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CMV: The Simpsons isn’t really that good
I went back to rewatch The Simpsons after I remembered not liking it as a teenager. I thought it was just me trying to be different but no, I really just did not enjoy it. Am I missing something about it? I get weirded out by the chewing sounds, irritating voice acting, and the... | 1. What were your specific expectations?
2. What's a show you find very funny?
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1. I just thought it would be a more linear story
2. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
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Cartoon sitcoms are rarely meant to be linear stories. | Did you start at season one? Seasons 2-9 are the ones that are actually good. After that, it fell off hard.
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Yea i started from s1. It gets worse after this?
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That's the consensus opinion, yes. | 1fmivg8 | CMV: The Simpsons isn’t really that good | I went back to rewatch The Simpsons after I remembered not liking it as a teenager. I thought it was just me trying to be different but no, I really just did not enjoy it. Am I missing something about it? I get weirded out by the chewing sounds, irritating voice acting, and the jokes feel like something I’d find in a p... | OneSickKick | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: White Females wearing Cheogsam/Qipao is not Cultural Appropriation
Can a white girl wear a cheongsam? I used to think any race can, but many online say that whites CANNOT. Or, is there a line?
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The following lines I need to address:
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Sexualisation of the Cheongsam: Appropriation. How? Short skirt length, cu... | I personally don't buy into "cultural appropration" being offensive, or care about clothes being "sexualised", so I suppose I agree with you on those points.
You're missing a CRUCIAL point, though.
I can't believe these words are coming out of my mouth, but here's a family guy clip demonstrating a point from the oppo... | Cultural appropriation itself is a generally neutral term that describes when people of one culture adopt or take on aspects of another culture. It's only been in recent years that the negative connotations have overtaken the academic sense of the word.
By letter of its definition, however, what you are describing is... | 8f08f7 | CMV: White Females wearing Cheogsam/Qipao is not Cultural Appropriation | Can a white girl wear a cheongsam? I used to think any race can, but many online say that whites CANNOT. Or, is there a line?
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Cmv: landlords need a rating system
We all hear about the nightmare tenants. A minority of people that ruin properties, defy leases, live gross, or disrupt other tenants. But landlords arent all good either.
The invention of the landlord tenant act has helped make it possible for both parties to settle disputes but s... | It already exists: https://www.reviewmylandlord.com/
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This works better for property management companies but ot doesnt seem to have as much effect for independent landlords. Not in canada anyways.
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In Toronto they are working on a system similar to the restaurant pass/warning/fail system, notices that would... | Why? Apartment and management companies already have reviews on places like Google reviews and Yelp or [Apartments.com](https://Apartments.com). Airbnb is probably as close as you can get for individual landlords.
You seem to be focusing on individual landlords, but those reviews would be fairly useless in most scenar... | fbiyd4 | Cmv: landlords need a rating system | We all hear about the nightmare tenants. A minority of people that ruin properties, defy leases, live gross, or disrupt other tenants. But landlords arent all good either.
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CMV: it’s possible to change your sexuality and people mock those who change because that scares them.
My basic opinion is that some people have an unfixed sexuality, even as adults. I don’t believe conversion therapy is a terrible thing for all. I have had it and it worked for me. I saw others that it didn’t work for... | When you say conversion therapy "worked" for you, what do you mean? Could you elaborate on the kinds of therapy you received? Why were you in therapy in the first place? What was the outcome?
I ask because, as other users have pointed out, there is no empirical evidence that conversion therapy is effective, and ple... | I would like to change your mind on Duterte’s unpopularity. His loyalists just swept the midterm elections and he successfully got his children elected.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/15/asia/duterte-loyalists-sweep-philippines-midterms-intl/index.html
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Δ oh yes good point! Yes I suppose he ... | bvvb4t | CMV: it’s possible to change your sexuality and people mock those who change because that scares them. | My basic opinion is that some people have an unfixed sexuality, even as adults. I don’t believe conversion therapy is a terrible thing for all. I have had it and it worked for me. I saw others that it didn’t work for, but they were still happier after they tried it.
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CMV: it’s possible to change your sexuality and people mock those who change because that scares them.
My basic opinion is that some people have an unfixed sexuality, even as adults. I don’t believe conversion therapy is a terrible thing for all. I have had it and it worked for me. I saw others that it didn’t work for... | I would like to change your mind on Duterte’s unpopularity. His loyalists just swept the midterm elections and he successfully got his children elected.
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CMV: it’s possible to change your sexuality and people mock those who change because that scares them.
My basic opinion is that some people have an unfixed sexuality, even as adults. I don’t believe conversion therapy is a terrible thing for all. I have had it and it worked for me. I saw others that it didn’t work for... | When you say conversion therapy "worked" for you, what do you mean? Could you elaborate on the kinds of therapy you received? Why were you in therapy in the first place? What was the outcome?
I ask because, as other users have pointed out, there is no empirical evidence that conversion therapy is effective, and ple... | I would like to change your mind on Duterte’s unpopularity. His loyalists just swept the midterm elections and he successfully got his children elected.
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Δ oh yes good point! Yes I suppose he ... | bvvb4t | CMV: it’s possible to change your sexuality and people mock those who change because that scares them. | My basic opinion is that some people have an unfixed sexuality, even as adults. I don’t believe conversion therapy is a terrible thing for all. I have had it and it worked for me. I saw others that it didn’t work for, but they were still happier after they tried it.
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CMV: it’s possible to change your sexuality and people mock those who change because that scares them.
My basic opinion is that some people have an unfixed sexuality, even as adults. I don’t believe conversion therapy is a terrible thing for all. I have had it and it worked for me. I saw others that it didn’t work for... | When you say conversion therapy "worked" for you, what do you mean? Could you elaborate on the kinds of therapy you received? Why were you in therapy in the first place? What was the outcome?
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My basic opinion is that some people have an unfixed sexuality, even as adults. I don’t believe conversion therapy is a terrible thing for all. I have had it and it worked for me. I saw others that it didn’t work for... | When you say conversion therapy "worked" for you, what do you mean? Could you elaborate on the kinds of therapy you received? Why were you in therapy in the first place? What was the outcome?
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CMV: "What if everyone did it..." is a terrible counter argument
Whenever I try to take advantage of a loophole I am asked what would the world look like if everyone would take advantage of said circumstance.
This is a terrible argument.
The reason I would want to do anything is because of its apparent benefit to ... | Many people believe that they bear some moral responsibility to others, and that they should do things other than simply whatever most benefits them.
"What if everyone did it..." is meant to highlight the important benefits that come from a norm.
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Shouldn't moral responsibility to oneself is put before moral re... | The fact that it benefits you, or continues to do so, isn't the point. Usually people say, "What if everyone did it," in conjunction with something stupid or potentially harmful.
"What if everyone did it," used in response to, say, running a red light, or taking all the towels in the restroom paints a picture of a wor... | 6pq5st | CMV: "What if everyone did it..." is a terrible counter argument | Whenever I try to take advantage of a loophole I am asked what would the world look like if everyone would take advantage of said circumstance.
This is a terrible argument.
The reason I would want to do anything is because of its apparent benefit to me. If other people also take advantage of an opportunity and I st... | Innocence_Misplaced | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:There are only 3 genders
There is only 3 genders. Male. Female, and non-binary. Everything else, in my opinion is crap made up by SJWS to feel special. In my opinion, Trigender, Gender queer, bi-gender, pangender all mean the same thing, you feel that you have both male and female aspects to your gender identity. ... | If gender correlates strongly with sex then does it not make sense to have a term for someone who is an outlier like transgender?
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i dont believe so, with my limited understanding, transgender means that you have CHANGED your gender. This means to me that if you were a female, and you change sexes, you are not a t... | What do you think a gender is? What makes male, female, and non-binary genders and the other ones you listed not genders?
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Sorry, let me clarify, i believe that Gender is only 3 things Male Female, and Non-binary.
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But what are male, female, and non-binary? They're genders. What are genders? How do you tell a... | 8f2hzk | CMV:There are only 3 genders | There is only 3 genders. Male. Female, and non-binary. Everything else, in my opinion is crap made up by SJWS to feel special. In my opinion, Trigender, Gender queer, bi-gender, pangender all mean the same thing, you feel that you have both male and female aspects to your gender identity. I honestly don't see why you n... | Sauces0me | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: My country, Australia, is practically a pariah state
I am going to focus on 2 main aspects: Popular opinion and international diplomacy
* **1: Popular opinion**
* Most of the online dialogue I see about Australia is negative, with people on social media bringing up the following issues (the following are link... | From an outsider's perspective, this isn't the case. I read about and talk about international politics a ton. If Australia was a pariah state in any way, I would know.
The discussion around Australia is minimal. It's a relatively small country, that is very stable internally, and geographically isolated from most con... | A pariah state is a nation considered to be an outcast in the international community. A pariah state may face international isolation, sanctions or even an invasion by nations who find its policies, actions, or even its very existence unacceptable. (a politically independent unit) diplomatically ostracized by the inte... | oeos3z | CMV: My country, Australia, is practically a pariah state | I am going to focus on 2 main aspects: Popular opinion and international diplomacy
* **1: Popular opinion**
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CMV: My country, Australia, is practically a pariah state
I am going to focus on 2 main aspects: Popular opinion and international diplomacy
* **1: Popular opinion**
* Most of the online dialogue I see about Australia is negative, with people on social media bringing up the following issues (the following are link... | You make good points but completely lost me at the comparison to North Korea and Cuba. If that’s the bar for pariah state then no Australia is not one
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The reason I made that comparison is that we could end up sanctioned by everyone else just like they are. Only through grovelling to other nations have we so far m... | From an outsider's perspective, this isn't the case. I read about and talk about international politics a ton. If Australia was a pariah state in any way, I would know.
The discussion around Australia is minimal. It's a relatively small country, that is very stable internally, and geographically isolated from most con... | oeos3z | CMV: My country, Australia, is practically a pariah state | I am going to focus on 2 main aspects: Popular opinion and international diplomacy
* **1: Popular opinion**
* Most of the online dialogue I see about Australia is negative, with people on social media bringing up the following issues (the following are links to news articles showing that the issues are real):
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CMV: My country, Australia, is practically a pariah state
I am going to focus on 2 main aspects: Popular opinion and international diplomacy
* **1: Popular opinion**
* Most of the online dialogue I see about Australia is negative, with people on social media bringing up the following issues (the following are link... | From an outsider's perspective, this isn't the case. I read about and talk about international politics a ton. If Australia was a pariah state in any way, I would know.
The discussion around Australia is minimal. It's a relatively small country, that is very stable internally, and geographically isolated from most con... | American living in Australia, so maybe I have a unique perspective.
Sure, Australia certainly isn't a superpower the way that the US or China is.
Neither is Germany. That's ok. There's a reason the formed the European Union, and honestly right now they're also going through a weird spot so we'll see how that ... | oeos3z | CMV: My country, Australia, is practically a pariah state | I am going to focus on 2 main aspects: Popular opinion and international diplomacy
* **1: Popular opinion**
* Most of the online dialogue I see about Australia is negative, with people on social media bringing up the following issues (the following are links to news articles showing that the issues are real):
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CMV: Bots should be banned from r/place
TL;DR: Bots make it impossible for normal users to make alterations to r/place
Right now you can go to github and download dozens of versions of reddit r/place bots. Just upload image and tell where to print it and bot will do the rest. If you have enough counts running the sam... | I want to challenge your assumption that bot detection is possible. There is no feasible way for Reddit to detect a js script putting a dot every 5 minutes + random seconds on r/place
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Bot detection is easy. At least for most simplistic bots I have seen in github.
Starting from something as simple as alt account ... | There's no bot detection that wouldn't also annoy users. Captchas are fucking annoying.
You also can't really disturb bots. Sure, you've said in another comment that you could scramble coordinates... So? You just use your own screen and make it essentially into a sophisticated macro.
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Captchas are less annoying t... | tvxy4a | CMV: Bots should be banned from r/place | TL;DR: Bots make it impossible for normal users to make alterations to r/place
Right now you can go to github and download dozens of versions of reddit r/place bots. Just upload image and tell where to print it and bot will do the rest. If you have enough counts running the same bot you can effectively secure and prot... | Z7-852 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: In US politics, choosing to believe that your "side" is inherently good and/or that the other "side" is inherently evil is unhealthy, destructive, and immoral.
This is very intentionally agnostic as to which "side" is which or even which "side" is more prone to this behavior. My view is that in a two-party democ... | A republic where people don't see the other side as evil isn't unconditional: it comes with a reciprocal duty that even among disagreeing factions there are enforced norms of acceptable behavior. It's not enough to simply say we mustn't see the other side as evil. That's too easily exploited. Being seen as evil is a co... | In order to have your opinion, do you agree that none of the parties can be evil o be described with similar adjectives (I assume you would see the nazi party as evil - so if a political party is like that, it should be okay to call them evil). The follow up question is why you dont see either of the parties as evil
-... | 1p1ha9a | CMV: In US politics, choosing to believe that your "side" is inherently good and/or that the other "side" is inherently evil is unhealthy, destructive, and immoral. | This is very intentionally agnostic as to which "side" is which or even which "side" is more prone to this behavior. My view is that in a two-party democracy where you should expect to "lose" roughly half of all elections, turning every single one into a Manichaean struggle is:
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CMV: Police officers in the united states are a greater danger to citizenry than criminals are and we would be better off without Police at all.
Police have authority without responsibility, they cannot be punished for failing to respond to a crime nor easily punished for actions they commit while on duty. They collu... | and there were 52 cop-related killings in Britain last year,should they be banned too? and come on, almost all those 963 people deserved it, who cares what happens to criminals??--and more police than ever are being charged for the people who didn't deserve it anyway
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> come on, almost all those 963 people deserv... | Who would be responsible for investigating crimes?
Let's say someone robbed my house when I was gone. Am I supposed to track down the robbers on my own?
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CMV: Trans Women that participate in competitive sports have an unfair advantage against cis women
First off, I want to say that the LGBT+ movement has my full support and that I respect Trans people and their fight for rights, and this opinion in no way does it intend to undermine their rights. But I do believe that ... | Michael Phelps has Mafan Syndrome, which is a genetic condition that actually helped him become one of the greatest swimmers of all time… so HE has an unfair advantage against cis men, being a cis male himself, yet no one complains.
Trans Women have to meet medical criteria (such as testosterone levels in the female r... | [deleted]
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>81 inch tall lebron james have an “unfair” advantage over 72 inch Chris Paul
Yes he does. But the difference between Lebron James and Chris Paul from an overall athletic standpoint is minimal when comparing Chris Paul to an average WNBA player.
Lebron is Lebron in part because of his natural athlet... | tvsc83 | CMV: Trans Women that participate in competitive sports have an unfair advantage against cis women | First off, I want to say that the LGBT+ movement has my full support and that I respect Trans people and their fight for rights, and this opinion in no way does it intend to undermine their rights. But I do believe that the change in viewpoints on subjects like these have to come with awkward conversations like the one... | SnooStrawberries4932 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV it is Immoral to Prevent Alfie Evans from Seeking Treatment Outside the UK
There is a big controversy going on in the UK about a child named Alfie Evans. He has existed in a semi-vegitative state for 18 months with no signs of improvement. He has been on a ventilator and a feeding tube to care for these needs. Re... | As part of the way the NHS functions, authority for acceptable and ethical treatment is given to a patient's medical staff. This is necessary to prevent parents or other medical lay-people from refusing necessary treatment, implementing alternative remedies rather than doctor prescribed ones, or any other ways in which... | It's inaccurate to say that he is "barred" from travel, both the NHS and all places that said they would have Aflie believe that palliative care is it. The NHS are saying they won't accommodate the expenses to do so with so little hope for improvement.
Cold as it is, for every Alfie there must be hundreds more kids wh... | 8ezonf | CMV it is Immoral to Prevent Alfie Evans from Seeking Treatment Outside the UK |
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CMV: Abortion is immoral and should not be legal
I believe abortion is immoral and should not be legal in the United States, or anywhere for that matter.
Firstly, I hate the terms "pro-choice" and "pro-life." I think they they are propoganda terms to a certain extent, but this is beside the point.
On a side note, Th... | Is it more immoral to intentionally carry, birth and raise a child that has genetic defects that make its life a living hell, OR to abort it at a reasonable time with the intention of minimizing suffering? Does your law overrule this situation, and do you agree with your own reasoning enough to genuinely prefer the 'ex... | First, I will state that I agree with you in your conclusion, however you are missing very valid points from the opposition.
* There is no other scenario where a person is required to to themselves in harms way, long term, to sustain another life.
* Thus is particularly relevant when a woman did not become pregnant b... | 8eir3e | CMV: Abortion is immoral and should not be legal | I believe abortion is immoral and should not be legal in the United States, or anywhere for that matter.
Firstly, I hate the terms "pro-choice" and "pro-life." I think they they are propoganda terms to a certain extent, but this is beside the point.
On a side note, This is my first CMV, if you haven't noticed I'm usi... | Thr0w4w4y2019 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Current IVF practices should be illegal, and abortion should be legal
IVF involving fertilizing many eggs results in intentionally destroying some. I am the type of pro choice person that believes personhood possibly does begin at conception, but it does not matter because a person should have full rights to medi... | IVF isn’t the same as “destroying people.” Most fertilized eggs never implant naturally, the body discards tons of embryos every month. IVF just makes that process visible.
And if you support abortion because bodily autonomy matters, then banning IVF (which helps families have kids) doesn’t fit that logic at all. Few... | \> a person should have full rights to medical choices involving their bodily health, even if that choice results in another person not surviving.
Just curious, were you pro-mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policies?
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CMV: Government should play an extremely minimal role.
In my opinion, I feel like government should play almost no role in our lives and should essentially only be responsible for police and military. I’m not an anarchist, I am aware that police are necessary to keep order. However, from an economic standpoint, I feel... | Who takes care of infrastructure?
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I feel like a private company would take that over. Or multiple private companies for that matter.
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Would you like to pay a toll on every road you drive on? Would you be OK with having swaths of cities, states, etc, blocked from access because you don't want to pay the fees ... | What would happen if 10 homeless people die in front of your home?
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What would happen? If you’re referring to needing welfare programs then I believe that there are people who feel strongly enough that those people need help. Nothing stops people from donating.
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They don't do it now, but I was referring to th... | fbnlpa | CMV: Government should play an extremely minimal role. | In my opinion, I feel like government should play almost no role in our lives and should essentially only be responsible for police and military. I’m not an anarchist, I am aware that police are necessary to keep order. However, from an economic standpoint, I feel like pure capitalism is a viable option. People bring u... | pk__11 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The depiction of the age gap relationship in Licorice Pizza (2021) is not problematic
**EDIT: It seems like I made two mistakes in posting this.**
**The first was that I overestimated the reach of the movie, because many people who responded have not seen it. This post was written with the assumption that you ha... | If you ask me, showing a romantic relationship between a child and adult in anything other than a negative light is problematic. I haven't seen the movie but based on what you are saying, Alana (an adult) is romantically interested in a child, and the movie doesn't do anything to paint that in a negative light. That's ... | I personally have no problem with the age gap or any exploration of themes in art. However, I think people complain especially men because they see everyday how women and older men is horrible and always exploitative. Even when the woman is an adult. And then they see this which is, no offense to you, always a predator... | tv0cws | CMV: The depiction of the age gap relationship in Licorice Pizza (2021) is not problematic | **EDIT: It seems like I made two mistakes in posting this.**
**The first was that I overestimated the reach of the movie, because many people who responded have not seen it. This post was written with the assumption that you have seen the movie. The examples and snippets I use in my post are not intended to summarize ... | Puddinglax | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Colin Kaepernick doesn't deserve to be signed to an NFL team
Change my view: Colin Kaepernick doesn't deserve to be signed to an NFL team.
-His on-field performance is not very good. In his last 19 starts (he has started 19 games in his past two seasons), he has 3 wins and 16 losses. Of course, there are other ... | >Protestors shouldn't be protesting the NFL for not signing Kaepernick because he has no entitlement to be signed
What if I told you owners were admitting that the reason they weren't looking at signing Kaep *was* because of the protest stuff? Wouldn't that seem different? Well, it seems apparent that is indeed the ca... | Out of all the players who are at starting QB and at back up QB, Colin isn't better than any of them?
Even that QBR rating places him in the bottom 6-7 of starting QBs.
I'm sure it is much higher if we looked simply at back up QBs.
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You have to considere cap hit too. They can have ... | 6wvsf4 | CMV: Colin Kaepernick doesn't deserve to be signed to an NFL team | Change my view: Colin Kaepernick doesn't deserve to be signed to an NFL team.
-His on-field performance is not very good. In his last 19 starts (he has started 19 games in his past two seasons), he has 3 wins and 16 losses. Of course, there are other factors that lead to wins and losses than just a quarterback, but q... | nyg17 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Software piracy is okay.
I'm very anti-capitalist and anti-corporate, and believe companies are out there to press every penny out of your pockets.
That being said, I'm also not Communist, because it only works in small scale societies and Americans are too individualistic to be Communist.
Software companies li... | You’re basically saying “because companies make a lot of money, it’s okay to steal from them.”
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Well the way they make money isn't exactly ethical. Does that not justify stealing from them to prove a point?
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> Does that not justify stealing from them to prove a point?
No. It doesn't. Why not just not use the... | Stealing is ok because corporations build the software, not some hard working engineers that expect a paycheck and benefits. You have every right not to buy a product for the reasons you state. Or buy from a company that you feel provides a product at a better price. But, stealing is stealing no matter how you try t... | bvp1xz | CMV: Software piracy is okay. | I'm very anti-capitalist and anti-corporate, and believe companies are out there to press every penny out of your pockets.
That being said, I'm also not Communist, because it only works in small scale societies and Americans are too individualistic to be Communist.
Software companies like Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Aut... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Software piracy is okay.
I'm very anti-capitalist and anti-corporate, and believe companies are out there to press every penny out of your pockets.
That being said, I'm also not Communist, because it only works in small scale societies and Americans are too individualistic to be Communist.
Software companies li... | You’re basically saying “because companies make a lot of money, it’s okay to steal from them.”
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Nestle employs child labor and buys up water supplies to bottle and re-sell it to the people they took... | By what right is it permissible for you and a "few" others to steal products, but is impermissible for others to do so? Why hold yourself to a different standard? Shouldn't we be consistent in our application of rights and duties to rational people? At what point would you acknowledge that too many people are steali... | bvp1xz | CMV: Software piracy is okay. | I'm very anti-capitalist and anti-corporate, and believe companies are out there to press every penny out of your pockets.
That being said, I'm also not Communist, because it only works in small scale societies and Americans are too individualistic to be Communist.
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CMV: The insurance industry should not exist.
Just to be clear, in this CMV, I am assuming that the government will step up and give people money if they are seriously in debt. It is obvious to me that if the government did not step up, it would be a disaster for the average citizen.
With that out of the way, I do no... | This isn't how any of this works.
>Insurance premiums usually demand a small amount of money monthly that you probably could have saved up by yourself anyway. But you might be thinking about people who can't afford minimum wage and think "What about these guys?". They can't pay for their insurance premiums. They're al... | I was just in a minor car accident. The damage was minor but my car was knocked out of commission. Is it your position that the government should repair my vehicle? And is it also your position that this should just be part of what my taxes cover?
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>Is it your position that the government should repair my vehicle?... | 6ppt8h | CMV: The insurance industry should not exist. | Just to be clear, in this CMV, I am assuming that the government will step up and give people money if they are seriously in debt. It is obvious to me that if the government did not step up, it would be a disaster for the average citizen.
With that out of the way, I do not think that insurance should exist for several... | Positron311 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: GMO's are essentially a good thing for humans.
I've seen a lot of conversations on this topic regarding how deadly GMO's are. I've watched countless documentaries and heard a lot of really close friends tell me how bad they are; essentially Monsanto are villains that only care about profits and poisoning us. But ... | The problem with GMOs is patenting them, thus getting a *huge* competitive advantage, and therefore giving even more global power to (mostly American - hello Monsanto) food megacorps. Edit: That, of course, is not a good thing for *most* humans.
Then there is also the question if they are sufficiently proven to be har... | > If there were ever a new strain of bacteria or new super bug we could potentially lose a crop that feeds the rest of the world.
That's actually aggravated by the monoculture crops that GMOs encourage. If a GMO seed has a big advantage over other seeds, then almost all farmers end up using it. If that GMO seed becom... | 6wyl4e | CMV: GMO's are essentially a good thing for humans. | I've seen a lot of conversations on this topic regarding how deadly GMO's are. I've watched countless documentaries and heard a lot of really close friends tell me how bad they are; essentially Monsanto are villains that only care about profits and poisoning us. But I don't think GMO's are bad, in fact I think they are... | themightykites0322 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Bitcoins have no real value, and are pretty much a scam at this point.
Bitcoins don't seem to have any real value that I can pinpoint. For an object to have value, there must be a reason why someone would want to possess it. For example, people buy stocks for the dividend/ownership of the company. People buy base... | One thing that gives bitcoin value is its anonymity. Users can remain anonymous while simultaneously conducting independently verified transactions. That is really useful when buying illegal stuff on the internet. I think illegal trade will give bitcoin a certain amount of long term value.
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But would you would wa... | You can exchange bitcoin for US currency, so it has monetary value.
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Only right now. Over time, I think it'll become largely worthless, as it lacks inherent value.
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> as it lacks inherent value.
So does US currency. | 8f062d | CMV: Bitcoins have no real value, and are pretty much a scam at this point. | Bitcoins don't seem to have any real value that I can pinpoint. For an object to have value, there must be a reason why someone would want to possess it. For example, people buy stocks for the dividend/ownership of the company. People buy baseball cards because they're collectible and rare. Bitcoins fit none of those c... | tinnydevil | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Modding video games is work that can be monetized
Due to the recent creation club debacle (and its launch *is* a debacle, don't get me wrong), I've seen sentiment flare up like "they want to create a market for paid mods, don't let this crap be the norm."--just an implication that paid mods are *never* a good sys... | > I've never seen an argument against paid mods as a whole (not any particular system of paid mods that has shown up--those that i've seen have all had undeniable problems) that doesn't rely entirely on modding being work that is inherently inferior to all other work.
i'm undecided on the paid mod question, but i have... | I agree with you 99% but you have to see it from some stubborn dev's perspectives: it's their product at the end of the day. If they don't want to make money from mods, it's their intellectual property and they can do what they want.
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I actually don't particularly care about what the devs think so much as what mo... | 6wwr7f | CMV: Modding video games is work that can be monetized | Due to the recent creation club debacle (and its launch *is* a debacle, don't get me wrong), I've seen sentiment flare up like "they want to create a market for paid mods, don't let this crap be the norm."--just an implication that paid mods are *never* a good system. (This was an actual quote, mind, though I'm not wil... | Putnam3145 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: the State's rights argument has no place in modern America
I get that there was a time in United States history where it was critically important for 13 often dissimilar statelettes to come together as a cohesive whole, and this was done by promising those states a great deal of individual autonomy. They were onl... | The USA is the United States of America, ie each state is separate but equal in the sense they can mutually exist, but are united as the USA.
I know that's cyclical, and appeal to definition, but think about it. What is a state? To me a state is a huge area, as big as some other countries - and with unique aspects ac... | > I can not comprehend why trades licensing requirements should be different in California, Indiana and Massachusetts.
Specifically building codes should be different in those places since the climate and geology of those states can be wildly different.
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Why should the strictest code not apply? How is building, f... | 1fm4tcc | CMV: the State's rights argument has no place in modern America | I get that there was a time in United States history where it was critically important for 13 often dissimilar statelettes to come together as a cohesive whole, and this was done by promising those states a great deal of individual autonomy. They were only required to cooperate as barely set out in the Constitution and... | f0rgotten | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Normalizing obesity for the sake of body positivity is dangerous
As obesity rates continue to rise, I've seen more and more focus put on "body positivity", which as you likely know is a movement that seeks to teach people that you should be comfortable with whatever size or shape you are.
I disagree with this mo... | > A more responsible lesson to teach would be you shouldn't feel SHAME in regards to your body, but you do need to focus on combating obesity to the best of your ability so you don't suffer it's adverse effects (increased chance of heart disease, medical costs, etc).
You literally just described what body positivity i... | the Health At Any Size movement tries to do exactly what you describe--promote healthy lifestyles regardless of one's current size, and promote healthy activities because it's fun or feels good instead of just to become skinny. And in doing so, obesity rates going down would be just one positive side effect out of many... | bvlucb | CMV: Normalizing obesity for the sake of body positivity is dangerous | As obesity rates continue to rise, I've seen more and more focus put on "body positivity", which as you likely know is a movement that seeks to teach people that you should be comfortable with whatever size or shape you are.
I disagree with this movement and view it as potentially very dangerous.
While I haven't look... | shiftywalruseyes | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Normalizing obesity for the sake of body positivity is dangerous
As obesity rates continue to rise, I've seen more and more focus put on "body positivity", which as you likely know is a movement that seeks to teach people that you should be comfortable with whatever size or shape you are.
I disagree with this mo... | I'm always surprised in these posts by the assumption that people are less likely to be healthy when they feel good about their bodies, and more likely to be healthy when they feel bad about them. You say that if you tell a teenager that they should be happy with their body no matter what people say, that teenager will... | > A more responsible lesson to teach would be you shouldn't feel SHAME in regards to your body, but you do need to focus on combating obesity to the best of your ability so you don't suffer it's adverse effects (increased chance of heart disease, medical costs, etc).
You literally just described what body positivity i... | bvlucb | CMV: Normalizing obesity for the sake of body positivity is dangerous | As obesity rates continue to rise, I've seen more and more focus put on "body positivity", which as you likely know is a movement that seeks to teach people that you should be comfortable with whatever size or shape you are.
I disagree with this movement and view it as potentially very dangerous.
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CMV: The unequal distribution of total wealth in the U.S. is taking away the American Dream and a stronger progressive tax policy would fix this.
With the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States:
The top 20% account for 85% of the United States total wealth
The top 1% account for 34.6% of the United Sta... | > It is becoming exceedingly difficult for those not in the top 20% to really have the opportunity for economic mobility.
Wealth is not static, it moves around; I think this has implications for the arguments to be made. Have a look at [this](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116370). A... | Equality of outcome is not the American Dream.
It is the Soviet dream... The Communist dream.
The American Dream is Equality of Opportunity... And it's alive and well.
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Yeah, I attempted to address that in that the American Dream goes beyond economic equality, but I felt that a failure in economic equality sever... | 8eyrv4 | CMV: The unequal distribution of total wealth in the U.S. is taking away the American Dream and a stronger progressive tax policy would fix this. | With the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States:
The top 20% account for 85% of the United States total wealth
The top 1% account for 34.6% of the United States total wealth
(https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/power/wealth.html)
and the unequal distribution of income:
The top 1% income increased by 275%... | PleasantOrdinary | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The unequal distribution of total wealth in the U.S. is taking away the American Dream and a stronger progressive tax policy would fix this.
With the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States:
The top 20% account for 85% of the United States total wealth
The top 1% account for 34.6% of the United Sta... | There are a few questions worth asking before approaching this view more closely:
1) Is the problem more due to wealth disparity or income disparity?
2) Do you want to tax income or total wealth?
3) Ideally, we want to maximize the average wealth in a society while minimizing wealth disparity. In practice, there i... | > It is becoming exceedingly difficult for those not in the top 20% to really have the opportunity for economic mobility.
Wealth is not static, it moves around; I think this has implications for the arguments to be made. Have a look at [this](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116370). A... | 8eyrv4 | CMV: The unequal distribution of total wealth in the U.S. is taking away the American Dream and a stronger progressive tax policy would fix this. | With the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States:
The top 20% account for 85% of the United States total wealth
The top 1% account for 34.6% of the United States total wealth
(https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/power/wealth.html)
and the unequal distribution of income:
The top 1% income increased by 275%... | PleasantOrdinary | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Choosing to have a kid instead of adopting is incredibly selfish
Millions of kids around the world are waiting in orphanages or abandoned in the streets waiting for find a loving home.
The reasons people give for wanting to have their "own" child all have a common point: they come from very self-centered and nar... | Do you know how expensive adoption is?
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true. But if you can't afford adoption, maybe you can't afford a kid
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No, that's not a good argument. I forgot the exact number, but it's like $250,000 to raise a child from birth to the end of high school. This number doesn't include post-secondary costs. In theory,... | Kids that aren't adopted are older kids. Nobody wants to adopt those kids.
Adoptive parents usually want babies, and those get adopted immediately.
Go ahead and adopt all the kids that you want instead of telling other people what to do.
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in your words, what is the principle of this sub?
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To change peoples ... | fbhqce | CMV: Choosing to have a kid instead of adopting is incredibly selfish | Millions of kids around the world are waiting in orphanages or abandoned in the streets waiting for find a loving home.
The reasons people give for wanting to have their "own" child all have a common point: they come from very self-centered and narcissistic places. The common arguments people give for giving birth ins... | yadoya | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: shaming extroverts should become normal again
Brain rot, lack of safe spaces, no thoughtful reflection, populism. All of those things are mainly caused by extroverts who'll do anything to drown their inner void with incessant noise THEN shame those who want to think thoughtfully.
I'm so sick if living in a world... | Half of Reddit are whiny post by introverts that pull no punches on calling extroverts “energy vampires” or memes that are like “Do they ever shut up?” and “Everyone tells introverts to talk more but does anyone ever tell extroverts to shut up for once!?”
Do you need more than that? Do you want to be aggressive toward... | How would people value introversion, when they would seemingly interact with less introverts by design?
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How about looking for few but deep connections instead of many but shallow ones?
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Where does one look for introverts? | 1p18we4 | CMV: shaming extroverts should become normal again | Brain rot, lack of safe spaces, no thoughtful reflection, populism. All of those things are mainly caused by extroverts who'll do anything to drown their inner void with incessant noise THEN shame those who want to think thoughtfully.
I'm so sick if living in a world seeking instant gratification. Whenever I'm trying ... | -IXN- | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It's circular reasoning that I have to follow the rules of human society just because I'm human.
We didn't choose to be born, We didn't choose to be human, we're not even allowed to control our own lives. The least that could be done is allow us to do whatever we want, when and where ever we want so long as we're... | If you change the word “rules” to “responsibilities” then it follows that rights and responsibilities come as a package deal. My rights are your responsibilities and vice versa.
That’s what it means to be human whether we decided to be human or not.
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!delta
However I'm already fine with being obligated to fulf... | OP, I think you're literally logically/mathematically correct here. So unless you clarify the spirit of your question, we can't really argue against it.
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That's why I'm here, to see If my view can be argued against.
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If only that is your view, it can't, which I think is against the rules of this sub.
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I ... | 8eyr5a | CMV: It's circular reasoning that I have to follow the rules of human society just because I'm human. | We didn't choose to be born, We didn't choose to be human, we're not even allowed to control our own lives. The least that could be done is allow us to do whatever we want, when and where ever we want so long as we're not infringing on anyone's basic rights. Humans by and large choose to be irrational, illogical, selfi... | ATrueBlueGamer | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: It's circular reasoning that I have to follow the rules of human society just because I'm human.
We didn't choose to be born, We didn't choose to be human, we're not even allowed to control our own lives. The least that could be done is allow us to do whatever we want, when and where ever we want so long as we're... | The principal reason that all of us have to follow the rules of human society is because we all have to live together in that society - like it or not. We all suffer (or benefit) from the behaviour of others around us; consequently we rules to protect ourselves from the worst behaviours of others. Since you are part... | OP, I think you're literally logically/mathematically correct here. So unless you clarify the spirit of your question, we can't really argue against it.
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That's why I'm here, to see If my view can be argued against.
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If only that is your view, it can't, which I think is against the rules of this sub.
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I ... | 8eyr5a | CMV: It's circular reasoning that I have to follow the rules of human society just because I'm human. | We didn't choose to be born, We didn't choose to be human, we're not even allowed to control our own lives. The least that could be done is allow us to do whatever we want, when and where ever we want so long as we're not infringing on anyone's basic rights. Humans by and large choose to be irrational, illogical, selfi... | ATrueBlueGamer | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: No one chooses to be Trans.
Objectively I think being trans is one of the hardest personal experiences that someone can go through. With the potential to lack support from family and friends to the lifelong possibility of being outed and issues day to day your have to face.
No matter how cis/straight passing so... | Trans is .3% of the us population. Over 1% of the population is schizophrenic. Outliers tend to overlap in other outlieing categories of their classification is similar. In other words a lot of trans people have mental illnesses. Sorry that's just the sad fact. There a people that are trans without mental illness or tr... | Do you believe that a person can be trans without experiencing gender dysphoria?
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"According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, gender dysphoria prevalence accounts for 0.005–0.014% of the population for biological males and 0.002–0.003% for biological f... | oeazau | CMV: No one chooses to be Trans. | Objectively I think being trans is one of the hardest personal experiences that someone can go through. With the potential to lack support from family and friends to the lifelong possibility of being outed and issues day to day your have to face.
No matter how cis/straight passing someone is there is still incidents ... | PublicLizard | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: No one chooses to be Trans.
Objectively I think being trans is one of the hardest personal experiences that someone can go through. With the potential to lack support from family and friends to the lifelong possibility of being outed and issues day to day your have to face.
No matter how cis/straight passing so... | Do you believe that a person can be trans without experiencing gender dysphoria?
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I personally do not understand why anyone who does not have gender dysphoria would transition.
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People may not hate their biological sex but feel euphoria from their prefered gender. | People do a lot of things for attention, especially on social media. Now, don't get me wrong - I'm not saying that any significant amount of trans people do this, but I wouldn't assume that *no one* does this. People have faked their own kidnapping, the kidnapping of friends, and what have you for social media clout, s... | oeazau | CMV: No one chooses to be Trans. | Objectively I think being trans is one of the hardest personal experiences that someone can go through. With the potential to lack support from family and friends to the lifelong possibility of being outed and issues day to day your have to face.
No matter how cis/straight passing someone is there is still incidents ... | PublicLizard | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: No one chooses to be Trans.
Objectively I think being trans is one of the hardest personal experiences that someone can go through. With the potential to lack support from family and friends to the lifelong possibility of being outed and issues day to day your have to face.
No matter how cis/straight passing so... | So a study/book came out that teen girls go trans at astranomicly higher rates if they knew a trans person
So people were curious why
They then studied rates among freon women who knew a trans women
Much much lower
So they wondered what's up -
Long story short this women's research found that these girls were... | Do you believe that a person can be trans without experiencing gender dysphoria?
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2 google searches.
"According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, gender dysphoria prevalence accounts for 0.005–0.014% of the population for biological males and 0.002–0.003% for biological f... | oeazau | CMV: No one chooses to be Trans. | Objectively I think being trans is one of the hardest personal experiences that someone can go through. With the potential to lack support from family and friends to the lifelong possibility of being outed and issues day to day your have to face.
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CMV: Lobbying shouldn't be legal in any level of government
For the purposes of this cmv, I'll be talking about the US legislature, as it's the flavor of corruption I'm most familiar with.
Lobbying with money has only served to hurt the American people, if you need to pay legislators to pass or deny a law with money... | Have you ever sent a letter to your congressperson asking them to back a law? Congrats, you have lobbied for a law.
Lobbying is the foundation of our governmental system. We have representatives who represent constituents, and how else are constituents supposed to let their representatives know what the constituents w... | Lobbying is a double edge sword. Its the only way the average person has to petition the federal government. While Corporations and wealthy individuals have disproportionate influence lobbying, its not like corporations and wealthy people stop having access to politicians if you make lobbying illegal. All banning lobby... | tvi992 | CMV: Lobbying shouldn't be legal in any level of government | For the purposes of this cmv, I'll be talking about the US legislature, as it's the flavor of corruption I'm most familiar with.
Lobbying with money has only served to hurt the American people, if you need to pay legislators to pass or deny a law with money, chances are you're not asking them to vote with their consc... | MangleRang | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Lobbying shouldn't be legal in any level of government
For the purposes of this cmv, I'll be talking about the US legislature, as it's the flavor of corruption I'm most familiar with.
Lobbying with money has only served to hurt the American people, if you need to pay legislators to pass or deny a law with money... | Don’t get me wrong, I think corporate and big money influencing big government is cancer, but lobbying is (in theory) how average people heard in the legislature.
Say you’re a grassroots movement trying to outlaw a particular industrial chemical from being spilled into the local aquifer.
How do you get your proposed ... | Lobbying is a double edge sword. Its the only way the average person has to petition the federal government. While Corporations and wealthy individuals have disproportionate influence lobbying, its not like corporations and wealthy people stop having access to politicians if you make lobbying illegal. All banning lobby... | tvi992 | CMV: Lobbying shouldn't be legal in any level of government | For the purposes of this cmv, I'll be talking about the US legislature, as it's the flavor of corruption I'm most familiar with.
Lobbying with money has only served to hurt the American people, if you need to pay legislators to pass or deny a law with money, chances are you're not asking them to vote with their consc... | MangleRang | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Americans are less racist than Europeans
As stated, America imo is less racist than Europe. Why? For starters, there's a lot more people of color in the States than in Europe. Britain and France are two countries you probably think of as very diverse in Europe. France and Britain however are both 80+% white. Amer... | No. Diversity ≠ Equity, Harmony, or the absence of racism.
It may be a different brand of racism, but there is racism just the same.
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Let's say there are two cities that a black man can move to. One is 40% colored people, one is 15% colored people. Which one do you think is more inclusive to colored people?
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... | "Look at this one instance" can be countered with one instance of American racism. You'll need to use statistics, not what amounts to anecdotal evidence.
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Aha! What about rates of interracial marriage? Higher in America, checkmate.
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Absolute, or relative to the populations of non-majority people? | tuoqkb | CMV: Americans are less racist than Europeans | As stated, America imo is less racist than Europe. Why? For starters, there's a lot more people of color in the States than in Europe. Britain and France are two countries you probably think of as very diverse in Europe. France and Britain however are both 80+% white. America is only around 60% white. Most white people... | ScholaroftheWorld1 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Canadian government should send the military out for arrest the protesting Truckers for interfering with national and international trade.
*to not for
Title says it all for those who don't know (I only found out about this last night) 10%-15% of Truckers in Canada decided to protest the vaccine mandate ~~(wh... | Why send the military to arrest civilians blocking traffic? Presumably you believe that the police are not capable of arresting these protesters. Could you explain that?
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They're trying and failing plus the military has more power you can't just tell them to fuck off.
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You're american, so let's put this in ... | You want people arrested for peacefully protesting their government? Hm.
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No for intentional disrupting trade and movement between nations and provinces.
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Are those crimes in Canada or are you suggesting they be arrested without being charged with a crime? | sitgdx | CMV: The Canadian government should send the military out for arrest the protesting Truckers for interfering with national and international trade. | *to not for
Title says it all for those who don't know (I only found out about this last night) 10%-15% of Truckers in Canada decided to protest the vaccine mandate ~~(which is provincial not federal but wouldn't expect these idiots to know that)~~ requiring them to be vaccinated to enter the US and enter Canada.
So... | Andalib_Odulate | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: There is a difference between racism and knowing that stereotypes exist for a reason
Basically the title. I think there’s a big difference between the two and I’m tired of pretending there isn’t. Nowadays, especially on Reddit, it feels like if you say anything regarding anyone’s race at all you are going to be l... | You have falsely identified a “fact” and attributed it to race.
That is racism or at the *very least* implicit bias.
Violent crime is statistically more prevalent among those who have experienced violent crime, who have experienced poverty, and those who have experienced substance use or mental health issues.
Thi... | Facts don't exist in a vacuum. Facts exist to further arguments. Arguments can well be racist.
Simply saying "I'm just stating a fact" is always a lie, because anytime you would be compelled to say that, you are engaged in a conversation. Something prompted you to state that fact. Some facet of the discussion compel... | 1l2nqmk | CMV: There is a difference between racism and knowing that stereotypes exist for a reason | Basically the title. I think there’s a big difference between the two and I’m tired of pretending there isn’t. Nowadays, especially on Reddit, it feels like if you say anything regarding anyone’s race at all you are going to be lambasted by the keyboard warriors of Justice and righteousness and perfect equality.
To cl... | BigBandit01 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It’s bad that the state department revoked the visa of a Rumeysa Ozturk without providing any evidence of wrongdoing
On Tuesday evening, a Tufts graduate student was detained by ICE in Somerville, MA. The student had a valid student visa but it was revoked on Tuesday. The department of homeland security claimed t... | When did this happen? Yesterday?
Do you know the details of what the student did? What if they did something awful that ICE has documents but obviously isn't immediately broadcast to the public because of legal guidelines.
It \*might\* be unjust. It probably is unjust. But too early to tell.
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It happened on Tue... | Do you not remember what campuses were like this time last year?
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Why is that an immigration matter?
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This person did more than “organize a potluck” and you’re being disingenuous. | 1jlfocq | CMV: It’s bad that the state department revoked the visa of a Rumeysa Ozturk without providing any evidence of wrongdoing | On Tuesday evening, a Tufts graduate student was detained by ICE in Somerville, MA. The student had a valid student visa but it was revoked on Tuesday. The department of homeland security claimed that the student supported Hamas and for that reason her visa was revoked. No details or evidence was provided to support th... | Guilty_Scar_730 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Diversity programs are not good for society since they are not meritocratic
So in India, where I belong, there are <20% of the women in top engineering colleges who are women. The entrance exams are objective - pure problem solving.
If you say that women can't compete with these objective exams - you are sayin... | >So in India, where I belong, there are <20% of the women in top engineering colleges who are women.
If you have to explain this, you have one of two options: 1. women are inherently dumber than men in engineering, therefore that's reflected in our colleges; 2. women are inherently just as smart as men, but due to soc... | To clarify, do you mean specifically for India or does your view apply everywhere?
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Everywhere is pretty vast, I wouldn't claim to know about every other place 😅
I do know India the best since I studied, worked and hired here. When I worked abroad I didn't hire so I don't know the academic situation there we'll ... | 1936ukk | CMV: Diversity programs are not good for society since they are not meritocratic | So in India, where I belong, there are <20% of the women in top engineering colleges who are women. The entrance exams are objective - pure problem solving.
If you say that women can't compete with these objective exams - you are saying that women are inherently less smart than men. If you argue that women are as sm... | Puzzleheaded-Page140 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Woman's history month should only celebrate the women who actually were apart of history not the modern day woman who never had to go through history
Modern day women didn't go through right issues or anything it was all historical women who had to do it like random women get congratulated for it being women's hi... | why not both? It sounds like you only think this because of the word "history", which is immaterial to what woman's history month actually is and what it's for.
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Why would it add the word history for no reason the month is clearly intended for the women who actually were a part of history and had to fight for righ... | But woman still do go through struggles like the women previously before,. They face those struggles of assault, discrimination, roles etc. women’s history month acknowledges the effort women contributed and also how it helps current women, celebrating current women as well isn’t some back-stab to the women in history,... | 1l335mf | CMV: Woman's history month should only celebrate the women who actually were apart of history not the modern day woman who never had to go through history | Modern day women didn't go through right issues or anything it was all historical women who had to do it like random women get congratulated for it being women's history month what did they do for the congratulation? Nothing it's literally called women's history month it should be abt women of the past. I've seen compa... | animeman117 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Parents should have less legal authority over their kids.
First of all, let me just clarify that I am speaking from my US reference point. I would be interested to hear the policies of other countries, but I don't know enough to judge them for this CMV.
When I say that parents should have legal authority, I am r... | I practice family law in Canada, so my answer is cribbed almost entirely from Canadian legal understandings of parent's authority and responsibilities.
That being said, I'd suggest that parents should have the authority necessary to raise their children. However, this authority comes with responsibilities.
So long ... | What if the kid doesn’t like needles or watches anti-vaxxer tiktoks?
What if the kid wants to join scientology like their crush Tom Cruise?
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When I say that parents should have legal authority, I am referring to how, in many situations, children are essentially co... | Square-Dragonfruit76 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Being healthy and obese is like being a healthy smoker.
1) Most research suggests these two health conditions are causal high-risk health factors. That is, they either directly or indirectly cause symptoms. Being asymptomatic is not *necessarily* a sign of being healthy.
2) Due to their high-risk, the absence ... | I don't entirely understand your view here or what you are asking to be changed. What is it about your view that is different than the almost entirely undisputed fact that obesity and smoking are major health risk factors? Or if you can't put that into words maybe try to describe the view you are arguing against.
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... | So? Either one can be relatively healthy compared to other people with other problems (or other people with the same problem).
A person that is overweight, but can easily bicycle 10 miles a day is probably healthier than a regular-weight couch potato that would collapse if you dropped them a mile down some hiking tra... | 60pmd9 | CMV: Being healthy and obese is like being a healthy smoker. | 1) Most research suggests these two health conditions are causal high-risk health factors. That is, they either directly or indirectly cause symptoms. Being asymptomatic is not *necessarily* a sign of being healthy.
2) Due to their high-risk, the absence of symptoms does not suggest they will or will not cause futur... | Jorgisven | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Liberalism should not support Islam
I know that liberalism calls for tolerating all races, religions, ethnicities etc. but it seems strange to me that Liberals (In the US where I'm from) go to such lengths to defend Islam.
Obviously not Muslims harbor extreme beliefs, but for the most part Islam seems to be:
1) ... | Liberalism does not "defend Islam". It defends religious freedom, which just happens to mean defending Muslims from unfair discrimination. That does not at all mean liberals agree with the beliefs of Islam. It just means they support a Muslim's right to believe it.
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But what if their belief is that my sexuality sh... | Those same views are held by mainstream republicans. Should we be intolerant of them? Free speech is free speech.
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> Those same views are held by mainstream republicans. Should we be intolerant of them?
Of course. When Republicans pass laws to try to restrict Womens rights and LGBT rights they should 100% be o... | 60p0jf | CMV: Liberalism should not support Islam | I know that liberalism calls for tolerating all races, religions, ethnicities etc. but it seems strange to me that Liberals (In the US where I'm from) go to such lengths to defend Islam.
Obviously not Muslims harbor extreme beliefs, but for the most part Islam seems to be:
1) A Patriarchy Society
2) Women are treated ... | BikerMouseFrmMars | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: It is never healthy to have unquestioning devotion to a person, group of people, or set of beliefs
We do not live in a world of absolutes. I always like to jokingly say that the only thing that is black and white in this world is that there is no such thing as black and white.
Which is why it’s so alarming to s... | I think there is some grey area in regards to beliefs. I don't think I will ever be convinced that its OK to rape someone.
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Good point, which sort of proves the ironic paradox of my statement about how there is nuance to everything, in this case the nuance being to my statement about beliefs
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This commenter g... | I have an unquestioning devotion to the idea that murder is wrong. You believe that devotion is unhealthful?
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Unhealthy? Not necessarily.
But is murder always wrong? No.
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The belief is literally unhealthy for him if he has to choose between letting 20 people be murdered (and he is 1 of the 20) or murdering ... | 1jliecg | CMV: It is never healthy to have unquestioning devotion to a person, group of people, or set of beliefs | We do not live in a world of absolutes. I always like to jokingly say that the only thing that is black and white in this world is that there is no such thing as black and white.
Which is why it’s so alarming to see people from all walks of life devote themselves to celebrities, political parties, religions, etc with... | potatolover83 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Asking someone "where are you originally from" is totally fine and not a racist thing to do
The post is inspired by [this](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/04/22/students-avoid-making-eye-contact-could-guiltyof-racism-oxford/) piece of news, which can be summarised to:
>Other examples of “everyday racis... | I think the reason this question can be seen as bigoted or close-minded is the expectations the questioners seem to have. There is absolutely nothing wrong with asking someone where they are originally from (other than ending the question with a preposition /s). However, if the questioner assumes the answer will be one... | It depends on why you're asking it. If you're asking it because their skin colour or face shape makes them look like an outsider and you want to find out the origin of their outsiderness which you assume is somewhere in the deep of africa or asia, you are treating people of different races differently in a negative way... | 68sgva | CMV: Asking someone "where are you originally from" is totally fine and not a racist thing to do | The post is inspired by [this](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/04/22/students-avoid-making-eye-contact-could-guiltyof-racism-oxford/) piece of news, which can be summarised to:
>Other examples of “everyday racism” include asking someone where they are “originally” from, students were told.
I believe that i... | dstergiou | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Asking someone "where are you originally from" is totally fine and not a racist thing to do
The post is inspired by [this](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/04/22/students-avoid-making-eye-contact-could-guiltyof-racism-oxford/) piece of news, which can be summarised to:
>Other examples of “everyday racis... | I think the reason this question can be seen as bigoted or close-minded is the expectations the questioners seem to have. There is absolutely nothing wrong with asking someone where they are originally from (other than ending the question with a preposition /s). However, if the questioner assumes the answer will be one... | It depends on why you're asking it. If you're asking it because their skin colour or face shape makes them look like an outsider and you want to find out the origin of their outsiderness which you assume is somewhere in the deep of africa or asia, you are treating people of different races differently in a negative way... | 68sgva | CMV: Asking someone "where are you originally from" is totally fine and not a racist thing to do | The post is inspired by [this](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/04/22/students-avoid-making-eye-contact-could-guiltyof-racism-oxford/) piece of news, which can be summarised to:
>Other examples of “everyday racism” include asking someone where they are “originally” from, students were told.
I believe that i... | dstergiou | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: BLM shouldn't be apart of the pride flag as they are two issues
I've been seeing posts pushing for BLM to be integrated into the LGBTQ+ flag. I'm all for BLM, and I'm all for LGBTQ+ rights. However, I feel like integrating them kinda takes away from each other. Cops don't kill gay people at the rate as they do bl... | Are people advocating for this as a permanent change, or are they just doing it because there happens to be an ongoing BLM protest movement during pride month this year
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Some are calling permanent adding black and brown to the LGBTQ flag.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/06/08/philly-pride-flag-black-brown/
-... | That has nothing to do with what I just asked at all lmao, sorry if you spent a minute there writing. I don’t know if I wasn’t clear in my question.
Why would a racial issue be conjoined with a battle of sexual orientation acceptance.
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Sorry, u/theholysun – your comment has been removed for breaki... | hexhzo | CMV: BLM shouldn't be apart of the pride flag as they are two issues | I've been seeing posts pushing for BLM to be integrated into the LGBTQ+ flag. I'm all for BLM, and I'm all for LGBTQ+ rights. However, I feel like integrating them kinda takes away from each other. Cops don't kill gay people at the rate as they do black people.
Gay people have their own issues, and POC have issues as... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: people who are pro vaccine are allowed to spew all the misinformation they want and anyone who states any counter facts that could subjectively be viewed as anti vax are berated and censored in almost all major platforms.
Don’t know if this really belongs in this sub but I don’t know where else to have this conve... | >The first two are obviously wrong and have basically the same argument, it has become very obvious that the vaccinated are just as likely to spread the virus as the unvaccinated
Do you have a source for this? The vaccine reduced your odds of catching it in the first place, which reduces your chance of spreading it. I... | > it has become very obvious that the vaccinated are just as likely to spread the virus as the unvaccinated.
But...they're not. [Here's](https://www.healthline.com/health-news/by-the-numbers-covid-19-vaccines-and-omicron) a source for the vaccines having an effect in reducing the probability of infection (against omi... | shkogy | CMV: people who are pro vaccine are allowed to spew all the misinformation they want and anyone who states any counter facts that could subjectively be viewed as anti vax are berated and censored in almost all major platforms. | Don’t know if this really belongs in this sub but I don’t know where else to have this conversation.
Everywhere I look I see people constantly say the same thing over and over.
“It’s because of the unvaccinated that this pandemic is still ongoing”
“Children must get vaccinated to help stop the spread”
“The unvacci... | Kemomiwiwane | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: people who are pro vaccine are allowed to spew all the misinformation they want and anyone who states any counter facts that could subjectively be viewed as anti vax are berated and censored in almost all major platforms.
Don’t know if this really belongs in this sub but I don’t know where else to have this conve... | > it has become very obvious that the vaccinated are just as likely to spread the virus as the unvaccinated.
That just isn't true. Not sure how you've come to that as an "obvious" conclusion, but the data says otherwise: [Pfizer vaccine shows 94% effectiveness against asymptomatic transmission of COVID](https://abcn... | >The first two are obviously wrong and have basically the same argument, it has become very obvious that the vaccinated are just as likely to spread the virus as the unvaccinated
Do you have a source for this? The vaccine reduced your odds of catching it in the first place, which reduces your chance of spreading it. I... | shkogy | CMV: people who are pro vaccine are allowed to spew all the misinformation they want and anyone who states any counter facts that could subjectively be viewed as anti vax are berated and censored in almost all major platforms. | Don’t know if this really belongs in this sub but I don’t know where else to have this conversation.
Everywhere I look I see people constantly say the same thing over and over.
“It’s because of the unvaccinated that this pandemic is still ongoing”
“Children must get vaccinated to help stop the spread”
“The unvacci... | Kemomiwiwane | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Nuclear energy is no alternative to renewable energy sources, because we can not store the waste safely for millions of years.
I'm talking about the depleted fuel which needs to be stored until it's radiation is safe, which will take millions of years for some fission products.
IMO storing the depleted fuel on ea... | I'm going to disagree here. The waste isn't that big of a deal. First, there's a very simple solution to it: monitoring. Store it somewhere safe to start with, keep good tabs on it, and if something starts degrading, fix it. Just like we don't expect bridges and other structures to stay up forever on their own, and reg... | You know nuclear includes both fusion and fission, right? Which one are you talking about? Because fusion doesn't create that much waste.
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I'm only talking about fission since it's the tech we have.
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We have fusion tech, it's just not producing more energy than it's consuming at the moment. | hexbd1 | CMV: Nuclear energy is no alternative to renewable energy sources, because we can not store the waste safely for millions of years. | I'm talking about the depleted fuel which needs to be stored until it's radiation is safe, which will take millions of years for some fission products.
IMO storing the depleted fuel on earth is a time bomb. There just are no geologically stable sites, at least not for this enormous timespan. There will be an Earthquake... | globus243 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Most people who stigmatise suicide do so for selfish reasons
I'd argue serious mental health problems that prevent you from enjoying your life are no different from serious physical problems that prevent you from enjoying your life. Despite that, most people have more sympathy for people who seek euthanasia due t... | What's the stigma exactly? Because I don't think suicide is good, not because I think the people who do it are bad people, but because I think that people in vulnerable situations can often have difficulties seeing other solutions and impulsive irreversable decisions aren't necesserily a good idea.
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The stigma tha... | Mental health is not a good enough reason to kill yourself because overwhelming majority of mental health issues are manageable and treatable.
Especially Depression, which is arguably the number one mental illness responsible for suicidal thoughts and is the least reasonable reason to commit suicide.
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Manageable... | 192uma2 | CMV: Most people who stigmatise suicide do so for selfish reasons | I'd argue serious mental health problems that prevent you from enjoying your life are no different from serious physical problems that prevent you from enjoying your life. Despite that, most people have more sympathy for people who seek euthanasia due to physical illness than those who want to committ suicide.
Imo, t... | Anonon_990 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If a crime is attempted but no harm is done and no property is taken, then no punishment should follow.
Let me preface this by saying 1) I understand this is a controversial and maybe flawed position, but I'm hoping to explore its limits and implications. 2) I used ChatGPT to parse and format my ideas, but all co... | You'd be OK if I were to receive no punishment for shooting at you and missing?
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Yeah. No one was harmed and it's very difficult to ascertain one's state of mind at the moment of an action.
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> No one was harmed
Being shot at can cause psychological harm; speaking from experience. | It’s not dangerous moral territory. In society, laws prevent things from happening that we don’t want happening. There are no morals issues with saying that we don’t want crimes to be attempted.
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Laws don't prevent anything. Laws only say for which... | 1jl5k4j | CMV: If a crime is attempted but no harm is done and no property is taken, then no punishment should follow. | Let me preface this by saying 1) I understand this is a controversial and maybe flawed position, but I'm hoping to explore its limits and implications. 2) I used ChatGPT to parse and format my ideas, but all content below is my own thought.
My view is that in cases where someone *attempts* a crime—say, breaking into a... | _robjamesmusic | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not justified.
One of the most fundamental rules of civilized warfare (at least as civilized as warfare can be) is that belligerent nations must not deliberately target noncombatants. The atomic bomb, however, is a uniquely destructive weapon with more potential ... | >One of the most fundamental rules of civilized warfare (at least as civilized as warfare can be) is that belligerent nations must not deliberately target noncombatants
There is no such thing as civilized warfare. The Axis countries were consistently bombing civilians as well as torturing, raping and killing citizens ... | The atomic bombings were 100% justified.
Japan at the time was not ready to surrender unconditionally and there was a concern that a weapons demonstration would have not done the job. Such a demonstration would have detonated a nuclear weapon in a non-inhabited but observable area to compel Japan to surrender.
And a... | shhw3j | CMV: The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not justified. | One of the most fundamental rules of civilized warfare (at least as civilized as warfare can be) is that belligerent nations must not deliberately target noncombatants. The atomic bomb, however, is a uniquely destructive weapon with more potential to cause civilian casualties than any other. In the case of the two bomb... | TheRedBiker | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Social media encourages extremist positions and radicalization
1. Most social media platforms serve as echo chambers either through implicit algorithms designed specifically around a user or through explicitly segregated communities like subreddits
2. Social media is easy to manipulate. One troll can have a huge... | [removed]
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Thank you for your points. I think that filtering your feed or banning others only exasperated the echo chamber problem. The solution is better education. We need to encourage critical minds that will be less susceptible to manipulation and group think. We also need to find some fix to social media as i... | I think the problem is less the systems (although there [definitely are problems with some of the platform](https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.11211) whether they are intentional or not) and more a problem with people wanting to feel comfortable and reinforced. One of the things I like about this sub is that most people postin... | hel8dg | CMV: Social media encourages extremist positions and radicalization | 1. Most social media platforms serve as echo chambers either through implicit algorithms designed specifically around a user or through explicitly segregated communities like subreddits
2. Social media is easy to manipulate. One troll can have a huge impact, and organizations or governments take this to the next level... | bazookatroopa | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If you think a question in a post is too simple, you should scroll past it instead of saying “just google it” or “ask ChatGPT.”
People don’t say this to me very often, but it’s annoying when they do. What I especially get annoyed by, though, is when I see people answer like this in hobby subreddits. It’s actually... | While I generally agree with you, in the spirit of the sub:
Gathering your own information is an important skill to have and everyone’s time is important.
If you make a post that is a simple question while that doesn’t break the rules per se of a sub. You’ve essentially wasted the time of every person who views your... | As a counterpoint, one of the great joys of being new to a hobby is learning about it, and learning on your own is much more satisfying than being handed an answer.
In the case that the question really is something that a novice will be able to figure out on their own with a google search, suggesting that they do so i... | 1jkgicm | CMV: If you think a question in a post is too simple, you should scroll past it instead of saying “just google it” or “ask ChatGPT.” | People don’t say this to me very often, but it’s annoying when they do. What I especially get annoyed by, though, is when I see people answer like this in hobby subreddits. It’s actually just a little heartbreaking when I see someone new to a hobby ask an admittedly beginner question to the group, only to be met with “... | Golem_of_the_Oak | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: "Reversing" discrimination is great, as long as it is proportional, and effectively resolves discrimination in the past.
This always seemed like common sense to me.
If I have 120 dollars total, and I give person A 100 dollars, and person B 20 dollars, the right thing to do to fix this injustice would be to take... | > If you discriminate in one direction, it seems like your choices are either 1) ignore it or 2) redistribute resources in the other direction to fix it.
Why do you not include option 3 -- stop the discrimination and distribute fairly moving forward?
It's like you said your solution and the worst possible solution ar... | >If I have 120 dollars total, and I give person A 100 dollars, and person B 20 dollars, the right thing to do to fix this injustice would be to take 40 dollars from person A, leaving both people with 60 dollars. I think most would agree this is good and fair.
The argument is that you give B 80 dollars to make up the d... | 192hcz0 | CMV: "Reversing" discrimination is great, as long as it is proportional, and effectively resolves discrimination in the past. | This always seemed like common sense to me.
If I have 120 dollars total, and I give person A 100 dollars, and person B 20 dollars, the right thing to do to fix this injustice would be to take 40 dollars from person A, leaving both people with 60 dollars. I think most would agree this is good and fair.
Let's say I hi... | Plastic-Abroc67a8282 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: The LGBTQ+ community is going about gaining acceptance wrong and is treating symptoms instead of trying to cure the underlying problem.
From my albeit limited knowledge of the community as a whole and its inner workings I see a number groups of people who feel disenfranchised banding together with their loved on... | The trans community isn’t “newer.” Pride was started by trans women.
All this says to me is, “I don’t know the actual history of the LGBT movement.”
Here’s a trans woman, Sylvia Rivera, talking about trans struggles within the LGBT movement *in 1973*.
https://youtu.be/Jb-JIOWUw1o
You’re also kidding yourself if yo... | There is a lot going on in this post. What exactly is the view that you want challenged? That the LGBTQ movement isn’t gaining acceptance in the right way? Or that the community is too fractured to affect change?
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Essentially both. if they message was more oriented toward something like a constitutional amendment ... | henao6 | CMV: The LGBTQ+ community is going about gaining acceptance wrong and is treating symptoms instead of trying to cure the underlying problem. | From my albeit limited knowledge of the community as a whole and its inner workings I see a number groups of people who feel disenfranchised banding together with their loved ones to portray themselves as a larger, singular group to gain representation in the political arena. This is fine if they can keep their messag... | Isekai_litrpg | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People who talk about how bad the world is are actively contributing to the problems they complain about.
The people who will go on social media to complain about an article they just read and the bad social implications, or talk about how the world is terrible and there are just so many bad things that can never... | What if my complaint is, "The world is bad because people don't complain enough"?
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I absolutely understand raising concerns about issues. It's totally a valid and legitimate thing to have issues with the way things are. However, I believe 'complaining', in the essence of the word, is just not constructive. Perhaps... | I would argue that the act of complaining, while annoying to you, has a net positive to *that person's* mental health, because they are able to vent and receive sympathy for their frustrations. So the person complaining is in effect, improving the world by improving their personal mood, enabling them to focus on the th... | 60ifxr | CMV: People who talk about how bad the world is are actively contributing to the problems they complain about. | The people who will go on social media to complain about an article they just read and the bad social implications, or talk about how the world is terrible and there are just so many bad things that can never be changed are unbelievable hypocrites. They're just contributing to pessimism about the world and drawing conc... | Redsecurity | 5 | 3 | [
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CMV: The drama with the antiwork sub isn't isolated, but is rather a mirror of reddit in general
For those who aren't aware, the founder (or one of the founders) of the antiwork sub turned out to be a 30 year old dog walker who has little to no formal education or work experience. After she was removed, the next lead... | >There are young, inexperienced, and often uneducated people as mods across the many subs who are deciding what is and isn't racist, what is and isn't sexist, what is and isn't transphobic, or whatever their favorite -ist or -phobic is to such an extent that real meaningful conversation is muted.
Do you not want these... | [deleted]
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I think he is saying the people who run reddit at the 'coalface' are generally uneducated busybodies getting dopamine hits by banning people.
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CMV: Unions Are No Longer A Net Positive
Hey friends,
I’m open to being wrong about this because it’s gotten to a point when friends who work in unions are so loudly outspoken about their views and aggressively deny any -what I would deem valid- points I make. I’m genuinely willing to be wrong, I just haven’t been c... | "When strikes happen, it’s often because they aren’t getting the raises they want, so they’re legally able to not work, disrupt service and prevent hiring new employees or bringing in scabs. My view is that if you’re told no, it’s wildly childish to hamstring a company into giving you what you want: 1. When it’s not ea... | So I think your biggest and most real gripe here is about the strikes, but I think you're looking at it the wrong way.
You say it's childish, wildly childish even, to strike when being told no after asking for a raise. That door swings both ways though. Why does the company get to say no to a proposed compensation a... | 1l2o0n2 | CMV: Unions Are No Longer A Net Positive | Hey friends,
I’m open to being wrong about this because it’s gotten to a point when friends who work in unions are so loudly outspoken about their views and aggressively deny any -what I would deem valid- points I make. I’m genuinely willing to be wrong, I just haven’t been convinced yet.
I worked in a Canadian unio... | hawdawgz | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If you don't look nor sound like your preferred gender, you should stick to the one you represent.
I find it really confusing when someone who is male-presenting states themselves as a female without trying to look like one.
Presentation matters a lot. Just in the same way someone dresses to impress either emplo... | what if they are male presenting and are literally a female
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If they sound like a woman and feel like one i don't have much to add. Masculine women are still women.
Is this hypothetical person a "butch" female or a female transitioning?
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That's a question too hard for me to answer, but we as ... | You're saying here that the chief problem here with transgenderism is that *you might have a hard time identifying their gender*.
Compare this problem to the problems transgendered people face, like discrimination, hatred, far more attention than they likely ever wanted, public scrutiny, open hostility, the list goes ... | sh17yf | CMV: If you don't look nor sound like your preferred gender, you should stick to the one you represent. | I find it really confusing when someone who is male-presenting states themselves as a female without trying to look like one.
Presentation matters a lot. Just in the same way someone dresses to impress either employers, friends or partners, someone who wants to be called by other pronouns should look the part first.
... | Winter_Dragonfruit_2 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: having a "socialist" attitude is the optimal, rational, way for mankind to survive and thrive with no casualities
I'm going to define left and right as two specific mindsets. Kinda broad, abstract way of defining them.
- "Socialism", the "left", in which a person is caring about not only its wellbeing but also t... | So I personally believe in a hybrid. I believe some markets, like healthcare and military should be governmentally run, and most of the rest of the economy should be a free market with regulations (similar the US economy today (minus government healthcare)).
To your CMV, Free markets accomplish several things better... | History has taught us that socialism fails. I mean, capitalism may as well, but it's got socialism beat for the time being.
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I didn't say let's go full on CCCP. I said unrestricted, unruled free market is dangerous and to be avoided. People should aim to the best outcome for everyone, not personal profit over eve... | 60g92p | CMV: having a "socialist" attitude is the optimal, rational, way for mankind to survive and thrive with no casualities | I'm going to define left and right as two specific mindsets. Kinda broad, abstract way of defining them.
- "Socialism", the "left", in which a person is caring about not only its wellbeing but also the others', as long as they don't clash, finding a reasonable compromise in which either of them can do whatever they wa... | satuprinssi | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Conspiracy theorists, the most insane ones and far-out-of-touch type people all lean Right. And most do honestly.
When I say conspiracy theorists, I mean shit like New World Order. Central banking/Freemason cranks. Illuminati, or "Deep State" crazies. Believers in superscience Nazi secret societies that operate i... | You should visit Bristol in the UK. Plenty of far left conspiracies there.
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Really? I'd be fascinated to meet them.
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I recommend you listen to a podcast called “Marianna in Conspiracyland”. It’s not set in Bristol but it covers a lot of conspiracy theories across the spectrum.
A lot of conspiracy theorists a... | Are you sure you're not simply... dealing with far right conspiracies and ignoring far left conspiracy theories which can explain the skewed perception?
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What are some far left conspiracy theories then?
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CMV: Trumps increase in federal funding for private schools is a good thing.
First of all, I must declare that I am not American; I am in fact Australian, and an Australian student currently studying in a private school on top of that.
I believe that trumps plans to to increase the federal funding for private school... | It reminds me of the Dutch system, where the national government fully funds private schools and parents pay nothing. But there are a few critical differences between the two systems:
1. Private schools aren't allowed to charge parents. They can ask for financial support, but schools can't refuse children when their p... | Wait... I'm not familiar with the situation, but why should government subsidize a private industry? I thought Trump was about less government, not more government?
If the private education industry can't support itself, why shouldn't it be allowed to collapse?
Also, why is funding private schools the solution to shi... | 60g1tl | CMV: Trumps increase in federal funding for private schools is a good thing. | First of all, I must declare that I am not American; I am in fact Australian, and an Australian student currently studying in a private school on top of that.
I believe that trumps plans to to increase the federal funding for private schools is a good thing because of these reasons:
1. It allows organizations that a... | mcwelsh21 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If "From the river to the sea" is antisemitic, then so is virtually every pro-Palestine chant
The main reason people give for why "From the river to the sea" is antisemitic is that it appears in the [Hamas charter](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-2017-document-full):
> Hamas rejects any alternative to t... | Hamas's 2017 charter was written to be more acceptable to the international community; the document you're citing is *not* the reason people have a problem with "from the river to the sea" ... that document was written to obfuscate that end goal, and to make it appear that Hamas would be satisfied with a two state solu... | >If the chant is antisemitic by virtue of association with Hamas
It's not antisemitic because of an association with Hamas. It's antisemitic because, in the current environment, a Palestine stretching from the river to the see would be *controlled by Hamas*, a group that has set their sights on the eradication of Jews... | 191sgb2 | CMV: If "From the river to the sea" is antisemitic, then so is virtually every pro-Palestine chant | The main reason people give for why "From the river to the sea" is antisemitic is that it appears in the [Hamas charter](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-2017-document-full):
> Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea. However, without compromisi... | GoSouthCourt | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: If Brandon Herrera gets the GOP nomination for TX-23, he will lose the general election
For those of you who are unaware, a gun YouTuber named Brandon Herrera is running for Congress to oust Tony Gonzalez after he voted in favor of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act after the Uvalde school shooting.
Gonzales i... | It became bright red in 2022 because of redistricting. Any republican can win there
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I seem to have a hard time finding a source of redistricting for tx23 specifically, do you have a source for that?
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You can check out 538's analysis [here](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps/texas/).... | His district is Mexican, Mexicans drive pickup trucks and shoot AR15s even if they vote democrat, and you dont win their vote with the homosexual stuff.
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But Hispanics are less likely to own guns than both white and black Americans according to Pew Research…
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/th... | 191uybp | CMV: If Brandon Herrera gets the GOP nomination for TX-23, he will lose the general election | For those of you who are unaware, a gun YouTuber named Brandon Herrera is running for Congress to oust Tony Gonzalez after he voted in favor of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act after the Uvalde school shooting.
Gonzales is a Republican that is more on the moderate side considering his vote for the gun control act ... | DaleGribble2024 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The War On Drugs failed due to the punishments not being severe enough
The War on Drugs could have went significantly better had the DEA been able to request harsher sentences for distribution. Specifically corporal punishment and public executions for distribution would have made the drug problem in the United S... | If corporal punishment and public executions gone ahead and successfully deterred distribution, then the War on Drugs would still have been a failure, because it would have been *unjust* - a violation of human rights, a betrayal of the values of personal freedom, and a destruction of American identity. America would be... | That's true. Al McCoy makes your argument in most of his books, including Politics of Heroin in SE Asia. You can effectively eliminate drug sale if you're a fascist government. Just shoot anyone you even half suspect of involvement without a trial, and people will pretty quickly stop selling smack. We can't do that tho... | 60engc | CMV: The War On Drugs failed due to the punishments not being severe enough | The War on Drugs could have went significantly better had the DEA been able to request harsher sentences for distribution. Specifically corporal punishment and public executions for distribution would have made the drug problem in the United States negligible had they been enforced. Prison sentences cause people to dis... | Blood_tree | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: The War On Drugs failed due to the punishments not being severe enough
The War on Drugs could have went significantly better had the DEA been able to request harsher sentences for distribution. Specifically corporal punishment and public executions for distribution would have made the drug problem in the United S... | Would you apply this to Marijuana as severely as cocaine, meth, and heroin?
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No
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How would you apply it to Marijuana?
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Same basic logic but because it isn't as bad the sentences will be slightly less.
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Explain to me what 'slightly less' than capital punishment is?
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Only using corporal punishmen... | That's true. Al McCoy makes your argument in most of his books, including Politics of Heroin in SE Asia. You can effectively eliminate drug sale if you're a fascist government. Just shoot anyone you even half suspect of involvement without a trial, and people will pretty quickly stop selling smack. We can't do that tho... | 60engc | CMV: The War On Drugs failed due to the punishments not being severe enough | The War on Drugs could have went significantly better had the DEA been able to request harsher sentences for distribution. Specifically corporal punishment and public executions for distribution would have made the drug problem in the United States negligible had they been enforced. Prison sentences cause people to dis... | Blood_tree | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: The War On Drugs failed due to the punishments not being severe enough
The War on Drugs could have went significantly better had the DEA been able to request harsher sentences for distribution. Specifically corporal punishment and public executions for distribution would have made the drug problem in the United S... | People still use drugs in the Philippines right?
There are still drug addicts there correct?
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Duterte is not as able to effectively enforce policy due to the Philippines being a third world country with corruption and he still made drug usage go down. The United States would have much better outcomes due to a bet... | That's true. Al McCoy makes your argument in most of his books, including Politics of Heroin in SE Asia. You can effectively eliminate drug sale if you're a fascist government. Just shoot anyone you even half suspect of involvement without a trial, and people will pretty quickly stop selling smack. We can't do that tho... | 60engc | CMV: The War On Drugs failed due to the punishments not being severe enough | The War on Drugs could have went significantly better had the DEA been able to request harsher sentences for distribution. Specifically corporal punishment and public executions for distribution would have made the drug problem in the United States negligible had they been enforced. Prison sentences cause people to dis... | Blood_tree | 11 | 11 | [
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CMV: Sociology is not a real science and has no real applications
Sociology is not a real science and has no real applications. Sociology is not a real science because it does not have universal consistency. People and society are too unpredictable to study, document, and infer based on past data. A person or group of... | I am a PhD student and researcher, my research focuses on sociology of education and educational linguistics, so hopefully I can add a bit of an insider's perspective.
> People and society are too unpredictable to study, document, and infer based on past data
Sociological research tends to focus on particular aspects... | Psychology which is basically the micro setting of sociology works pretty well even though the same rule (people are different) applies. And yet, under given circumstances we tend to respond similarly.
There is nothing wrong with a scientific field which only does research because lots and lots of data will make sense... | 60dq07 | CMV: Sociology is not a real science and has no real applications | Sociology is not a real science and has no real applications. Sociology is not a real science because it does not have universal consistency. People and society are too unpredictable to study, document, and infer based on past data. A person or group of individual could act one way for one reason, and another can act t... | UNLUCKYButKeepGoing | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 should be changed to only protect current employees and not potential ones.
In 1978, the united States passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act which basically created a new classification of protected class to include women who are medically pregnant. This law makes it ill... | >So now I am having to pay wages/benefits/ect for two people instead of one
FMLA actually only requires that you hold the position for the person, it does not require you to pay them while they are on leave. Essentially your complaint would be you hired someone, trained them a bit, they left, forgot everything and now... | Just for clarification, you are only referring to potential employees that are pregnant not ones that are likely to become pregnant.
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CMV: "Classic Literature" that is assigned to average school students is not beneficial.
So many works that are classified as classics and have been assigned to generation after generation are, in my opinion, doing no good for anyone.
For reference, I'm referring to works like; "Romeo and Juliet" , "The Crucible" , ... | The first time I was made to read Romeo and Juliet, I fell asleep on my book right in the middle of class, so trust me when I say I can see where you're coming from. When I walked out of that class I thought to myself that it was the single worst, most pointless, and impossibly difficult thing I had ever read, and neve... | Is Lord of the Flies particularly difficult?
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No, but it's disturbing and taught me 0 life lessons and I wish I had never read it.
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Isn't the life lesson that, when in groups and isolated, humans will often break into smaller groups and attack each other? Isn't it a microcosm of human civilisation?
I'd wa... | 60e1hr | CMV: "Classic Literature" that is assigned to average school students is not beneficial. | So many works that are classified as classics and have been assigned to generation after generation are, in my opinion, doing no good for anyone.
For reference, I'm referring to works like; "Romeo and Juliet" , "The Crucible" , "The Lord of the Flies" , "Fahrenheit 451" , and "The Grapes of Wrath". I am not saying I ... | slytherin-by-night | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Desire to see all races represented in settings that have no reason to have them is anti-diversity
A common sentiment today is that settings with largely white people are not diverse enough and when re-adapting the work featuring them should be changed to have more representation of all races, in the name of dive... | >A common modern-day example is Witcher.
The Witcher is a fantasy world. It may be *based* on Medieval Poland, but it *isn't.* This is a world where super-human swordsmen fight giant bug monsters with magic fireballs... but black people is too hard to accept?
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It isn't even really based on medieval poland. Plenty... | In medieval Poland, there were no dragons. No one spoke English and people speaking English at the time would have sounded much different.
The music is full of instruments that didn't exist at the time and certainly not in Poland.
The word "fuck" didn't exist until the early renaissance, but the show is peppered with... | sgghc0 | CMV: Desire to see all races represented in settings that have no reason to have them is anti-diversity | A common sentiment today is that settings with largely white people are not diverse enough and when re-adapting the work featuring them should be changed to have more representation of all races, in the name of diversity.
In my opinion, it makes perfect sense when depicting a setting that is supposed to be multi-racia... | Ancquar | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: I don't believe in giving homeless people money.
I used to, but not anymore. It's not because they're going to buy drugs with it either. If they are, then that's on them. But I stopped because I've come to realize that I started giving every single homeless person money, and it adds up. I took a tally of how much... | Why is the distinction of having a home the make or break for you? That just means that in addition to having fiscal problems, they also don't have close ones that can help them through.
Besides spending too much, couldn't the same be said of people that are wealthier? If you gave $5 to all of your more fiscally secur... | It doesn't sound you actually "don't believe in giving homeless people money" as any kind of general principle, you just don't know how to manage your money properly and have apparently decided to blame "the homeless."
Like, seriously: $360 in a month of just giving change randomly whenever you run into someone homele... | 60clf2 | CMV: I don't believe in giving homeless people money. | I used to, but not anymore. It's not because they're going to buy drugs with it either. If they are, then that's on them. But I stopped because I've come to realize that I started giving every single homeless person money, and it adds up. I took a tally of how much I gave in a month and it added up to some $360ish USD.... | supermoto007 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If you are on the left, you really shouldn't want internet services to be a public utility
This is based on the assumption that you like it when access to internet services are shut off to conservatives, as well as extremist right wing groups.
If internet services were a utility, then freedom of association woul... | >If internet services were a utility, then freedom of association would be removed from service providers. EG - A power company isn't allowed to shut off service to a house because they don't like the owners polical views.
Power companies can shut of power to a particular house that is engaged in illegal activities. I... | Can I ask what your definition of "on the left" is? Because it seems very different than mine.
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This view is limited to those on the left that wish to censor speech. I guess it really doesn't even matter what side of the political spectrum one is on, but being against free speech and being on the right isn't reall... | oeddxb | CMV: If you are on the left, you really shouldn't want internet services to be a public utility | This is based on the assumption that you like it when access to internet services are shut off to conservatives, as well as extremist right wing groups.
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CMV: We are not entitled to verbal respect
So often do I hear people say they don’t care what others say/think but so little do I see the proof of this self-proclamation. Everywhere I go, someone is upset over being disrespected.
We care a *lot* about what others say/think about us. Way more than we dare to admit. W... | No one is entitled to anything, which makes the whole argument seem pointless. Entitlement is not a force of nature
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Yes, and some people believe that we should be entitled to respect. But entitlement is enforced by society, it's not something assigned by a sp... | I think it’s morally good to have a base level of respect for everyone. Do you disagree?
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It just makes sense as an opportunistic argument | 1bp0jqu | CMV: We are not entitled to verbal respect | So often do I hear people say they don’t care what others say/think but so little do I see the proof of this self-proclamation. Everywhere I go, someone is upset over being disrespected.
We care a *lot* about what others say/think about us. Way more than we dare to admit. We are essentially dependent on it. Everytime... | Odd_Profession_2902 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If a carbon tax is introduced and disadvantaged people's cost of living goes up by $0.01 or more, then they should be heavily compensated per disadvantage
At the moment, disadvantaged people (e.g. non-white people, overweight people, poor people, short people, ugly people, uneducated people, etc) have to go throu... | These are two independent issues.
Even if there is not a carbon tax, we are still obligated to do something about disadvantaged people, to let them live a quality of life that is accepted by everyone else.
Even if we (unjustifiably) do nothing about disadvantaged people, that still doesn't make doing something about ... | Why just a carbon tax.
What about property tax, income tax, business tax sales tax and any other type of tax I missed.
And if I'm bi but am rich what tax do I have when compared to a trans millionaire vs a black female.
Your tax scale would be insanely complicated.
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At the moment, disadvantaged people (e.g. non-white people, overweight people, poor people, short people, ugly people, uneducated people, etc) have to go throu... | Yeah. That's called a progressive tax. We have that.
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Disadvantaged at what? How do we know people are disadvantaged?
We would need some kind of system where we... | Why just a carbon tax.
What about property tax, income tax, business tax sales tax and any other type of tax I missed.
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At the moment, disadvantaged people (e.g. non-white people, overweight people, poor people, short people, ugly people, uneducated people, etc) have to go throu... | Why just a carbon tax.
What about property tax, income tax, business tax sales tax and any other type of tax I missed.
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I certainly agree, the disadvantaged shou... | Yeah. That's called a progressive tax. We have that.
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At the moment, disadvantaged people (e.g. non-white people, overweight people, poor people, short people, ugly people, uneducated people, etc) have to go throu... | Why just a carbon tax.
What about property tax, income tax, business tax sales tax and any other type of tax I missed.
And if I'm bi but am rich what tax do I have when compared to a trans millionaire vs a black female.
Your tax scale would be insanely complicated.
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I certainly agree, the disadvantaged shou... | Yeah. That's called a progressive tax. We have that.
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CMV: In light of the chaos in the House of Representatives, we should replace all of them.
Recently, the House voted to remove its Speaker and we’ve had the last two weeks without a functioning Congress.
1. The American people should want Congress to function, and that is primarily through compromise and consensus bu... | >My only reasoning for the Dem vote to remove McCarthy was that they knew the Republicans couldn’t find a leader because of this small group of dissenters.
They removed him because he supports policy they don't, is a pathological liar, supported Trump, denied their policies floor votes, among many other reasons includ... | > There was so much vitriol for Senate Republicans when they blocked Garland from taking a seat on the SCOTUS, but they were “just following the rules.”
No, they weren't.
> My only reasoning for the Dem vote to remove McCarthy was that they knew the Republicans couldn’t find a leader because of this small group of... | 17d94f7 | CMV: In light of the chaos in the House of Representatives, we should replace all of them. | Recently, the House voted to remove its Speaker and we’ve had the last two weeks without a functioning Congress.
1. The American people should want Congress to function, and that is primarily through compromise and consensus building. Congress is the primary federal governing body and it should represent the will of t... | rex_lauandi | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Teaching the logical consequences of atheism to a child is disgusting
I will argue this view with some examples.
1. The best friend of your child dies. Your child asks where his friend went after dying. An atheist who would stand to his belief would answer: "He is nowhere. He doesn't exist anymore. We all will c... | Atheists don't have to be moral subjectivists. For example, Utilitarianism is atheism compatible and is an objective morality.
It would thoroughly denounce the Nazis because, you know, they hurt and killed so many people.
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What if an utilitarian believes that the jews control the world and that the nazis were r... | The issue here is explaining the concepts poorly, not that they are inherently bad.
1. You tell you child that their friend might be condemned to purgatory to differ for eternity if they weren’t good during their life, and we have no way of knowing if they will suffer or not.
2. The Nazis were only bad because the... | 1hht70d | CMV: Teaching the logical consequences of atheism to a child is disgusting | I will argue this view with some examples.
1. The best friend of your child dies. Your child asks where his friend went after dying. An atheist who would stand to his belief would answer: "He is nowhere. He doesn't exist anymore. We all will cease to exist after we die." Do you think that will help a child in his grief... | Soma_Man77 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: In the Court System, The British System of Having Loser Pays is Far Superior to the American System of Parties Pay Their Own Way.
(1) Under the Brit's system, cases of lower merit are rarely filed, as losing the case increases costs to the loser.
(2) Under the Brit's system, settling cases outside of the courts ... | I can see merits to both systems. For example, say you know that you are correct, but you are not sure that you can win a court case against a much wealthier opponent.
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(2) Under the Brit's system, settling cases outside of the courts is more encouraged, based on (1) which lowers appeals and speeds up the results for both parties.
(3) The Brit's system means that peop... | kingpatzer | 13 | 12 | [
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CMV: In the Court System, The British System of Having Loser Pays is Far Superior to the American System of Parties Pay Their Own Way.
(1) Under the Brit's system, cases of lower merit are rarely filed, as losing the case increases costs to the loser.
(2) Under the Brit's system, settling cases outside of the courts ... | I can see merits to both systems. For example, say you know that you are correct, but you are not sure that you can win a court case against a much wealthier opponent.
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CMV: Tradition works and should be respected
Tradition is a custom or mode of thought/behaviour that is passed down within a culture from generation to generation. This means that by its very definition, what has become traditional is something that fulfills a purpose and fulfils this purpose effectively.
These can ... | Tradition is just a nice word for 'that's what we've always done', which doesn't make it inherently a good thing in any way. Some traditions are useful, some are pointless. Something being a tradition doesn't say anything about how useful/good it is.
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just because 400 years ago we made butter by hand doesnt mean traditional butter making is more efficient than using a machine.
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It was the most effective form of making butter for thousands of years. But it’s become redundant as better methods of ... | 1hhpyri | CMV: Tradition works and should be respected | Tradition is a custom or mode of thought/behaviour that is passed down within a culture from generation to generation. This means that by its very definition, what has become traditional is something that fulfills a purpose and fulfils this purpose effectively.
These can range from traditional values such as no sex b... | TheMinisterForReddit | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: just because the video game is fictional does not give the writers the right to alter how a system of government functions and operates within the constraints of the procedures given to them by said government
Feel free to correct any inaccuracies
I'm saying this because the writers of Black ops Cold War have ab... | Writers absolutely have the right to take creative liberty with how government works. If writers couldn't be creative, James Bond would not exist because there is no evidence that MI6 has "00" agents with licenses to kill. If writers could not be creative, the Men In Black movies would not exist because there is no MIB... | Anyone who’s worked in government knows it’s as boring as any other job. If they sticked to how everything actually is in reality then nobody would play the game
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Even police shows like The Rookie have the police constantly getting Into gunfights and huge life or death situations. Just one or two of the bigger ep... | 1mgwsmr | CMV: just because the video game is fictional does not give the writers the right to alter how a system of government functions and operates within the constraints of the procedures given to them by said government | Feel free to correct any inaccuracies
I'm saying this because the writers of Black ops Cold War have absolutely no idea how the CIA functions. Case in point, the CIA does not go around with guns killing people without authorization and even if they were given authorization, they wouldn't do it in such a open blatant m... | International-Box956 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: All Driver License Renewals Should Require Passing Another Driver’s Test
I promote implementing a universal rule that all drivers operating a motorized vehicle should have to re-take another driving test in order to renew their license once expired. Currently, drivers can renew their license without demonstrating... | Your numbers representing fatal crashes do not correlate to a drivers ability. Large majority of fatal crashes come from distracted driving, driving under the influence, and excessive speeding.
Those things won’t be stop by more frequent driving tests. Therefore you’d still see the same amount of fatalities regardles... | [removed]
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Yes, but it already takes all day in there 😂
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[removed] | r5ehjb | CMV: All Driver License Renewals Should Require Passing Another Driver’s Test | I promote implementing a universal rule that all drivers operating a motorized vehicle should have to re-take another driving test in order to renew their license once expired. Currently, drivers can renew their license without demonstrating any new competency or improvement than the first day they received their licen... | Insightful_Remedies | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Tariffs actually (politically) progressive
To be clear, this is not a pro or anti Trump post. Just the subject of tariffs being discussed got me thinking about it.
The global labor market seems to work in a 'lowest bidder' kind of way (i.e. "who can make these products at a quality level we deem acceptable for t... | But how does that lead to developing nations changing their labor laws and wages?
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As I said in my post, it probably doesn't. That change would need to come from the country itself. But it does remove directly benefiting from the exploitation.
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But there would be better ways to implement this.
Blanket tariffs... | I don’t disagree with your title that Tariffs are politically progressive.
Sometimes tariffs are justified it’s very much a case by case basis. But there are negatives to tariffs. It means less of your products are being brought which means less money coming in. It means that goods will be more expensive both the cou... | 1hho98n | CMV: Tariffs actually (politically) progressive | To be clear, this is not a pro or anti Trump post. Just the subject of tariffs being discussed got me thinking about it.
The global labor market seems to work in a 'lowest bidder' kind of way (i.e. "who can make these products at a quality level we deem acceptable for the lowest possible cost?").
In a lot of cases th... | Loose-Tumbleweed-468 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Transracial adoptees can racially identify with the country they were born in
Ok so for some context- I was adopted from China when I was a toddler. I was born in central China, abandoned at birth, and lived in an orphanage until being adopted. Now I’m in my 20’s living in Minnesota. I have no information on my m... | First off, are you sure you don't mean mixed-race? Transracial usually refers to a person claiming to identify with a race they don't belong to, e.g., a pasty white lady claiming to be black. Not a Asian+Black kid saying he's black or asian.
Apart from that, title and your OP don't quite line up here. Which would yo... | "identity" is fundamentally a social concept, not a biological one. and when people ask, a large part of it is social and cultural, not just some interrogation into your genetic heritage.
and yeah, you fall into an awkward situation since for many people, race (as a genetic matter) is closely tied to identity since m... | 17cv50a | CMV: Transracial adoptees can racially identify with the country they were born in | Ok so for some context- I was adopted from China when I was a toddler. I was born in central China, abandoned at birth, and lived in an orphanage until being adopted. Now I’m in my 20’s living in Minnesota. I have no information on my medical or family history- so I have always just said I’m of Asian descent- and if I ... | Successful-Shopping8 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Fragile Femininity is much more common than Fragile Masculinity.
I constantly see people claim that masculinity is super fragile. I kind of think this funny when you consider, that women are the ones who are often asking for safe spaces, claiming the existence of a rape culture and whining about patriarchy. Meanw... | You completely misunderstand the phrase. Fragile Masculinity refers to men's fear that they will not be seen as a "real man" if they say or do the wrong things.
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Yet its often men freaking out about diversity because they essentially want their whole life to be a 'safe space'
> rape cultur... | 7heflf | CMV: Fragile Femininity is much more common than Fragile Masculinity. | I constantly see people claim that masculinity is super fragile. I kind of think this funny when you consider, that women are the ones who are often asking for safe spaces, claiming the existence of a rape culture and whining about patriarchy. Meanwhile, men are often pushing themselves to be as self reliant as possibl... | mcgrathc09 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The pro-choice movement hasn't done enough to justify taking rights away from a fetus
I was originally raised as a conservative christian in a very politically active household. This led me to be pro-life, among other things. I came to view abortion as the taking of a life.
Over time, I fell away from religion a... | First up, under legal precedent going back a long way, a fetus is not a person. It has no rights. It is seen as part of the mother’s body. Long before the modern abortion debate this was often an issue in probate court, like when a man left his estate to his children and another was born after he died. Therefore, you c... | There is a difference between a clump of cells and a marginalized group of people.
one of those groups clearly has human rights that can be violated. The other group isn't a person.
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I mean, I understand. I'm just struggling with the rationale behind a fetus not being a person. At what point does it become one?... | 6wvohi | CMV: The pro-choice movement hasn't done enough to justify taking rights away from a fetus | I was originally raised as a conservative christian in a very politically active household. This led me to be pro-life, among other things. I came to view abortion as the taking of a life.
Over time, I fell away from religion and became more and more liberal, but remained politically active. I personally am pro-choice... | SeesEverythingTwice | 5 | 5 | [
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