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CMV: you can buy the Hogwarts Legacy game without supporting the questionable anti-trans beliefs of J.K Rowling
So this is something I've thought about for a while, and I do want to have it changed, if I've got it all wrong.
I've encountered many cases of people saying that by buying a certain product you accordingly... | The title and the conclusion of your text are not the same.
What do you actually believe? That buying it constitute no harm or that it constitutes an acceptable moral compromise?
Those two beliefs are mutually exclusive (if there was no harm, there'd be no need for a compromise)
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There's harm in almost everyth... | > such as eating animal meat or buying products that have been tested on/made from animals, or buying certain foods because they are cheaper and you don’t have the money to splurge
You are comparing buying the food you need to survive to buying a video game.
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Yes I did mention that in my post:
>Now, obviously s... | 119xoto | CMV: you can buy the Hogwarts Legacy game without supporting the questionable anti-trans beliefs of J.K Rowling | So this is something I've thought about for a while, and I do want to have it changed, if I've got it all wrong.
I've encountered many cases of people saying that by buying a certain product you accordingly support the creator(s) of it, financially or otherwise, and as such also support them spreading their morally qu... | Helliongloom | 5 | 5 | [
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cmv: polyamoury isn't a sexuality
Update: my mind has been changed.
Interested in having my view changed because a lot of people talk about polyamoury as though it's the way they are, not the way they live, and I'm wondering what I'm missing.
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Curious to hear the opposing viewpoint I guess
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I cannot be in a monogamous relationship. It's restricting and awful, a crushing pressure to cut part of myself off every day in order to fit into a relationship that is mostly suffering with very little benefit to me.
So I never entered a relationsh... | [deleted]
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Do you believe that attraction to curly hair or not is “a sexuality”?
O.p. does not really define what a “sexualiy” would be. In practice this word mostly seems to be used for gender-based attractions or lack thereof, — yet another case of gender being placed at the centre of the universe by some, need... | w79pmx | cmv: polyamoury isn't a sexuality | Update: my mind has been changed.
Interested in having my view changed because a lot of people talk about polyamoury as though it's the way they are, not the way they live, and I'm wondering what I'm missing.
The way I see it, polyamoury is a lifestyle or a type of relationship. If you're in a monogamous relationship... | ImpossibleSquish | 5 | 5 | [
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cmv: polyamoury isn't a sexuality
Update: my mind has been changed.
Interested in having my view changed because a lot of people talk about polyamoury as though it's the way they are, not the way they live, and I'm wondering what I'm missing.
The way I see it, polyamoury is a lifestyle or a type of relationship. If ... | [removed]
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Curious to hear the opposing viewpoint I guess
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I cannot be in a monogamous relationship. It's restricting and awful, a crushing pressure to cut part of myself off every day in order to fit into a relationship that is mostly suffering with very little benefit to me.
So I never entered a relationsh... | [deleted]
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Do you believe that attraction to curly hair or not is “a sexuality”?
O.p. does not really define what a “sexualiy” would be. In practice this word mostly seems to be used for gender-based attractions or lack thereof, — yet another case of gender being placed at the centre of the universe by some, need... | w79pmx | cmv: polyamoury isn't a sexuality | Update: my mind has been changed.
Interested in having my view changed because a lot of people talk about polyamoury as though it's the way they are, not the way they live, and I'm wondering what I'm missing.
The way I see it, polyamoury is a lifestyle or a type of relationship. If you're in a monogamous relationship... | ImpossibleSquish | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The new GA bill is not racist
First off, I want to point out that I am a Democrat and I voted for John Ossoff, because I do believe Kemp is a turd.
With that out of the way, the new Georgia bill has been getting a lot of buzz lately because it "targets minorities". Well, I was curious about this, so I looked it ... | People also call the requirement to have such an ID in person racist, so its existence is not exactly a good argument that it's not racist.
And you don't need such IDs as proof of citizenship to be a citizen, plenty of US citizens don't have such IDs
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It's the most reasonable proof to bring though, because a birt... | The reason why people say it's racist is because it severely affects more urban areas, which more often than not is predominantly black. By limiting the number of polling places and ballot drop-off locations, it will create much longer lines that could turn off urban voters, which proportionally are black democrats.
-... | mfs8jj | CMV: The new GA bill is not racist | First off, I want to point out that I am a Democrat and I voted for John Ossoff, because I do believe Kemp is a turd.
With that out of the way, the new Georgia bill has been getting a lot of buzz lately because it "targets minorities". Well, I was curious about this, so I looked it up and this is essentially what peop... | -knave1- | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The natural result of using Reddit frequently "should lead" a person to becoming more of an Independent
Edit: When I say Independent I'm referring to a person who is an "independent thinker in general" as opposed to being in the Independent party. Thank you.
In speaking for myself, I've always been an independe... | >The only way that you can truly adhere to only one party or another is by NOT LISTENING. If you listen honorably, you have to agree with some things being claimed by both sides and disagree with some things be claimed by both sides.
This is only true when both sides of an issue have equal merit.
If one side is argui... | Reddit provides a pretty broad range of views but still has a specific target audience (I'm guessing, 16-30 years and used to working with computers).
However I do agree with your main point, except I find many people who base their entire opinion on other peoples' opinions, eventually struggle to form their own opini... | gz3kuu | CMV: The natural result of using Reddit frequently "should lead" a person to becoming more of an Independent | Edit: When I say Independent I'm referring to a person who is an "independent thinker in general" as opposed to being in the Independent party. Thank you.
In speaking for myself, I've always been an independent. Participating on Reddit has reinforced that status even more.
The best way to explain it is by using Ame... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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cmv: the most likely explanation of Fermi's Paradox is the universe is teeming with life floating through space
Lets start with the obvious:
* the universe is more massive than we humans can wrap our heads around
* there is no reason life must be caron-based
* there is no reason we, or any other life form cant evolve... | You should read the three body problem. It lays out a very compelling solution to the fermi paradox called the dark forests theory. Basically the idea that the universe appears empty because any species that reveals itself is destroyed by more advanced civilizations, so civilizations either realize they need to stay hi... | Most of the real estate in this universe is in gas giants. Terrestrial land is comparatively rare, with liquid water even more so. I suspect that whatever life there is will be swimming under intense pressure in a methane sea.
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there's more space in space than there is in gas giants. | w76xry | cmv: the most likely explanation of Fermi's Paradox is the universe is teeming with life floating through space | Lets start with the obvious:
* the universe is more massive than we humans can wrap our heads around
* there is no reason life must be caron-based
* there is no reason we, or any other life form cant evolve into or create another life form.
* a common theory of earth's origin of life includes the impact of 2 objects, ... | Zealot_TKO | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Corruption is sometimes good for society
Corruption allows people to live a more comfortable life under a state's draconian social laws.
For example, in Thailand, the legal purchasing age of alcohol is 20+ but if people under 20 wants to buy alcohol, they would be breaking the law. However, there are many bars ... | The only benefit I see you list is monetary and it acts under the assumption people are robots with no feelings. You assume corrupt cops are doing good things with their extra money, when there are cops involved in using prostitution, gambling, alcohol, or buying any other luxury for their own selfish reasons. You also... | The problem with your view is that corruption is a bad fix to a real problem that often creates even more problems.
I live in a nation where corruption is rampant and casual and it doesn't go how you're arguing. For instance; the police are eager to fine you for anything and everything because they know that you'd ra... | 1c8kww4 | CMV: Corruption is sometimes good for society | Corruption allows people to live a more comfortable life under a state's draconian social laws.
For example, in Thailand, the legal purchasing age of alcohol is 20+ but if people under 20 wants to buy alcohol, they would be breaking the law. However, there are many bars that pay police money to not raid the bars to c... | MaxMaxMax_05 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Putting punctuation marks that mark the structure of a sentence in quotation marks is objectively grammatically incorrect; they should be put outside the quotes.
In other words, what I think is that putting quotation marks like "this", and not like "this," is the only objectively grammatical way of writing.
Fir... | [removed]
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Okay I kinda see where you are coming from with this, but I would like to ask a few more questions:
1. Let me verify that your American friends do in fact laugh at you for putting the punctuation after the quote, and this was not mentioned just for the sake of argument.
2. Why do they laugh at you? Be... | Objectively, the United States, Great Britain, and other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations are governed by quite different conventions.
Objectively, there are no universal set of rules that apply for all English users on the use of quotations\punctuation. There may be overlaps, yes, but they are not 100% univ... | gyzkmn | CMV: Putting punctuation marks that mark the structure of a sentence in quotation marks is objectively grammatically incorrect; they should be put outside the quotes. | In other words, what I think is that putting quotation marks like "this", and not like "this," is the only objectively grammatical way of writing.
First off, to clarify, I do not mean putting all punctuation marks outside quotation marks. For example:
Bill said, "The cat is big."
"The cat is big," said Bill.
Both... | singletonking | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: BLM protesting the Tekle Sundberg shooting and heckling the victim shows no rationality, only blind hatred of police, and BLM leadership should denounce the protests in order to mitigate this loss of legitimacy.
It unfortunately seems to be a pattern that Black Lives Matter frequently protests the death of people... | How do you determine if a police shooting is justified or not? Given qualified immunity and given prosecutorial apprehension when it comes to one of their own, it seems basically every police shooting is de facto justified except when it is sufficiently politically problematic.
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Bodycam footage, which is almost al... | BLM is nor more an organization than is the civil rights movement. Should we condemn conservatism an illegitimate organization because trumps pacs are riddles with embezzlement?
Should we damn all people who thought the election was a sham because of the actions of the Jan 6 violence and attempt to stop transition of... | w6zfsz | CMV: BLM protesting the Tekle Sundberg shooting and heckling the victim shows no rationality, only blind hatred of police, and BLM leadership should denounce the protests in order to mitigate this loss of legitimacy. | It unfortunately seems to be a pattern that Black Lives Matter frequently protests the death of people who are justifiably shot by police, often with damning bodycam footage to that end.
This too is the case with the shooting of Tekle Sundberg, who shot up a woman's apartment with her children inside and after a 6 hou... | Pangolinsftw | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: If You Are A Rapist Or A Murderer, Then You Should Attempt To Subject Yourself To An Equal Amount Of Pain Your Victim Experienced
I want to give some context to this post. A couple years ago, I stabbed a friend in the back with my pencil because he took my pencil. Now, I am not planning on killing myself now beca... | A majority of rapists either do not think that they are rapists or they feel no regret for their actions. This means that they would not feel the regret that would push them to subject themselves to the same pain.
This idea is also very subjective. Some women may experience more psychological trauma than others, and s... | How does that benefit them? Should you attempt to you know not get caught instead of torturing yourself? Like your argument is under the presumption that the rapist/murderer wants to make some kind of amends but if that's not the case they have literally zero reason to do that and frankly even if it was the case there ... | pjfodf | CMV: If You Are A Rapist Or A Murderer, Then You Should Attempt To Subject Yourself To An Equal Amount Of Pain Your Victim Experienced | I want to give some context to this post. A couple years ago, I stabbed a friend in the back with my pencil because he took my pencil. Now, I am not planning on killing myself now because I don't really feel like doing so, but I would not attempt to resist if he were to attempt to strangle me to death right now. Or, I ... | Accomplished-Ride-25 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Bodily autonomy shouldn't extend to deceased people.
Edit: formatting
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* A dead person has no feelings. They can't feel sad, angry, remorseful, discontent, anything. They can't know if their body autonomy has been violated. They aren't conscious. It doesn't matter to them.
* Some things are more... | The point you are missing is called respect and dignity. That body was a child at one point it may have been a sibling or parent too.
The dead regardless of who they are deserve respect and dignity
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Refer to the first point. What does a deceased person have to do with respect or dignity?
On the other hand, w... | > Some things are more important than body autonomy. Take the instance of blood donation. If your blood type matches another person's who's dying from a loss of blood, you should be legally obligated to donate your blood as long as you're healthy.
So by this logic, if overcrowding were an issue, you'd see no problem ... | 8s7o5b | CMV: Bodily autonomy shouldn't extend to deceased people. | Edit: formatting
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* A dead person has no feelings. They can't feel sad, angry, remorseful, discontent, anything. They can't know if their body autonomy has been violated. They aren't conscious. It doesn't matter to them.
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CMV: Ten year olds should be allowed to vote
I am talking specifically about the UK right now, but I think the same principle applies to other countries.
In the UK the age of legal responsibility is ten (in Scotland 12).
The idea of representative democracy is that you can vote on who represents you in government.... | Is it *unreasonable* to have a cutoff age for voting at 18? You advocate a cutoff at 10. In society we try to craft law that is reasonable to all. So, knowing certain adults who are immature, or certain kids who are mature, are simple outliers and usually don't factor into laws made for the public as a whole. My a... | I think children should have autonomy and a right to self-determination in proportion to their ability to understand their choices and consequences of their actions. So I would be on board with any child being able to vote so long as they could pass a test on civics, media literacy and current affairs. Would that work ... | 6suake | CMV: Ten year olds should be allowed to vote | I am talking specifically about the UK right now, but I think the same principle applies to other countries.
In the UK the age of legal responsibility is ten (in Scotland 12).
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CMV: Even under a fair economic system, if any individual has to resort to do a job that he wouldn't do for free, that is exploitation.
While it's often advocated that the workforce should have the privilege of less exhausting work hours and a more substantial paycheck, I think this argument misses the point entirely.... | We have to eat. Food takes work to grow. I dont want to do the work, but I must for food to grow. Is biology exploitative?
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Biology is not exploitative, as biology is not a socioeconomic system.
In our current system there surely are people who are willing to do the work for the sake of it, think of gardening, bu... | If anyone has to give someone welfare that they wouldn’t do voluntarily, then that’s exploitation. A welfare state is exploitation.
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You're not forced to partake in the welfare state, but at that point you're on your own and good luck.
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That’s not how the welfare state works though. The welfare state is not a... | 1na6e9p | CMV: Even under a fair economic system, if any individual has to resort to do a job that he wouldn't do for free, that is exploitation. | While it's often advocated that the workforce should have the privilege of less exhausting work hours and a more substantial paycheck, I think this argument misses the point entirely.
In a perfect welfare state, where anyone has easy access to a job that provides a decent pay, we should overcome the limits of the capi... | ThrowawayITA_ | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: No matter how peaceful your society is, it will always be very valuable to know how to defend yourself against violence.
You may have a large society where literally everyone agrees to be nonviolent, but there will always be liars, so therefore there will always be people that say that they agree to be nonviolent... | If you are never attacked, there is literally no value to learning how to defend yourself. Any value you get, like physical fitness, could be gained through other means.
It’s not a bad thing to do, and there will probably always be a non 0 chance you will be attacked, so there may be value in it, but it isn’t always ... | For some, it's better to know how to flee violence, than to know how to defend yourself against violence. My wife's grandparents fled Nazi Germany. She's here now not because her grandparents knew how to defend themselves, but because they knew when to get the fffk outta Dodge.
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It’s always easier to be a coward.
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You may also have a large society where the ov... | Individual-Dig-6468 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Shamima Begum (the girl who defected to IS/Daesh) should not have had her citizenship revoked.
I feel like I need to preface this post by saying that I have absolutely no sympathy for Daesh - an exhaustive list of my reasons are below.
**1) The UK Government had a duty of care to her before they revoked her citi... | In regards to point 3, age really is irrelevant. She joined a terrorist organisation knowing fine well what the organisation were doing. If you murder at 15 you get sentenced for it. If you join a terrorist organisation you are 100% accountable for it. She made the decision, now she can deal with the consequences.
--... | > 1) The UK Government had a duty of care to her before they revoked her citizenship.
And how exactly does this translate into legal duty of care after they revoke her citizenship? Legally speaking, they do not have this duty after the revocation.
> 2) Ms Begum is unlikely to get citizenship anywhere else - and citi... | asrxxg | CMV: Shamima Begum (the girl who defected to IS/Daesh) should not have had her citizenship revoked. | I feel like I need to preface this post by saying that I have absolutely no sympathy for Daesh - an exhaustive list of my reasons are below.
**1) The UK Government had a duty of care to her before they revoked her citizenship.** The UK passport entitles people to "such assistance and protection as deemed necessary". A... | bod234 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: In modern times, peaceful political protests aren't effective. Often they are counterproductive.
First, let me get this out of the way; I'm *not* suggesting that protests ought to be violent.
I'm going to break my view up into a few different points:
**1 - Your political opponents in positions of power can simp... | >The side in favor of net neutrality seemed more popular and much more vocal and in the end they were simply ignored. Occupy Wall Street and the Dakota Access Pipeline protests had similarities in this regard.
Maybe they were more vocal, but they were not more popular. For a protest to be really effective it has to be... | What would you consider productive then? I bring this up because maybe the opposition is so powerful or so stubborn that any solution would be counter productive.
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In a democracy (which America still ostensibly is) I would consider changing people's minds to be productive. Getting the maximum amount of people to ... | 8s5652 | CMV: In modern times, peaceful political protests aren't effective. Often they are counterproductive. | First, let me get this out of the way; I'm *not* suggesting that protests ought to be violent.
I'm going to break my view up into a few different points:
**1 - Your political opponents in positions of power can simply ignore you.** This was apparent with net neutrality. I tried to find arguments on both sides of the ... | wishIknewwho | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: We should annihilate North Korea
North Korea has been threatening us for decades.
Regardless of their the intent to carry it out or not, they continue to develop increasingly powerful weapons of war which can be used against us.
I can understand why they might want to threaten to attack us - It helps with their... | Just to be clear, your solution is mass genocide of over 25 million people - most of whom are innocent - as well as almost certain collateral casualties of millions of others in South Korea, Japan and China - two of those countries being our very close allies, and of extreme economic importance to the US. Using that mu... | Ignoring the massive environmental effects a strike of that magnitude would have (*radiation for breakfast, anyone?* South Korea and China would be for a rough, cancerous time, not to mention the rest of the world when that fallout drifts around), the problems you've stated arises from the North Korean *government and ... | 6sqvr3 | CMV: We should annihilate North Korea | North Korea has been threatening us for decades.
Regardless of their the intent to carry it out or not, they continue to develop increasingly powerful weapons of war which can be used against us.
I can understand why they might want to threaten to attack us - It helps with their internal politics.
I understand why t... | Change_My_View_Plz | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: UBI is a ridiculous policy proposal.
In my opinion it is true that UBI would be a superior social safety net than welfare as it is “no strings attached” and allows everyone to join the workforce with out potentially losing money and eliminates bureaucracy. However my problem with UBI is that it would be either t... | This needs clarification.
First, what is NIT and how is it different from UBI? I googled it, and but you should explain your own understanding of it. I didn't immediately understand the difference between them, to be honest.
Second, what makes NIT cheaper and more effective?
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My understanding of a negative incom... | NIT, like other non-expiring unemployment welfare programs, provides an incentive for people not to work. Imagine you're making $1000 a month off of NIT, and you're offered a job where you'll make $1500 a month (and assume this level of income is not taxed), but lose your NIT. Effectively, you'll be working full time f... | joh7mj | CMV: UBI is a ridiculous policy proposal. | In my opinion it is true that UBI would be a superior social safety net than welfare as it is “no strings attached” and allows everyone to join the workforce with out potentially losing money and eliminates bureaucracy. However my problem with UBI is that it would be either too expensive or ineffective and therefore w... | filth100 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I fear my vulnerability - as a result, I have grown to resent the idea of physical and emotional intimacy with other people
These views and beliefs are very flawed, which I know. I just don't have a foundation to replace them with. Here's hoping some folks on reddit can help to change my view :-)
First off, I'd... | >I don't believe I am deserving of experiencing this and resent the idea of my body moving/acting to enjoy something which should be seen as pleasurable in a relationship.
Why do you believe this? When is someone deserving of experiencing affection from a partner in your eyes?
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>Why do you believe this? When is s... | This post is probably better suited for a different sub. Maybe offmychest or rant or relationships or something. (not sure. Never been. Sorry if those are toxic.)
Not really sure what view you have here to change. Just sounds like you have intimacy issues that would probably best be addressed with professional therapy... | 8amy77 | CMV: I fear my vulnerability - as a result, I have grown to resent the idea of physical and emotional intimacy with other people | These views and beliefs are very flawed, which I know. I just don't have a foundation to replace them with. Here's hoping some folks on reddit can help to change my view :-)
First off, I'd like to say that I am not only open to changing this view, (these beliefs of myself,) but I am hoping to gain an understanding & ... | MaybeAThrowaway7501 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Right Wing/MAGA movement in America cannot be defeated by civil discourse of "going high when they go low."
I feel I have had the wool pulled from over my eyes. Maybe it has taken far longer than it should have. I have friends and family that support Trump/MAGA and I have historically tried to be civil with t... | The left doesn'thave to play dirty to win. Doing this would backfire.
What we need to do is aggressively legislate when in power and to not negotiate with bad faith people.
Authenticity is our solution. "we go high" is a defense of inaction, but what we need is a pure focus on sustained action that pushes the country... | The Left were never the side of rational discourse, they were always the side of irrational feelings-based propaganda soundbites. The entire of your block of text is just projection.
Are you actually asking us to change your mind?
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“Irrational feelings-based propaganda soundbites” you literally just described tru... | 1lsa7x9 | CMV: The Right Wing/MAGA movement in America cannot be defeated by civil discourse of "going high when they go low." | I feel I have had the wool pulled from over my eyes. Maybe it has taken far longer than it should have. I have friends and family that support Trump/MAGA and I have historically tried to be civil with them and have similarly felt that the best way to combat the cult-think is with calm discourse and receipts. I now real... | if_Engage | 3 | 3 | [
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Cmv: Europe has not adequately taken responsibility for colonialism and imperialism
100 years ago was the absolute height of European colonial empires. With 84% of earths landmass being held by colonial empires. The estimates I can find for death tolls are 56 million in the americas, 100 million in India, and literall... | So what should they do in your opinion?
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Reparations are a must. Give colonies transfer payments adjusted for inflation for how much value was extracted. Return all artifacts, pull out of all remaining colonies in the carribean and pacific. And pay the desendents of the survivors atleast 9 million usd for every pe... | Out of curiosity what do you want from them?
Europe is probably the most advanced in all aspects of life currently and they allow the most in.
What would be Acceptable for them to fit your criteria?
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9 million per casualty from their crimes. Inflation adjusted return of all wealth stolen, all artifacts returned.... | 1ixj0yv | Cmv: Europe has not adequately taken responsibility for colonialism and imperialism | 100 years ago was the absolute height of European colonial empires. With 84% of earths landmass being held by colonial empires. The estimates I can find for death tolls are 56 million in the americas, 100 million in India, and literally untold millions dead in Africa because Europeans didn't bother to write it down. Bu... | colepercy120 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The only good political subreddits are those based on challenging ideas, almost all other political subreddits are echo chambers for the views one political side.
Reddit is in general a pretty bad website for politics, subreddits are hijacked by one political ideology with those coming from opposing views being d... | Sometimes people of a certain ideology need a space to talk about said ideology without spending all of their effort trying to fight against people who wholly disagree with them.
If every political subreddit allowed constant discourse they'd all end up like r/changemyview. That's why political groups often have a deba... | In order to actually get somewhere in formulating political thoughts, then it helps to have at least some foundational beliefs established. For instance, when trying to discuss the feasibility of a VAT tax, I don’t really want to get bogged down into a “taxation is theft” argument. Or when discussing whether we should ... | 8al98n | CMV: The only good political subreddits are those based on challenging ideas, almost all other political subreddits are echo chambers for the views one political side. | Reddit is in general a pretty bad website for politics, subreddits are hijacked by one political ideology with those coming from opposing views being downvoted to the depths of hell. It happens on both the left and right and makes it hard to have a discussion because users simply don’t want to hear it. An example would... | ciarfet | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Nintendo has become a more anti-consumer company than before.
This is not a nostalgic post.
As a fan since 2013, when I had my first Nintendo console, I feel that everything has changed too much for the worse.
Don't get me wrong: Nintendo has always had its flaws, but...
Back then, the Eshop worked without lag... | 1. People don’t need their consoles to be multimedia centers anymore. People don’t use dvds as much. They got Rokus. Not including this is not anti consumer, it’s just changing with the times.
2. Why is releasing remakes anti consumer? These sell decently, so consumers want them
3. You get the ability to play online... | I think you're looking at the past with rose-tinted glasses. Let me hit your points:
> Back then, the Eshop worked without lag, it didn't host so many trash games
The Wii Shop and DSi Shop were incredibly slow and clunky. And having more games, even if some are trash, means more developers can reach audiences. Just u... | 1iwd4zf | CMV: Nintendo has become a more anti-consumer company than before. | This is not a nostalgic post.
As a fan since 2013, when I had my first Nintendo console, I feel that everything has changed too much for the worse.
Don't get me wrong: Nintendo has always had its flaws, but...
Back then, the Eshop worked without lag, it didn't host so many trash games, and the background music reall... | siemvela | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV that kids should not have to ask the teacher to use the bathroom.
Kids shouldn't have to ask teachers to use the bathroom for a few reasons. I think the rule is stupid because the teacher has no idea how much a kid has to go. They have no right to force kids to go ask their permission, the kid should just be able ... | I'm a teacher so I have a different view. I am responsible for my students. I'm expected to know where they are. I'm expected to teach them so that they can pass standardized tests. If they don't, I have consequences which can include losing my job. But more importantly, I want to teach my students how to be successful... | Is there really a problem with teachers saying no to kids? I went to public school and I don't think a teacher ever told me no. Oh actually I take that back. I had a few who said no bathroom breaks dutring a test. But that also seems like a reasonable anti cheating measure.
I think that "asking for permission... | co37q9 | CMV that kids should not have to ask the teacher to use the bathroom. | Kids shouldn't have to ask teachers to use the bathroom for a few reasons. I think the rule is stupid because the teacher has no idea how much a kid has to go. They have no right to force kids to go ask their permission, the kid should just be able to leave. Will some kids leave and go Juul or go on the phone in the ba... | cadenlikescock | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Boomers had it 10x easier than Gen Z, and their 'hard work' advice is just gaslighting. Here's the math to prove it.
Let’s cut the nostalgia. My dad worked a summer job at a gas station in 1975 and paid for his entire college degree. I just graduated with $85k in debt, work two remote jobs, and can’t afford a stu... | gas·light
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gerund or present participle: gaslighting
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Boomers are not gaslighting you. That are giving advice they truly believe in... | It's not gaslighting if they genuinely believe what they're saying.
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Occam’s razor, are all boomers master m... | 1iwtph3 | CMV: Boomers had it 10x easier than Gen Z, and their 'hard work' advice is just gaslighting. Here's the math to prove it. | Let’s cut the nostalgia. My dad worked a summer job at a gas station in 1975 and paid for his entire college degree. I just graduated with $85k in debt, work two remote jobs, and can’t afford a studio apartment. But sure, tell me again how avocado toast is the problem.
Here’s why this isn’t a rant—it’s a revolt:
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CMV: I think that the movie rating system is terrible and doesn't work at all
So, I think that the movie rating system (PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) is very flawed and just doesn't work.
In our age, it just isn't a secret that a very large majority of people have access and watch movies online without paying for them. This ... | If we get rid of it, parents/guardians would lose a simple and easy-to-understand way to be aware of potentially concerning content of movies. For example, if I want to take my 5-year-old child to a film and I'm too lazy to research them in detail, I can at least know that the G-rated film is probably a better option t... | > I don't know about the US, but I've lived in many countries and I was under 16 and was accepted to many R rated movies..
Here in Belgium we work with the pegi-system for games and we basically only have 2 categories for movies: >16-year-olds accepted and >16-year-olds not accepted. [Pegi](https://en.wikipedia.org... | a0mfkw | CMV: I think that the movie rating system is terrible and doesn't work at all | So, I think that the movie rating system (PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) is very flawed and just doesn't work.
In our age, it just isn't a secret that a very large majority of people have access and watch movies online without paying for them. This is the first, and my simplest argument that these ratings are useless and are n... | macnfly23 | 3 | 3 | [
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So, I think that the movie rating system (PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) is very flawed and just doesn't work.
In our age, it just isn't a secret that a very large majority of people have access and watch movies online without paying for them. This ... | Well first there are no regulations around MPAA ratings. The MPAA is a private organization, it's ratings have no legal force. Until it counts as porn the government does not care who sees it.
The point of the system is to give parents a rough idea of how adult a film is. It's not really a system to prevent kids from ... | If we get rid of it, parents/guardians would lose a simple and easy-to-understand way to be aware of potentially concerning content of movies. For example, if I want to take my 5-year-old child to a film and I'm too lazy to research them in detail, I can at least know that the G-rated film is probably a better option t... | a0mfkw | CMV: I think that the movie rating system is terrible and doesn't work at all | So, I think that the movie rating system (PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) is very flawed and just doesn't work.
In our age, it just isn't a secret that a very large majority of people have access and watch movies online without paying for them. This is the first, and my simplest argument that these ratings are useless and are n... | macnfly23 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Middle schools should not have condoms freely accessible for students
I am all for birth control, sex-ed, and sex-positive lifestyles. However, many of my friends who also believe in these have advocated for condoms in middle school, which I simply cannot bring myself to support. While I feel strongly about condo... | > The school would be creating an expectation that their sixth, seventh, and eighth graders are having sex.
The students *are already having sex*. It's not creating an expectation; it's acknowledging reality.
> These kids likely have not had comprehensive sex-ed or learned about STDs or consent, but students who had... | Should we as society provide assistance for what the reality of a situation is or what we would like it to be? Knowing that people of those ages are doing it, isn't it better to provide protection than burying our heads in the sand in fear of giving the go ahead for the behaviour. Of course there is no right or wrong a... | 6eevk9 | CMV: Middle schools should not have condoms freely accessible for students | I am all for birth control, sex-ed, and sex-positive lifestyles. However, many of my friends who also believe in these have advocated for condoms in middle school, which I simply cannot bring myself to support. While I feel strongly about condom access in high schools, it seems irresponsible for school's to leave out c... | slider501 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Nationalism is not inherently negative
French President Emmanual Macron recently condemned nationalism in a speech, and it raised some questions for me about the pros and cons of nationalism. Here is what he said:
“Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism,” Macron said. “By saying, ‘Our interests first, who cares... | It really does come down to definitions, for example I'd say nationalism is not the same as patriotism - nationalism goes beyond patriotism, or love of your country and countrymen, and extends into belief in superiority - at best leading to ignoring things done better elsewhere as you already believe you're better.
Vi... | [The literal definition of nationalism](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nationalism) includes an idea of national superiority
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>>1 : loyalty and devotion to a nation
especially : a sense of national consciousness (see CONSCIOUSNESS sense 1c) exalting one nation above all othe... | a0lzn1 | CMV: Nationalism is not inherently negative | French President Emmanual Macron recently condemned nationalism in a speech, and it raised some questions for me about the pros and cons of nationalism. Here is what he said:
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CMV: Labelling democratic "socialism" as socialism has pushed America back at least 5 years
Ok just to make this clear right off the bat, by democratic socialism I'm referring to the kind that Bernie Sanders proposed, which is known as a social democracy according to many other sources.
My point is that democratic s... | Because social democrats obviously didn't choose this. They were branded socialists by conservatives and neoliberals. But then, predictably, the "well if giving people healthcare and having public schools and doing something about climate change is socialism, then I guess I'm just a big fucking socialist" attitude set ... | >I just don't get why they conceded to the name of socialism.
Because that's what they are.
The Democratic Socialists of America was formed out a schism in the Socialist Party of America. Like, the Eugene V Debs Socialist Party. Up until the last few years, it was a member group of Socialist International. Its found... | jpqif9 | CMV: Labelling democratic "socialism" as socialism has pushed America back at least 5 years | Ok just to make this clear right off the bat, by democratic socialism I'm referring to the kind that Bernie Sanders proposed, which is known as a social democracy according to many other sources.
My point is that democratic socialism being labelled as socialism has basically linked itself to the many horror stories t... | offeverynight | 2 | 2 | [
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Ok just to make this clear right off the bat, by democratic socialism I'm referring to the kind that Bernie Sanders proposed, which is known as a social democracy according to many other sources.
My point is that democratic s... | The whole semantic argument over **social democrat** versus **democratic socialist** is a peculiarly American phenomenon. In other countries the term exists on a continuous political spectrum alongside other beliefs, and can be discussed a bit more reasonably.
What does 'back at least 5 years' mean? How do you quantif... | Because social democrats obviously didn't choose this. They were branded socialists by conservatives and neoliberals. But then, predictably, the "well if giving people healthcare and having public schools and doing something about climate change is socialism, then I guess I'm just a big fucking socialist" attitude set ... | jpqif9 | CMV: Labelling democratic "socialism" as socialism has pushed America back at least 5 years | Ok just to make this clear right off the bat, by democratic socialism I'm referring to the kind that Bernie Sanders proposed, which is known as a social democracy according to many other sources.
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Ok just to make this clear right off the bat, by democratic socialism I'm referring to the kind that Bernie Sanders proposed, which is known as a social democracy according to many other sources.
My point is that democratic s... | Because social democrats obviously didn't choose this. They were branded socialists by conservatives and neoliberals. But then, predictably, the "well if giving people healthcare and having public schools and doing something about climate change is socialism, then I guess I'm just a big fucking socialist" attitude set ... | >I just don't get why they conceded to the name of socialism.
Because that's what they are.
The Democratic Socialists of America was formed out a schism in the Socialist Party of America. Like, the Eugene V Debs Socialist Party. Up until the last few years, it was a member group of Socialist International. Its found... | jpqif9 | CMV: Labelling democratic "socialism" as socialism has pushed America back at least 5 years | Ok just to make this clear right off the bat, by democratic socialism I'm referring to the kind that Bernie Sanders proposed, which is known as a social democracy according to many other sources.
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CMV: Transgenderism should be treated equally as transracialism
So, I had an argument in a sociology class that turned me away from the major altogether, and really wanted to know if there is a piece of information or logic I’m missing.
I believe transgenderism is fine to practice, and one week in that class we talk... | Someone else can probably link the same studies whenever this topic comes up, but as of today, transgenderism is observable and we have a long history/studies about it. And nothing regarding transracialism. Perhaps in the future there'll be a lot of evidence found for it. But as far as I know there's no current scienti... | Rachel Dolezal clearly identified as black because she perceived it to advance her career as an African American Studies professor. It allowed her to go to school and join organizations that she would not be allowed to as a white person. Also, she has stated that in part, her identification is political.
One of the pr... | cnxn7q | CMV: Transgenderism should be treated equally as transracialism | So, I had an argument in a sociology class that turned me away from the major altogether, and really wanted to know if there is a piece of information or logic I’m missing.
I believe transgenderism is fine to practice, and one week in that class we talked about it and everything was fine. The next week the professor ... | poopingrn | 3 | 3 | [
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So, I had an argument in a sociology class that turned me away from the major altogether, and really wanted to know if there is a piece of information or logic I’m missing.
I believe transgenderism is fine to practice, and one week in that class we talk... | I believe that a study showed that the brains of transgender individuals were more closely aligned with the gender they identified with than the gender they were presumed to be. This showed a clear biological cause for transgenderism. (let me find the study and link here)
Race is a very sticky term, not commonly defin... | It should be ok to identify as an attack helicopter.
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Edit: accidentally confused conservative host with a porn star | cnxn7q | CMV: Transgenderism should be treated equally as transracialism | So, I had an argument in a sociology class that turned me away from the major altogether, and really wanted to know if there is a piece of information or logic I’m missing.
I believe transgenderism is fine to practice, and one week in that class we talked about it and everything was fine. The next week the professor ... | poopingrn | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Senator Sanders is either being deliberately misleading or legitimately ignorant when he uses the Canadian healthcare model to support Medicare For All
First and foremost I truly admire Bernie Sanders' motivation to introduce universal coverage to the American healthcare system. As a Canadian, I truly appreciate ... | Can you point to any quotes where Bernie misrepresents the Canadian healthcare system? Based on his experience travelling to Canada, his [talk at the University of Toronto](https://www.utoronto.ca/news/bernie-sanders-talks-health-care-greets-students-u-t) where he briefly recaps the history of Canada's provincial healt... | [deleted]
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> I've read your post twice now, and I'm not seeing what the "deliberate misrepresentation" is.
He repeatedly references Canada's system as an argument for a national health care service in the United States. Health care is not a federal jurisdiction in Canada, we don't use a national system.
> From... | cnuqqt | CMV: Senator Sanders is either being deliberately misleading or legitimately ignorant when he uses the Canadian healthcare model to support Medicare For All | First and foremost I truly admire Bernie Sanders' motivation to introduce universal coverage to the American healthcare system. As a Canadian, I truly appreciate the value of universal coverage. My disagreements with his policies aside, I find his references to the Canadian system as an argument for Medicare For All ar... | ChangingViews09 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Minorities are being over-represented in society.
Firstly, let me just make it clear that I am not a racist person. In fact, I am black myself, so I come under the bracket of "minorities", and many of the things that I'm about to mention actually directly benefit me.
I've been struggling lately with the represen... | Not being from the UK myself, I can't speak that much to racial equality or how it looks over there, but from a viewpoint strictly with these figures you've given here, I would say it's impossible for this "over-representation" to harm white employment or career advancement since the numbers are so drastically skewed t... | Are you sure that your success is "purely" from your being black, as you stated?
I'm not sure you could point a camera at a pile of poop for 1.5 hours, submit it, and have the admissions people say "well this is a piece of crap, but we need more black guys, let's accept him anyway."
People are still looking for talen... | 8ak0wm | CMV: Minorities are being over-represented in society. | Firstly, let me just make it clear that I am not a racist person. In fact, I am black myself, so I come under the bracket of "minorities", and many of the things that I'm about to mention actually directly benefit me.
I've been struggling lately with the representation of minorities lately, particularly black people. ... | iLickBnalAlood | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Leftist and social justice rhetoric need not concern itself with "being nice"
One of the bigger criticisms I hear about SJWs or liberals is that the way they present their ideas are not palatable to gain more widespread support. I am going to point out why this is a faulty argument and why "being nice" makes abso... | When people are nice to you, it makes you feel good. People want what makes them feel good, so why would they be swayed toward any cause if they were told about it in a way that doesn't make them feel good? Or at least, make them feel like they're being spoken to as an equal, and not an idiot or a degenerate who "doesn... | It depends how fringe they want to become. They already aren't exactly popular, something like 10% of people call themselves feminists. Moreover, the current shift is against them too, look at Trump, Brexit, and the swathe of right wing populists in Europe. To stay relevant, they have to be nice.
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> They already ... | 8s26je | CMV: Leftist and social justice rhetoric need not concern itself with "being nice" | One of the bigger criticisms I hear about SJWs or liberals is that the way they present their ideas are not palatable to gain more widespread support. I am going to point out why this is a faulty argument and why "being nice" makes absolutely no difference in how these ideas are going to be perceived.
**It removes age... | SetsunaFS | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: No Democracy Should Have a Minimum Voting Age
The fundamental idea of democracy is that, to maintain stability, and prevent a minority from oppressing a majority by taking into account everyone's beliefs, no matter how unqualified they are to to help make the decision. The idea, therefore that one should be not a... | The main thing I would object to here is that legally children are subject to much greater control in so many other areas of their lives that it is troublesome to give them this right without accounting for that.
For instance, it would be ludicrously unconstitutional for the government to require me as an adult to rea... | > The fundamental idea of democracy is that, to maintain stability, and prevent a minority from oppressing a majority by taking into account everyone's beliefs, no matter how unqualified they are to to help make the decision.
That's the reality, but framers originally imagined an informed populace would be making thes... | 6e8fgu | CMV: No Democracy Should Have a Minimum Voting Age | The fundamental idea of democracy is that, to maintain stability, and prevent a minority from oppressing a majority by taking into account everyone's beliefs, no matter how unqualified they are to to help make the decision. The idea, therefore that one should be not allowed to vote because of an issue like age, is fund... | tlowe000 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Political safe-space subreddits are toxic to everyone
Okay, so I've been following subreddits such as /r/Capitalism, /r/Communism, /r/LateStageCapitalism, etc. and all I can see is people circlejerking each other at an attempt to make themselves seem smarter. I know these Subreddits(or at least some), want to pro... | [deleted]
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Am not OP, and I do not agree with some of their arguments, but the OP was very clear in explaining their issues with these subreddits.
> people circlejerking each other at an attempt to make themselves seem smarter
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CMV: Senators like Lisa Murkowski/Josh Hawley who supported OBBB due to carve outs for their states are doing their job
Now I'm not here to converse about whether they, as AOC said "made a deal with the devil". I am only here to converse about whether they are doing their job well in principal. As any senator tells yo... | I would say the moment we're OK with senators throwing the other 49 states under the bus so long as "they get theirs", the union is dead
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CMV: Women in western nations, specifically America, have more rights than men.
I keep hearing about the "women's rights movement". Maybe some will just say it is semantics, but the movement should be "women's equality movement".
This is not intended to be a debate on the wage gap, or other social and financial ineq... | So enumerating rights seems problematic as a strategy to me. Here is an example:
Men lack the right to genital integrity that women have.
Men and women have a right to non-interference with future sexual functioning.
What is the proper right to protect? One or the other? Both?
Sorting this out is controversial. One ... | Everything you list here as a rights of women that are greater than men are part of much larger, more complex issues that have positives and negatives for both genders.
> But there is a law that requires male conscription or eligibility for the military draft
Sure, and this is certainly unequal. But this is all part... | 7490sr | CMV: Women in western nations, specifically America, have more rights than men. | I keep hearing about the "women's rights movement". Maybe some will just say it is semantics, but the movement should be "women's equality movement".
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I keep hearing about the "women's rights movement". Maybe some will just say it is semantics, but the movement should be "women's equality movement".
This is not intended to be a debate on the wage gap, or other social and financial ineq... | Well we can re-frame things all you'd like. Men have forced conscription and women don't have the right to be drafted? Is that what you're saying? I think there is one side that is quite clearly better than the other.
It is accepted upon beginning sex that if a pregnancy were to occur that the woman can abort? Why not... | Just because women aren't conscripted, doesn't mean it is a right. It isn't something we've guaranteed to women and see as a fundamental right of women, it is just simply something we haven't historically done. If we change the law to include women, nobody is going to say, "But you're violating my rights as a women!"... | 7490sr | CMV: Women in western nations, specifically America, have more rights than men. | I keep hearing about the "women's rights movement". Maybe some will just say it is semantics, but the movement should be "women's equality movement".
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I keep hearing about the "women's rights movement". Maybe some will just say it is semantics, but the movement should be "women's equality movement".
This is not intended to be a debate on the wage gap, or other social and financial ineq... | Everything you list here as a rights of women that are greater than men are part of much larger, more complex issues that have positives and negatives for both genders.
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I keep hearing about the "women's rights movement". Maybe some will just say it is semantics, but the movement should be "women's equality movement".
This is not intended to be a debate on the wage gap, or other social and financial ineq... | Just because women aren't conscripted, doesn't mean it is a right. It isn't something we've guaranteed to women and see as a fundamental right of women, it is just simply something we haven't historically done. If we change the law to include women, nobody is going to say, "But you're violating my rights as a women!"... | >Men also have no right to the life (or continuity of the biological processes that lead to life, depending on where you land on this other debate) of their offspring. Abortion is the sole right of the woman in America.
Men have the right to abort every fetus they conceive. It's completely fair.
>Women also have the... | 7490sr | CMV: Women in western nations, specifically America, have more rights than men. | I keep hearing about the "women's rights movement". Maybe some will just say it is semantics, but the movement should be "women's equality movement".
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CMV: Debating luckiest man to ever live. My vote- Hernán Cortés
This is a post where I am aiming to debate who could be perceived as the "luckiest" person to ever live. By lucky, I mean someone who finds themselves in an incredibly opportune situation due predominantly to good luck.
I believe that Hernán Cortéz is th... | All the religious stuff is bullshit. It's meant to spin a story about Spanish supremacy. Cortes was victorious because his army of 500 conquistadors had millenia of knowledge about seige warfare and millions of resentful Aztec tributary states to help them achieve it. When they finally overthrew Aztec hegemony, he was ... | The discovery of penicillin is one of the luckiest events for the human race. A culture of a bacteria was accidentally left unsealed, and mold grew in it and the bacteria didn’t grow where the mold was
So many more people would have died without that container being accidentally unsealed
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I believe that Hernán Cortéz is the luckiest man to ever live. Not the smartest, not even necessari... | original_og_gangster | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The "first lady" job should end
Reason #1 - It is an outdated, archaic pratice that has no place in a modern republic.
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Back in the days of monarchy, when you were the king, your son was the prince. Should you die, he would rule and be the new king. If the president/prime minister dies, his/her son does... | There's no rule that the First Lady has to be the President's wife or even a relative. If Michelle Obama wins the Presidency she can appoint Martha Stewart her First Lady (or Snoop her First Gentleman). Nothing wrong with that.
The sexist thing comes much earlier: a man who wins the Presidency usually wins in large ... | > Now, do you know who Angela Merkel's "first husband/man" is? Do you know who was the "first man" of Brazil's Dilma Roussef? You probably don't and the reason is: when men are in power, it's okay for their women to be their "helpers", coming right behind them.
I think the reason is that those countries never placed ... | a0j9w6 | CMV: The "first lady" job should end | Reason #1 - It is an outdated, archaic pratice that has no place in a modern republic.
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Back in the days of monarchy, when you were the king, your son was the prince. Should you die, he would rule and be the new king. If the president/prime minister dies, his/her son doesn't get to be the new president/prime ... | elverino | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I dislike the US because of it's war mongering
Basically part 2 to a series of CMVs to try and change each aspect of my views to why I hate the US and Americans in general... Here's [part 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/s/ONS87vcUXM)
One of the reasons why I genuinely hate the US is war mongering
Back ... | Can you clarify, do you want us to make you like the US, despite its warmongering? Or do you want us to convince you that the US isn’t a warmongering nation?
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Yeah I’m super lost what their view is | >What's even more annoying about it is rich snotty brats from the US will lecture countries in Europe about their imperialistic past when the US is still doing it today.
If you can bring up Vietnam as an example of the US being an imperlialist country, why is it not fair game to attack France for the same? Same with L... | 1ix2g4q | CMV: I dislike the US because of it's war mongering | Basically part 2 to a series of CMVs to try and change each aspect of my views to why I hate the US and Americans in general... Here's [part 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/s/ONS87vcUXM)
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CMV: Five years later: Michael Brown was not a victim of police brutality and is a horrible icon for the BLM anti-police brutality movement.
Tomorrow is the five year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson, and for almost the entirety of the last five years I've seen him put up on some k... | > It makes me wonder if the "victim" standard is really so low,
Yes, it is. Because cops are there to apprehend suspected criminals - not to administer justice. And *especially* not to administer capital punishment without a trial.
The threshold the cops always use is "we were following training". That is the wron... | Why do you want your view changed?
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"Want" is probably the wrong word. Its more just that over the last five years of coverage of this issue by people and outlets that I generally trust, respect, and agree with (like NPR) frame him as a victim, so it at least feels like I'm in a minority for holding this opinion w... | cntrfd | CMV: Five years later: Michael Brown was not a victim of police brutality and is a horrible icon for the BLM anti-police brutality movement. | Tomorrow is the five year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson, and for almost the entirety of the last five years I've seen him put up on some kind of pedestal as a virtuous victim of yet another racist shooting of an innocent black man. This has been going on since literally hours aft... | chadonsunday | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV:Representative-government is obsolete with the modern technology.
I believe that representative-government; where the people vote for a person to represent their interest and concerns, is obsolete with modern technology.
I believe that with modern technology we can voice our concern to the state more efficiently ... | I don't believe that the average person is informed enough to make absolute democracy worthwhile. Just look at all the big elections in the western world over the last few years. They have been filled with mass misinformation and confusion.
Absolute democracy where people vote on their phone (which I'm guessing is wha... | government should be vote aggregating software? you trust computers to safeguard information and be immune to hacking even in 2018?
"barring hacking " is like saying, barring corruption, humans are the best
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In essence, isn't that what the government does? It determines the will of the majority, then carry it o... | 8agng3 | CMV:Representative-government is obsolete with the modern technology. | I believe that representative-government; where the people vote for a person to represent their interest and concerns, is obsolete with modern technology.
I believe that with modern technology we can voice our concern to the state more efficiently than what a person can do.
A person may have internal biases and ulte... | Genecio1992 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The romantic subplots in Mistborn serves as a cheap way to create drama and character development
A problem with sooooo many books is how they incorporate a romantic "subplot" that IS the plot. For example, a book's description would say that it's about a teenage girl trying to bring down an empire, but half of ... | > Vin, the character from Mistborn, had no real friends and didn't trust anyone until she meet the man that kick-started the plot. The problem is, he was more of a mentor to her than a real "friend" one can trust. In fact, she openly made it clear that she distrusted him.
Ok. But that was the point. Kelsier was flawed... | It's been a while since I read the books, but I'm pretty sure I still got the details together decently enough. This might contain slight spoilers for the later books because Sanderson always writes for the long run.
>Unfortunately, instead of having a real friend; a person she could go to for help or just to talk, sh... | jpgr0q | CMV: The romantic subplots in Mistborn serves as a cheap way to create drama and character development |
A problem with sooooo many books is how they incorporate a romantic "subplot" that IS the plot. For example, a book's description would say that it's about a teenage girl trying to bring down an empire, but half of the story is a love triangle. For example, this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27774758-an-ember-i... | IrrationalFalcon | 7 | 3 | [
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CMV: NPC walking faster than PC in video games is good design
In resent [r/gaming post](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/a0cusm/theres_a_special_place_in_hell_for_game/) people rant how NPC shouldn't walk faster than PC and slower than PC runs. IMHO this is good game design. Not the best but better than having... | Why not just link NPCs and PC like companions in Fallout? Just have a quest marker for where you're being escorted to, and have the NPC *follow* the PC instead of the other way around. That way the escort mission is paced exactly like the player wants it.
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I think it would be very hard to make an escorted NPC ... | a0im8g | CMV: NPC walking faster than PC in video games is good design | In resent [r/gaming post](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/a0cusm/theres_a_special_place_in_hell_for_game/) people rant how NPC shouldn't walk faster than PC and slower than PC runs. IMHO this is good game design. Not the best but better than having NPC walk as slow as PC or always running at speed of PC. This ... | Z7-852 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: With AOC's "concentration camps" comments and Trump's "Invasion" comments it is logically inconsistent to defend one and condemn the other.
AOC and Trump are playing the same game when it comes the the rhetoric with these positions. AOC has repeadedly called the detention centers at the border "concentration camp... | The important bit is not whether or not the language is emotional or whether the description technically fits a dictionary definition.
AOC knows she's making a comparison to Nazi concentration camps, and that comparison doesn't fit. Meanwhile, Trump's "invasion" language is emotional, but not literal.
AOC suppor... | What do you mean when you say "condemn" the other? I agree that both are using technically correct dictionary definitions with emotional charge attached, but that begs the question of whether that emotional charge is appropriate.
The emotional charge of both "concentration camps" and "invasions" results from a connota... | cnrnge | CMV: With AOC's "concentration camps" comments and Trump's "Invasion" comments it is logically inconsistent to defend one and condemn the other. | AOC and Trump are playing the same game when it comes the the rhetoric with these positions. AOC has repeadedly called the detention centers at the border "concentration camps". Now if you use the dictionary [definition](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concentration%20camp) it fits. But even the dictionary g... | Frekkes | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Transvestites/Transgenders are a response to strong gender roles
I don't believe people would want to change genders if there was no specificity about what a gender can or can't do. If we didn't make such a big deal about "the role of a man/woman in society" then no one would feel like they are of a certain gend... | How many times have you seen what's between someone's legs before calling them a man or a woman? I would estimate it's somewhere close to never. Being trans is about a fundamental dissatisfaction with your assigned gender, whether that dissatisfaction be physical, mental, social, or all of the above. Various apparent c... | Transgender people feel like the opposite sex because they were born with the brain of the opposite sex.
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I, by no means, have anything against those who would like to be o... | ThatOneENTP | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I don’t want to boycott watching sports I love even though I disagree with the regimes of the countries paying to host them
The Qatar soccer World Cup. The F1 Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia. Both coming to my TV in the next couple of years. Both problematic due to human rights abuses of the regimes in each country.
... | There is a simple solution to your dilemma: Illegally stream these events.
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You are stuck in a situation where you don't want to support the networks that are airing the sports. But you still want to watch the sports. This option allows you to do both... | The main argument against your apathy is that, similar to voting, union strikes, and vaccinations, collective actions demand each individual to put a high degree of importance on their individual contribution.
You know for a fact that you being vaccinated, by yourself, makes hardly any difference. However, you do so... | jpbp5l | CMV: I don’t want to boycott watching sports I love even though I disagree with the regimes of the countries paying to host them | The Qatar soccer World Cup. The F1 Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia. Both coming to my TV in the next couple of years. Both problematic due to human rights abuses of the regimes in each country.
F1 goes to other countries that I personally consider to have objectionable regimes - but I still watch race in, race out. I don’... | chezdor | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The US immigration policy that results in "splitting up families" makes sense.
This is a true CMV -- I am not strongly tied to this view, and I'm posting this because I want to be more educated on the subject. But I want to have my view changed on a rational, not an emotional level. I think we can all agree that ... | When the parent of a US citizen breaks the law, US children are not warehoused in abandoned Walmarts. Our government makes every effort to place the children in the care of living relatives and, failing that, has a duty to minimize harm. The current policy appears to be doing neither of these things.
I think by frami... | People who are crossing the border illegally aren't robbing a store. They aren't committing a violent crime. In fact, they are essentially committing a victimless crime. So, the comparison isn't accurate at all. Plus, you need to consider the fact that the Trump administration has made it incredible difficult, if not i... | 8s0sca | CMV: The US immigration policy that results in "splitting up families" makes sense. | This is a true CMV -- I am not strongly tied to this view, and I'm posting this because I want to be more educated on the subject. But I want to have my view changed on a rational, not an emotional level. I think we can all agree that it is sad to see a family split up, so this isn't about that. I also tend to think t... | NotYourDrinkingPal | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Zelensky is making a grave mistake saying the 100 billion in aid is a grant and not a loan
FWIW, I think Trump's sellout to Russia is horrendous, and I generally don’t like this administration at all—check my posting history (sort by submissions and top all time). But I just read that Zelensky is out here saying ... | >But I just read that Zelensky is out here saying that the aid the U.S. gave Ukraine was a grant and not a loan.
Before we might start arguing about semantics and what was and wasn't said: could you post a link to the article or interview where this was said? As is so often the case in politics, there is a large impor... | In a world where powerful people are succeeding in distorting the truth to their own ends, I think it's good that some prominent politicians are still willing to say what is true, rather than what they would like people to believe.
The structure of American aid to Ukraine is complicated, but it is objectively true... | 1iwzrp2 | CMV: Zelensky is making a grave mistake saying the 100 billion in aid is a grant and not a loan | FWIW, I think Trump's sellout to Russia is horrendous, and I generally don’t like this administration at all—check my posting history (sort by submissions and top all time). But I just read that Zelensky is out here saying that the aid the U.S. gave Ukraine was a grant and not a loan.
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CMV: Sovereign States do not have a universal right to exclude.
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Why? Whats the origin of those rights? In what way are they not artificial when you accept that other rights are?
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Then slavery *wasn't* the will of the people as well... | 8s0aae | CMV: Sovereign States do not have a universal right to exclude. | A sovereign state does not have the universal right to refuse entry to any individual based on race, ethnicity, religion, country of origin, gender or sexual orientation. Human beings have a universal right to free association and a State has no universal right to deny that freedom via the monopoly on violence. The ide... | CHOLO_ORACLE | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Vegan parents do force their children into staying vegan with guilt-tripping and don't care about possible damage for child mental health
EDIT: This topic is about telling your child and other people that said child **has a choice** *and then* use a strong language that sure as hell doesn't give them one. If you ... | How do you feel about most parents lying about where meat comes from.to their young children? I distinctly remember casking my parents whether the lamb we ate one Easter was actually a baby lamb. I was about 6. My parents just said, no, of course not, it's just food. They clearly didn't fancy having a sobbing child at ... | As a non-vegan psychology student: this is not abuse in my opinion. The keywords vegan parents use are not any different than what non-vegan parents say, just in a different context. It is called raising your children by your standard, which, aslong as it is non-traumatic and legal, is totally fine.
Now you stated tha... | a07xug | CMV: Vegan parents do force their children into staying vegan with guilt-tripping and don't care about possible damage for child mental health | EDIT: This topic is about telling your child and other people that said child **has a choice** *and then* use a strong language that sure as hell doesn't give them one. If you want your child to stay vegan and openly say it is different but it's also not why I opened this CMV.
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EDIT: This topic is about telling your child and other people that said child **has a choice** *and then* use a strong language that sure as hell doesn't give them one. If you ... | I agree with you that controlling and guilt tripping kids is bad.
From my family’s experience, I have learned that either a parent who eats meat or a parent who abstains from meat can be controlling and guilt tripping, or empowering and laid back.
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They’re trying to instill their (harmless) beliefs onto their kids. I don’t think it’s abusive to tell a kid what actually happens to the animals people eat. I don’t think it’s abusive to instill empathy for animals at a young age.
If my kid were to ask why something horrible... | a07xug | CMV: Vegan parents do force their children into staying vegan with guilt-tripping and don't care about possible damage for child mental health | EDIT: This topic is about telling your child and other people that said child **has a choice** *and then* use a strong language that sure as hell doesn't give them one. If you want your child to stay vegan and openly say it is different but it's also not why I opened this CMV.
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EDIT: This topic is about telling your child and other people that said child **has a choice** *and then* use a strong language that sure as hell doesn't give them one. If you ... | As a non-vegan psychology student: this is not abuse in my opinion. The keywords vegan parents use are not any different than what non-vegan parents say, just in a different context. It is called raising your children by your standard, which, aslong as it is non-traumatic and legal, is totally fine.
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CMV: I think most people are exaggerating the issues with A.I.
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If we replace labour with automation, but don't provide those redundant people some means of survival all that happens is the poor will get poorer and the rich will get richer.
If humans aren't required for a human... | I dont disagree with a lot, but off the cuff here are my AI concerns (and I use the term AI loosely):
* It will substitute learning. Whilst for the current generation it is supplementing learning, ie it is making me a better coder, helping me to complete a task quicker, over time it will substitute learning - eg inste... | 1iwz5jk | CMV: I think most people are exaggerating the issues with A.I. | Before I go on, I'm not a Computer Scientist ( going to college for that though ), and over the last 5-ish years I've seen the discussion of A.I crop up here and there. Even as a Teacher, the discussion creeps into my classroom discussions. I don't think it's as catastrophic as people make it out to be, or rather I thi... | Jncocontrol | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I should delete downvoted posts and comments.
Almost everyone on Reddit seems to do it like it's an unwritten etiquette rule. Whenever I go to a controversial topic or sub, there's often a lot of deleted comments with negative karma.
I have been harassed online for having a different opinion and people had repor... | As someone who’s been downvoted to oblivion for having an extremely unpopular opinion/belief I can tell you that those downvotes don’t always actually mean anything. As you said, downvotes are meant to push adverts, bots, and rude comments to the bottom but they’re also meant to push down trollish and low effort commen... | First of all, some comments deleted are removed by the mods for breaking some rule. This is what you see when you'll see a chain of deleted comments.
Secondly and more importantly, why do you comment? If you feel your comment has meaning then isn't worthwhile to stick through the drama? If your comment has substance a... | 7lw4yi | CMV: I should delete downvoted posts and comments. | Almost everyone on Reddit seems to do it like it's an unwritten etiquette rule. Whenever I go to a controversial topic or sub, there's often a lot of deleted comments with negative karma.
I have been harassed online for having a different opinion and people had reported me for that. On occasion, I get carried away wit... | Asianchick69 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Kpop is morally wrong
I couldn’t think of a better way to phrase the title, but essentially, I can’t stop thinking of KPop as slavery.
My sisters are obsessed with these super groups. BTS, EXO, and Big Bang are the first that come to mind. I’d be more comfortable with it if they just liked the music— but they’r... | It seems like the biggest issue with this is that there is no evidence or even reasoning behind your view other than you just think it might be a slave thing.
I don't know it it is or not, but if it bothers you so much, do a little research and find out what is reality and what is just your intuition.
---
I’ve done ... | Here's my question: once these so-called 'slave contracts' expire, can the K-pop star go on to do other things? Like, can they be a brand representative or a movie star or a talkshow host?
I ask this because the entry point of many careers is gruelling. Medical residents can work 70+ hours a week and make a pittance.... | 8rzmek | CMV: Kpop is morally wrong | I couldn’t think of a better way to phrase the title, but essentially, I can’t stop thinking of KPop as slavery.
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CMV: The U.S. embargo against Cuba is proof that communism doesn’t work
Cuba has energy blackouts, food shortages, and their healthcare system rapidly declines every year. You’ll constantly see platitudes about how the U.S. is sabotaging Cuba, causing their downfall.
Cuba immediately had a fiscal crisis following th... | In practice, it isn't one just country. As it is, international companies that do business in Cuba become subject to US sanctions (including travel restrictions and financial liabilities). Ships that dock at Cuban ports are not allowed to dock at US ports for the following six months. In effect, the embargo forces a ch... | If the world had an embargo against the US, we’d do poorly too. Same with many other countries. The US is currently pretty reliant on the global economy.
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The US embargoing Cuba makes most of the rest of the world follow suit. | 1iwx789 | CMV: The U.S. embargo against Cuba is proof that communism doesn’t work | Cuba has energy blackouts, food shortages, and their healthcare system rapidly declines every year. You’ll constantly see platitudes about how the U.S. is sabotaging Cuba, causing their downfall.
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CMV: There is a correlation between the quality of "native" food and the type of Christianity prevalent in a region in Europe
I would argue certain regions have better "native" food and by extend a general higher appreciation of food culture than others. Not only that, but people tend to enjoy food more, see it as a p... | >Maybe I'm overlooking some different factors that would cause this split so please cmv
The main factor is that you are probably looking at a north south split. The places you say have good food all border on the mediterranean and are in general much warmer etc.
England is if anything a counter example because the P... | So, jam (or jelly to the Americans), shepherd's pie, Apple pie, roast beef etc - this is all terrible food is it?
Then, what are your thoughts on food from places which are neither catholic or protestant? Is Buddhist food worse than Hindu food? Is Zoroastrian food worse than Muslim food? How does that one work?
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CMV: Dogs don't smile, and the anthropomorphization of pets is ridiculous and has gotten out of hand
I know that the title of this post makes me sound like a pessimistic pet hater, but that's far from it. I love all kinds of pets and they are an incredible part of life and make the world a little bit more tolerable.
... | Wolves are social animals. They have social behavior in their packs. A dog that lives with a human family treats it like the pack and has interactions that are social. They learn through reinforcement what sort of things their humans respond to; head tilting and facial expressions are among the behaviors they learn thi... | Dogs learn from humans to smile.
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12781-x](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12781-x)
They do not smile to each other.
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CMV: Dogs don't smile, and the anthropomorphization of pets is ridiculous and has gotten out of hand
I know that the title of this post makes me sound like a pessimistic pet hater, but that's far from it. I love all kinds of pets and they are an incredible part of life and make the world a little bit more tolerable.
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[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12781-x](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12781-x)
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CMV: The downvote option causes an echo chamber on Reddit which limits the ability to weigh various viewpoints, silences debate, and confirms previously held biases instead of challenging them
To me the downvote should be saved for if someone is making a blatantly ignorant or stupid statement. It should NOT be used ju... | >To me the downvote should be saved for if someone is making a blatantly ignorant or stupid statement.
How would you define a blatantly ignorant or stupid statement? Isn't that pretty subjective?
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Yes it is. but saying "i support the death penalty because of reasons x, y, and z..." is a lot different than "Suck a... | The downvote is what allows for an accurate community response. For years, Facebook had only the option to "Like" a post or ignore it. The lack of "Dislike" makes people feel good about their posts because any feedback at all is positive/validating. But Facebook is for sharing yourself with the world and getting that p... | iaiopv | CMV: The downvote option causes an echo chamber on Reddit which limits the ability to weigh various viewpoints, silences debate, and confirms previously held biases instead of challenging them | To me the downvote should be saved for if someone is making a blatantly ignorant or stupid statement. It should NOT be used just because you disagree with someone and that is what I mostly see it used for. In order, to have a good discussion and rational debate all viewpoints should be considered not just the ones you ... | Narwall776 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: There is no such thing as male privelege
Male privilege doesn't exist, there are no systems put in place that give men an advantage over women, I would go so far as to even say that women are beginning to become more privileged then men as many fields of work are pushing for more women in their workforce (nothing... | Think of being a man like being tall.
Tall people have a lot of natural advantages in society, privileges that they have just by being born with the right genes. They can reach things on tall shelves, and on average are better at basketball, and they are typically seen as more appealing romantically.
Does that mean t... | > ...but they are stating that they will hire equal men and women in the workforce even if 90% of the applicants are men giving an unfair advantage to women.
Why would 90% of the applicants for a given position be men? Differences in preference? Where would those differences come from, and why would they be so enorm... | 81sl1c | CMV: There is no such thing as male privelege | Male privilege doesn't exist, there are no systems put in place that give men an advantage over women, I would go so far as to even say that women are beginning to become more privileged then men as many fields of work are pushing for more women in their workforce (nothing wrong with that) but they are stating that the... | hockeyboy87 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Feminist rhetoric surrounding privilege enforces an us-versus-them mentality and we need to change the dialogue
I’m mostly just interested to see what other people think. For the record I am a man and identify as a feminist.
My biggest observation about feminism today is that a LOT of people in my age group hav... | Is it the particular way that privilege is used in conversations that you think does this, or the concept of privilege at all? That is to say, do you think feminists should abandon privilege theory *or* do you think people should stop making ad hominem arguments? If it's the latter, I fail to see why the concept of pr... | > A guy says something wrongheaded about a feminist topic. The feminists respond saying he doesn’t understand and he basically doesn’t deserve to have an opinion on the topic because he is a straight white male.
I kind of don't see how this is an ad hominem attack. Obviously, subjective understanding of something DOE... | 7lqfdl | CMV: Feminist rhetoric surrounding privilege enforces an us-versus-them mentality and we need to change the dialogue | I’m mostly just interested to see what other people think. For the record I am a man and identify as a feminist.
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CMV: The US election results on the federal level are the best possible scenario
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As long as republican politicians see value in hitching their wagon to the Trump brand, the political discourse won't improve.
If republicans had lost the senate and trump got... | joxrf8 | CMV: The US election results on the federal level are the best possible scenario | I voted for trump but the main thing I was worried about was street level violence ranging on the low end from riots to an outright civil war. I was personally most concerned with the prospect of of a democratic sweep and trumpists declaring war or trump winning and antifa morons declaring war, but the outcome that see... | moneymatt7 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I think education should adapt & modernize by utilizing the internet and putting an emphasis on teaching research literacy.
I think we could make research apart of the core curriculum. It could start from as early as the 6th grade, throughout the completion of high school. This would create a culture of fact-c... | What makes you think people haven't figured this out on their own and we really need to dedicate a significant portion of the education process to teaching this.
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I'm not an educator myself and this is only a side topic, but those are my 2 cents to the discussion.
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I think we could make research apart of the core curriculum. It could start from as early as the 6th grade, throughout the completion of high school. This would create a culture of fact-checking, accuracy, & reassurance throughout their time in school. It would also empower our youth to verify information given to t... | TheBlackCostanza | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Criminal violence and death are among the costs of upholding the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
We pay a price, measured in the number of victims of violent crimes, for the protections guaranteed by the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and awareness and appreciation o... | These amendments exist to protect us from the government, not to protect us from each other. So in a sense they are protection against criminal government actions and state violence. These things still happen, without these protections we would be trading common criminal violence for state violence. Given the state's r... | Recidivism rates are extremely high. If we put more people in jail, more people have a criminal history and are pushed out of society, have trouble getting gainful employment, and fall in with bad crowds. So they commit more crimes. If you make it easier to send suspects to prison, more people will go to prison, you wr... | 81qlpe | CMV: Criminal violence and death are among the costs of upholding the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. | We pay a price, measured in the number of victims of violent crimes, for the protections guaranteed by the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and awareness and appreciation of this fact is an important part of civic citizenship.^1
**Important**: It is **not** my view that we should eliminate, alter... | ericoahu | 9 | 7 | [
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CMV: Optimistic Nihilism is a dangerous ideology for society to adopt
I am basing the ideology off this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14
For the record, I personally believe in Optimistic Nihilism because I think it's true, but I think it would be very dangerous if most of society believed in it.
L... | Most people, even religious people, act like optimistic nihilists in their day to day life for the most part, trying to increase their short and long-term well being.
And optimistic nihilists can still think murder and stealing are wrong. Sure it doesn't matter to some God or universal moral truth, but that doesn't m... | Depends on the political system in such society. Yes, if people won't coordinate each other for the sake of reaching goals, if there will be chaos, any ideology is bad. In representative (liberal) democracy noone will let you have such ideology, the government will implement any kind of righ-wing propaganda to prevent ... | 7lqwkr | CMV: Optimistic Nihilism is a dangerous ideology for society to adopt | I am basing the ideology off this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14
For the record, I personally believe in Optimistic Nihilism because I think it's true, but I think it would be very dangerous if most of society believed in it.
Laws are created to stop or prevent things from happening that we as a s... | theguy445 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Voter registration is a good thing
There was a post yesterday on r/politics regarding automatic voter registration when a person turns 18. I posted a tongue-in-cheek comment somewhere around the lines of, "if you don't take the initiative to register beforehand, I don't want you voting the day-of."
So during the... | There are things like voter roll purges where they remove registered voters. You may not realize you're not registered until you show up to the polls.
You're really just rewarding people with good organization skills who don't have a complicated situation (for example by living in the same place for the last X years)... | voter registration is a barrier of entry to vote, this in itself should be frowned upon.
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CMV: The "Female Protagonist" Tag on Steam makes no sense.
What is the connection between Tomb Raider, VA-11 Hall A, Ittle Dew, Mirror's Edge, Life is Strange, A Hat in Time, Celeste, Freedom Planet, Ms. Pac Man, Beyond Good and Evil, Shantae: Risky's Revenge and Portal. If you answered Nothing, you are correct. But S... | Can you put yourself in someone else's shoes and give us your best, most honestly generous guess as to why steam thought the "female protagonist" tag was a useful thing. Or why consumers might find it useful?
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Can you guess why African Americans would be so excited abou... | does "blatant pandering" count as an argument? even if it's a dumb one, it still makes *some* sense.
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pandering to?
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people that write and read "articles" like [this](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbr.com/2017-female-video-game-characters/amp/) | 81sigv | CMV: The "Female Protagonist" Tag on Steam makes no sense. | What is the connection between Tomb Raider, VA-11 Hall A, Ittle Dew, Mirror's Edge, Life is Strange, A Hat in Time, Celeste, Freedom Planet, Ms. Pac Man, Beyond Good and Evil, Shantae: Risky's Revenge and Portal. If you answered Nothing, you are correct. But Steam adds to all of them a "Female Protagonist" tag.
What ... | oshaboy | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Israel is engaged in genocide against the Palestinian people
So let's begin with the definition of genocide since that often gets overlooked by those who defend Israel.
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Low actually.
https://civiliansinconflict.org/our-work/conflict-trends/urban-warfare/
Typically in urban warfare civilians tend to be 90% of casualties. In Gaza, about 20,000 of the 46000 casualties were militants. Regard... | 1iwif31 | CMV: Israel is engaged in genocide against the Palestinian people | So let's begin with the definition of genocide since that often gets overlooked by those who defend Israel.
>Genocide means ***any*** of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, ***in whole or in part***, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such:
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CMV: I don’t see the point of having so many inherently biased atheist “equality” movements such as 3rd wave feminism, men’s rights activism or Black lives matter and instead we should just have egalitarianism
I don’t see the point of having so many inherently biased atheist “equality” movements such as 3rd wave femin... | Clarifying question: Why do you call them atheist? As far as I'm aware, none of them have any religious stance whatsoever.
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I may be wrong on this but 3rd wave feminism started as atheism plus social justice within the atheist community everything else was just a response or result of 3rd wave feminism
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No,... | I think the issue is that these movements exist to actually accomplish a thing. If every person were treated perfectly equally we wouldn't need any movement at all, agalitarianism or anything. But if we accept that people are being screwed over, and being screwed over based upon membership in a group, then it seems to ... | a0dxo3 | CMV: I don’t see the point of having so many inherently biased atheist “equality” movements such as 3rd wave feminism, men’s rights activism or Black lives matter and instead we should just have egalitarianism | I don’t see the point of having so many inherently biased atheist “equality” movements such as 3rd wave feminism, men’s rights activism or Black lives matter and instead we should just have egalitarianism. Feminism is sometimes referred to as the women’s rights movement and by in large focuses on gender disparities in ... | comcon_ | 5 | 3 | [
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CMV: Being a stay at home parent is, in fact, a real job
Inspired by a post made earlier today by someone else, which appears to be dead in the water by now.
Being a stay at home parent is, in fact, a job. A 'real' one. How do I know?
Well, because in families where there isn't a SAHP (or, as the case may be, a st... | ???
Job is defined as paid work/labor. Are we wanting to change the definition of job?
I get the vibes we are just looking for ways to tax people more. You can set up a familial trust or LLC and pay the SAH individual if you want to pay more taxes.
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It's not about taxes. It's about societal recognition. Economic... | If you don't get paid to do it it's not technically a job. It may be just as much work as a job, but that doesn't make it a job. I like painting, and even though others get paid to paint I do not, so it is not my job. Even volunteer work I wouldn't call a job.
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That's just semantics. I'm not convinced by arguments... | 1lqvpfd | CMV: Being a stay at home parent is, in fact, a real job | Inspired by a post made earlier today by someone else, which appears to be dead in the water by now.
Being a stay at home parent is, in fact, a job. A 'real' one. How do I know?
Well, because in families where there isn't a SAHP (or, as the case may be, a stay at home grandparent, family friend, or other unpaid wor... | Saranoya | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Critical Thinking is not being taught in schools adequately.
As far as I know, almost every educational institution talks about how important "critical thinking" is. But as far as I know, none of these schools have specific classes in critical thinking that is required for the students.
And even for schools that... | how do you define critical thinking?
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I was going to say "The ability to", but I'll think I'll start this way: "The *predisposition of* being skeptical of information presented to you from anything other than a first-hand source or legitimate government entity or other unbiased legitimate source."
I would phrase ... | The problem with critical thinking classes is that the concept of critical thinking is incredibly difficult to talk about in the abstract. It would be incredibly difficult to fill an entire semester of classes solely with material about critical thinking. If you're interested in doing that, what does your proposed curr... | 81r5nn | CMV: Critical Thinking is not being taught in schools adequately. | As far as I know, almost every educational institution talks about how important "critical thinking" is. But as far as I know, none of these schools have specific classes in critical thinking that is required for the students.
And even for schools that have critical thinking classes, I don't know how they're teaching ... | MrEctomy | 3 | 3 | [
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As far as I know, almost every educational institution talks about how important "critical thinking" is. But as far as I know, none of these schools have specific classes in critical thinking that is required for the students.
And even for schools that... | The problem with critical thinking classes is that the concept of critical thinking is incredibly difficult to talk about in the abstract. It would be incredibly difficult to fill an entire semester of classes solely with material about critical thinking. If you're interested in doing that, what does your proposed curr... | how do you define critical thinking?
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I would phrase ... | 81r5nn | CMV: Critical Thinking is not being taught in schools adequately. | As far as I know, almost every educational institution talks about how important "critical thinking" is. But as far as I know, none of these schools have specific classes in critical thinking that is required for the students.
And even for schools that have critical thinking classes, I don't know how they're teaching ... | MrEctomy | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: DOGE Is Guessing … Government Transparency Is Of The Utmost Importance. Change My View.
At this point, today, it doesn’t matter what Elon and his team are finding regarding “waste, fraud, and abuse.” All of it is political theatre. Propaganda.
DOGE is not a transparent entity. Their findings are based on con... | Let's presume that everything you say is accurate: doesn't that criticism also apply to the agencies they're investigating? Shouldn't all non-covert agencies be required to be as transparent as you're demanding?
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I think you are hitting on the weakest part of my argument. Yes. All agencies should be fully transp... | Even if DOGE was full transparent I don’t think it would change anything. Trump and Elon owns it all and no one who could stop it is willing to do so.
Transparency with consequences is useless.
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"Transparency \[without\] consequences is useless." ???
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Typo… yes, without. | 1iwf9ff | CMV: DOGE Is Guessing … Government Transparency Is Of The Utmost Importance. Change My View. | At this point, today, it doesn’t matter what Elon and his team are finding regarding “waste, fraud, and abuse.” All of it is political theatre. Propaganda.
DOGE is not a transparent entity. Their findings are based on conjecture. DOGE has not produced an official report or research.
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CMV: Usain Bolt is the most dominant athlete of all time
Well, I feel the title really says it all. I know that comparing athletes from different sports can be incredibly difficult, but still, I feel the total body of Bolt's dominance in a single sport is superior to any other athlete.
He has won numerous world cham... | Michael Phelps though.
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So close for me. There's a handful of other athletes I strongly considered, and Phelps was definitely one of them. Anything in particular that makes you say Phelps over Bolt?
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One of the things you said above was "total body of dominance in a single sport". At Phelps' peak in [2008](ht... | Michael Johnson. Four Olympic golds, 8 world championship golds, first to ever win the 200/400 at the Olympics, simultaneous WR holder in both which stood for almost 10 years. Won every 400 meter race he competed in for eight consecutive years.
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Tough for me to say Johnson when Bolt is literally just faster than h... | m79f7d | CMV: Usain Bolt is the most dominant athlete of all time | Well, I feel the title really says it all. I know that comparing athletes from different sports can be incredibly difficult, but still, I feel the total body of Bolt's dominance in a single sport is superior to any other athlete.
He has won numerous world championships and Olympic gold medals (he is 8-0 in the Olympi... | Fiddler-Diddler | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Usain Bolt is the most dominant athlete of all time
Well, I feel the title really says it all. I know that comparing athletes from different sports can be incredibly difficult, but still, I feel the total body of Bolt's dominance in a single sport is superior to any other athlete.
He has won numerous world cham... | Wayne Gretzky was the fastest and second fastest player in nhl history to 1000 points. Fantasy leagues had to have Wayne Gretzky goals and assists. He had more assists than anyone else had points. Most goals of all time while primarily being a passer. If he never scored a goal he’d still be the NHL all time leader in p... | Michael Johnson. Four Olympic golds, 8 world championship golds, first to ever win the 200/400 at the Olympics, simultaneous WR holder in both which stood for almost 10 years. Won every 400 meter race he competed in for eight consecutive years.
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Tough for me to say Johnson when Bolt is literally just faster than h... | m79f7d | CMV: Usain Bolt is the most dominant athlete of all time | Well, I feel the title really says it all. I know that comparing athletes from different sports can be incredibly difficult, but still, I feel the total body of Bolt's dominance in a single sport is superior to any other athlete.
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CMV: White People Should Learn The Difference Between Nigga and Nigger. THEN We'll Let Y'all Say Nigga.
EDIT: I have changed my view. Thank you all for discussing this with me, despite my OP not being well written or worded the way I would've liked it to. I won't edit my original view, because I do not want to detract... | I wish black people would stop saying it. All it does is belittle yourselves, regardless of how your spell or pronounce it.
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Like I said in my post, the two words have different meanings.
Honestly black people don't use it as much as white people think we do.
I am of the personal opinion that people keep basin... | I know the difference. White people shouldn't say it. Black people shouldn't say it.
Nigga is a stupid word BECAUSE it only exists because nigger exists.
Drop them both
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Honestly, I've gone back and forth on this view with myself as well, and I'd MUCH RATHER do this. But I honestly don't think that either wor... | 7lrd23 | CMV: White People Should Learn The Difference Between Nigga and Nigger. THEN We'll Let Y'all Say Nigga. | EDIT: I have changed my view. Thank you all for discussing this with me, despite my OP not being well written or worded the way I would've liked it to. I won't edit my original view, because I do not want to detract from those who responded politely and made valid points.
All in all, the argument about who cannot say... | queeniebug | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Black people can be racist
I hear how black people cant be racist because they're not in a position of power, but the definition of racism is - "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior."
It doesn't state anything ab... | In my view, the answer to this question is purely semantic.
Going by the definition that racism is an act of prejudice or discrimination based on a person's race, then yes, any person can be racist against any other person; the specific races involved don't factor into it. Anyone can have a racist belief or commit a r... | Can I ask some clarifying questions?
What is the purpose of wanting your view changed here? I think you understand the definition of racism and it fits with your explanation. From your post it could be inferred that you are pointing out that all races can be racist?
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Yes that's what I'm inferring. I'm asking pe... | 8rwad7 | CMV: Black people can be racist | I hear how black people cant be racist because they're not in a position of power, but the definition of racism is - "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior."
It doesn't state anything about power. It says there is preju... | qdolobp | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Saying all White people are racist is racist/bigoted
Firstly I'd like to point out the title says "racist/bigoted" due to differences in how we define racism, younger generations believe there has to be a systematic element where as older generations will not need this element to be present.
So. I've seen numer... | The problem is as you said they arent arguing that white people are racist by using the Oxford definition of it, its the social definition much like the gender vs sex debate. After finding out how they define racism you can then figure out what their reason is for saying such a blanket statement
So yes using the Oxfo... | All white people aren't racist.
But, all white people function in a space that gives an advantage to being white. Once you average all the overall advantages to being white and black.
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What about southafrica or Zimbabwe. Where they have taken and are taking land away from white farmers
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Once you average...... | 81qgvk | CMV: Saying all White people are racist is racist/bigoted | Firstly I'd like to point out the title says "racist/bigoted" due to differences in how we define racism, younger generations believe there has to be a systematic element where as older generations will not need this element to be present.
So. I've seen numerous times, mostly from the left, people argue that all whit... | lbowe95 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Chrome is one the worst possible web browsers in existence.
EDIT: I should have said it's one of the worst *modern* web browsers. Internet Explorer is not up for contest over Chrome.
People seem to be baffled by my opinion on using Chrome, so I want my view changed so I can at least see it from another perspecti... | worse than Internet explorer?
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Sorry I should have included *modern* web browsers in the post. That thing is long gone.
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I’m using it now... and lots of people need to because old intranet sites often only support IE.
even it’s reincarnation edge is so bad Microsoft is scraping its engine and switching to ch... | AFAIK, Chromium still has significant privacy concerns despite being open source. Also, bloat is a problem with basically any modern browser. Firefox is super bloated as well (although not as much as chromium). You can find browsers that don't have very much bloat, but the issue is that a lot of the modern web depends ... | cnm53q | CMV: Chrome is one the worst possible web browsers in existence. | EDIT: I should have said it's one of the worst *modern* web browsers. Internet Explorer is not up for contest over Chrome.
People seem to be baffled by my opinion on using Chrome, so I want my view changed so I can at least see it from another perspective.
Now before I get into my reasoning I want to point out I am t... | BeanSandwhich | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I should purchase a Tesla Model 3
I am a Telsa Model 3 reservation holder. I placed my reservation in store before the public reveal two years ago. I've wanted to own a Tesla car since I first learned about them over five years ago. It's my "dream car". But is it better as a dream than as reality?
Reasons I want... | Getting a Telsa when another car would meet your practical needs is a good way to demonstrate your wealth, or signal something cultural about yourself. I don't mean that in a dismissive way. That's a big part of what we do with money. But I think it's helpful to think of that as part of what you're buying.
Because yo... | I wouldn't buy a car from a company that might not be around in a couple years. Tesla is in serious trouble financially and sourcing parts will be a headache if they were to go under.
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Reasons I want a Model 3:
* I want my household to dr... | eggGreen | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Rashida Tlaib should be censured or expelled from congress due to her recent vocal support for the fall of America.
Any member of Congress who crosses the line from criticism into outright opposition to America or its institutions has no place in Congress. That’s why I think Rep. Rashida Tlaib should face censure... | Based on her statement she calls congress decaying I think.
Congress is both at all time lows of approval and extremely old with members regularly dying so I don’t think she’s wrong to say it’s decaying.
She also didn’t voice support for the fall of America based on that quote. Congress is not America. She says we’re... | I tried googling, but people have been complaining about Tlaib for years. Could you please provide the text in question that you feel was so objectionable, so we can determine if there are any avenues for changing your view?
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Yes I updated the post, pretty major thing to forget in the post lol.
The quote was "Ou... | 1n8ae2a | CMV: Rashida Tlaib should be censured or expelled from congress due to her recent vocal support for the fall of America. | Any member of Congress who crosses the line from criticism into outright opposition to America or its institutions has no place in Congress. That’s why I think Rep. Rashida Tlaib should face censure, or even expulsion. Below are my detailed points for my view.
# 1. Elected officials take an oath.
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CMV: Airport security screenings do very little to stop deliberate terrorism such as the attacks of 9/11. They are a show put on to make passengers think something is being done.
The list of things you have to do in the airport security check line seems to get longer each time you fly: separate pre-purchased travel si... | It's commonly referred to as "security theater."
My point would be that security theater *is* a valid and effective deterrent. Everyone knows what the TSA is looking for and how because going through airport security is not some big secretive thing. So people planning attacks will be aware of the difficulties TSA pres... | Let's say it is a big show. Why does that make you angry?
People are irrationally worried about terrorism. If the fear is irrational, doesn't it make sense for the cure to be irrational? How else *should* we make people feel safe?
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The anger is because it's demeaning and takes a long time, causing other problems... | 8a9r3h | CMV: Airport security screenings do very little to stop deliberate terrorism such as the attacks of 9/11. They are a show put on to make passengers think something is being done. | The list of things you have to do in the airport security check line seems to get longer each time you fly: separate pre-purchased travel sized products into a plastic baggie and remove it from your suitcase. Remove your shoes, earrings, belt, sunglasses. Take all food and snacks out. Dump out water. Separate electroni... | florencenightinjale | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: distinguishing between positive and negative rights doesn't make sense
Distinguishing between positive and negative human rights is a flawed approach because it artificially divides a unified concept, misrepresents how rights function in practice, and obscures the responsibilities required to protect them. The tr... | I don’t think anyone disagrees with your general point that a) positive rights can require non-interference to maintain and b) negative rights require active steps to maintain.
But I think the distinction is useful because positives and negative rights typically differ in one important sense, which is that negative ri... | For negative rights, the absence of government interference is precisely the right. Nothing more is needed but for the government to leave you alone in that regard.
Positive rights aren't rights at all, because it's possible that the thing you have a right to demand doesn't exist. And then your right makes no sense. ... | 1iw01c0 | CMV: distinguishing between positive and negative rights doesn't make sense | Distinguishing between positive and negative human rights is a flawed approach because it artificially divides a unified concept, misrepresents how rights function in practice, and obscures the responsibilities required to protect them. The traditional distinction, which categorizes negative rights as those requiring n... | Chocolatecakelover | 10 | 6 | [
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CMV: Trans women are not equivalent to biological women
The same things hold true for trans men and biological men. A transgender person may transition towards being the opposite gender but they are not equivalent. People often argue that there is no discernible difference between a woman and man that has transitioned... | I agree with most of what the other responders have said, but I want to take a slightly different tack. Let's consider the question "are transwomen real women?". Is the answer yes or no? Fundamentally, the answer is whatever we, as a society, want it to be. Because the phrase "real woman" is not something with some go... | Do people actually make the argument that trans women are *biologically* the same as people who are born female?
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I've heard many people claim this.
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Like.. who? Can you link to an article or something that claims this? | cnk7fp | CMV: Trans women are not equivalent to biological women | The same things hold true for trans men and biological men. A transgender person may transition towards being the opposite gender but they are not equivalent. People often argue that there is no discernible difference between a woman and man that has transitioned. This is not true.
For example, a man that transitions... | SignalChef | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I think ID should be required to vote.
I am not from the US, and in my country (germany) you need to have your "Personalausweis" (ID) to vote. I thought this would be normal all over the world and its a very clear cut issue, one citizen -> one vote. I talked about this with a view friends on one told me this view... | How easy is it to obtain a valid ID in Germany?
If it's easy to have one and carrying it is mandatory, having your ID for voting makes sense because you are required to have it even if you are not voting.
However, if I understand correctly (I'm Canadian), in the US, having a valid ID is not mandatory and it can be h... | Not every American has an ID because the ID of a national registry with all their information in control of the federal government scares people so there is no national requirement to have an ID. Instead people only get an ID if they need it for something else, either driving or leaving the country. So certainly most A... | joquf5 | CMV: I think ID should be required to vote. | I am not from the US, and in my country (germany) you need to have your "Personalausweis" (ID) to vote. I thought this would be normal all over the world and its a very clear cut issue, one citizen -> one vote. I talked about this with a view friends on one told me this view is considered racist in the US and i am now ... | HereForExchange | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People should have to earn the right to have kids.
People are flawed beings, and as a result, society is flawed.
Most humans are broken. Unconsciously scarred by the traumas of their childhood, most people are unable to function in society without conflict. Anger, fear, envy, pity, hatred.. There are many negati... | You can't enforce this rule unless you are willing to have forced abortions or forced adoptions and neither of those are for the greater good of society either. Are you prepared to go that far?
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I edited the original post (added a methodology). Can you still explain why there would need to be forced abortions and ... | Who should they have to demonstrate this to and at what point will it be visible that they’ve earned or failed too earn this right?
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That would be determined by a long process of discussions and rule-making between professional psychologist and therapist. They would have to form some type of committee that ultim... | 8rq5xe | CMV: People should have to earn the right to have kids. | People are flawed beings, and as a result, society is flawed.
Most humans are broken. Unconsciously scarred by the traumas of their childhood, most people are unable to function in society without conflict. Anger, fear, envy, pity, hatred.. There are many negative emotions and behaviors that people outwardly project o... | Maekc | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: People should have to earn the right to have kids.
People are flawed beings, and as a result, society is flawed.
Most humans are broken. Unconsciously scarred by the traumas of their childhood, most people are unable to function in society without conflict. Anger, fear, envy, pity, hatred.. There are many negati... | Well if you are pro-choice which im guessing you are then this is a direct conflict. Either women can have the right to their body or not.
Secondly, if this is to protect the children of the families im 100% sure these kids would rather be alive with this life.
Finally, earning a right is a fallacy. If its a right y... | Who should they have to demonstrate this to and at what point will it be visible that they’ve earned or failed too earn this right?
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That would be determined by a long process of discussions and rule-making between professional psychologist and therapist. They would have to form some type of committee that ultim... | 8rq5xe | CMV: People should have to earn the right to have kids. | People are flawed beings, and as a result, society is flawed.
Most humans are broken. Unconsciously scarred by the traumas of their childhood, most people are unable to function in society without conflict. Anger, fear, envy, pity, hatred.. There are many negative emotions and behaviors that people outwardly project o... | Maekc | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: I need help understanding why people disagree with the opinion that no one should have trouble achieving their dreams no matter what it is for this reason.
And I need this answered in this context. Let’s say their dream is to be in law enforcement or the military. Even if that’s the case I still believe they sho... | I have a friend whose son has dreamed of becoming a Marine for many years. Last year he found out he has a heart defect that disqualifies him for all military service. Should he still be allowed to become a Marine despite physical risk to his life from the intense training? What about the risk to the lives of those in ... | So let's say you want to become a doctor.
In high school you nearly failed out.
But your dream is to become a doctor.
So you go to college, but don't pass the necessary prerequisites for med school. You aren't capable of passing the classes because you aren't smart enough.
Do you REALLY want that person to still be... | 1n8gc98 | CMV: I need help understanding why people disagree with the opinion that no one should have trouble achieving their dreams no matter what it is for this reason. |
And I need this answered in this context. Let’s say their dream is to be in law enforcement or the military. Even if that’s the case I still believe they shouldn’t have trouble achieving that dream. The reason why I believe this is because i don’t think anyone should have to change their goal after being told “thanks ... | Fabulous-Introvert | 3 | 3 | [
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