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CMV: abortion should be legal but only until viability
Humans have a right to bodily autonomy. This says that you can treat your own body as property. Just like someone can’t steal your belongings, even if they do so unintentionally, someone can’t steal nutrients from your body the way a fetus does, even if you consid... | >Just like someone can’t steal your belongings, even if they do so unintentionally, someone can’t steal nutrients from your body the way a fetus does, _even if you consider the fetus a fully living person_.
This argument pretty explicitly continues to apply even if the fetus is a fully living person. As such it would ... | >but if someone say is going to intentionally fall into me and I might break a bone, I can’t kill them to prevent it.
If someone is intentionally trying to harm you to the level of grave bodily harm of shattering bones, you have a legal and moral right to defend yourself, including the use of deadly force.
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Typo... | 1orysq2 | CMV: abortion should be legal but only until viability | Humans have a right to bodily autonomy. This says that you can treat your own body as property. Just like someone can’t steal your belongings, even if they do so unintentionally, someone can’t steal nutrients from your body the way a fetus does, even if you consider the fetus a fully living person.
Therefore you have ... | 212312383 | 3 | 3 | [
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Cmv: feminism is a hate group for men
Before I start I know people for some reason consider "female" to be sexist. In this post I'll be using it as an age neutral term.
But i (along with many other males) are sick of being gaslit about feminism. Feminists clearly hate and demonize men, and there's no way to argue agai... | You complain about feminists making generalisations about men, but I think you're making a lot of generalisations about feminists.
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Because these are things they say amongst themselves and it's generally accepted in feminist online spaces
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Hi. I'm a feminist and I don't hate men and, in the feminist spaces I ... | CMV: paragraphs are mandatory if people want to read your posts
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Sorry I had this issue before and I think it has to do with being on the mobile version
I tried to fix it did it work?
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Readable now, yes | 1h4q28i | Cmv: feminism is a hate group for men | Before I start I know people for some reason consider "female" to be sexist. In this post I'll be using it as an age neutral term.
But i (along with many other males) are sick of being gaslit about feminism. Feminists clearly hate and demonize men, and there's no way to argue against this.
Like many others who grew up ... | jdjdjdiejenwjw | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People shouldn't have emotions
Explanation: When you lose someone of value to you, you get sad for a while leaving you vulnerable. When you find someone of equal value, you'll still reminisce on your previous person of value, leaving you in a position where gaining people of value is more difficult. You value the... | If people don't have emotions, they're also not going to have any drive to act in compliance with your stated goal of survival and reproduction. Emotions evolved precisely *because* they're helpful drives for biological goals.
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That's not the only way of doing it and by far not the most efficient. You could also j... | If you didn’t have “irrational” connections to people, what would be the motivation to fight to protect them? In times where that may be necessary, I’m guessing the “irrationally” connected folks tend to beat the shit out of those who feel weaker bonds.
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Based on how valuable they are to you. If they have a high v... | dymjgc | CMV: People shouldn't have emotions | Explanation: When you lose someone of value to you, you get sad for a while leaving you vulnerable. When you find someone of equal value, you'll still reminisce on your previous person of value, leaving you in a position where gaining people of value is more difficult. You value these people in the first place because ... | Ufoul | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People shouldn't have emotions
Explanation: When you lose someone of value to you, you get sad for a while leaving you vulnerable. When you find someone of equal value, you'll still reminisce on your previous person of value, leaving you in a position where gaining people of value is more difficult. You value the... | What's the point of surviving or reproducing without emotions? Why would you have any goals if achieving them didn't make you any happier and not achieving them didn't not make you any sadder?
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Your 1 goal is to reproduce. Surviving is a prerequisite to that, so you'd try to survive too.
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I don't see how havi... | If people don't have emotions, they're also not going to have any drive to act in compliance with your stated goal of survival and reproduction. Emotions evolved precisely *because* they're helpful drives for biological goals.
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That's not the only way of doing it and by far not the most efficient. You could also j... | dymjgc | CMV: People shouldn't have emotions | Explanation: When you lose someone of value to you, you get sad for a while leaving you vulnerable. When you find someone of equal value, you'll still reminisce on your previous person of value, leaving you in a position where gaining people of value is more difficult. You value these people in the first place because ... | Ufoul | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Hard drugs have become too dangerous not to legalise
Drug overdose deaths have more than doubled in America in the past 10 years, mainly due to the appearance of Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. These drugs combine incredible ease of manufacture with potency in tiny amounts and dangerousness (the tiny miscal... | This would be a much better approach
1) Build facilities for people to get high. Both for junkies and for partyers. Let them get high there. Don't let them take drugs home. Prosecute them very harshly if they decide to drive high at any point.
Have medical people on premise that help with overdoses and generally giv... | > Making hard drugs illegal no longer has much of any effect in preventing them appearing in our communities and killing people in huge numbers.
You have absolutely no basis for that claim. It’s totally wrong. The fact that people can’t order it online or go buy it in a store absolutely makes its use significantly le... | 1fgkknd | CMV: Hard drugs have become too dangerous not to legalise | Drug overdose deaths have more than doubled in America in the past 10 years, mainly due to the appearance of Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. These drugs combine incredible ease of manufacture with potency in tiny amounts and dangerousness (the tiny miscalculation in dosage that makes them deadly). This continues ... | phileconomicus | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: majority of conservatives exist because of a lack of understanding or having access to accurate information
Over the years I have moved further and further left, in doing so I’ve come to find that so much of conservative rhetoric is based on either biased information, anecdotal “evidence”, or simply having not ga... | Depends on the type of conservative. In my country, the conservatives are more moderate than conservatives in Hungary for example. And in what context? Economical? Social? I think some conservative principles are good. I’m a big fan of individualism, the rule of law and democracy, which I find conservatives in my count... | I think many conservatives vote based on their own best interests. Their primary interaction with the government is through taxes so they’re going to vote for the people that promise to lower taxes. They want to own guns so they’ll vote for the party of guns. That kind of stuff. Selfish? Maybe, but the information they... | uvv0py | CMV: majority of conservatives exist because of a lack of understanding or having access to accurate information | Over the years I have moved further and further left, in doing so I’ve come to find that so much of conservative rhetoric is based on either biased information, anecdotal “evidence”, or simply having not gathered enough info of the topic.
As I’ve grown I’ve stopped blindly following what people say just because it sou... | HexiWexi | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Trump was rightfully elected and won't be impeached.
This sentiment came from reading this :
* [Is Trump Facing Any Political Fallout For The Family Separation Crisis? – FiveThirtyEight 07/26/2018](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-trump-facing-any-political-fallout-for-the-family-separation-crisis/)
> Pol... | you don't think it's possible, although unlikely, that mueller uncovers proof, of the russian interference or campaign finance variety, that makes trump too toxic for even the GOP, and thus leads to impeachment?
impeachment is not a criminal act--to my knowledge, the justice department has nothing to do with it. it st... | > Russia and the Electoral College are not responsible for their rise to power. These two factors don't explain how such a disgraceful campaign like Trump's and the GOP's platform got them where they are.
You appear to be confusing "necessary" and "sufficient." *Obviously* the electoral college is responsible for Tru... | 92o8bf | CMV: Trump was rightfully elected and won't be impeached. | This sentiment came from reading this :
* [Is Trump Facing Any Political Fallout For The Family Separation Crisis? – FiveThirtyEight 07/26/2018](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-trump-facing-any-political-fallout-for-the-family-separation-crisis/)
> Polls conducted last month, at the height of public discontent... | Sulfamide | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Control freak men is the male manifestation of neuroticism, rather than narcissism.
I believe that despite common perception of men being less neurotic than women, it’s because it presents itself in a different manner. Men, being both culturally and biologically more aggressive than women, are more inclined towar... | What are you trying to argue here? I read the title, but your first paragraph doesn't connect Neuroticism and Narcissism, you just started talking about territorial behavior without linking the two personality types. Then you seem to have derailed onto talking about primary and secondary psychosis.
Neuroticism is char... | Why do you think the territorial tendencies are based on evolution and not culture/society?
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CMV: Some gender roles should be encouraged
I don’t mean forced! And i dont mean all of them! And not every circumstance (especially lgbt)!
For men:
I do think it’s good to encourage men to be tough and protect women. I believe “women and children first” as a good general rule during dangerous emergencies. And I su... | No one's saying no one should ever follow their gender role, they're just saying they shouldn't be boxed in by it
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And i would be fine with that but there seems to be some resistance against the encouraging of gender roles as if it makes someone a horrible person.
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Because people see it as you gotchaing them ... | Well you present why you want to encourage those roles but they seem to allign with your own expectations of men and women. I struggle to see why the roles you associate with men shouldnt be encouraged for women, and vice versa.
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>allign with your own expectations
It aligns tens of thousands of years expectations... | uuhftx | CMV: Some gender roles should be encouraged | I don’t mean forced! And i dont mean all of them! And not every circumstance (especially lgbt)!
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I do think it’s good to encourage men to be tough and protect women. I believe “women and children first” as a good general rule during dangerous emergencies. And I support the concept of being a gentleman. Men s... | Odd_Profession_2902 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Some gender roles should be encouraged
I don’t mean forced! And i dont mean all of them! And not every circumstance (especially lgbt)!
For men:
I do think it’s good to encourage men to be tough and protect women. I believe “women and children first” as a good general rule during dangerous emergencies. And I su... | > I do believe that femininity should be encouraged. Because i think it’s something that straight men are naturally attracted to.
> I think it’s important for women to focus on their beauty since men are more captivated by physical attractiveness than women are of men.
i get "women exist to please men sexually" vibe... | Well you present why you want to encourage those roles but they seem to allign with your own expectations of men and women. I struggle to see why the roles you associate with men shouldnt be encouraged for women, and vice versa.
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>allign with your own expectations
It aligns tens of thousands of years expectations... | uuhftx | CMV: Some gender roles should be encouraged | I don’t mean forced! And i dont mean all of them! And not every circumstance (especially lgbt)!
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I do think it’s good to encourage men to be tough and protect women. I believe “women and children first” as a good general rule during dangerous emergencies. And I support the concept of being a gentleman. Men s... | Odd_Profession_2902 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: There is no reasonable or practical way to actually enforce an abortion ban
My apologies if I'm hopelessly naive about U.S. law. A better title for this post might be, "I can't think of any reasonable or practical way to enforce an abortion ban, please enlighten me."
I often hear people arguing the merits of an ... | Pro life people want to stop abortion, not to punish women who have them. So the most effective way to do this is with sting operations against Ob-gyns who perform the abortions. Have a pregnant woman without a legal reason for an abortion try to convince doctors to perform one on her. If they agree to schedule one,... | By that argument, there's no reasonable or practical way to ban murder.
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I don't see the connection to my argument. It's easy to tell when a person has died because you find their corpse. The corpse itself, and the context around it such as location, wounds, witnesses, motives etc. provide justification and means... | 92p5ah | CMV: There is no reasonable or practical way to actually enforce an abortion ban | My apologies if I'm hopelessly naive about U.S. law. A better title for this post might be, "I can't think of any reasonable or practical way to enforce an abortion ban, please enlighten me."
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CMV: Not all thoughts deserve a place in anyone's mind
For Context: I am a Teenager from India, so do forgive me for any error or use of incorrect words.
I believe that the more we normalise that everyone deserves to his/her own thoughts and beliefs and we shouldn't argue about anybody's believes since it may be hurt... | It's simple. You can't control what people think
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Well You can help them see what you believe,why you believe it,whats the potential harm in their ideology and well, help them change their views.
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>Well You can help them see what you believe
Only if they want to see.
It takes an attempted effort in order t... | > I believe that the more we normalise that everyone deserves to his/her own thoughts and beliefs and we shouldn't argue about anybody's believes since it may be hurtful, The more harm it is causing to our society.
Entertaining various *thoughts* should not be a problem - we obviously need to able to consider/evaluate... | vnazew | CMV: Not all thoughts deserve a place in anyone's mind | For Context: I am a Teenager from India, so do forgive me for any error or use of incorrect words.
I believe that the more we normalise that everyone deserves to his/her own thoughts and beliefs and we shouldn't argue about anybody's believes since it may be hurtful, The more harm it is causing to our society.
Everyon... | MonocledDevil | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It is Impossible to Love Someone While in an Open Relationship
Open relationships seem to be all the rage, but I think that's a product of our narcissistic, selfish culture instead of an actual healthy, loving relationship.
Reading through the Nonmonogamy subreddit, a lot of articles, etc, I see the same themes ... | Flip this around. Would you deny your partner the opportunity to date/hookup with/whatever other people if you knew that doing so will hurt them? By your logic, causing your partner pain for your own happiness means that it can't be love; thus monogamous relationships can't be actual love. I'm guessing you don't agree ... | You may be having a skewed version of open relationships because you're only seeing the people who are struggling with it asking for advice. People who are happy with the arrangement aren't going to seek out support from strangers on the internet. Open relationships aren't for everyone, and are actively bad for some pe... | uvqpp6 | CMV: It is Impossible to Love Someone While in an Open Relationship | Open relationships seem to be all the rage, but I think that's a product of our narcissistic, selfish culture instead of an actual healthy, loving relationship.
Reading through the Nonmonogamy subreddit, a lot of articles, etc, I see the same themes over and over. Dealing with tons and tons of emotional pain. Jealou... | Azraphale89 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It is Impossible to Love Someone While in an Open Relationship
Open relationships seem to be all the rage, but I think that's a product of our narcissistic, selfish culture instead of an actual healthy, loving relationship.
Reading through the Nonmonogamy subreddit, a lot of articles, etc, I see the same themes ... | Flip this around. Would you deny your partner the opportunity to date/hookup with/whatever other people if you knew that doing so will hurt them? By your logic, causing your partner pain for your own happiness means that it can't be love; thus monogamous relationships can't be actual love. I'm guessing you don't agree ... | >is doing so KNOWING that it is (or could possibly) going to hurt Partner B.
Why?
Seriously why do you think your partner having sex with someone else would hurt you?
It may for some people but definitely not for everyone. When my wife admitted she has kissed her personal trainer I said fine, feel free to have sex ... | uvqpp6 | CMV: It is Impossible to Love Someone While in an Open Relationship | Open relationships seem to be all the rage, but I think that's a product of our narcissistic, selfish culture instead of an actual healthy, loving relationship.
Reading through the Nonmonogamy subreddit, a lot of articles, etc, I see the same themes over and over. Dealing with tons and tons of emotional pain. Jealou... | Azraphale89 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It is Impossible to Love Someone While in an Open Relationship
Open relationships seem to be all the rage, but I think that's a product of our narcissistic, selfish culture instead of an actual healthy, loving relationship.
Reading through the Nonmonogamy subreddit, a lot of articles, etc, I see the same themes ... | The existence of the loving, long-term, open relationships that do exist proves you wrong.
You seem to be hung up on some examples of people who should stay monogamous, as they don’t seem suited for non monogamy, and proof that open relationships can’t work.
For people who communicate, set boundaries, and respect bou... | >is doing so KNOWING that it is (or could possibly) going to hurt Partner B.
Why?
Seriously why do you think your partner having sex with someone else would hurt you?
It may for some people but definitely not for everyone. When my wife admitted she has kissed her personal trainer I said fine, feel free to have sex ... | uvqpp6 | CMV: It is Impossible to Love Someone While in an Open Relationship | Open relationships seem to be all the rage, but I think that's a product of our narcissistic, selfish culture instead of an actual healthy, loving relationship.
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CMV: Swear words are usually not problematic unless they're sexual or racial, and we shouldn't refuse to use them around kids
The only reason swear words are so bad seems to be that religions want to protect their gods and religion. Using swears doesn't make you a bad person, so why are they bad? I can understand and ... | So you agree certain curse words are fine, but others aren't, based on your own personal beliefs about religion/sexism/racism, etc.? What if a religious person objects to the use of "Jesus Christ" or "goddamn it" and has no issue with faggot, queer, etc.? If you go around their kids using religious curse words they hav... | Our conception of the profane shifts over time as society does. Your desire (acceptance) of prohibiting swear words reprenting sexual or racial profanity is similar to the turn of the century repugnance to defecation or other "animal" aspects of life.
You would have to really explain why sexual or racial prohibitions... | 6oudf7 | CMV: Swear words are usually not problematic unless they're sexual or racial, and we shouldn't refuse to use them around kids | The only reason swear words are so bad seems to be that religions want to protect their gods and religion. Using swears doesn't make you a bad person, so why are they bad? I can understand and I agree that kids shouldn't hear "cunt", "fuck", "dick" or "fag" (although I might be fine with dick), but words like "shit" an... | PenisMcScrotumFace | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Gorsuch is as good or better of a SC justice as Garland would have been
Knowing what we know now, and putting aside how you might feel about the process surrounding the nomination, do we think Garland would have actually been an effective justice? As AG he has shown zero willingness to hold trump to account. And... | Are you personally impacted by his decisions? If no then you probably haven't felt why he is such a poor justice. He does not follow precedent, is corrupt, does not have a consistent view of the law and does not reflect current understandings of the law or constitution.
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Clearly you are not felt the impact persona... | I guess as long as you’re not a woman, and you don’t give a shit about women having rights, then sure, your argument makes some sense.
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CMV: right to work laws violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract
I believe that ["right to work" laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law) violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract. Moreover, absent a prevailing interest that could outweigh the value of... | As a self-proclaimed libertarian I like the right to work laws because they focus on an individual human's rights. I personally but the value of free speech and such of a human above that of a business or an organization. Sometimes the pursuit of the ideal is less important than the practical affect of limiting some ri... | Right to works does not prohibit unions.
Employees can still unionize and collectively bargain - so their rights to assembly, speech, association, and contract are preserved.
What they cannot do is compel prospective employees to join a union as a conditions of employment. Clearly forcing a person to join a union - ... | 6opx9v | CMV: right to work laws violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract | I believe that ["right to work" laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law) violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract. Moreover, absent a prevailing interest that could outweigh the value of these freedoms, I believe that right to work laws should be struck down or repealed.
My bas... | KingTommenBaratheon | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: right to work laws violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract
I believe that ["right to work" laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law) violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract. Moreover, absent a prevailing interest that could outweigh the value of... | As a self-proclaimed libertarian I like the right to work laws because they focus on an individual human's rights. I personally but the value of free speech and such of a human above that of a business or an organization. Sometimes the pursuit of the ideal is less important than the practical affect of limiting some ri... | You *may* have an argument with regards to right of contract (which is not a particularly strong right, in so far as it even *is* a right, which is very debatable), but you have presented no arguments in how RTW infringes on right to peaceably assembly (you are still *allowed* to join a union in RTW states), freedom of... | 6opx9v | CMV: right to work laws violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract | I believe that ["right to work" laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law) violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract. Moreover, absent a prevailing interest that could outweigh the value of these freedoms, I believe that right to work laws should be struck down or repealed.
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CMV: right to work laws violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract
I believe that ["right to work" laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law) violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract. Moreover, absent a prevailing interest that could outweigh the value of... | You *may* have an argument with regards to right of contract (which is not a particularly strong right, in so far as it even *is* a right, which is very debatable), but you have presented no arguments in how RTW infringes on right to peaceably assembly (you are still *allowed* to join a union in RTW states), freedom of... | Right to works does not prohibit unions.
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What they cannot do is compel prospective employees to join a union as a conditions of employment. Clearly forcing a person to join a union - ... | 6opx9v | CMV: right to work laws violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract | I believe that ["right to work" laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law) violate the freedoms of assembly, speech, association, and contract. Moreover, absent a prevailing interest that could outweigh the value of these freedoms, I believe that right to work laws should be struck down or repealed.
My bas... | KingTommenBaratheon | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: An 18yo has the agency to make their own sexual and romantic decisions.
Inspired by the recent age gap thread. Here are the partial responses of three different women:
>At 18 I dated a lot of older men, heck at 17 I did too and I thought it was because I was mature, now I realize how terribly loserish and fucked... | Why is this issue always presented as a dichotomy? Can't it be that a person is capable of making an autonomous decision, and is *also* vulnerable to being manipulated, misled, and taken advantage of?
What is it about these women characterizing the behavior of the *other* grown, adult party who made choices that makes... | It has nothing to do with agency. People's concerns revolve around the abuse potential. It's very easy to get into a financially abusive situation if you have no career and the other person has a 20 year career.
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This isn't about age gaps. It's about personal accountability.
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>At 18 I dated a lot of older men, heck at 17 I did too and I thought it was because I was mature, now I realize how terribly loserish and fucked up they were.
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CMV: No country on earth can prevent a dictatorship
I dont think there is anything that could really prevent a dictatorship, it could happen in any country, as long as someone can gather enough support from society's elites to implement his plan and the police/soldiers will have to obey due to strict chain of command.... | Well the fact that most major countries aren’t dictatorships should be enough to change your view shouldn’t it
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The fact that most countries are forced to elect pre-groomed party candidates from the same party factory and end up implementing the same old policies that people dont like is not convincing me much.
-... | I think what you are saying is that it's impossible to guarantee that a country will never become a dictatorship.
There is truth to this, because nothing is really 100%. But at the end of the day many of the most advanced nations are not dictatorships, and have gone to many lengths to create legal and social institut... | tk0n6u | CMV: No country on earth can prevent a dictatorship | I dont think there is anything that could really prevent a dictatorship, it could happen in any country, as long as someone can gather enough support from society's elites to implement his plan and the police/soldiers will have to obey due to strict chain of command.
He can easily change the law/constitution once in p... | Easy-Smoke1467 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The term BIPOC is racist, dismissive, and exclusionary
I'm not white. I'm not black. I'm not indigenous.
I *am* a person of colour. My culture's struggles and fight with racism is not of lesser importance than black or indigenous individuals. They are not less severe than black or indigenous individuals. *We are... | >My culture's struggles and fight with racism is not of lesser importance than black or indigenous individuals.
Was your culture subject to generational chattel slavery in America? Was your culture the target of genocide in America?
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It's on the application and everybody has an inherent bias. You can't really say "we don't look at race in applications" when you have name and race listed.
Even if it's a minority of acceptances or rejections racist biases are being used to discriminate in admissions. Until I don't have to put my name... | vn1v0q | CMV: The term BIPOC is racist, dismissive, and exclusionary | I'm not white. I'm not black. I'm not indigenous.
I *am* a person of colour. My culture's struggles and fight with racism is not of lesser importance than black or indigenous individuals. They are not less severe than black or indigenous individuals. *We are not an afterthought.*
Or at least we shouldn't be.
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CMV: The term BIPOC is racist, dismissive, and exclusionary
I'm not white. I'm not black. I'm not indigenous.
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It's on the application and everybody has an inherent bias. You can't really say "we don't look at race in applications" when you have name and race listed.
Even if it's a minority of acceptances or rejections racist biases are being used to discriminate in admissions. Until I don't have to put my name... | >My culture's struggles and fight with racism is not of lesser importance than black or indigenous individuals.
Was your culture subject to generational chattel slavery in America? Was your culture the target of genocide in America?
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Yes. And if you didn't know that you clearly aren't educated on who built most o... | vn1v0q | CMV: The term BIPOC is racist, dismissive, and exclusionary | I'm not white. I'm not black. I'm not indigenous.
I *am* a person of colour. My culture's struggles and fight with racism is not of lesser importance than black or indigenous individuals. They are not less severe than black or indigenous individuals. *We are not an afterthought.*
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CMV: governments should not be pushing their populations to learn to speak minority languages
Some governments spend a lot of time, effort, and money pushing to get people to learn to speak a language that is considered important to that country. Welsh, Gaelic, Breton, Frisian, and Catalan are some of the languages I'... | Just translating or keeping documents isn’t really preserving a language. That just keeps it in a museum. A language stays alive only if people actually speak it.
When a government doesn’t promote that, the language dies out in a few generations. It’s not about forcing anyone, it’s about making sure kids grow up heari... | Learning languages stimulates the brain in a way that is different to any other form of learning. So there is great value for a society beyond the simple "bean counter" value that just thinks about the cost, without considering the value to the society.
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Multilingual does have benefit, but rather than spend the li... | 1ormv9e | CMV: governments should not be pushing their populations to learn to speak minority languages | Some governments spend a lot of time, effort, and money pushing to get people to learn to speak a language that is considered important to that country. Welsh, Gaelic, Breton, Frisian, and Catalan are some of the languages I'm thinking about with regards to this view, though I'm not familiar with all of the specifics.
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CMV: The world is going to take a "pass" on the Tokyo Olympics
The latest reports indicate Japan is doing a massively bad job with immunization, and a solid majority of Japanese do not support having the Olympics either.
Soon, I think, an important nation will decide its athletes and journalists aren't going. That w... | What would it take for the Olympics to be cancelled? One large nation? 10 nations? One specific nation?
And i think the US would show up regardless, or maybe the IOC recommends only vaccinated athletes make the trip.
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I don't know, it does seem everyone is reluctant to be the first to say they're not going.
Vacc... | I see no reason they would not happen. Latest medical guidance is that if you are vaccinated you can resume life as you normally would and the majority of nations that have enough pull to derail the games have access to enough vaccines to get their athletes jabbed.
Medical guidance suggests the outdoor transmission i... | nfmv0x | CMV: The world is going to take a "pass" on the Tokyo Olympics | The latest reports indicate Japan is doing a massively bad job with immunization, and a solid majority of Japanese do not support having the Olympics either.
Soon, I think, an important nation will decide its athletes and journalists aren't going. That will open the floodgates. So, like the 1940 and 1944 Games, the ... | Polar_Roid | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: In all states we can provide better women’s health options and should focus on these as much as the abortion issue.
When used correctly, birth control options are well over 99% effective. If we made contraception more widely and immediately available we could eliminate more unwanted pregnancies before they even b... | Not trying to be mean but your being a little dense.
Like your right on how to reduce unwanted pregnancy and historically democrats are twice as effective as Republicans on this issue.
That was never the point of the argument.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/05/19/some-states-... | People who oppose abortion generally also oppose these measures and vice versa.
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>and available
That's my point. I don't see a program to make these availible gaining much traction in red states. | vmuoo5 | CMV: In all states we can provide better women’s health options and should focus on these as much as the abortion issue. | When used correctly, birth control options are well over 99% effective. If we made contraception more widely and immediately available we could eliminate more unwanted pregnancies before they even begin.
Currently, it doesn’t seem like we make access as easy as we legally could. For example, Planned Parenthood and ot... | autostart17 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Traditional universities should be replaced with online learning for better, more equal and cheaper education
I believe universities should be replaced (maybe partially first but probably completely later) with online learning in most countries (specially those developing where most population has access to inter... | Large lectures can be replaced, but traditional universities offer certain experiences that you can't get online. Students in hard sciences need lab experience. You can't learn chemistry without turning on a Bunsen burner at least once or twice. Engineers need to make things. The practical experience of developing a ro... | Instead of sending kids to kindergarten they can watch Sesame Street at home and save the government a lot of money
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I don't see how this relates to this, could you please elaborate ?
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Online learning, like sesame street, is one size fits all learning. If it works for universities, why not kindergarten? | 6ol0ug | CMV: Traditional universities should be replaced with online learning for better, more equal and cheaper education | I believe universities should be replaced (maybe partially first but probably completely later) with online learning in most countries (specially those developing where most population has access to internet) because it would be more cost-effective, more equal and be of better quality.
I am unsure that classes in pers... | -usernameirrelevant- | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Democrats who are unreceptive to criticism of their own party are just as bad as the Republicans they demonize.
Just to start, I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I abhor the bipartisan nature of our democracy. Nonetheless, I will vote Democrat if the stakes are high enough as it tends to be the lesser of... | Well, you said yourself that the Democrats are generally the lesser of two evils. If the Republicans refuse to accept criticism of their own party, then I fail to see how Democrats could be just as bad by doing the same considering they aren't quite as bad as Republicans in other ways (namely policy).
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For one, t... | > If you can't self-reflect and refuse to hold your representatives accountable for misleading the public, such as what we're seeing with all the reneging on the upcoming relief bill
Look, I'm happy to criticize Democrats when I think it is merited. But, arguing over whether or not a $600 check and a $1400 check is t... | lp9bt2 | CMV: Democrats who are unreceptive to criticism of their own party are just as bad as the Republicans they demonize. | Just to start, I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I abhor the bipartisan nature of our democracy. Nonetheless, I will vote Democrat if the stakes are high enough as it tends to be the lesser of evils.
Any time I criticize a democratic representative on this site for being duplicitous, spineless or just a go... | whatablunderfullife | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: While Cultural Appropriation is annoying in its extremes, The Benefits of Cultural Exchange Vastly Overshadow the occasional mild annoyance.
This was saved on my flash drive for a while half finished, i decided to resurrect it, because of recent events.
First of all, Cultural Appropriation IMO should only be ap... | Just adding a few examples, because this is a topic that I myself am torn on. I'm from an Indian background, and there are a few issues that I have with cultural appropriation.
1. I saw a woman the other day who had taken a very traditional style of Indian sari and had it re-tailored into a low-cut dress. Is this fas... | You're setting up misappropriation as an inevitable side effect of exchange, but in reality cultural exchange and cultural misappropriation have very little to do with each other. If we treated each other equally and with respect we'd have 100% cultural exchange and 0% cultural misappropriation.
Misappropriation speci... | 6i010r | CMV: While Cultural Appropriation is annoying in its extremes, The Benefits of Cultural Exchange Vastly Overshadow the occasional mild annoyance. | This was saved on my flash drive for a while half finished, i decided to resurrect it, because of recent events.
First of all, Cultural Appropriation IMO should only be applied to extreme, and not every single cultural exchange. For example, (I use judaism because that is a culture i am a part of so i can understand)... | oshaboy | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Supreme Court needs extra checks, and judicial review should be scrapped/ignored
I made a post on this before, and have held this view long before the atrocity that is the Dobbs ruling, but I believe SCOTUS needs to be reigned in directly by Congress.
Here is what I have in mind. Like a presidential veto, i... | > Here is what I have in mind. Like a presidential veto, if a court ruling strikes down a federal law, then it goes back to Congress for a final round of voting.
This betrays a total misunderstanding of what the Supreme Court does. Congress doesn't pass a law and then the Supremes give it a thumbs up or down befor... | > And remember, if you are going to argue that bad laws will pass, show me either party getting a supermajority in this political climate.
The Court is responsible not just for federal laws, but for overturning bad, racist, discriminatory state laws too. Many states have supermajorities and pass insane laws all the ti... | viy7u0 | CMV: The Supreme Court needs extra checks, and judicial review should be scrapped/ignored | I made a post on this before, and have held this view long before the atrocity that is the Dobbs ruling, but I believe SCOTUS needs to be reigned in directly by Congress.
Here is what I have in mind. Like a presidential veto, if a court ruling strikes down a federal law, then it goes back to Congress for a final roun... | AgentFr0sty | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Law enforcement need to be stricter on driving slow in the left lane than speeding.
Almost every state has either a law against driving slow in the left lane, staying in the left lane (which should only be enforced against slow drivers) or obstructing traffic like the Maryland law
"Unless reduced speed is neces... | What exactly are you requesting to happen? It's already illegal, what else do you want?
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Start enforcing it. Pull over the driver going 55 in the 55 in the left lane vs the person going 15-20mph over in the left lane.
One is much more dangerous than the other.
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What is dangerous is being considerably differe... | There are a few laws in play here, depending on the state.
Some states prohibit driving in the left lane except to pass.
Some states have laws requiring slower drivers to keep right.
All states have impeding traffic laws.
All states have speeding laws.
The part people fail to realize is the left lane laws do not... | tjqlaq | CMV: Law enforcement need to be stricter on driving slow in the left lane than speeding. | Almost every state has either a law against driving slow in the left lane, staying in the left lane (which should only be enforced against slow drivers) or obstructing traffic like the Maryland law
"Unless reduced speed is necessary for the safe operation of the vehicle or otherwise is in compliance with law, **a per... | Andalib_Odulate | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Issues that affect all Americans nationwide should not be left up to the individual States to decide
With the recent and future rulings from the SCOTUS, the States are given the power to decide how they individual rule on issues that affect all Americans regardless on which state they are living in.
I should not... | What would be an example of something that an individual State could rule on that wouldn't effect other Americans?
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Fair. I guess in my mind it would be taxable goods and/or property. I.e. Gasoline, Alcohol, Tobacco, income, etc
Things that in turn help pay for growing and maintaining the state.
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Alabama has... | In regards to your point on CO2 emissions, the entire world population is effected by what Texas does, not just US citizens. At that point why should that decision be left up to the country and not decided on by the world?
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Exactly!
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But then why are you advocating that the federal government should make laws... | vmqi9l | CMV: Issues that affect all Americans nationwide should not be left up to the individual States to decide | With the recent and future rulings from the SCOTUS, the States are given the power to decide how they individual rule on issues that affect all Americans regardless on which state they are living in.
I should not have to decide on where I live
based on which state is willing and able to
provide me the healthcare, safe... | Ringo_Dingo12 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The end of Net Neutrality will likely have very limited impact
As I see it, net neutrality going away is a bad, but likely only mildly-so bad thing.
The effect that I expect to see will be that ISPs will start offering a "fast lane" for websites which will be only moderately faster than the "slow lane" and will ... | You presented reason but no evidence. Would a country that went through this very same transformation - without net neutrality and with internet slow-lanes change your view?
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It would count as evidence against my view. How much it would change my view depends upon a lot of parameters.
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The impact of the end... | I can't say I totally disagree with you, or at least I try to be optimistic in situations like this, but the general feeling I get from your post is that you suffer from "status quo bias." In other words, you're used to things being the way they are and can't really *imagine* them being that much different so you come ... | 7fui6h | CMV: The end of Net Neutrality will likely have very limited impact | As I see it, net neutrality going away is a bad, but likely only mildly-so bad thing.
The effect that I expect to see will be that ISPs will start offering a "fast lane" for websites which will be only moderately faster than the "slow lane" and will moderately priced.
My primary reason to believe this is that ISPs ar... | OmegaZfc | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Hanson could've been more popular without MMMBop.
We all remember that goofy MMMBop song from the 90s. It was a dumb earworm song that made no sense. Let's face it: Whenever you hear the title of the song, you probably still wonder what the hell an MMMBop is. But what I think is really interesting is that Hanson ... | The problem with this analysis is that Mmmbop was a pretty good song. It’s not the song that was the problem, its that they were kids. Whatever song would have caused them to break through, they always would have been limited for being a novelty kid band.
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Oh, I didn't mean to imply that MMMBop wasn't a pretty goo... | How does the song make no sense? Have you read the lyrics? Pretty easy to understand.
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The first verse actually has a decent message to I get, but anything beyond the first verse basically makes little to no sense.
> Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose / You can plant any one of those / Keep planting t... | emv2qk | CMV: Hanson could've been more popular without MMMBop. | We all remember that goofy MMMBop song from the 90s. It was a dumb earworm song that made no sense. Let's face it: Whenever you hear the title of the song, you probably still wonder what the hell an MMMBop is. But what I think is really interesting is that Hanson was actually a really talented band, and I think in a lo... | matrix_man | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Hanson could've been more popular without MMMBop.
We all remember that goofy MMMBop song from the 90s. It was a dumb earworm song that made no sense. Let's face it: Whenever you hear the title of the song, you probably still wonder what the hell an MMMBop is. But what I think is really interesting is that Hanson ... | How does the song make no sense? Have you read the lyrics? Pretty easy to understand.
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The first verse actually has a decent message to I get, but anything beyond the first verse basically makes little to no sense.
> Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose / You can plant any one of those / Keep planting t... | The problem with this analysis is that Mmmbop was a pretty good song. It’s not the song that was the problem, its that they were kids. Whatever song would have caused them to break through, they always would have been limited for being a novelty kid band.
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Oh, I didn't mean to imply that MMMBop wasn't a pretty goo... | emv2qk | CMV: Hanson could've been more popular without MMMBop. | We all remember that goofy MMMBop song from the 90s. It was a dumb earworm song that made no sense. Let's face it: Whenever you hear the title of the song, you probably still wonder what the hell an MMMBop is. But what I think is really interesting is that Hanson was actually a really talented band, and I think in a lo... | matrix_man | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:Saying 'Free speech only applies to government interference' is like saying 'But I'm a nice guy!!'
The common objection to the 'Nice Guy™' defence or vindication is that nice is the bare minimum,inoffensive thing you can say about someone, not recommending them on any level or making them attactive or intriguing o... | Not sure I get your nice guy analogy are you arguing that free speech should be required for private individuals also and that private groups or businesses should not be able to limit what people say by rule or social pressure?
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I think there are grounds to question the ability of private companies to allow or re... | Do you think everyone should be able to speak on anyone's platform? If I create a website to talk about my love of hats, and delete anyone's comment who disagrees with me about the wonder of hats, would you say I'm encroaching on anyone's free speech?
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I don't have an absolute position on that. I think that there ... | 6hz9ps | CMV:Saying 'Free speech only applies to government interference' is like saying 'But I'm a nice guy!!' | The common objection to the 'Nice Guy™' defence or vindication is that nice is the bare minimum,inoffensive thing you can say about someone, not recommending them on any level or making them attactive or intriguing or worthy.
I also think the same about people who oppose free speech advocates objections to encroachmen... | polysyndetonic | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Sex on the first date is an indicator of a woman's future faithfulness and a man shouldn't enter into a long term relationship with a woman who refuses sex on the first date
I think that a woman having sex with a man on the first date is an indicator of her future faithfulness so a man should only enter into a lo... | It seems the only thing you're filtering for is "Women who lose all self control when they meet a man they're attracted to." which frankly sounds like the exact opposite of an indicator of fidelity.
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Since casual sex is a societal norm if the woman is unwilling to have casual sex with you it should be a red flag.
... | Being willing to have sex on a first date, for man or woman indicates someone who is more frivolous in their sexual behavior and therefore more inclined to infidelity, not less as you claim. It means you do not put value in the social rules regarding relationships.
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I agree that that would have been the case 50 y... | 6o5h7d | CMV: Sex on the first date is an indicator of a woman's future faithfulness and a man shouldn't enter into a long term relationship with a woman who refuses sex on the first date | I think that a woman having sex with a man on the first date is an indicator of her future faithfulness so a man should only enter into a long term relationship with a woman who had sex with him on the first date. The reason that I think this is the case is because sex on the first date indicates that she considered hi... | ThetaVega | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Sex on the first date is an indicator of a woman's future faithfulness and a man shouldn't enter into a long term relationship with a woman who refuses sex on the first date
I think that a woman having sex with a man on the first date is an indicator of her future faithfulness so a man should only enter into a lo... | There are a lot of issues here. You completely ignore the idea that a woman's personal experience is going to motivate her actions. I suspect this lack of consideration has impact on your personal life.
What if her last three dates tried to take advantages or treated her poorly after she slept with them on the first d... | Sex is not a meaningless fun thing to do as you seem to think it is. No matter how good of protection you use, you are always at risk of STDs and pregnancy when you have sex. I’d hope most women wouldn’t want to put themselves at those kind of risks for someone they’ve only known a few hours.
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The pregnancy ris... | 6o5h7d | CMV: Sex on the first date is an indicator of a woman's future faithfulness and a man shouldn't enter into a long term relationship with a woman who refuses sex on the first date | I think that a woman having sex with a man on the first date is an indicator of her future faithfulness so a man should only enter into a long term relationship with a woman who had sex with him on the first date. The reason that I think this is the case is because sex on the first date indicates that she considered hi... | ThetaVega | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: "Gun Control" in America is ineffective at reducing overall violence and crime.
Disclosing my bias right away: I am an enthusiast of firearms for the purpose of recreation/sport.
From what I've observed here within California, there is a big push to regulate firearms in a very restrictive manner. That is, the t... |
The most pertinent case study to look at is probably Australia’s 1996 gun ban. Here is a report on its effects from 1996 to today:
http://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/gun-control-australia-updated/
The conclusions are a bit fuzzy, but it looks like there is evidence that the gun ban sped up the decrease of the ... | [deleted]
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If I observed that these regulations DID stop acts of mass killings, of course, I would be for it. But they keep happening. Over and over and over again. Despite all the variety of bans and regulations, this stuff still happens. The guns already exist here. I don't understand how the government saying "... | 7fytf3 | CMV: "Gun Control" in America is ineffective at reducing overall violence and crime. | Disclosing my bias right away: I am an enthusiast of firearms for the purpose of recreation/sport.
From what I've observed here within California, there is a big push to regulate firearms in a very restrictive manner. That is, the types of guns that can be purchased, the types of accessories allowed and the way they ... | JustHereToRoasts | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: We will never get another good mainline Pokémon game
I think this has become evident after the last batch of games. I love Pokemon, but the games have gone to shit.
The quality of mainline games have been declining over the last few generations, starting with gen 7 (in my opinion). The games are way too simp... | they *just* released a good mainline pokemon game like 3 weeks ago
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Z-A is not a mainline game.
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First off, yes it is, legends game count as mainline. Second, even if you don't want to count it, we just had scarlet and violet which was a huge step up over sword and shield. Those games were actually fun to pla... | This strikes me as a case more of "don't make them like they used to" combined with a fundamental misunderstanding of the video game market and Pokemon's place in it.
Pokemon games have sold at [a very consistent level](https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon) dating back all the way to the early 2000s.
The av... | 1oqtrh4 | CMV: We will never get another good mainline Pokémon game | I think this has become evident after the last batch of games. I love Pokemon, but the games have gone to shit.
The quality of mainline games have been declining over the last few generations, starting with gen 7 (in my opinion). The games are way too simple even for a children's game, animations are terrible, cha... | EmeraldGodMelt | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Asians have also been slaves in the U.S. and this isn’t mainstream education in this country.
Asian indentured servants, or “coolies” as a derogatory term, have been used as a source of cheap labor in the United States as early as the 1800s.
While indentured servants are different from slaves because they have p... | Why do you think this isn't part of mainstream education?
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People who I’ve asked about this are usually clueless about it and have expressed that they’ve never learned about it.
I suppose thinking back to my own education, which is a very limited window into our Federal curriculum, when we learned about slavery i... | [deleted]
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Lol
Not that this isn’t important , but there is 0% chance op is actually looking to have his view changed
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Why do you say that? | lpat0s | CMV: Asians have also been slaves in the U.S. and this isn’t mainstream education in this country. | Asian indentured servants, or “coolies” as a derogatory term, have been used as a source of cheap labor in the United States as early as the 1800s.
While indentured servants are different from slaves because they have paid contracts, in the case of Asian coolies (and also many indentured African servants in the Antebe... | Plexless | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Global conflict is dumb at this point and there needs to be a new international law established by everyday people calling for universal principles like democracy and freedom of movement.
Basically I believe we're headed towards global tyranny, or rather, we're participating in global tyranny. This idea stems fro... | So you're basically saying we can fix the world's problems by agreeing to stop being bad and start being good?
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I'm saying that people only compromise their moral values because they're socialized into it by a global system that alienates them and isn't based on health. I think health is a value most people can ag... | How can you have freedom of movement and democracy, what happens when a group of people in an area don't want freedom of movement?
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easy, they can stay right where they are.
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And prevent others moving to their area? | tjjrxf | CMV: Global conflict is dumb at this point and there needs to be a new international law established by everyday people calling for universal principles like democracy and freedom of movement. | Basically I believe we're headed towards global tyranny, or rather, we're participating in global tyranny. This idea stems from the idea that it is possible for humans to communicate directly with one another. I think the state of our foreign policy, especially in the US is one of Realpolitick. Realpolitick, for those ... | jotobster | 3 | 3 | [
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Basically I believe we're headed towards global tyranny, or rather, we're participating in global tyranny. This idea stems fro... | >I'm talking about consensus democracy.
And what if the global consensus is that there shouldn't be freedom of movement or democracy?
How do you establish sovereignty of the world among unspecified people? Who enforces the will of these people?
Why can some sort of democratic global order come to power and solve al... | So you're basically saying we can fix the world's problems by agreeing to stop being bad and start being good?
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I'm saying that people only compromise their moral values because they're socialized into it by a global system that alienates them and isn't based on health. I think health is a value most people can ag... | tjjrxf | CMV: Global conflict is dumb at this point and there needs to be a new international law established by everyday people calling for universal principles like democracy and freedom of movement. | Basically I believe we're headed towards global tyranny, or rather, we're participating in global tyranny. This idea stems from the idea that it is possible for humans to communicate directly with one another. I think the state of our foreign policy, especially in the US is one of Realpolitick. Realpolitick, for those ... | jotobster | 6 | 6 | [
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CMV: people who live in Europe and claim to have visited 20 countries, all of which are inside the EU are no more adventurous than people in the US who have visited 20 different states.
I get annoyed when I see this, I just don't really see the difference, both you aren't really leaving a place of safety, the culture... | while there is certainly diversity between texas to florida to california to newhampshire to origon. i think you havent considered that there is quite a bit more diversity between france to poland to greece to romania to germany to finland. the diverse languages themselves make traveling in europe more adventurous.
i... | [removed]
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>Maybe the issue isn't that people view going there as individual experiences but that we don't view going to different states in the same fashion. It should be.
I think it depends on the state (or your friends tbh).
Where I am from it is viewed like that. Like if I say "oh I am going to Florida" I g... | nfhnc1 | CMV: people who live in Europe and claim to have visited 20 countries, all of which are inside the EU are no more adventurous than people in the US who have visited 20 different states. | I get annoyed when I see this, I just don't really see the difference, both you aren't really leaving a place of safety, the cultures are all relatively similar, if compared to how new Mexicans are like people from Maine for example, complete opposites, or how Alaska is nothing like California, how north Dakota is not... | The_Will_Here | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The rise of 'Flat Earthers' is a sign of a new Dark Age.
**EDIT: This has been a really good conversation, but many of you have totally missed my original point. For a more eloquent explanation of my view please see this quote from Carl Sagan's Demon-Haunted World:
"I have a foreboding of an America in my child... | Is the rise of Flat-Earthers really more globally influential than the spread of the Internet?
If anything, this is the polar opposite of the Dark Age.
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Instead of trusting scientists and authority figures, they reject evidence that they cannot personally verify and rely only on evidence that they can witness themselves.
Does... | 7ft7lk | CMV: The rise of 'Flat Earthers' is a sign of a new Dark Age. | **EDIT: This has been a really good conversation, but many of you have totally missed my original point. For a more eloquent explanation of my view please see this quote from Carl Sagan's Demon-Haunted World:
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CMV: we don't need student loan forgiveness, we just need student loan modification.
One of the simplest solutions I can come up to the student loan debt challenges that are facing our political spectrums these days is how to actually give relief to current borrowers and potentially paid off loans at the same time.
... | The problem with this idea, compared to flat loan forgiveness, is that in the short-term it disproportionately helps people who have been paying off their loans for a long while, since those people will have paid more interest. People who took out their loans relatively recently will see only a little reduction in thei... | A 150 grand is still crippling debt, even if you don't have to pay interest on it.
The type of people able to pay of their student loans in a reasonable time frame with no interest, are not the type of people who are suffering most under the burden of the loans, and those that are will only be marginally helped by re... | 12dhbbn | CMV: we don't need student loan forgiveness, we just need student loan modification. | One of the simplest solutions I can come up to the student loan debt challenges that are facing our political spectrums these days is how to actually give relief to current borrowers and potentially paid off loans at the same time.
It's called a simple loan modification and what you do is just drop the interest rates... | Pdb39 | 15 | 15 | [
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CMV: we don't need student loan forgiveness, we just need student loan modification.
One of the simplest solutions I can come up to the student loan debt challenges that are facing our political spectrums these days is how to actually give relief to current borrowers and potentially paid off loans at the same time.
... | What would be the incentive for anyone to provide loans if there can be no interest? Providing a loan would cause the lender to lose money and take on risk with no possibility of reward.
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Because it could be a tax write off for the lender.
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>Because it could be a tax write off for the lender.
Businesses exis... | A 150 grand is still crippling debt, even if you don't have to pay interest on it.
The type of people able to pay of their student loans in a reasonable time frame with no interest, are not the type of people who are suffering most under the burden of the loans, and those that are will only be marginally helped by re... | 12dhbbn | CMV: we don't need student loan forgiveness, we just need student loan modification. | One of the simplest solutions I can come up to the student loan debt challenges that are facing our political spectrums these days is how to actually give relief to current borrowers and potentially paid off loans at the same time.
It's called a simple loan modification and what you do is just drop the interest rates... | Pdb39 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: we don't need student loan forgiveness, we just need student loan modification.
One of the simplest solutions I can come up to the student loan debt challenges that are facing our political spectrums these days is how to actually give relief to current borrowers and potentially paid off loans at the same time.
... | Can you give some examples of problems that you see with other proposed schemes for student loan forgiveness that this proposal addresses better?
To me, it seems like this is just some mathematical sleight of hand to pretend that principal is not being reduced when reducing the principal by a fraction equal to what th... | That helps but it does not fix the problem for a lot of people, especially the poorest borrowers who took out the biggest loans. This is a way to help but it's not a solution for the same problem as forgiving loans.
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They still agreed to sign the papers to take out the loan right.
I feel my solution is a bit of ... | 12dhbbn | CMV: we don't need student loan forgiveness, we just need student loan modification. | One of the simplest solutions I can come up to the student loan debt challenges that are facing our political spectrums these days is how to actually give relief to current borrowers and potentially paid off loans at the same time.
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CMV: Christian people who believe in the 10 commandments shouldn't make/own images of Jesus
I was raised Jewish, so I have limited knowledge about Christianity. I've only been inside a Church a few times. However, the churches I went to had pictures and statues of Jesus. As well as Christian households I've been to th... | Christ offered a new covenant to mankind, whereby anyone was offered salvation simply through accepting Christ's sacrifice on their behalf and following after Him.
When asked what Commandments should we keep, Christ responded to his followers that should not lie, steal, commit adultery and you should love your neighbo... | Very lapsed Christian here… rule 2, no craven image- I read that as golden statues of bulls or whatever.
Very similar theory to Mohammed in Islam. It’s almost as if Jewishness, Christianity and Muslims all share the same origin story.
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That’s how lapsed I am!! 😁 | uv1sms | CMV: Christian people who believe in the 10 commandments shouldn't make/own images of Jesus | I was raised Jewish, so I have limited knowledge about Christianity. I've only been inside a Church a few times. However, the churches I went to had pictures and statues of Jesus. As well as Christian households I've been to that have pictures of Jesus.
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CMV: Prostitution is naturally harmful for women and shouldn't be just "another job"
## **I'm tired of people saying prostitution is just another job, disrespecting the millions of girls that suffer from it, i think they talk from pure ignorance, but they're so numerous right now that I wonder what if it's actually me... | Just curious. Do you actually *want *your view changed?
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Yes, i want to know why i'm on the minority, i think there could be a reason, but idk. The post is long because i know to fully clarify my view and then if you have something to say to change it, i want to hear it.
Edit: i wonder why the negatives also.
-... | I have a clarifying question: does your CMV premise apply only to women, or is prostitution naturally harmful for men too? It's okay that you used women throughout your post because women are the majority of prostitutes, but would this apply to male prostitutes as well or only female? If not, why not to men as well?
... | 6ojl45 | CMV: Prostitution is naturally harmful for women and shouldn't be just "another job" | ## **I'm tired of people saying prostitution is just another job, disrespecting the millions of girls that suffer from it, i think they talk from pure ignorance, but they're so numerous right now that I wonder what if it's actually me the one who is wrong? So here it's my opinion.**
**NOTE** If you don't believe in th... | Unisira | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Men are oppressed by feminism.
1. Taking away opportunities for men to fill an artificial gender quota means the organization is constantly taking less qualified people.
2. Men *aren’t* equal with women (biologically and socially). Men die, on average, earlier than women and are subject to more violence. Women wo... | The problem with making any statement about "feminism" is that it's such an ill-defined word that means a different thing in so many situations that you can say anytihng and nothing about it.
Your statement is both true and false by default. It is false because "but that's not actual feminism" and it is true because y... | > Taking away opportunities for men to fill an artificial gender quota means the organization is constantly taking less qualified people.
AFAIK feminism doesn't claim there need to be legal quotas. You can point to people who call themselves feminists, sure, but you can also find people who call themselves feminists w... | 7fm79a | CMV: Men are oppressed by feminism. | 1. Taking away opportunities for men to fill an artificial gender quota means the organization is constantly taking less qualified people.
2. Men *aren’t* equal with women (biologically and socially). Men die, on average, earlier than women and are subject to more violence. Women work fewer hours.
We should hire roughl... | shhthrowawayy | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Some gender roles are stupid and I shouldn't be obliged to follow
I've been told by a great deal of a number of people to conform to gender 'roles' or 'etiquettes' and 'behaviours'.
However, if you are those that think I should conform for the good of myself or society, of course I'm willing to hear your side and... | I sympathize with your rebellion against unexplained rules.
As some of the other commenters have pointed out, most of these "stereotypes" are developed over time in respect to natural phenomena.
You only laid out criticism against one such "gender role", which is that women should sit with their legs closed.
I beli... | all gender roles are are the natural truth of things.. just like most stereotypes, they exist because they are generally true. they have formed over millions of years of evolution, for a reason, and they are never going to change. you dont HAVE to conform to anything.. anyone can behave however they want. just dont... | 7fxrlt | CMV: Some gender roles are stupid and I shouldn't be obliged to follow | I've been told by a great deal of a number of people to conform to gender 'roles' or 'etiquettes' and 'behaviours'.
However, if you are those that think I should conform for the good of myself or society, of course I'm willing to hear your side and change my view. That's why I'm here.
My issue however, is often people... | silveryfeather208 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: glocks are overrated and terrible guns for first time gun owners.
For starters I know a lot of people on here don't like guns at all. Drop the politics, this is about the guns themselves.
Onto my view. I grew up with guns but went to buy a gun for the first time (not to panic buy. I was just looking for a fun pl... | >First is the price point. They tend to run much higher than gun brands like taurus. Like a couple hundred more.
Well, right there.
I didn't my *first pistol*. I bought the *only pistol I'll probably ever own*. I don't want some piece of shit Taurus.
I don't buy cheap boots, either.
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So why glock over ... | > To change my view basically you need to demonstrate that glock is worth the steeper price for what essentially amounts to a learning experience or that the modularity is over all more beneficial than the confusing mess it brings to people that don't know about it.
I agree with most of what you've said, but I think ... | lp9zc3 | CMV: glocks are overrated and terrible guns for first time gun owners. | For starters I know a lot of people on here don't like guns at all. Drop the politics, this is about the guns themselves.
Onto my view. I grew up with guns but went to buy a gun for the first time (not to panic buy. I was just looking for a fun plinker semi auto cause my 22 revolver takes forever to load and unload). ... | direwolf106 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People should be forced to live their lives the way I want them to
Hello all, I understand this view is problematic but I can't reconcile that with what are certain ethical imperatives that most people don't live up to.
For instance, I certainly believe that veganism should be mandatory; animals have a right to ... | Ethics aside, how are you going enforce any of this?
You can't suddenly get rid of every farm animal on earth or in whatever country you live in, especially if people aren't willing to cooperate. It's a very slow process of convincing more and more people to go vegan which will slowly phase out meat.
And if you want ... | [removed]
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Global warming isn't an opinion, though, it's a fact, and it is also a fact that we need to prevent it from getting worse.
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I’m not saying global warming doesn’t exist. What I’m saying is that you thinking that you need to force people to address the issue your specific way is where delusions of gr... | vmit2q | CMV: People should be forced to live their lives the way I want them to | Hello all, I understand this view is problematic but I can't reconcile that with what are certain ethical imperatives that most people don't live up to.
For instance, I certainly believe that veganism should be mandatory; animals have a right to not be tortured and killed for our benefit, and veganism is just better f... | GVerschlussbugel | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Lootboxes aren't gambling and claiming they are is going to hurt gaming as a whole.
This is an opinion I've had since the debate first started creeping around, but with the anti battlefront circlejerk at full force its became more obnoxious. Obviously that game is a pure cash grab but the anger I feel has been mi... |
Lootboxes as a design choice are fine, because they provide a fun element of randomness to loot accumulation in-game. Even paying for lootboxes is okay and technically not gambling, because you aren’t throwing your money at a *chance* to get something; you get something no matter what, and there is a *chance* tha... | >Legally I see the term gambling as the risk of losing money or possessions in return for the chance of making money or possesions. You do not make money off of lootboxes in these cases.
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Legally I see the term gambling as the risk of losing money or possessions in r... | HideNZeke | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV Men don't see women as human and therefore are unnable to empathize with many of their experiences
My view of men is incredibly flawed I realize. I believe men don't see women as human unless they are in a close relashionship with them (girlfriend/daughter). I think I need a therapist. I talked about this to my ol... | I think you should look at history from many different angles to fully understand what happened.
Sometimes people have agendas and cherry pick history to suit them.
This type of thinking seems to be the female version of incel thinking.
Not healthy at all and men see women as humans.. but I have no way to prove it to ... | [removed]
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My view of men is incredibly flawed I realize. I believe men don't see women as human unless they are in a close relashionship with them (girlfriend/daughter). I think I need a therapist. I talked about this to my ol... | I don't think it's fair to compare the men of history to the men of today.
People in America were in favour of slavery (even Lincoln), but it doesn't mean that people today are pro-slavery.
Even if it were true that the men of the past didn't see women as human, you can't say the same of today's men.
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But, in a ... | I think you should look at history from many different angles to fully understand what happened.
Sometimes people have agendas and cherry pick history to suit them.
This type of thinking seems to be the female version of incel thinking.
Not healthy at all and men see women as humans.. but I have no way to prove it to ... | emm4rq | CMV Men don't see women as human and therefore are unnable to empathize with many of their experiences | My view of men is incredibly flawed I realize. I believe men don't see women as human unless they are in a close relashionship with them (girlfriend/daughter). I think I need a therapist. I talked about this to my old therapist, and told her I always been very wary of men for as long as I can remember. I can't identify... | BenedithBe | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The cultural norm of Mothers shaming their adult children into calling them is weird and kinda toxic
The norm that shows up in media and conversation is that kids don't call their mothers so mothers guilt their kids into calling them. It is a cliche trope in movies sometimes (Example would be the mother in Burn N... | > If the adult child is the emotional support for their parent something is deeply wrong in the family dynamics.
Why? What is wrong with relying on your family for emotional support?
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It is inappropriate for a parent to rely on their child for emotional support. That dynamic continues on into adulthood. Children ... | Old people get lonely and they often want to talk to people they know. It is also a trope that part of the reason people have kids is so they can be taken care of in their old age - this is especially true in asian cultures. A phone call is the least a person can do.
The type of loneliness old people experience is not... | nfc2jv | CMV: The cultural norm of Mothers shaming their adult children into calling them is weird and kinda toxic | The norm that shows up in media and conversation is that kids don't call their mothers so mothers guilt their kids into calling them. It is a cliche trope in movies sometimes (Example would be the mother in Burn Notice), and often an unexplored dynamic.
Why is it weird and toxic? Well it is child-like behavior that in... | throwwwthat | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: The Body Positivity Movement should be about becoming a healthier and better person, instead it just supports and promotes stagnant acceptance.
There are a few points I will make right off the bat:
* It's well known that the body positivity movement is primarily catered to those who are overweight/obese, this sp... | Have you ever read anything BY body positivity supporters? Because it seems like you've just read stuff ABOUT body positivity.
Many people make poor lifestyle choices for emotional reasons. Body positivity allows them to get rid of some of those negative emotions. Without those negative emotions many people engage ... | >Now here is my idea of what the body positivity could and should be. I imagine a movement that encourages people to NOT accept where they are and to continuously try to better themselves physically and mentally.
Not clear what you are saying here. This is not the sense in which "body positivity" was meant. Is part of... | uv0nmt | CMV: The Body Positivity Movement should be about becoming a healthier and better person, instead it just supports and promotes stagnant acceptance. | There are a few points I will make right off the bat:
* It's well known that the body positivity movement is primarily catered to those who are overweight/obese, this specific group and message are what I will be specifically discussing. While this movement does include things like skin conditions, burns, etc. These a... | InfiniteNullity | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Evaluating women athletes by the standards of men is fundamentally equivalent to evaluating lower weight classes in combat sports by the standards of the highest weight class.
About a year ago now, there was a bit of a kerfluffle over John McEnroe expressing the obvious truth that Serena Williams couldn't compete... | I’m not sure I can convince you because I’m not entirely convinced myself but may be this will make you reconsider, at least in part. If it is true that in martial arts technique matters a lot more than it does in tennis, then it makes sense to value technique alone in MMA and compare people within weight classes while... | What about sports where strength and endurance are not the primary difference between regular people and top athletes, such as tabletennis and darts.
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That's an interesting point when it comes to gender, as it still seems that men outperform women substantially. And this appears to also be true of chess and go, wh... | 8mxa1o | CMV: Evaluating women athletes by the standards of men is fundamentally equivalent to evaluating lower weight classes in combat sports by the standards of the highest weight class. | About a year ago now, there was a bit of a kerfluffle over John McEnroe expressing the obvious truth that Serena Williams couldn't compete very well against the top several hundreds of men, and using this to justify not calling her one of "the best tennis players of all time" (without the qualification "female").
I be... | gojaejin | 4 | 4 | [
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About a year ago now, there was a bit of a kerfluffle over John McEnroe expressing the obvious truth that Serena Williams couldn't compete... | What about sports where strength and endurance are not the primary difference between regular people and top athletes, such as tabletennis and darts.
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That's an interesting point when it comes to gender, as it still seems that men outperform women substantially. And this appears to also be true of chess and go, wh... | I’m not sure I can convince you because I’m not entirely convinced myself but may be this will make you reconsider, at least in part. If it is true that in martial arts technique matters a lot more than it does in tennis, then it makes sense to value technique alone in MMA and compare people within weight classes while... | 8mxa1o | CMV: Evaluating women athletes by the standards of men is fundamentally equivalent to evaluating lower weight classes in combat sports by the standards of the highest weight class. | About a year ago now, there was a bit of a kerfluffle over John McEnroe expressing the obvious truth that Serena Williams couldn't compete very well against the top several hundreds of men, and using this to justify not calling her one of "the best tennis players of all time" (without the qualification "female").
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CMV: Third trimester abortions are impossible to argue for
EDIT: I’m getting a lot of replies and it’s getting difficult to reply to them all. First of all I’m not arguing against third trimester abortions out of medical reasons of any kind, I’m arguing against third trimester abortions out of convenience. I should ha... | The argument is body autonomy. Someone can't be forced to donate a body part to someone else. Even if that person needs it to live. In this case, the uterus and nutrients of the mother.
Like, we don't even force parents to donate blood, organs, or marrow to their children if they're a match. Or shooters to donate simi... | 'Third trimester abortions' basically only happen if the mother's health is in danger or if the baby isn't going to live anyway. What are you arguing about?
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CMV: Trumps recent tweets about how some Congress women should consider going back to other countries does not fit the definition of racism.
I’ll start out with the standard definition of racism so that we are all on the same playing field.
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When looking at statements like the ones made by Trump over this weekend, context is incredibly important. It is, in fact, far more important than pedantically using the dictionary definition of a word. If I were to tell you that I'm literally melting under the summer sun, you wouldn't pull out your '... | Just an amazing coincidence that they're all brown and he's never said anything like this about a white congressman. Just a wild coincidence there
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He didn’t name any names did he? Of course the majority of Americans are originally from another country.
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While it was not explicitly clear to whom the US presid... | cdgjvf | CMV: Trumps recent tweets about how some Congress women should consider going back to other countries does not fit the definition of racism. | I’ll start out with the standard definition of racism so that we are all on the same playing field.
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CMV: Any self-harm is not morally wrong unless it harms others.
Note: I'm not promoting self-harm. I think it's stupid. But I don't think it is wrong.
Why? Because people should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as they don't harm others. [This is basically the harm principle made by John Stuart Mill](https... | Rarely does it not hurt anyone else though, and that is the issue. It can harm parents, children, siblings, friends, etc.
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That's why I said "unless it hurts others".
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Someone who has no family and friends, or his family doesn't care ... | >Any self-harm is not morally wrong unless it harms others.
What if I'm not using your system of morality?
Or even what if harming yourselfs, harms always others. For example your medical care will always take away from people who were injured or sick by accident.
Your funeral, will harm your friends and family. You... | 7qnazx | CMV: Any self-harm is not morally wrong unless it harms others. | Note: I'm not promoting self-harm. I think it's stupid. But I don't think it is wrong.
Why? Because people should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as they don't harm others. [This is basically the harm principle made by John Stuart Mill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harm_principle)
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CMV: Any self-harm is not morally wrong unless it harms others.
Note: I'm not promoting self-harm. I think it's stupid. But I don't think it is wrong.
Why? Because people should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as they don't harm others. [This is basically the harm principle made by John Stuart Mill](https... | Rarely does it not hurt anyone else though, and that is the issue. It can harm parents, children, siblings, friends, etc.
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Someone who has no family and friends, or his family doesn't care ... | Self harm can prevent someone from doing morally good.
Imagine you are a hermit and you decided to cut off your legs. What would happen if someone stumbled in front of you and was dying from something you can treat (say dehydration). However your lack of legs prevents you from giving the treatment necessary to save t... | 7qnazx | CMV: Any self-harm is not morally wrong unless it harms others. | Note: I'm not promoting self-harm. I think it's stupid. But I don't think it is wrong.
Why? Because people should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as they don't harm others. [This is basically the harm principle made by John Stuart Mill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harm_principle)
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CMV: Introverts don’t deserve friendship.
I’m shy, so naturally, everyone either ignores me or treats me with the barest minimum of kindness and respect. And that makes sense, what is there to like about an introverted person? Friendships are transactional. People who are entertaining or have something to offer make ... | I think you're conflating being introverted with a lot of other social characteristics.
Being introverted does not mean you're not funny, doesn't mean you're not interesting, and doesn't mean you're not entertaining (at least to 1-2 people at a time). Being introverted doesn't mean you have "nothing to offer".
It jus... | >The only introverts who can make friends are the ones who are good at acting like they’re not introverts.
You **clearly** have a complete misunderstanding of introverts. I'm *highly* introverted, yet have extremely strong friendships.
Friendships *aren't* transactional. If you believe a friend only means you should ... | 1bdv8po | CMV: Introverts don’t deserve friendship. |
I’m shy, so naturally, everyone either ignores me or treats me with the barest minimum of kindness and respect. And that makes sense, what is there to like about an introverted person? Friendships are transactional. People who are entertaining or have something to offer make friends. People who aren’t, don’t.
I’m una... | averyxoxo1 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Going with your 10 years old children to R-rated movies is signs of bad parenting.
Last weekend I went to my local theater to watch Logan, and there were at least two guys who had taken their children to that movie. Me and my date both agreed that it was inappropriate, but there was something in my mind that stop... | > After much thought I concluded that only bad parents could succumb to the desires of their kids to that level, not care about official ratings and what is deemed inappropriate for children, or reward their children with something that could potentially cause trauma or imprint the wrong impression of the world to them... | This is definitely a tricky one. The rating system is kind of too 'one size fits all'. Now I'm coming from an American perspective, here we are ok with suggestive sexual content but not any actual sex. We are super ok with violence all the violence. Just consider daytime tv for a minute, you 100% are not allowed to see... | 5zqqte | CMV: Going with your 10 years old children to R-rated movies is signs of bad parenting. | Last weekend I went to my local theater to watch Logan, and there were at least two guys who had taken their children to that movie. Me and my date both agreed that it was inappropriate, but there was something in my mind that stopped me from judging them too harshly. After much thought I concluded that only bad parent... | Samuel1698 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The loners deserve way more sympathy than they get
Imagine you're a HS loner.
Group projects? Well good fucking luck trying to work with 5 people who you never talk to, all the while they know the exact shoe size of eachother's mothers. You're either going to be able to do jack shit or you'll do *everything*.
G... | don't be a loner then
>all the while they know the exact shoe size of eachother's mothers.
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You demonstrate my point. You can't just "not be a loner", I've been there and I know from experience. I have friends now but I have been near-completely alienated before, and I can tell from your minds... | >Imagine you're a HS loner...
I assume they are all here on reddit.
>Getting bullied? It was only a matter of time. You're literally the best target for that, 'cause nobody really knows you so the bullies can just say you're making it up.
Is this from personal experience? What kind of bullying are we talking about?
... | 1bdt9zb | CMV: The loners deserve way more sympathy than they get | Imagine you're a HS loner.
Group projects? Well good fucking luck trying to work with 5 people who you never talk to, all the while they know the exact shoe size of eachother's mothers. You're either going to be able to do jack shit or you'll do *everything*.
Getting bullied? It was only a matter of time. You're lite... | shitass08 | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: Most Americans would be happier if the US broke up
Looking at the political polarisation in the US and the views of both parties, I think most Americans have views that are almost entirely incompatible with many others. The system only seems to encourage radicalisation and I can't see this not getting worse. It r... | [Here](http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2016/countymap30701024.png) is a map of results from the 2016 presidential election by county. Each state is way more diverse than you give it credit for.
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They don't have to be divided by state. Just roughly in the areas that correspond with their beliefs.
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They don't have to be divided by state. Just roughly in the areas that correspond with their beliefs. Apparently most districts aren't competitive anyomre so there is a big geographical difference between different groups.
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[deleted] | 67rxwv | CMV: Most Americans would be happier if the US broke up | Looking at the political polarisation in the US and the views of both parties, I think most Americans have views that are almost entirely incompatible with many others. The system only seems to encourage radicalisation and I can't see this not getting worse. It resembles a toxic marriage.
Democrats seem to want govern... | Anonon_990 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Netflix's American Squid Games Remake is completely pointless and disrespectful to the original creator
This just shows how many people don't read past the title. PEOPLE, MY VIEW HAS CHANGED.
If you haven't heard, there's currently an American version of Squid Games in the works at Netflix.
I don't usually ca... | >It's not a remake, it's a new story. So it's a different story set in the same universe written and directed by somebody else.
But then... wait, what are you complaining about? The whole premise of your post is it's bad to remake something not already finished or try to make an "American" version of a show that does... | Never saw the original, but I don't see how creating something that makes money, as a company out to make money, would be pointless.
I also don't see how creating more content in someone's universe is disrespectful to them, unless he directly comes out and states it is.
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If he gives permission, I have no issue wi... | 13yrbg7 | CMV: Netflix's American Squid Games Remake is completely pointless and disrespectful to the original creator | This just shows how many people don't read past the title. PEOPLE, MY VIEW HAS CHANGED.
If you haven't heard, there's currently an American version of Squid Games in the works at Netflix.
I don't usually care about remakes that much, but this is different and very strange to me, for several reasons.
1. The origin... | ICuriosityCatI | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The Second Amendment was created to put down rebellions, nothing more. "Fighting tyranny" and "supporting individual rights" don't match up with what was happening at the time and are most likely *post hoc* myths
Even [textbooks](https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-3/articles-of-confederat... | The founders had just fought a war against one of the (then) biggest empires on Earth, and they won with civilian-owned guns. They were preserving the possibility that they'd have to do the same thing again.
>A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and... | One of the problems with the Articles of Confederation was its inability to tax the states. This made it difficult to fund a continental army. Which yes the was used to put down rebellions in the colonies but that has nothing to do with the second amendment. The government doesn’t need to create an amendment to give it... | b0d6dp | CMV: The Second Amendment was created to put down rebellions, nothing more. "Fighting tyranny" and "supporting individual rights" don't match up with what was happening at the time and are most likely *post hoc* myths | Even [textbooks](https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-3/articles-of-confederation-ush-lesson/a/shayss-rebellion) tell us that the Articles of Confederation were weak and did not allow for a workable federal government. If nothing else, our inability to tax wouldn't allow us to raise an army. Fu... | SNStains | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Violent criminals should be castrated
I think that as a punishment for recidivism violent criminals should be castrated. My rationale is twofold: firstly it is something that is universally humiliating and detrimental to quality of life, unlike imprisonment which increases quality of life for poor people or peopl... | What do you do about false positives?
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No, it isn't. They could have rightfully convicted the first time, ... | If people are living in such poor conditions that they want to commit violent crimes to spend long periods of time in prison there's way bigger issues that need to be addressed. People committing crimes so they can go to jail and increase their quality of life is unlikely to be deterred by castration.
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CMV: Single women seeking IVF to raise a child alone are selfish and inherently bad parents
There's been a rising trend of single women wanting to have kids without the involvement of a man so they just pursue IVF and sperm donations alone and raise the kids themselves. The effects of raising a child in a single paren... | What you're neglecting is that most single-parent households aren't single-parent households by choice. They're products of unplanned pregnancy, divorce or the death of a parent. They are disproportionately impoverished.
We see [much better outcomes](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8054653/) for children ... | My best friend was rasied by his mom. Never ment his dad. She worked her ass off to put him through college. He's doing well for himself now. He played ball In high school and she never missed any sporting event. Single moms can raise great kids.
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They sure can. I would never d... | ydeq1w | CMV: Single women seeking IVF to raise a child alone are selfish and inherently bad parents | There's been a rising trend of single women wanting to have kids without the involvement of a man so they just pursue IVF and sperm donations alone and raise the kids themselves. The effects of raising a child in a single parent household and the importance of having both parents for a child's development is a *greatly... | SirCallipygianDuck | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Failing to use your turn signal while driving shows a lack of maturity and/or intelligence
The title pretty much says it all. I see people changing lanes all the time without using their turn signal. It is incredibly simple to use, allows other drives to react according to your decisions, and just makes driving a... | If it is the middle of the night and no one is around, would you use it out of habit by accident? Or would you refer to this value?
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I use my turn signal even if it’s just me in the middle of Kansas. Other people being nearby has nothing to do with whether or not I should be using my turn signal.
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Yeah, it ... | Oddly, this can also be a cultural thing. In China, virtually *nobody* uses turn signals. I've asked a whole bunch of Chinese friends and taxi drivers why, and the answer's usually either a shrug or a "没有为什么" - "there is no why".
They don't lack maturity and they certainly don't lack intelligence - it's just part of d... | k70v1t | CMV: Failing to use your turn signal while driving shows a lack of maturity and/or intelligence | The title pretty much says it all. I see people changing lanes all the time without using their turn signal. It is incredibly simple to use, allows other drives to react according to your decisions, and just makes driving an all around safer experience.
Not using your turn signal means you lack the maturity or intelli... | tnel77 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Social Security will need drastic changes to remain solvent
I apologize in advance, but this post will contain some math.
Social Security is rapidly approaching a demographic crisis and the program will require drastic changes to remain solvent.
When the program first started, Social Security had 42 workers pay... | I think the debate must hinge on how you define "drastic."
The analysis I read at least last year indicates that the trust fund will be depleted in the mid-2030s, at which point, barring some other change, the available funds will only be able to pay about 75-80% of the benefits. Is a 20-25% cut "drastic"?
It seems t... | > This means that once the worker to retiree ratio hits 2-1 every worker will need to be taxed 25% of their income in Social Security alone for the program to remain solvent.
This assumes an equal distribution of income and benefits. But income in the the US is incredibly unequal. Applying the payroll tax to high inco... | 1bdp258 | CMV: Social Security will need drastic changes to remain solvent | I apologize in advance, but this post will contain some math.
Social Security is rapidly approaching a demographic crisis and the program will require drastic changes to remain solvent.
When the program first started, Social Security had 42 workers paying into the program for every 1 retiree collecting.
Due to retir... | laxnut90 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Putin is a maniac, and his war in Ukraine is a human-rights atrocity that has ZERO justification for happening.
First, I am 100% open to changing my view. Second, I love being informed correctly and knowing all the facts. However, I find it extremely challenging when trying to discover (or uncover) the truth. Eve... | >could we have avoided this mess
NATO's militarization of Ukraine certainly contributed to regional tensions.There have been decades of warnings from top US diplomats and anti-war dissidents alike that NATO expansionism into former Warsaw Pact countries would lead to conflict with Russia.
Jack F. Matlock Jr, the form... | Do you think the U.S. should have to dissolve itself as a country and return the land to Native American tribes? If not, why is it ok for might to make right for the U.S. but not for Russia? Is it your position that as long as atrocities occurred in the past, we don’t have to remedy them?
The justification is the worl... | ydb11h | CMV: Putin is a maniac, and his war in Ukraine is a human-rights atrocity that has ZERO justification for happening. | First, I am 100% open to changing my view. Second, I love being informed correctly and knowing all the facts. However, I find it extremely challenging when trying to discover (or uncover) the truth. Everyone has an agenda.
* Are they Pro-Ukraine?
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* Are they anti-establishment?
* Are they anti-... | TyGuyy | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Trump legal troubles worry me due to filing dates, and I can't stand Trump at all...
I can't stand Trump, DO NOT want him as President, but I'm a political conservative. Here is what bothers me about all these legal cases against him:
Almost all the crime was stuff Trump did WHILE President... | Put simply, these are complex and high profile cases. It takes a while to get everything together.
While Trump was in office, nothing was happening. After he left, two years to gather evidence and file charges for cases like these is normal.
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TWO YEAR DELAY is normal ?
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According to a [law website](https:/... | In a sentence, what is the view you want changed? This post reads like a rant.
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What is the delay in filing charges ? Why so long after the crime ? Why is the delay significant in relation to Trump deciding to run again ? Shouldn't the crimes matter even if Trump does not run ?
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I can't stand Trump, DO NOT want him as President, but I'm a political conservative. Here is what bothers me about all these legal cases against him:
Almost all the crime was stuff Trump did WHILE President, but he was out by January of 2021. Why did it take so long to file all these cases ? It s... | xcon_freed1 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: 'Having thin skin' is why many witch hunts happen and people need to stop hiding behind it
Spawned from the /r/hockey and subsequently, the /r/leafs posts holding views that telling someone that they need to grow thicker skin is offensive and not okay, I am left thinking one thing:
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There is nothing inherently wrong with this idea. It is good for people to learn resilience because every person will encounter hardship in their lives.
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*Why shouldn't we tell people to grow thick skin?*
If the fact that people are getting offended and then jumping to conclusion... | HeroicTechnology | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The movie 'Get Out' is a viciously racist anti-White film that went over the heads of most white people.
The movie "Get Out", by first time writer-director Jordan Peele, has made a splash this year, garnering 99% positive on Rotten Tomatoes, and earning $100 million in three weeks, which is very good for a horror... | So tell me this--who are you to determine what "good signs of non-racism" are? Are you a minority? Can you definitely say, without reverting to the stale and wholly debunked argument of "even white people can feel empathy for black people" that you understand what it's like to be a racial minority?
If not, your argu... | Or this could just be social commentary on how American society is. And that is what art should do.
what often happens is that we attack the light shined on certain problems and not the problems themselves.
I guess the real question is: Is the movie racist or is the society the movie examining racist?
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CMV: Excluding a whole race from your dating pool is illogical
When it comes to dating, race preferences is its own topic/issue and it’s nuanced. I didn’t say “having preferences is illogical”, “excluding a certain type of person is illogical”, or “not being attracted to someone is illogical”.
I’m not against prefer... | To start with the pedantic, there's nothing illogical about it.
>I date those I find attractive.
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>Therefor I don't date\* members of X category.
This might be unreasonable, but it's not illogical.
If someone said, I don't find X gro... | So you can't comprehend how someone might just not be attracted to a certain skin color? How is it different than any other innate preference someone might have towards dating? I'm allowed to say I don't find blondes attractive, literally millions of people. But I'm not allowed to say I don't find skin color X attracti... | yd654w | CMV: Excluding a whole race from your dating pool is illogical | When it comes to dating, race preferences is its own topic/issue and it’s nuanced. I didn’t say “having preferences is illogical”, “excluding a certain type of person is illogical”, or “not being attracted to someone is illogical”.
I’m not against preferences about looks, but not everyone from a certain race will loo... | softkittypinkkitty | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: We have already passed the point of being able to do irreversible harm to our ecosystem and that the most likely outcome will be an unequal distribution of wealthy people finding a way to survive while the rest of the world suffers.
My hope is that someone will really change my view. Unlike my last CMV I am not a... | I got the impression that your scenario is pretty probable, but only if climate change create broad disasters in a pretty short calendar. For example if climate change was making the world a pretty difficult place to live, but only in 500 years, then even if the 1st generations of biomechanical engineering modification... | 1) Augmentation is coming... but I don't think it's going to be that big of a deal, nor will it be necessary. It's easier to build technology that can do amazing things, than it is to build that same technology and also incorporate it biologically into humans.
People said we'll have brain chips that will connect us t... | 8mpw60 | CMV: We have already passed the point of being able to do irreversible harm to our ecosystem and that the most likely outcome will be an unequal distribution of wealthy people finding a way to survive while the rest of the world suffers. | My hope is that someone will really change my view. Unlike my last CMV I am not an expert in this field. I can only use my knowledge of behavioral economics to evaluate the situation. It does not look good. There are a few antecedents to this conclusion and they build on one another; therefore, they are not mutually ex... | concept2creation | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: With few exceptions Hollywood cannot successfully replicate any media of Japanese Origin.
I'm a pretty big Japanophile. I wouldn't consider myself a weab because I view things objectively but every time Hollywood tries to recreate a formerly Japanese property they seemingly miss the point every time.
A few of th... | They are making their version of a Japanese movie. They aren't making their version of a Japanese take of a Japanese movie.
American culture and Japanese cultures are different.
There will be some differences in the art.
I thought the Ring was a great movie when it came out. But I wouldn't expect it to be the exa... | Granted Japanese movie studios can't do it either.
It is nigh impossible to replicate anything from manga or anime or cartoon into live action.
Look at the footage so far for Fullmetal Alchemist, not exactly accurate casting.
Can you name anything that crossed culture or formats and remained good AND was an accurate... | 5p112p | CMV: With few exceptions Hollywood cannot successfully replicate any media of Japanese Origin. | I'm a pretty big Japanophile. I wouldn't consider myself a weab because I view things objectively but every time Hollywood tries to recreate a formerly Japanese property they seemingly miss the point every time.
A few of the movies in relatively recent memory Include:
Godzilla 98': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzi... | championofobscurity | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Islamophobia equals discrimination against Muslims
Hey /r/changemyview. I've heard lots of people on Reddit and in the Real World say that Islamophobia is just a lot of bunk, and they are criticizing the ideas behind Islam, not the actual Muslim population (the majority of which is "moderate" and not extremist). ... | Discrimination is behavioral. I think the word you mean is "prejudice," which is a negative feeling towards a group.
In any case "islamophobia" is used pretty loosely, but mostly it is meant to refer to prejudice. People do also use it to refer to institutional discrimination, too, but that's rarer.
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I mentione... | I'm not sure we're on the same page with the term.
Here's a video on the subject: Counter Arguments - "[Islamophobia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJefiibHL4)"
I'll try to focus here instead:
> I believe that you can't fear a religion ...
What about parts of religion(s) which call for the unquestioned submissio... | 5znglv | CMV: Islamophobia equals discrimination against Muslims | Hey /r/changemyview. I've heard lots of people on Reddit and in the Real World say that Islamophobia is just a lot of bunk, and they are criticizing the ideas behind Islam, not the actual Muslim population (the majority of which is "moderate" and not extremist). I respectfully disagree, but I'm open to change.
I belie... | Could-Have-Been-King | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV:I think the US is a dangerous country because everyone has access to guns.
I do not live in the US, and have never been there so this view of mine is soley based off my own speculations.
I personally would not be able to keep my sanity when there's the chance of being shot dead at any moment. All it takes is a d... | A quick google search will show you that being killed in a gun related incident (excluding suicide) doesn't even make it into the top ten leading causes of death in the US.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-leading-causes-of-death-in-the-us/
As someone who owns a handgun and grew up around guns on the East coast, I thi... | You have an irrational fear of guns. There are about 10k deaths from guns that aren't suicide annually, and most of those are gang related. Most people who carry a weapon have gone through a CHL class or are law enforcement, and they recognize the responsibility of carrying a deadly weapon.
>the chances of getting k... | 5q4am1 | CMV:I think the US is a dangerous country because everyone has access to guns. | I do not live in the US, and have never been there so this view of mine is soley based off my own speculations.
I personally would not be able to keep my sanity when there's the chance of being shot dead at any moment. All it takes is a drunk/crazy/high person to pull the trigger. Yeah, you also have a gun for self-d... | PLOXYPORO | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:I think the US is a dangerous country because everyone has access to guns.
I do not live in the US, and have never been there so this view of mine is soley based off my own speculations.
I personally would not be able to keep my sanity when there's the chance of being shot dead at any moment. All it takes is a d... | A quick google search will show you that being killed in a gun related incident (excluding suicide) doesn't even make it into the top ten leading causes of death in the US.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-leading-causes-of-death-in-the-us/
As someone who owns a handgun and grew up around guns on the East coast, I thi... | It is just as easy for a random drunk/crazy/high person to hop behind a steering wheel and kill you with a car. Both cars and guns have the potential to be extremely dangerous, but they are also very safe when used properly.
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I personally would not be able to keep my sanity when there's the chance of being shot dead at any moment. All it takes is a drunk/crazy/high person to pull the trigger. Yeah, you also have a gun for self-d... | PLOXYPORO | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: There is no such thing as a fate worse than death
I'm doing this CMV because I realized that this view is at the core of two other views of mine on controversial subjects - suicide and eating meat. I'll go over my view first, and then I'll relate it to those two topics because I think that will help make it more... | Torture and suffering, with the fear of death at the end of the suffering
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You obviously didn't read my whole post. As long as I didn't actually die, I would choose torture over death. If I died at the end, then that's death and that's the worst part.
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But even if you... | 5ozf1e | CMV: There is no such thing as a fate worse than death | I'm doing this CMV because I realized that this view is at the core of two other views of mine on controversial subjects - suicide and eating meat. I'll go over my view first, and then I'll relate it to those two topics because I think that will help make it more clear.
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Cmv: Zoophilia has become a watered down term in the online and artistic community.
I will not deny that nsfw content of real animals, or nsfw artwork of real animals is zoophilic. My main concern is artists who draw nsfw of fantasy or no longer existing creatures such as dragons, dinosaurs, and centaurs are being acc... | Bruh.
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a person who is sexually attracted to animals.
The definition doesn't provide a carve out for fantasy animals, extinct animals, or any other variation. If it's an animal and you want to fuck it, you're a zoophile.
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So you’re saying creatures that exist only in imagination deserv... | My mentality of it is the same way we treat lolicon. If you draw a girl who looks like she’s 9 years old, you’re a pedophile. Sure you aren’t actually touching a little girl but it’s very clear that you’re interested in them. Same logic applies to furries and dogs
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Agreed. If you draw a character that resembles a ... | ycwsxg | Cmv: Zoophilia has become a watered down term in the online and artistic community. | I will not deny that nsfw content of real animals, or nsfw artwork of real animals is zoophilic. My main concern is artists who draw nsfw of fantasy or no longer existing creatures such as dragons, dinosaurs, and centaurs are being accused and harassed for being zoophiles.
My opinion is, if the creature being sexualiz... | Foxy_Noxy | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: 13 Reasons Why is just a television show. It should not be cancelled because some people can’t handle the graphic content.
Let’s get one thing out of the way. I personally know and am very close with people suffering from mental illness and I’ve remained silent about the show for a while now. But recently I’ve be... | Glorification of suicide can lead to more copy cat suicides. I mean that show is somewhat just based on a revenge fantasy that glorifies suicide.
And that can have real world consequences.
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But I don’t view it as a glorification of suicide or romanticizing it. It’s gruesome, the actual depiction of it is.
To... | You're right that it doesn't have to do any particular thing right. Free speech and all that.
But it's a television show. People don't like it, and they think it's message is shitty and that it handles serious themes with the tact of middle schooler. People cancel shows that aren't liked. That's all there is to it. S... | 8mntv4 | CMV: 13 Reasons Why is just a television show. It should not be cancelled because some people can’t handle the graphic content. | Let’s get one thing out of the way. I personally know and am very close with people suffering from mental illness and I’ve remained silent about the show for a while now. But recently I’ve been reading a lot of things about the show being extremely graphic and “too uncomfortable” this criticism was leveled at the show ... | Synaptic_Hazard | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Constitution prevents the State from interfering with religion, but does not prevent religion from interfering in government.
The first amendment to the Constitution states, in part, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." This is the p... | It depends on the nature of the interference.
Morality is a necessary informer of the laws of the nation - many of the laws we have on the books are to protect what we commonly agree to be morally right. Moreover, it is silly to think that you can divorce morality from religion - like it or not, Judeo-Christian value... | So if the church is acting as a state actor (by ruling or governing), then it is in fact the government and Freedom of religion definitely applies.
And yes, it’s functioning as intended for religious groups to try and influence the government, the same way any other organization or viewpoint can. If you believe if ne... | 5ppbof | CMV: The Constitution prevents the State from interfering with religion, but does not prevent religion from interfering in government. | The first amendment to the Constitution states, in part, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." This is the portion often quoted as the provision providing the separation of church and state. If I read this correctly it specifically states that
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CMV: The Holodomor was not a "deliberate act of genocide", but a combination of kurkul sabotage, political mismanagement and extremely unfortunate weather conditions
I write this because my knowledge of the subject is not that of an expert, but what I have read tells me that there were many factors that came into play... | Stalin was seeking to carry out industrialization, where they took grain from farmers and sold it internationally for cash to buy machines. Grain prices were low, and so they needed more money so they took a lot of grain.
The Ukraine was targetted especially harshly because they were an important grain producing regio... | >scholars seem to widely agree that the weather of the period was exceptionally bad,
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>particularly in the Ukraine - had actively revolted against the socialist movement, yet again "kurkul/kulak sabotage" ... | 5owfm4 | CMV: The Holodomor was not a "deliberate act of genocide", but a combination of kurkul sabotage, political mismanagement and extremely unfortunate weather conditions | I write this because my knowledge of the subject is not that of an expert, but what I have read tells me that there were many factors that came into play that caused the Soviet Famine, many of which had nothing to do with Stalin and much of which was unavoidable by his government. Core among these is the weather condit... | lackingsaint | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV:America's relative decline is linked to the decline of its white population.
First, I'd like to point out that I'm not white/European American. I'm in the minority, and I hate to have such views, but I've found myself conflicted as of recently in many of my views.
Second, for many this post may be just outright ... | There are plenty of nonwhite countries that are doing fine, and a lot of the countries that are doing awful are that way, at least in part, due to white intervention.
As for nonwhites in America, it has been less than a century since it was legal to force black people into substandard housing, education, etc. Of cours... | America's relative decline in world power has far more to do with an unusually long gap in massive wars wiping out a generation of European productivity, and the recovery of asia from the era of british rule and subsequent disastrous independence/partition (India), and the recovery from the disasters of civil war and M... | 8mm0qd | CMV:America's relative decline is linked to the decline of its white population. | First, I'd like to point out that I'm not white/European American. I'm in the minority, and I hate to have such views, but I've found myself conflicted as of recently in many of my views.
Second, for many this post may be just outright ignorant or racist. I hope people who are better educated or can see a mistake in ... | DontKillMePlzz | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I cannot understand how polyamorous relationship would work, especially long-term.
A disclaimer: I will probably argue any point from a logical standpoint because that’s how I generally operate and also how I move towards fully understanding things. However, something my psychologist mom hit me over the head with... | > However, from my viewpoint there’s no way polyamory could ever work, especially long-term, because the scenario I always run into when imagining it is that one person isn’t getting their needs met.
Can you be more specific about what needs you're referring to? For one thing, not everyone has the same needs, and need... | >People also tend to use the “you can have multiple best friends, so why not multiple lovers”, and to that I say: friendship territory is very different from relationship territory. I don’t see how those two could be compared at all.
Why not? You say it's different but don't explain how. Why do you find it odd that a... | cd4yrp | CMV: I cannot understand how polyamorous relationship would work, especially long-term. | A disclaimer: I will probably argue any point from a logical standpoint because that’s how I generally operate and also how I move towards fully understanding things. However, something my psychologist mom hit me over the head with the other day is that relationships and feelings within a relationship are not debates, ... | thalico3410 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I cannot understand how polyamorous relationship would work, especially long-term.
A disclaimer: I will probably argue any point from a logical standpoint because that’s how I generally operate and also how I move towards fully understanding things. However, something my psychologist mom hit me over the head with... | > The scenario I always run into when imagining it is that one person isn’t getting their needs met.
This is the sticking point of this argument, I think. It contains an implicit assumption that romantic love is different than all other types of love, in that it is finite in a way that means you only have enough for ... | >People also tend to use the “you can have multiple best friends, so why not multiple lovers”, and to that I say: friendship territory is very different from relationship territory. I don’t see how those two could be compared at all.
Why not? You say it's different but don't explain how. Why do you find it odd that a... | cd4yrp | CMV: I cannot understand how polyamorous relationship would work, especially long-term. | A disclaimer: I will probably argue any point from a logical standpoint because that’s how I generally operate and also how I move towards fully understanding things. However, something my psychologist mom hit me over the head with the other day is that relationships and feelings within a relationship are not debates, ... | thalico3410 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: we should apply the highest level of skepticism to everyday interactions
This is a bit of a weird one.
In discussions that often involve skepticism, someone will often say you wouldnt apply such a high level of skepticism to every day claims. For example, if a friend said they bought a cup of coffee that morning... | How does this benefit me? Going around assuming that my closest friends and family are constantly lying to me will only distance me from them and harm my relationships.
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Rejecting a claim is not the same as concluding someone is lying. It isn't even a claim that it didn't happen....only acknowledgement of the lac... | Pardon, just to be clear, you don't believe anyone on any mundane claim ever?
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I reject your claim.
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You reject my claim. Okay. So you don't believe anything anyone says ever if they don't back it up with really good evidence?
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Not everything everyone says is a claim
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I'm not sure how that helps mov... | 1bcxory | CMV: we should apply the highest level of skepticism to everyday interactions | This is a bit of a weird one.
In discussions that often involve skepticism, someone will often say you wouldnt apply such a high level of skepticism to every day claims. For example, if a friend said they bought a cup of coffee that morning, you wouldn't be skeptical of that.
And I disagree. We can apply the highest ... | MysticInept | 5 | 5 | [
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"id": "kuirjm0",
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"text": "How does this benefit me? Going around assuming that my closest friends and family are constantly lying to me will only distance me from them and harm my relationships. ",
"timestamp": 1710251638
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"text": "Pardon, just to be clear, you don't believe anyone on any mundane claim ever?",
"timestamp": 1710251899
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"author": "MysticInept",
"id": "kuishsk",
"score": 1,
"text": "I reject your claim.",
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CMV: Gay marriage should be legal.
I believe that marriage in the context of the government is just a legal contract and any aspect of marriage outside of the legality of it is only given legitimacy through God. If the government's job is just to endorse the legality of marital contract then why should homosexuals whi... | Why should the government have any legal definition of marriage?
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Because when two people become a family, there are many ways in which it makes sense for the government to treat them differently (not all of which can be done by contracts). If someone has a wife who is a citizen of another country, it makes sense ... | Sorry to the mods if I have to disagree with OP's view to comment because I don't, but are you really agreeing to Rule B? Namely:
>(you must) demonstrate you are open to changing
For a lot of people, this is akin to saying you don't think racial segregation should be legal. If you're in that camp, are you reall... | b0bunq | CMV: Gay marriage should be legal. | I believe that marriage in the context of the government is just a legal contract and any aspect of marriage outside of the legality of it is only given legitimacy through God. If the government's job is just to endorse the legality of marital contract then why should homosexuals which should be granted same rights are... | Bryan139129 | 2 | 2 | [
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"author": "Littlepush",
"id": "eidh88h",
"score": 5,
"text": "Why should the government have any legal definition of marriage?",
"timestamp": 1552418726
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"id": "eidii6p",
"score": 7,
"text": "Because when two people become a family, there are many... | [
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CMV: The recent clip of Russian State TV calling for extermination of Ukrainian children should make US Republicans finally stop romanticizing Putin's 'values.'
I've been dutifully open-minded about Putin's perspective on the War in Ukraine. I've done my best to understand the various ways in which US/NATO have threa... | The Republican stance isn't pro-Russia, it's that the Ukraine is not America's problem, we should learn from our past mistakes trying to play America's police force and not involve ourselves in the conflict, we're playing a dangerous game with a nuclear power, money could be better spent elsewhere, we owe nothing to Uk... | Do you think Ukrainian state TV calling for the extermination of all Russians should make the US (of either party) finally stop romanticizing Ukraine's "values"?
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>Ukrainian state TV calling for the extermination of all Russians
Could you please post a source for this claim?
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[removed]
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>he was reported... | ybwpr8 | CMV: The recent clip of Russian State TV calling for extermination of Ukrainian children should make US Republicans finally stop romanticizing Putin's 'values.' | I've been dutifully open-minded about Putin's perspective on the War in Ukraine. I've done my best to understand the various ways in which US/NATO have threatened or antagonized Putin directly, indirectly, in reality, or in theory. I understand that there is a "Russian Side" to the conflict. I respect the pacifist vi... | gray_clouds | 5 | 5 | [
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"id": "itj3lbr",
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"text": "Do you think Ukrainian state TV calling for the extermination of all Russians should make the US (of either party) finally stop romanticizing Ukraine's \"values\"?",
"timestamp": 1666570795
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CMV: The recent clip of Russian State TV calling for extermination of Ukrainian children should make US Republicans finally stop romanticizing Putin's 'values.'
I've been dutifully open-minded about Putin's perspective on the War in Ukraine. I've done my best to understand the various ways in which US/NATO have threa... | The Republican stance isn't pro-Russia, it's that the Ukraine is not America's problem, we should learn from our past mistakes trying to play America's police force and not involve ourselves in the conflict, we're playing a dangerous game with a nuclear power, money could be better spent elsewhere, we owe nothing to Uk... | You are apparently under the misconception that Republicans are being forthright and sincere about the things they are saying.
The reality is that Republicans support Putin because Putin is their ideological peer. He controls Russia the way they would prefer to control the United States.
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Would you like a list o... | ybwpr8 | CMV: The recent clip of Russian State TV calling for extermination of Ukrainian children should make US Republicans finally stop romanticizing Putin's 'values.' | I've been dutifully open-minded about Putin's perspective on the War in Ukraine. I've done my best to understand the various ways in which US/NATO have threatened or antagonized Putin directly, indirectly, in reality, or in theory. I understand that there is a "Russian Side" to the conflict. I respect the pacifist vi... | gray_clouds | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Genderfluid is not a gender in humans
For the sake of this argument, I'm going to be using the sex is defined by the physical aspects like genitalia and gender is defined by the psychological aspects \(which are determined by parts of the brain\) definitions, as to avoid confusion. My argument is that genderfluid... | > Firstly, gender is a fixed thing
You state this as if it's supporting evidence for your conclusion...but it is your conclusion. Yeah, if gender is fixed then genderfluid isn't a thing, but what is your supporting evidence for gender being always fixed?
I agree with you that many times people who identify as genderf... | > My argument is that genderfluid is not a gender and is definitely not a sex.
Do you believe that agender or bigender are genders?
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I don't believe bigender is possible. I've come to accept genderfluid (it actually fits in with my gender beliefs quite well) but being on both the feminine and masculine sides of t... | 8mls1q | CMV: Genderfluid is not a gender in humans | For the sake of this argument, I'm going to be using the sex is defined by the physical aspects like genitalia and gender is defined by the psychological aspects \(which are determined by parts of the brain\) definitions, as to avoid confusion. My argument is that genderfluid is not a gender and is definitely not a sex... | Dontruinmyhappiness | 5 | 5 | [
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"text": "> My argument is that genderfluid is not a gender and is definitely not a sex.\n\nDo you believe that agender or bigender are genders?",
"timestamp": 1527520280
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"author": "Dontruinmyhappiness",
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CMV: May sound pretty selfish.... but i just can't find a reason that i won't be single forever
To start it off, I'm 18 years old (yea, I know, im technically "still young"), i just graduated high school, and i'm heading off to college in the fall. All i've ever really focused on in my life is certain hobbies (running... | I'm about to leave so I won't have time to really engage, but your idea that you're an outlier is wrong. As is your idea that *being* and outlier means you're never going to fall in love.
[Only 55% of men have sex by age 18](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-new-cdc-... | You aren't an outlier. So I wouldn't worry about it. College is a fresh start. Nobody knows each other there, and given the environment, people are open to creating new friendships because at 18 nobody knows who they are and what they are doing. Keep your chin up.
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Yea i guess so, but again my mindset is if the sa... | ccwdiy | CMV: May sound pretty selfish.... but i just can't find a reason that i won't be single forever | To start it off, I'm 18 years old (yea, I know, im technically "still young"), i just graduated high school, and i'm heading off to college in the fall. All i've ever really focused on in my life is certain hobbies (running & gaming mostly) and academics, up until a year or two ago. I realized i was missing out on anot... | 1NTEGRAT10N | 3 | 3 | [
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