only one of many political viewpoints represented on Reddit.
In other words, when people say "reddit is a... | Reddit is an echo chamber
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Yea, sure, if you go to subs *clearly labeled* as housing a specific political ideology expecting to be upvoted for heretical statements, you're gonna have a bad time. Why exactly would you expect a moderated sub on socialism to cater to 'truthfully open discussion' ra... | 6jjokw | CMV: Reddit is an Echo-Chamber | In my short experience, the subs, specifically political ones, have become/are an echo chamber. Making a comment that goes against the grain can end in a suspension from a sub (mine was from r/socialism), mass karma-loss (which isn't entirely important to me but it causes a cessation on open discussion when I can't res... | 1,498,462,495 | EMikaelson | djf09vo | djevh9m | 3 | 2 |
CMV: The Democrats should campaign on a federal jobs guarantee.
Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpens... | This sounds like a nice idea, but wrought with issues. I'll play the role of somebody who would hate this idea.
First off: taxes, taxes, taxes. Big government taking my hard earned money to pay some jackoff who can't get a job? Not likely.
Second: Government incompetence. The government is already so laden with incom... | This last year taxes as a percent of GDP were about 11%. You're suggesting a more than 33% increase in needed tax revenue to fund this. Right out of the gate this makes this plan a non-starter - it would be the ruination of Democratic Party to take this up as a plan. | 86goat | CMV: The Democrats should campaign on a federal jobs guarantee. | Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpensive compared to its numerous benefits, which are that it reduces ... | 1,521,765,927 | Chackoony | dw4wzvt | dw4wt0l | 7 | 1 |
CMV: Extremely poor people shouldn't be allowed to have or raise children
I have seen a post similar to this on r/unpopularopinion, which said that poor people should try not to have children, but I was wondering about if it'd be a good idea to force this lawfully.
I am only talking about extreme cases where there is... | You don't have to ban people (poor or otherwise) from having children. It's happening on its own for several reasons:
1. Birth control is becoming cheaper and more accessible. People used to have sex often, and as a result they had many kids. Now people still have sex often, but that doesn't translate to more kids. Th... | Ensuring this erases a human beings autonomy, which is wrong. Idk how to convince a someone that a human being deserves to decide what happens to their own body.
A baby could be the factor that motivates people to change their lives for the better. Poverty does not automatically mean a person has a bad life or has no... | e1n5ba | CMV: Extremely poor people shouldn't be allowed to have or raise children | I have seen a post similar to this on r/unpopularopinion, which said that poor people should try not to have children, but I was wondering about if it'd be a good idea to force this lawfully.
I am only talking about extreme cases where there is absolutly certain that the child won't be able to be raised at all.
Due t... | 1,574,717,644 | Bobo-TheAngstyZebra | f8qjh48 | f8qiix2 | 5 | 3 |
CMV: I truly believe the Sandy Hook shooting was staged.
I have done a lot of research and I am almost **100%** certain that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax created by gun control lobbyists, politicians, media representatives and other people who might benefit from the lobbying of gun control laws.
Maybe I am a c... | First off, I appreciate you taking the time to make this post. You're risking a lot of potential ridicule and hate mail in order to initiate an honest conversation and I respect that.
I don't have any evidence concerning Sandy Hook. I was not there, nor did I know anyone who experienced that event. But... and this is ... | I'm a conspiracy theory fan, and a hardcore believer that Oswald wasn't a lone killer of JFK.
Two glaring problems with Sandy Hook that I can't get over.
1) A Manchurian situation, maybe. A guy programmed to be a killer. Those death had to be real. It makes not sense to "stage" the whole thing. What an unnecessary wa... | 5s5xf7 | CMV: I truly believe the Sandy Hook shooting was staged. | I have done a lot of research and I am almost **100%** certain that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax created by gun control lobbyists, politicians, media representatives and other people who might benefit from the lobbying of gun control laws.
Maybe I am a conspiracy theorist. I don't know. Personally, I think that... | 1,486,273,922 | juliaakatrinaa0507 | ddcolsw | ddcnts6 | 27 | 6 |
CMV: The English language is not the hardest language to study, learn, or become fluent in.
Any time the topic comes up it is not really a heated debate but more of me being verbally assaulted by English speakers. I've had friends, teachers, and professors all say the same thing. I am talking about the belief that the... | > The biggest arguing point people throw at this is the 7 ways to say "ough".
First, can we establish that, while this is only a single example, it could really be a frustration to people trying to learn a language? Some languages are phonetic, which means the spelling is all you need in order to know how to pronounc... | While I do agree that English is pretty fucking easy to learn (I'm possibly biased. Video games are in English and my school also teaches English, so it's probably easier for me to learn it anyways) it still has its hard parts that I can see. I'll mainly say those parts since it's a CMV sub.
1. Mediterranean. That wor... | 6jlcjt | CMV: The English language is not the hardest language to study, learn, or become fluent in. | Any time the topic comes up it is not really a heated debate but more of me being verbally assaulted by English speakers. I've had friends, teachers, and professors all say the same thing. I am talking about the belief that the english language (specifically american english, for sake of this discussion) is the hardest... | 1,498,486,759 | wicodly | djf436b | djf28ky | 9 | 1 |
CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it.
I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think r... | I think you are forgetting very many very important facts on this matter, off the top of my head:
- the man has encouraged police brutality on his political opponents in his function as president
- as president he has endorsed political violence
- as president he has endorsed extrajudicial vigilantism as means of gov... | I generally agree that if he would shut up we'd probably be talking about him a bit less.
But otherwise, you're minimizing his flaws. To the extent that you can describe him as "flawed" or "no more obscene than those held by any number of politicians around the world" that's only accurate if you're comparing him to po... | 86fstd | CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it. | I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think rightly - based primarily on his seemingly poor work ethic, and his tendency to speak out of turn or at ... | 1,521,758,452 | fleastyler | dw4vwrx | dw4qov1 | 15 | 3 |
CMV: my cat is cuter than yours
He’s a very good boy; His name is Teddy, and he is two years old. His personality meshes perfectly with mine, he is very relaxed, loves to sleepy, and is always hungry. He can be bribed to do practically anything with a crinkling of the treat bag.
He also serves as an alarm clock, his ... | Your cat is not fat, nor orange, nor any variation of the diabeetus cat. | Check op’s account. It is pretty cute... | mudp3d | CMV: my cat is cuter than yours | He’s a very good boy; His name is Teddy, and he is two years old. His personality meshes perfectly with mine, he is very relaxed, loves to sleepy, and is always hungry. He can be bribed to do practically anything with a crinkling of the treat bag.
He also serves as an alarm clock, his first call comes at four in the m... | 1,618,875,674 | SaltySpursSupporter | gv591cy | gv568ec | 7 | 2 |
CMV: Terms used to describe people
I feel like we should not use terms to describe someone especially for their race, gender, sexuality, or religion. It's so petty that we do because people argue about, "well I'm this" or "I'm that." It shouldn't matter and we shouldn't be arguing about what you are because we shouldn... | Biology requires us to distinguish between the genders at a fairly basic level. I mean, we can't have men going to gynecologists, right?
Even race and other factors can be a bit like this. If we're completely unable to distinguish between races in our language, then how do we notice or discuss things like diseases tha... | I'm sorry, I don't follow your train of thought fully. Your premise is:
>I feel like we should not use terms to describe someone especially for their race, gender, sexuality, or religion. It's so petty that we do because people argue about, "well I'm this" or "I'm that." It shouldn't matter and we shouldn't be arguing... | 5s5jhs | CMV: Terms used to describe people | I feel like we should not use terms to describe someone especially for their race, gender, sexuality, or religion. It's so petty that we do because people argue about, "well I'm this" or "I'm that." It shouldn't matter and we shouldn't be arguing about what you are because we shouldn't have these terms in the first pla... | 1,486,267,876 | Ace_teh_Great343 | ddcjtvz | ddcjsjs | 2 | 1 |
CMV: If you're religious, you would be hypocritical to make fun of anyone who believes in astrology (and vice versa)
I don't believe in astrology, I think it's completely wack. But I am Christian and have been for awhile. However, I'm fully aware that what I believe in isn't a fact (as in, it isn't proven to be truth)... | The beliefs of astrology are inferior to those of Christianity in two ways.
1. Any divination ability of astrology has been repeatedly debunked, in a scientific manner. Christianity actually makes relatively few and vague divinational statements, and the Bible repeatedly mentions that those who claim divination power... | I think the belief in astrology comes down to more the idea that everything in the universe is connected-- karma, planetary alignment, the human psyche, etc. Like, it's not exactly like "I'm a leo, so that means I'll be a successful lawyer", it's more like, "the universe favors positive and negative energies in space a... | b378tu | CMV: If you're religious, you would be hypocritical to make fun of anyone who believes in astrology (and vice versa) | I don't believe in astrology, I think it's completely wack. But I am Christian and have been for awhile. However, I'm fully aware that what I believe in isn't a fact (as in, it isn't proven to be truth) - I don't think it would be called "faith" if it weren't believing in something that can't be proven. So while I also... | 1,553,053,755 | turcois | eixyrep | eixufcd | 7 | 3 |
CMV: In Star Wars episode III during the fight on Mustafar, if Anakin/Darth Vader had a red lightsaber, then he would have defeated Obi-Wan.
Perhaps if Anakin used a red lightsaber, he would have one, since Dark Side users have a better connection with the Force when using them in canon. Since red kyber crystals are s... | > when using them in canon.
I hate using arguments related to canon, but since you brought it up I guess it's fair game. **Synthetic red kyber crystals don't exist in canon.** They are exclusively part of the "Legends" base of knowledge. The only canon synthetic crystals are green.
In canon, natural kyber crystals a... | There are a few reasons that Obi Wan won that fight that have nothing to do with Vader’s saber.
1) Obi Wan fights using the Soresu style. Soresu is a style that is all about defensive combat and countering attacks, saving as much energy as possible until your opponent presents a weakness that you can exploit. Vader,... | b37ghm | CMV: In Star Wars episode III during the fight on Mustafar, if Anakin/Darth Vader had a red lightsaber, then he would have defeated Obi-Wan. | Perhaps if Anakin used a red lightsaber, he would have one, since Dark Side users have a better connection with the Force when using them in canon. Since red kyber crystals are synthetically made from Sith using the Dark Side of the Force, that is a main reason why Sith have red lightsabers...because their Force Powers... | 1,553,055,150 | PPSukMaster | eixsrrm | eixsce1 | 6 | 1 |
CMV: Racial slurs are not Hate Crimes
In a previous discussion with my cousin, he expressed the opinion that use of racial slurs should be considered a hate crime and be punished as such by the U.S. Justice System. After [reading articles](http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92644&page=1) that indicate that some people,... | The rationale I have seen used is that racial slurs are tantamount to threats of violence, because of the strong and long-standing relationship between racial slurs and violence. Many people who are called racial slurs certainly do feel threatened.
Under this rationale, you have no more right to call someone a racial ... | A lot will have to do with content and implied intent. In the case you cited, Rae committed assault by threatening to "kick his ass" and it got bumped up because of the racial slur. IANAL, but it probably shouldn't have been because from the facts presented I don't think Rae was racially motivated. If the assault could... | 5s51o7 | CMV: Racial slurs are not Hate Crimes | In a previous discussion with my cousin, he expressed the opinion that use of racial slurs should be considered a hate crime and be punished as such by the U.S. Justice System. After [reading articles](http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92644&page=1) that indicate that some people, like my cousin, are moving in this dir... | 1,486,260,956 | Pyraseas | ddcgjih | ddcfm6z | 6 | 2 |
CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it.
I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think r... | I generally agree that if he would shut up we'd probably be talking about him a bit less.
But otherwise, you're minimizing his flaws. To the extent that you can describe him as "flawed" or "no more obscene than those held by any number of politicians around the world" that's only accurate if you're comparing him to po... | Have you ever heard the notion that Trump is a distraction from the actual real and substantial discussion that should be taking place?
| 86fstd | CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it. | I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think rightly - based primarily on his seemingly poor work ethic, and his tendency to speak out of turn or at ... | 1,521,758,452 | fleastyler | dw4qov1 | dw4pc1k | 3 | 2 |
CMV: Having a strong racial dating preference is NOT automatically racist or "colorist".
To me, racism is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their race. "Colorism" is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their skin tone.
I do not believe that having any racial or... | I think if in general you happen to date within your own ethnic group, that’s normal. In general, the vast majority of people hang out with and date people of their own ethnicity mostly because they are the people you’re usually more surrounded by.
However if you rule out the possibility to date someone based on thei... | What is a preference? It's the thing that tells us what you will first notice when you walk into a room full of strangers.
We don't date preferences though, we date whole people. What specific thing you want to call it, dating someone based on a preference inherently dehumanizes them. I would argue that dehumanizin... | iq6sr9 | CMV: Having a strong racial dating preference is NOT automatically racist or "colorist". | To me, racism is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their race. "Colorism" is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their skin tone.
I do not believe that having any racial or skin tone based dating preference would make you automatically racist or colorist. You wo... | 1,599,755,578 | [deleted] | g4pkvei | g4pgcsd | 2 | 1 |
CMV: There's a slight paradox in the idea of pluralism.
'Pluralism' for the sake of this post is the social *acceptance* of identities that deviate from a social norm. I'll be focusing mostly on cultural and racial pluralism. 'Race' should be interpreted as 'how a group of people from X geographic location tend to loo... | > 'Pluralism' for the sake of this post is the social *acceptance* of identities that deviate from a social norm.
All you're really establishing with your examples is that the "social norm" will broaden and there will be less "deviant identities". I don't think anyone who supports pluralism as you define it would be ... | >If we intrinsically value pluralism and diversity, then we have to tolerate a measure of group exclusivity in order to keep our ideals in effect.
This all only applies if your main goal is pluralism. Plenty of people value pluralism as a means that can be later discarded rather than an end, for instance as a way to e... | iq577f | CMV: There's a slight paradox in the idea of pluralism. | 'Pluralism' for the sake of this post is the social *acceptance* of identities that deviate from a social norm. I'll be focusing mostly on cultural and racial pluralism. 'Race' should be interpreted as 'how a group of people from X geographic location tend to look'. It's a narrow definition but I chose it in order to s... | 1,599,750,738 | ap_roach | g4p3tok | g4p2zpu | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Legacy admissions at universities should be abolished.
Many universities give extra points to applicants whose parents are alumni. The sole purpose of these admissions are to ensure that certain well-to-do families remain tied to the university...and that generous donations from said families keep rolling in.
Le... | The fairness argument is weak because nothing about a University is supposed to be fair. It's a meritocracy. You either earn in or pay in. Rich people go to nicer schools, they drive nicer cars, and live in nicer houses by and large. That's the whole point of becoming rich.
From the college's perspective, they don't ... | > Legacy preferences are like affirmative action, but for the wealthy and privileged. Consider: generations ago, large segments of society (poor folks, minorities, etc.) had little or no chance of enrolling in America's top universities. Giving special privileges to the offspring of privileged families only continues t... | 86hfjj | CMV: Legacy admissions at universities should be abolished. | Many universities give extra points to applicants whose parents are alumni. The sole purpose of these admissions are to ensure that certain well-to-do families remain tied to the university...and that generous donations from said families keep rolling in.
Legacy preferences are like affirmative action, but for the wea... | 1,521,773,174 | Roughneck16 | dw559c9 | dw53rrh | 12 | 3 |
CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports
The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building characte... | Schools fund a wide range of extra-curricular activities that promote a variety of skills both physical and mental. What sets sports apart from something like band or theater? | What do you mean "funded by the sports"?
While varsity teams might also have dues, both varsity and intramural teams get money directly from the school. | e1nsrw | CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports | The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building character, they would let anyone join. But they don't as the fac... | 1,574,720,186 | [deleted] | f8qxgwr | f8qslby | 9 | 2 |
CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it.
I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think r... | I think you are missing a bit of the American perspective. Trump not the illness, but the symptom. Our country trips over its own outrage too much to ever have the proper focus on actual policy that you will find in other democracies. | Have you ever heard the notion that Trump is a distraction from the actual real and substantial discussion that should be taking place?
| 86fstd | CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it. | I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think rightly - based primarily on his seemingly poor work ethic, and his tendency to speak out of turn or at ... | 1,521,758,452 | fleastyler | dw4q8lp | dw4pc1k | 5 | 2 |
CMV: Why do we need a gay pride.
So let me first just clarify, i'm not anti gay or anything even remotely like that. And to be clear the tone of this question is pure curiosity and should be taken that way.
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So my question is **Why do we need a gay pride?**
My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you... | ∆
Interesting, i didn't know that.
So to that i have a question:
If a hard line Christian family ran a business and refused sale to a gay couple, why doesn't the gay couple go elsewhere? And is it not within that families rights to do that? | I don't care what people think of me as a person, but whether other people approve of queer people has a huge impact on my quality of life. It's not an emotional issue, it's a logistical one. I want to be hired, promoted, and respected to the same extent as a straight cisgender person. | 6jjpzr | CMV: Why do we need a gay pride. | So let me first just clarify, i'm not anti gay or anything even remotely like that. And to be clear the tone of this question is pure curiosity and should be taken that way.
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So my question is **Why do we need a gay pride?**
My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you or affecting you in any way, what... | 1,498,463,188 | Ashton187 | djex3xo | djex0lv | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Having a strong racial dating preference is NOT automatically racist or "colorist".
To me, racism is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their race. "Colorism" is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their skin tone.
I do not believe that having any racial or... | > ... Many people may simply choose to date white women because they like natural red hair. ...
In a heteronormative context, it's women's racial preferences that tend to be expressed in partner selection. In other words, the way things happen in practice is mostly women choosing to date (or not to date) men of part... | What is a preference? It's the thing that tells us what you will first notice when you walk into a room full of strangers.
We don't date preferences though, we date whole people. What specific thing you want to call it, dating someone based on a preference inherently dehumanizes them. I would argue that dehumanizin... | iq6sr9 | CMV: Having a strong racial dating preference is NOT automatically racist or "colorist". | To me, racism is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their race. "Colorism" is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their skin tone.
I do not believe that having any racial or skin tone based dating preference would make you automatically racist or colorist. You wo... | 1,599,755,578 | [deleted] | g4pjrhy | g4pgcsd | 2 | 1 |
CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports
The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building characte... | The purpose of school is to learn, to learn academics, arts, teamwork, how to function as an individual within a community, and the other things you mentioned. Yes, sports are competitive but so is life outside of school. You cannot simply get a job because you want it, you cannot go to any school just because you want... | Do you have a study to back up the claim that it does nothing for your character? Genuinely asking, because personally I would disagree. I won't say it does all good things to your character, but it's not a complete bust either. It can help your teamwork skills, being more coachable, and also help handling criticism. B... | e1nsrw | CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports | The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building character, they would let anyone join. But they don't as the fac... | 1,574,720,186 | [deleted] | f8qqv4h | f8qoz4q | 3 | 2 |
CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship
I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken... | Jobs do not belong to the country. A job is created when a person, typically an owner of a business, wants to pay someone else for work. If your view was implemented, what would happen to business owners who offered jobs to immigrants rather than natives? Would they be fined, put in jail, or otherwise punished? And why... | >The biggest reason for this is that a country needs to take care of its own BEFORE it can help others.
But immigrants who live in your country aren't "others", they're as much a part of that country as people who were born there are. Citizenship is a piece of paper, basically. And a flimsy one at that: your policy wo... | e1i02a | CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship | I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken by immigrants. And in those situations where it's a native citizen of a country competing with a first generat... | 1,574,697,636 | IYELLALLTHETIME | f8pc2c7 | f8pauib | 5 | 3 |
CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich.
Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer t... | But you also pay a huge amount for defence - is it free to be told to have to do that? I’d rather have my money going on educating the population than arming people to partake in several unnecessary conflicts.
Also, I did a calculation of the take home pay I get in Scotland vs what I’d get in Texas and it’s only 3k di... | We are definitely not as free to be poor as we are rich. That is objectively untrue. Middle class is so much closer to poverty than it is rich. Astronomically closer. Those people are poor in part from their actions, but also in part because our society does not take enough responsibility for each other. If healthcare ... | iq2or7 | CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich. | Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer the case. My stance is purely comparing America to my home country (Scotland).
I now believe America is capitalism gone wild, w... | 1,599,742,290 | odkfn | g4pjw80 | g4ov6z7 | 3 | -2 |
CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship
I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken... | First off that is pretty much already the case. Given how hard it is to jump through the hoops to hire a person with a visa compared to a citizen, most companies will already do that if people are equally qualified.
But lets set that aside and look at your premise.
If you have two people applying for the same job an... | >The biggest reason for this is that a country needs to take care of its own BEFORE it can help others.
But immigrants who live in your country aren't "others", they're as much a part of that country as people who were born there are. Citizenship is a piece of paper, basically. And a flimsy one at that: your policy wo... | e1i02a | CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship | I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken by immigrants. And in those situations where it's a native citizen of a country competing with a first generat... | 1,574,697,636 | IYELLALLTHETIME | f8payok | f8pauib | 5 | 3 |
CMV: There should be no "T" after LGB
I have been wondering about this for a while since it seemed illogical. Why isn't it just "LGB" instead of "LGBT" or worse, an ever growing set of letters few people know meaning of? Wouldn't only LGB be more focused?
The issues transgenders face are very different from what gay... | Three main reasons.
One, historically the distinction between them was not nearly as sharp as it is today. Today we generally understand sexuality and gender identity to be mostly separate axes (although see below), but historically they were both seen as diversions from being a "normal" man or woman. This is, for exa... | This CMV, like many on the subject of emancipation, gets at one of the fundamental issues of feminist theory: How do you talk about the existence of an oppressed class of people without also thus perpetuating oppression against people *as a class*.
Like you said, the dangers of concepts like intersectionality is that ... | 6jk1mx | CMV: There should be no "T" after LGB | I have been wondering about this for a while since it seemed illogical. Why isn't it just "LGB" instead of "LGBT" or worse, an ever growing set of letters few people know meaning of? Wouldn't only LGB be more focused?
The issues transgenders face are very different from what gays/bisexuals/lesbians might have to deal... | 1,498,469,059 | AoyagiAichou | djeulwi | djetqr2 | 58 | 1 |
CMV: it's okay to say the N-word when singing.
First of all, and let's get it out of the way: I'm a white Spaniard. This means that while I do understand the meaning of the n-word and what it was used for, I do lack a personal connection to it as it's not even a word in my language, I'm not black, and I'm not American... | >However, I don't really see a problem using the word in some contexts like singing
This is the issue in its entirety - context matters. There are some contexts in which I think it's entirely appropriate for you, a white Spaniard, to say the n-word. However, there are also contexts in which it wouldn't be appropriate ... | I believe that it depends what situation you're singing in. If a group of people find the N-word traumatizing when fully pronounced how is a saying it in a song going to change this. Just because a word is part of some lyrics doesn't mean it should be acceptable to say it from everyone, it could have detrimental effect... | mudkje | CMV: it's okay to say the N-word when singing. | First of all, and let's get it out of the way: I'm a white Spaniard. This means that while I do understand the meaning of the n-word and what it was used for, I do lack a personal connection to it as it's not even a word in my language, I'm not black, and I'm not American. Because of this lacking I'm very open for havi... | 1,618,875,263 | NouAlfa | gv5609h | gv55w73 | 10 | 2 |
CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship
I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken... | Yours is an extremely simplistic view on immigration as it ties to jobs, and I am hoping it stems from ignorance in a number of fronts:
(A) Why an employer chooses to hire a legal immigrant over an american candidate, and how the economics of that play out at different levels of skill.
(B) If an employer chooses to ... | >I mean this is basically already the case.
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>Immigrants arent usually hired in jobs where there are plenty of just as qualified native citizens.
That's not the case in my field. Any time we post an entry level job, roughly 85% of the applicants are on an H1B visa. They are only just as qualified on paper if yo... | e1i02a | CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship | I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken by immigrants. And in those situations where it's a native citizen of a country competing with a first generat... | 1,574,697,636 | IYELLALLTHETIME | f8pdxc8 | f8pch2g | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Why do we need a gay pride.
So let me first just clarify, i'm not anti gay or anything even remotely like that. And to be clear the tone of this question is pure curiosity and should be taken that way.
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So my question is **Why do we need a gay pride?**
My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you... | > My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you or affecting you in any way, what does their personal belief on you being gay matter?
Pride parades aren't directed a particular person, but at society at large.
Society at large does "bother" LGBT people, and by bother, I mean legally discriminate against t... | To counter centuries of gay shame. Historically being gay was shamed in a lot of cultures so if you were gay you had to hide your relationships or were shunned/hated for it. Many Americans alive today even had to hide their early relationships so being able to be public about it is a big deal.
Also since only about 3... | 6jjpzr | CMV: Why do we need a gay pride. | So let me first just clarify, i'm not anti gay or anything even remotely like that. And to be clear the tone of this question is pure curiosity and should be taken that way.
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So my question is **Why do we need a gay pride?**
My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you or affecting you in any way, what... | 1,498,463,188 | Ashton187 | djermtn | djer5ai | 15 | 6 |
CMV: Having a strong racial dating preference is NOT automatically racist or "colorist".
To me, racism is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their race. "Colorism" is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their skin tone.
I do not believe that having any racial or... | I'll concede that there may be some people who just, as you suggest, like red hair and are therefore more likely to date a white person with red hair.
However, I do think a lot of racial preferences are related to societal ideas of beauty which, at least in the US, have been historically influenced by glorifying typi... | > ... Many people may simply choose to date white women because they like natural red hair. ...
In a heteronormative context, it's women's racial preferences that tend to be expressed in partner selection. In other words, the way things happen in practice is mostly women choosing to date (or not to date) men of part... | iq6sr9 | CMV: Having a strong racial dating preference is NOT automatically racist or "colorist". | To me, racism is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their race. "Colorism" is treating or viewing someone in a negative way, based solely on their skin tone.
I do not believe that having any racial or skin tone based dating preference would make you automatically racist or colorist. You wo... | 1,599,755,578 | [deleted] | g4pmmm9 | g4pjrhy | 5 | 2 |
CMV: Elizabeth Warren's Student loan bailout is actually just another trillion dollar bank bailout for banks that wrote predatory loans to unqualified borrowers.
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is proposing we forgive student loan debt. This would be done by taxing American citizens (specifically the wealthy) in... | "the banks" haven't been heavily involved in student debt for a while now.
Total student debt owed by all Americans is estimated at $1.4 trillion. $1 trillion is owed to the federal government itself.
If student debt is erased, the primary impact would be depriving the US Treasury of $1 trillion in assets (since lo... | Student loans are immune to bankruptcy and even in the event of death in many cases the family co-signed loans and would be held responsible for the debt. This is nothing like the housing loan crisis, where people who couldn't pay had the option of bankruptcy/foreclosure to get out of it and the banks would lose the di... | e1ina5 | CMV: Elizabeth Warren's Student loan bailout is actually just another trillion dollar bank bailout for banks that wrote predatory loans to unqualified borrowers. | Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is proposing we forgive student loan debt. This would be done by taxing American citizens (specifically the wealthy) in order to pay the banks off for these loans.
In 2008 we dealt with what happens when banks wrote predatory loans for unqualified borrowers, which resulted in the ... | 1,574,700,298 | The1TrueGodApophis | f8pgksw | f8pft6z | 145 | 12 |
CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy
Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their ... | I think we have a couple different options:
1) Better battery technology. Your main complaint about solar/wind was their inconsistency, but with massive batteries, we could solve the consistency problem as long as the total energy produced meets the needs of those areas.
2) Carbon capture. Obviously carbon capture ... | That would be a great idea except nuclear power is typically regulated by the government and I don't trust them to maintain it on a larger scale. | muah4c | CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy | Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their emissions both enough and soon enough without relying on nuclear energy.
I live in Fran... | 1,618,866,145 | morysh | gv4ocvr | gv4mxtw | 6 | 1 |
CMV: it's okay to say the N-word when singing.
First of all, and let's get it out of the way: I'm a white Spaniard. This means that while I do understand the meaning of the n-word and what it was used for, I do lack a personal connection to it as it's not even a word in my language, I'm not black, and I'm not American... | First off - I’m mixed race, black/white, and i would like to thank you for your post. I dont agree with you and I’ll get to that in a minute, however this is a refreshingly honest question from a white person that hopefully leads to at least 1 person learning something. So, sincerely, thanks for the post.
Onto the ac... | By saying the word as part of a quote I would say you are casting a “social vote” that normalizes the use of the word even if it’s just a little bit. You say it (in a quote or song) and someone hears you, they now have one more example to draw on when thinking about how the word is used and that it can be used.
My sec... | mudkje | CMV: it's okay to say the N-word when singing. | First of all, and let's get it out of the way: I'm a white Spaniard. This means that while I do understand the meaning of the n-word and what it was used for, I do lack a personal connection to it as it's not even a word in my language, I'm not black, and I'm not American. Because of this lacking I'm very open for havi... | 1,618,875,263 | NouAlfa | gv5rm81 | gv57w8r | 3 | 0 |
CMV: Tommy Robinson's new Youtube channel should not be demonetised.
So Tommy Robinson's fairly recent youtube channel "TR. News" is demonetised with comment section disabled and a warning placed over it. Given these unusual warning signs, i was expecting something extreme and politically controversial. I haven't been... | Tommy Robinson was the leader of the English defence league (EDL) which are a far-right group which are known for being anti-Muslim and very nationalist. A lot of people consider him to be racist and Islamaphobic. | Just so I'm clear Tommy Robinson of Britain first? I don't really want to click the link to be honest | iqjzyx | CMV: Tommy Robinson's new Youtube channel should not be demonetised. | So Tommy Robinson's fairly recent youtube channel "TR. News" is demonetised with comment section disabled and a warning placed over it. Given these unusual warning signs, i was expecting something extreme and politically controversial. I haven't been following Tommy Robinson at all prior to finding this channel. But a ... | 1,599,799,377 | TalkShow_Ghost | g4sun66 | g4snebb | 9 | 4 |
CMV: There should be a law that mandates companies have all employees, and only employees, elect their Board of Directors. Of course, as a result, I want the abolition of selling company stock.
Within a company, there are many workers that provide their labour so that the company can sell products for the market to co... | 1. Profits of a company do not go to the CEO. Thats not how a corporation works. This is not true of a C-corp, or an S-corp, unless they are structured with some very funky bylaws. But, essentially no company that is publicly traded works like this. The CEO reports to the board, and the board is _legally responsibl... | I thought most of what you said was complete nonsense, but I completely lost you at the stock part. Could you clarify.
You said,"t could be argued that stock holders provide investment for which the company can use for funds to grow their business and give the amount with interest back to the investor as a return. ... | 5s4ajw | CMV: There should be a law that mandates companies have all employees, and only employees, elect their Board of Directors. Of course, as a result, I want the abolition of selling company stock. | Within a company, there are many workers that provide their labour so that the company can sell products for the market to consume. The profits of these products legally go into the hands of the CEO who often takes a significant portion for themselves and gives enough to their workers to survive, thus the reason they p... | 1,486,252,642 | GottaHaveThemRibs | ddcau3f | ddc9wsz | 8 | 6 |
CMV: when you move to a new country you should want to assimilate
People often claim it’s racist to suggest that people who move to a country should integrate with the culture they’ve moved to. I think that it’s perfectly reasonable to expect that they do. This isn’t to suggest that they cannot hold on to their previ... | Whilst I definitely agree with you for voluntary immigrants the line is a little more blurry for asylum seekers/refugees, they don't always chose where they go and all they really wanted was to flee conflict and find somewhere save.
However that said i lean towards the notion that those people that do not wish to inte... | Do you think for upgrading from a temporary/work visa to a permanent residence, there could be a qualitative (maybe quantitative, if there’s somehow a good way of doing that) weight put on to the application to positively benefit those that *have* assimilated? Of course, this shouldn’t penalize those that have not nece... | eq5jkp | CMV: when you move to a new country you should want to assimilate | People often claim it’s racist to suggest that people who move to a country should integrate with the culture they’ve moved to. I think that it’s perfectly reasonable to expect that they do. This isn’t to suggest that they cannot hold on to their previous identities, or speak their mother tongue language to people who... | 1,579,291,186 | dontcheckmyredditlol | fephgtd | feos5j1 | 10 | 2 |
CMV: US Soccer should create a system of promotion/relegation as soon as reasonably possible.
The closed system US soccer has only hurts the development of the game in the United States. The current system incentivises buying sports franchises and using the regional exclusivity to your advantage. It does not incentivi... | So I'm totally with you on the long term of needing this and I'm a big EPL fan so I get the benefits of the promotion and relegation system.
Here are my points of disagreement with you:
>has only hurts the development of the game in the United States
This seems to be untrue when you take 2 facts into consideration. ... | I think the problem is fan engagement and interest. Soccer as a serious professional sport in the US is still very young. Their major goal is to draw and attract fans in major markets, and the best way to do that is to ensure that the team stays in the top flight, even if they go through a down year or two.
There i... | e1ixx0 | CMV: US Soccer should create a system of promotion/relegation as soon as reasonably possible. | The closed system US soccer has only hurts the development of the game in the United States. The current system incentivises buying sports franchises and using the regional exclusivity to your advantage. It does not incentivise the creation and success of more teams and or the skill of the soccer on the field.
In a mo... | 1,574,701,498 | iclimbnaked | f8pu79p | f8pqwla | 4 | 2 |
CMV:CMV: Unconscious victims of failed suicide attempts should be assumed DNR.
He shot himself on purpose, what makes us think he wants to be resuscitated?
He already wanted to die, how does crippling medical debt plus brain damage make the situation any better?
Typically when an unconscious person arrives at a hos... | All 29 people that survived jumping from the golden gate as an attempted suicide said they immediately regretted it once they jumped. There is actually a lot of records out there that say the majority of people who attempted suicide but failed regretted the decision after the fact. | Lots of survivors of suicide attempts do express incredible gratitude that they lived, and regret of their attempts. Everyone will die eventually, but once you're dead, you never get another chance to live. | b31fsw | CMV:CMV: Unconscious victims of failed suicide attempts should be assumed DNR. | He shot himself on purpose, what makes us think he wants to be resuscitated?
He already wanted to die, how does crippling medical debt plus brain damage make the situation any better?
Typically when an unconscious person arrives at a hospital, the staff have to assume the patient wishes to live, but in the case of a... | 1,553,022,464 | dalisu | eiwfrrr | eiwfkim | 475 | 12 |
CMV:CMV: Unconscious victims of failed suicide attempts should be assumed DNR.
He shot himself on purpose, what makes us think he wants to be resuscitated?
He already wanted to die, how does crippling medical debt plus brain damage make the situation any better?
Typically when an unconscious person arrives at a hos... | [In his article for The New Yorker, Friend wrote, "Survivors often regret their decision in midair, if not before". This observation is supported by survivor Ken Baldwin, who explained, "I instantly realized that everything in my life that I'd thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped."](h... | Lots of survivors of suicide attempts do express incredible gratitude that they lived, and regret of their attempts. Everyone will die eventually, but once you're dead, you never get another chance to live. | b31fsw | CMV:CMV: Unconscious victims of failed suicide attempts should be assumed DNR. | He shot himself on purpose, what makes us think he wants to be resuscitated?
He already wanted to die, how does crippling medical debt plus brain damage make the situation any better?
Typically when an unconscious person arrives at a hospital, the staff have to assume the patient wishes to live, but in the case of a... | 1,553,022,464 | dalisu | eiwfog3 | eiwfkim | 1,534 | 12 |
CMV: There is no reason to believe (a) god exists
TLDR; I am looking for solid, logically sound apologia
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Clarification:
I am not saying there is solid reason to firmly deny the existence of any godlike beings. However, so far, I have come to believe that there isn't an argum... | Someone else briefly mentioned the [simulation hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis), but I thought I'd give it a more formal write up. If you are already familiar with it skip 1-3.
One of these must be true:
1. The fraction of civilizations that develop technology capable of simulating our... | Well naturally you'd assume the watch was made by another person. But do you really think the earth was made by another person? Earlier you mentioned that you'd assume a watch to be made because you can compare it to other things that were made. I think that you should assume the earth was also created because there is... | b344wt | CMV: There is no reason to believe (a) god exists |
TLDR; I am looking for solid, logically sound apologia
\---------------------------------
Clarification:
I am not saying there is solid reason to firmly deny the existence of any godlike beings. However, so far, I have come to believe that there isn't an argument beyond personal feelings that justifies the exi... | 1,553,035,775 | ChalkyChalkson | eixfnn9 | eix2z7q | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Donald Trump has not made a single lasting positive impact on the USA during his term as president.
I write this because I am tired of the wild goose chase that is finding examples of his success. Anything surrounding Donald Trump is shrouded in divisive language and biased opinions. Liberals will have you believ... | I can't believe I'm doing this, but they say you should argue in favour of things you disagree with sometimes..... That said, this isn't easy.
1- He's donated his entire presidential salary to a variety of causes every year since his inauguration- VAs, education services and plenty more.
2- He convinced the Mexican g... | Doubling the standard deduction on taxes is absolutely a net positive thing for most people in the country. Previously people would rarely get above the 12k line unless they used their mortgage interest deduction, so itemizing unfairly balanced towards home owners (of which I am one and previously benefited). But this ... | iq41dt | CMV: Donald Trump has not made a single lasting positive impact on the USA during his term as president. | I write this because I am tired of the wild goose chase that is finding examples of his success. Anything surrounding Donald Trump is shrouded in divisive language and biased opinions. Liberals will have you believe he has done nothing, while conservatives will tout his unlimited success. I must be missing it, because ... | 1,599,747,097 | farm_sauce | g4onqzi | g4ompms | 6,696 | 1,652 |
CMV: Why do we need a gay pride.
So let me first just clarify, i'm not anti gay or anything even remotely like that. And to be clear the tone of this question is pure curiosity and should be taken that way.
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So my question is **Why do we need a gay pride?**
My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you... | I do not know a single gay or bi individual who has not personally experienced discrimination or bigotry over their sexuality. Gay people often still feel uncomfortable holding hands in public because they will get dirty looks almost every single day they do.
That is why gay pride is still important. It has not yet be... | These apply to modern Pride:
* It's about exposure. Not everyone knows (out) LGBTs in their lives. Showing our faces humanizes the movement.
* Some of the criticism against equality measures is that we're only a small group, and thus our interests are not that important. By being out there in big numbers, we make ours... | 6jjpzr | CMV: Why do we need a gay pride. | So let me first just clarify, i'm not anti gay or anything even remotely like that. And to be clear the tone of this question is pure curiosity and should be taken that way.
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So my question is **Why do we need a gay pride?**
My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you or affecting you in any way, what... | 1,498,463,188 | Ashton187 | djew10j | djess35 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Giving your child a name that people are never going to spell/pronounce correctly is selfish and foolish
I'm not talking about when you have an authentic name from a foreign culture you belong to while living in another country, I'm talking about when parents take regular names and spell them "uniquely" or just g... | Having an unusual name can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how you choose to look at it. Of course it's awkward to have to spell or pronounce it correctly every time you meet someone new, but people are far more likely to remember your name. It may seem like a small thing, but it provides you a slight edge when ... | I have a uncommon spelling of a pretty popular last name, I loved it cause no one ever shared my fairly common name because of the spelling.
In school I'd also use it to get out of detentions because they would spell my name wrong so I'd say it wasn't for me.
Now in my freelancing adulthood, my uncommon spelling fo... | 5s30ws | CMV: Giving your child a name that people are never going to spell/pronounce correctly is selfish and foolish | I'm not talking about when you have an authentic name from a foreign culture you belong to while living in another country, I'm talking about when parents take regular names and spell them "uniquely" or just give them a name that is generally more difficult for people to pronounce. I may just be a little biased on this... | 1,486,241,565 | AMO14 | ddccrd3 | ddcaq94 | 3 | 0 |
CMV: Conservatives do not, in fact, support "free speech" any more than liberals do.
In the past few years (or decades,) conservatives have often touted themselves as the party of free speech, portraying liberals as the party of political correctness, the side that does cancel-culture, the side that cannot tolerate fa... | Okay, I stand corrected.
I would still say, though, that the overall sentiment of "we don't want to tolerate dissent" is as strong on the right as it is on the left. | Tell them. Why does anyone have to interject their sexuality into it. We’re going to *fill in the blank on vacation. See ya in a week or two. | 17llow9 | CMV: Conservatives do not, in fact, support "free speech" any more than liberals do. | In the past few years (or decades,) conservatives have often touted themselves as the party of free speech, portraying liberals as the party of political correctness, the side that does cancel-culture, the side that cannot tolerate facts that offend their feelings, liberal college administrations penalizing conservativ... | 1,698,871,212 | SteadfastEnd | k7f5xaf | k7f3ucu | -2 | -9 |
cmv: Your single vote will not change anything, so then from a personal point of view, there is no reason to vote.
Yes, I realize that if everyone did this it would have an effect, but I am talking about the choice that you make. (The argument that your choice will affect others to do the same, seems to go under the s... | Democracy divides up power throughout the population, and yes there are a lot of people, but what's the alternative? Your vote having autocratic power? Your will alone outweighing other peoples? Why is the choice between "I have autocratic power and whatever I vote for is law" and "I have no power and voting is pointle... | I’m not sure you can “remove the subjective/ethical/personal gratification”: ethics and the way things make us feel are reasons why we do things. They’re reasons some of us vote: because it takes minimal effort and it feels better than not voting. It might not be a reason FOR YOU, but it’s a reason. “Logic” (where “log... | mu6soy | cmv: Your single vote will not change anything, so then from a personal point of view, there is no reason to vote. | Yes, I realize that if everyone did this it would have an effect, but I am talking about the choice that you make. (The argument that your choice will affect others to do the same, seems to go under the same category, or at least must be logically taken into account, so your vote wouldn’t be 1 but would be 20.6 \[rando... | 1,618,856,125 | assberg | gv3zx9u | gv3zrb4 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Donald Trump will be reelected, and he doesn't have to cheat to win
I want to preface this by saying that I don't know if Trump is cheating or not, what I'm arguing is that he doesn't have to. While there's actually a lot of factors that go into this argument, I want to focus on the main one here.
It's somethin... | One of the most documented political phenomenons going on right now is polarization. People are splitting hard into parties and their loyalty to their party is becoming stronger and more bound up in their identity. That was not the case even during the 80's and 90's. And specifically, the Republican party has become V... | Pretty sure Truman was the only incumbent president to win the election during a significant recession. And that recession only started just before the election was held.
4 or 5 others lost, iirc.
But honestly I think there are too many confounding factors to use prior elections as a reliable predictor.
Which can... | iq41tz | CMV: Donald Trump will be reelected, and he doesn't have to cheat to win | I want to preface this by saying that I don't know if Trump is cheating or not, what I'm arguing is that he doesn't have to. While there's actually a lot of factors that go into this argument, I want to focus on the main one here.
It's something that almost everyone except for a few predictors have completely looked ... | 1,599,747,141 | MrExpressions | g4pjc6x | g4pa1ju | 2 | 1 |
CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy
Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their ... | Is it powerful enough to have it provide 70% of a European country's needs (genuine question) | Honestly. No one. It's far too powerful and unstable to be trusted to anyone.
There's no way not to have a government involved in anything nuclear anyway | muah4c | CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy | Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their emissions both enough and soon enough without relying on nuclear energy.
I live in Fran... | 1,618,866,145 | morysh | gv4oiru | gv4ntpk | 3 | 2 |
CMV: The writing for the 2017 Wonder Woman was terrible
There was almost nothing about the writing that I liked. Gal Gadot hit her lines and action shots and all that fantastically, she just needed better lines. Wonder Woman was at her best (writing) in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, particularly in the ... | It's a bit difficult to address all the points you made because at the core of your complaint you seem to feel like you wanted MORE exposition and less blanks left for you to fill in.
I can understand that desire but you might want to acknowledge that espeicially when something is totally obvious to you movies that go... | I can understand not personally liking the Wonder Woman movie but I find it disingenuous to say the writing is terrible. Look at the other DCEU movies to demonstrate truly terrible writing. While I can admit part the ending feels rushed and certainly less cohesive than the rest of the movie, the opening and closing nar... | 6jgi5z | CMV: The writing for the 2017 Wonder Woman was terrible | There was almost nothing about the writing that I liked. Gal Gadot hit her lines and action shots and all that fantastically, she just needed better lines. Wonder Woman was at her best (writing) in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, particularly in the episode "Maid of Honor". I'd dissect it but just go watch... | 1,498,422,063 | neovulcan | djeucfr | djenq6l | 4 | 1 |
CMV: If Fortnite cost money, it wouldn't be popular.
As far as I know, most people who play Fortnite are bored kids, since they tend to have a lot more free time than adults. These kids don't have any money, and they say, oh look, a free thing that's entertaining and I can waste time on! Fortnite is also a ripoff of o... | If Fortnite cost money it would probably be less popular since fewer people would be willing to try it out.
However, I don’t think your argument holds for one very important reason: tons of games are ripoffs of other games and they do pretty well. Also, tons of games are just online shooters where you defend a positi... | You may have a point, but the business model for Fortnite does not yet require a subscription nor mandatory payments from the consumer to make it work, as a result, people have access to a free game that they are happy to play.
If the costs were mandatory, players may expect more from the developers and the game itsel... | 86fwob | CMV: If Fortnite cost money, it wouldn't be popular. | As far as I know, most people who play Fortnite are bored kids, since they tend to have a lot more free time than adults. These kids don't have any money, and they say, oh look, a free thing that's entertaining and I can waste time on! Fortnite is also a ripoff of other games (cough cough PUBG). If Fortnite cost money,... | 1,521,759,270 | asdfasdf12312369 | dw4qted | dw4qhj7 | 26 | 1 |
CMV: Political parties shouldn't have colors, mascots, or other superficial partisan identifiers.
As an American, my main focus is on US parties, but this style of party identification seems to be widespread globally.
In the US, the four well known parties each have a color and a mascot.
Democrats - blue and a donke... | Are you against countries having flags because it fosters an "us vs. them" mentality? | >Libertarians - yellow/gold and a hedgehog mascot
Pretty sure it is a porcupine.
Back to your view.......
How is having A Donkey on your T-shit any different that just having the word Democrat on it? | 17lfjm8 | CMV: Political parties shouldn't have colors, mascots, or other superficial partisan identifiers. | As an American, my main focus is on US parties, but this style of party identification seems to be widespread globally.
In the US, the four well known parties each have a color and a mascot.
Democrats - blue and a donkey mascot
Republicans - red and an elephant mascot
Libertarians - yellow/gold and a hedgehog masco... | 1,698,854,825 | Phoenix51291 | k7dr6o9 | k7dqowq | 44 | 3 |
CMV: There is no reason to believe (a) god exists
TLDR; I am looking for solid, logically sound apologia
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Clarification:
I am not saying there is solid reason to firmly deny the existence of any godlike beings. However, so far, I have come to believe that there isn't an argum... | Okay, so instead of meeting the burden of convincing you that it is absolutely certain that God exists, I'm going to be aiming for something a bit lower and say that belief in God can be justified (i.e. not just personal feelings). I think we can say a belief is reasonable, while still leaving it in the realm of debate... | >You can convince me by offering a sound argument that concludes that a god must exist
Of all things this is where I (an atheist) take issue with your argument.
Belief in something doesn't require knowing or proving that it *must* be true. Only that it could be true, and that you think it is probable. For example, yo... | b344wt | CMV: There is no reason to believe (a) god exists |
TLDR; I am looking for solid, logically sound apologia
\---------------------------------
Clarification:
I am not saying there is solid reason to firmly deny the existence of any godlike beings. However, so far, I have come to believe that there isn't an argument beyond personal feelings that justifies the exi... | 1,553,035,775 | ChalkyChalkson | eix57t9 | eix16q8 | 4 | 3 |
CMV: Donald Trump has not made a single lasting positive impact on the USA during his term as president.
I write this because I am tired of the wild goose chase that is finding examples of his success. Anything surrounding Donald Trump is shrouded in divisive language and biased opinions. Liberals will have you believ... | How about his signing into law of "right-to-try" legislation, allowing gravely ill patients access to experimental drugs? | Yes he has. He has shown that Congress only cares about the well being of corporations and the 1% | iq41dt | CMV: Donald Trump has not made a single lasting positive impact on the USA during his term as president. | I write this because I am tired of the wild goose chase that is finding examples of his success. Anything surrounding Donald Trump is shrouded in divisive language and biased opinions. Liberals will have you believe he has done nothing, while conservatives will tout his unlimited success. I must be missing it, because ... | 1,599,747,097 | farm_sauce | g4onxno | g4olr1b | 1,645 | -12 |
CMV: cancellation of service fees are bullshit and should be illegal
How is it supposed to go: I pay, you provide service. I no longer want to get serviced by you, I tell you, I stop paying, you no longer provide service.
How I feel cancellation of service fees work: I pay, you provide service, if I no longer want yo... | There are three reasons for cancellation fees:
1) There are actual costs connected to cancelling, like sending a technician, being required to keep your records for some time etc.
2) It's a disincentive for customers quitting
3) It generates income
One, two or all three may be the reason why a company has a ca... | Are they bullshit? Yes, of course they are. Nobody likes them and they basically serve to rip off the consumer.
However, the consumer willingly enters a contract with the provider knowing there will be a cancellation fee. It is an entirely legal, open, and above-board business tactic. I don't think the fact that it ... | 6jkvy6 | CMV: cancellation of service fees are bullshit and should be illegal | How is it supposed to go: I pay, you provide service. I no longer want to get serviced by you, I tell you, I stop paying, you no longer provide service.
How I feel cancellation of service fees work: I pay, you provide service, if I no longer want your service, I tell you, and I need to pay you just to stop getting yo... | 1,498,481,560 | Morphie12121 | djeyz4z | djeyk2l | 293 | 66 |
CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy
Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their ... | This has come up multiple times a year on this subreddit, and I think your views would benefit from reading the past responses- a quick google of nuclear and cmv reddit will give you at least 2 threads from 2020, 2019, 2018 etc.
Onto the changing of your view part, nuclear has a few key problems that make it difficul... | I think we have a couple different options:
1) Better battery technology. Your main complaint about solar/wind was their inconsistency, but with massive batteries, we could solve the consistency problem as long as the total energy produced meets the needs of those areas.
2) Carbon capture. Obviously carbon capture ... | muah4c | CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy | Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their emissions both enough and soon enough without relying on nuclear energy.
I live in Fran... | 1,618,866,145 | morysh | gv4u5ix | gv4ocvr | 9 | 6 |
CMV: If you're religious, you would be hypocritical to make fun of anyone who believes in astrology (and vice versa)
I don't believe in astrology, I think it's completely wack. But I am Christian and have been for awhile. However, I'm fully aware that what I believe in isn't a fact (as in, it isn't proven to be truth)... | We have conducted scientific studies that proves that astrological predictions are no better than random chance.
We have no scientific studies that prove God (or any diety) doesn't exist.
Faith is the belief in something with no supporting evidence.
Willfull ignorance is the continued belief in something in the face... | Yea, but in reality most religious persons believe in something than can't be proven so he has a point in saying there is a similarity between believing in your astrology and believing in heaven for example which most religious people on earth believe in. | b378tu | CMV: If you're religious, you would be hypocritical to make fun of anyone who believes in astrology (and vice versa) | I don't believe in astrology, I think it's completely wack. But I am Christian and have been for awhile. However, I'm fully aware that what I believe in isn't a fact (as in, it isn't proven to be truth) - I don't think it would be called "faith" if it weren't believing in something that can't be proven. So while I also... | 1,553,053,755 | turcois | eixy3vx | eixsn8l | 10 | 1 |
CMV: Giving your child a name that people are never going to spell/pronounce correctly is selfish and foolish
I'm not talking about when you have an authentic name from a foreign culture you belong to while living in another country, I'm talking about when parents take regular names and spell them "uniquely" or just g... | Why not spell it Kristian? Because don't you think that's unnecessary? | So you don't approve of *Le-a* being pronounced *Ledasha* ? :( | 5s30ws | CMV: Giving your child a name that people are never going to spell/pronounce correctly is selfish and foolish | I'm not talking about when you have an authentic name from a foreign culture you belong to while living in another country, I'm talking about when parents take regular names and spell them "uniquely" or just give them a name that is generally more difficult for people to pronounce. I may just be a little biased on this... | 1,486,241,565 | AMO14 | ddcbdd1 | ddcayjw | 20 | 13 |
CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017
I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
You ... | I still listen to it to study. Not too attention grabbing yet keeps me focused.
e.g. https://news.usc.edu/71969/studying-for-finals-let-classical-music-help/
> University research in France, published in Learning and Individual Differences, found that
students who listened to a one-hour lecture where classical musi... | What conclusion do you reach from these things, exactly? | 5s30h1 | CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017 | I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
You definitely wouldn't save Yehudi Menuhin. Who the fuck is he, anyway?
Class... | 1,486,241,454 | [deleted] | ddc1n6z | ddc1eey | 7 | 4 |
CMV: Political parties are unpatriotic and go against the constitution (American)
Imo political parties have no place in Democracy and as we see in modern US, it causes citizens to vote for "the lesser of two evils" and feel pressured to be either Democrat or Republican. While I don't think voting either way is necess... | Political parties at their core are just group of people with relatively similar views gathering to find a consensus between them and get their voice heard by working together. All democratic countries have them.
So is your CMV really against political parties or against the US presidential election voting system? | I honesty agree that lesser of two evils is true but if you really want to combat that get money out of politics | io6nam | CMV: Political parties are unpatriotic and go against the constitution (American) | Imo political parties have no place in Democracy and as we see in modern US, it causes citizens to vote for "the lesser of two evils" and feel pressured to be either Democrat or Republican. While I don't think voting either way is necessarily bad, supporting with donations, signs, convincing others to vote, etc. Goes a... | 1,599,482,114 | TejCrescendo | g4bq7t9 | g4bq383 | 429 | 6 |
CMV: Weddings are pointless and a waste of money
Hello all,
I would like you to change my view on weddings as I've been getting heat from my family for not wanting to go to weddings (or any social gathering in general tbh).
I find weddings completely pointless. They're just a show of how well off the parents are a... | Less than $1k total and having a "surprise wedding" with friends and family who were already camping with us in the Adirondack Mountains in NY was hands down, the best day of my life. I don't think being able to look at a picture (taken by a family member and printed out to stick on my fridge) and instantly be transpor... | Firstly, make your own decision. It just has to include that you're a member of a family and a community that decision comes with consequences that may or may not be based on your values.
Secondly, you're making a universal claim here that they are a waste of money. I think that if someone can pay $500 for a taylor ... | 17lp7ob | CMV: Weddings are pointless and a waste of money | Hello all,
I would like you to change my view on weddings as I've been getting heat from my family for not wanting to go to weddings (or any social gathering in general tbh).
I find weddings completely pointless. They're just a show of how well off the parents are and how great their normal kids are. I don't get th... | 1,698,880,468 | abuchewbacca1995 | k7g0hqp | k7ftoco | 68 | 1 |
CMV: The Democrats should campaign on a federal jobs guarantee.
Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpens... | >which are that it reduces the unemployment rate,
It's already very low as-is, and you don't actually want a 0% unemployment rate.
>it reduces crime rates and other social ills by providing jobs, which can keep people out of crime and give them the resources they need
India instituted a similar program and [crime a... | If it's $25k a year, not a single person is showing up to work at McDonald's the day it passes. Industries will struggle and businesses will collapse.
If you can get fired, then what's really the point? A lot of people who are chronically unemployed are people who just keep getting fired. To them, it's just another co... | 86goat | CMV: The Democrats should campaign on a federal jobs guarantee. | Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpensive compared to its numerous benefits, which are that it reduces ... | 1,521,765,927 | Chackoony | dw4z3ol | dw4ysm8 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: If whatever makes your character different (sexual identity/disability etc) is your main selling point, your book is probably boring.
Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about race. Some may think race should be included in this, but I don't. I'm not sure why, maybe because the stories I'... | I think you might be somewhat misled by the fact that there are certainly too many stories with a 'different' main character, but which simply aren't otherwise good stories. I think you *can* have a work of fiction that is entirely dependent on the 'difference' of the main character, even if that difference is relative... | The focus on certain character traits as the main drawing point of books serves to build the narrative from their perspective, actions and thoughts.
If you are told the protagonist has dementia or has schizophrenia, it makes you think twice about everything that has occurred from their point of view and creates rathe... | mu84wm | CMV: If whatever makes your character different (sexual identity/disability etc) is your main selling point, your book is probably boring. | Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about race. Some may think race should be included in this, but I don't. I'm not sure why, maybe because the stories I've read (featuring black or black-coded characters) have in some way centred around race and so it adds to the story. I guess as a white per... | 1,618,859,725 | doriangraiy | gv8i01t | gv5wmzu | 3 | 1 |
CMV: Physical appearance aka "looks" is the prime determining factor of sexual attraction.
I have always been this way. Always favored good looking women over one's that I deemed unattractive. I "fought" it for many years. Tried to get into relationships based on other criteria. I really did try. But it never worked o... | I hope this isn't terribly tangential to you main point but there is some [evidence suggesting](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dating-and-mating/201701/why-physical-attraction-matters-and-when-it-might-not) that we are more concerned with "reasonable attractiveness", that maximizing attractiveness in our partn... | Words like “everyone” are often wrong. What’s true for *your* experience might not be true for everyone else’s, this is a well-known bias in human thinking.
To point to people for whom this *isn’t* the case, look no further than [Demisexuals,](http://wiki.asexuality.org/Demisexual) a sexual orientation often confused... | b34cre | CMV: Physical appearance aka "looks" is the prime determining factor of sexual attraction. | I have always been this way. Always favored good looking women over one's that I deemed unattractive. I "fought" it for many years. Tried to get into relationships based on other criteria. I really did try. But it never worked out. Instead of "growing to love" a person over time I just became more and more apathetic to... | 1,553,036,907 | barbodelli | eixayvt | eix1yo3 | 15 | 5 |
CMV: Working for an Academic Cheating Service is an indicator of poor moral character.
This came up because a co-worker's friend tells her he has made well over $100,000 writing essays, doing homework, and even attending online classes towards a bachelors degree for people through an academic cheating service.
He j... | >But at the same time his latest "Assignment" is for someone seeking a criminology degree.... I feel like he can't really be picking and choosing who he is doing this work for.
I agree, but I think that it's irrelevant/doesn't matter. Cheating is wholly enshrined in the American legal system - the "spirit" of the law ... | > Taking an active role in allowing people to cheat their way through college and then use that fraudulently obtained degree to obtain jobs they are not qualified for, or promotions they are not qualified for to me, is immoral.
> It undercuts everyone putting in the hard work to obtain those degrees and complete those... | 86eads | CMV: Working for an Academic Cheating Service is an indicator of poor moral character. | This came up because a co-worker's friend tells her he has made well over $100,000 writing essays, doing homework, and even attending online classes towards a bachelors degree for people through an academic cheating service.
He justifies this by saying that he only works for people who need a degree to justify a pay... | 1,521,746,773 | Archr5 | dw4et7u | dw4enqb | 7 | 0 |
cmv: Your single vote will not change anything, so then from a personal point of view, there is no reason to vote.
Yes, I realize that if everyone did this it would have an effect, but I am talking about the choice that you make. (The argument that your choice will affect others to do the same, seems to go under the s... | *'Your single vote will not change anything, so then from a personal point of view, there is no reason to vote'*
That presupposes that the only reason to participate in something is to do so in the knowledge that you are *the* singular entity who directly enacts change.
But you can't really say *'from a personal poin... | Well, no, because as other people have pointed out - if nobody voted, democracy would collapse, so if you believe in democracy, it makes sense to vote. These things function through participation, so if we want them to function, it makes sense to continue to participate. But you’ve already said that you don’t want the ... | mu6soy | cmv: Your single vote will not change anything, so then from a personal point of view, there is no reason to vote. | Yes, I realize that if everyone did this it would have an effect, but I am talking about the choice that you make. (The argument that your choice will affect others to do the same, seems to go under the same category, or at least must be logically taken into account, so your vote wouldn’t be 1 but would be 20.6 \[rando... | 1,618,856,125 | assberg | gv44k2l | gv43x21 | 4 | 1 |
CMV: Bringing up failed socialist/communist revolutions is not a very good critique of those things
I'll just get my ideology out of the way so I don't get spammed with "Of course you'd say that commie" and "You have comrade in your name of course you'd think this!"
I am a democratic socialist leaning towards social ... | I want to talk about the first a little
>firstly being that this is a gross overgeneralization of extremely complex scenarios
I don’t think this is a fair excuse for why systems of government fail, especially when you have multiple examples. Humans are messy and the degree of adaptability built into a system of gover... | It seems like a perfectly fair criticism to me. That doesn't mean it needs to end the conversation but if you are arguing for systems similar to those the onus is on you to convince opposition that your version will be different.
Claiming that it's normal for these major changes to have failed hundreds of times(which... | mu66rr | CMV: Bringing up failed socialist/communist revolutions is not a very good critique of those things | I'll just get my ideology out of the way so I don't get spammed with "Of course you'd say that commie" and "You have comrade in your name of course you'd think this!"
I am a democratic socialist leaning towards social democrat, I do believe that Marx had some very good points and ideas (dialectical materialism for one... | 1,618,854,509 | [deleted] | gv3y1l3 | gv3xu2v | 48 | 1 |
CMV: Regardless of determinism or indeterminism, free will does not exist
In my opinion, regardless of whether the universe if deterministic or indeterministic, we as people have no free will in what we do and everything is dictated by factors we do not have control over.
I consider a version of Laplace's demon, a th... | You probably have a logically impossible view of free will to begin with. Fortunately, there exist plenty of notions of free will that are practical and relevant to how we conceptualize the world. Let's say there are five people who were involved in separate traffic accidents:
* One had their brake line fail
* One had... | Imagine a universe that is exactly the same as ours, but free will exists. I'm standing outside both universes, observing. How could I tell the difference? | b3520g | CMV: Regardless of determinism or indeterminism, free will does not exist | In my opinion, regardless of whether the universe if deterministic or indeterministic, we as people have no free will in what we do and everything is dictated by factors we do not have control over.
I consider a version of Laplace's demon, a theoretical computer that knows the state of all matter in the universe and c... | 1,553,040,662 | Misdefined | eix7jaa | eix6vws | 3 | 2 |
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