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CMV: Having overpowered player characters in D&D 5e is a blessing, not a curse.
To clarify, I am running a published module at the moment (first time, usually we do homebrew settings) and I was giving out experience incorrectly (gave total amount to each player instead of dividing it) + added a couple of random treasu... | The two big pitfalls would be pacing and party dynamics. Keep in mind this is entirely subjective, there's very few "wrong" ways to play.
First, progressing too fast could easily make it less meaningful and will make a campaign overall shorter. That's not to say it's wrong or bad, it can certainly work for some peopl... | [deleted]
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!delta
While I don't necessarily agree with the "missing content" aspect as I do run ALL content, just scaled up, I do appreciate that I'm speeding the progress of the game in terms of power and the characters deciding they're ready for the BBEG early.
In that same breath though, if I'm buffing ever... | ebkb28 | CMV: Having overpowered player characters in D&D 5e is a blessing, not a curse. | To clarify, I am running a published module at the moment (first time, usually we do homebrew settings) and I was giving out experience incorrectly (gave total amount to each player instead of dividing it) + added a couple of random treasure rewards from donjon that have enabled some pretty wacky shenanigans (ring of t... | Arequin | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Southern hospitality is what people talk about when they say Americans are kind, and people who live in big cities give us most of our bad rap
Okay so I'm 14 in highschool, I consider myself fairly enlightened when it comes to political happenings, but my ideas aren't set in stone, I love having discussions so I ... | Have you ever heard the expression "A southern smile is a mile wide and an inch deep." The stereotype is that Southerners are very polite and nice, but are really judgemental and mean under the surface. That generally means condemning anyone who isn't like them (e.g., homosexuals, atheists). It means preaching the Bibl... | A) NO ONE says Americans are kind. B) What race are you? I’m assuming Caucasian. Because that would explain why you’ve never experienced bullying in a small town in The US. C) Some of the nicest people live in cities and some of the most awful people live in small towns and vice versa. There is good and bad everywhere.... | arhk43 | CMV: Southern hospitality is what people talk about when they say Americans are kind, and people who live in big cities give us most of our bad rap | Okay so I'm 14 in highschool, I consider myself fairly enlightened when it comes to political happenings, but my ideas aren't set in stone, I love having discussions so I hope this will be good.
I go to a small school in a small city in Tennessee, personally I have never seen acual bullying, and it's not from lack of ... | xX_MrLeftHand_Xx | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: You should take the vaccine
I don't understand why anyone would refuse the vaccine. It's literally free, safe, and effective against Covid-19.
The data shows that the vaccines are keeping us safe right now from the virus. And there are high [hospitalization rates for unvaccinated areas](https://www.cnn.com/2021/... | [removed]
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Funny how antivaxxers never have sources
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I sourced the whole thing just now. I was in school typing this up quickly. You can go check now. I added sources | Increasing my chances of survival from 99.99% to 99.999% with the added risk of known short term and unknown longterm side effects doesnt really move the needle for me (no pun intended).
I know people will say "You get the shot to protect others"- That's not how that works. "But viral load"- Again, that's not how that... | qhpd19 | CMV: You should take the vaccine | I don't understand why anyone would refuse the vaccine. It's literally free, safe, and effective against Covid-19.
The data shows that the vaccines are keeping us safe right now from the virus. And there are high [hospitalization rates for unvaccinated areas](https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/health/us-coronavirus-wednes... | FullyVaccinatedCat | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Alcohol is a seriously dangerous drug and should be illegal.
If you are pro-mask laws, pro-seatbelt laws, pro-gun control laws, or hell even pro-life, you should be anti-alcohol. It’s a drug that is very dangerous to not just the person drinking, but to everyone around them.
This isn’t a case of “I should be abl... | The US tried making alcohol illegal, [prohibition](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States) had very little effect on alcohol consumption and lead to a drastic increase in gang crime.
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I am aware of the 18th amendment thank you. What’s your point? You didn’t address any of my points and yo... | consider your other examples.
1. we don't require you to wear seatbelts all the time, just while you are driving.
2. we don't require you to wear masks, just when you're doing things that would cause risk to others.
So...there is literally no risk to a person around me when I have a beer in my house on a friday nigh... | hu2vm7 | CMV: Alcohol is a seriously dangerous drug and should be illegal. | If you are pro-mask laws, pro-seatbelt laws, pro-gun control laws, or hell even pro-life, you should be anti-alcohol. It’s a drug that is very dangerous to not just the person drinking, but to everyone around them.
This isn’t a case of “I should be able to ingest what I want.” It’s not about you. The annual death toll... | H3r34TheM3m3s | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Hyphenated American identities (Asian-American, Mexican-American) should not exist.
America is not an “idea”, it's not an “experiment”, it's not an “economic zone”, it's a country, with land, culture, and values that its people have created, and it must be protected and enforced.
The once unifying culture that h... | You’re pretty wrong on the history. Prior to the world wars and particularly WWII the US had tons of fragmentary ethnic enclaves. In fact prior to WWI [German was the second most widely soon language in the US](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language_in_the_United_States). The American Southwest was always Span... | Racist Americans still don't think that Chinese people, who have lived in America for generations, are American.
Hyphens aren't the problem.
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Trust me, racists will be racists, hyphen or no. | 1ln1rcp | CMV: Hyphenated American identities (Asian-American, Mexican-American) should not exist. | America is not an “idea”, it's not an “experiment”, it's not an “economic zone”, it's a country, with land, culture, and values that its people have created, and it must be protected and enforced.
The once unifying culture that has held it together through multiples wars has been destroyed since the 60s is dead, and o... | Worldly_Yam_6550 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The proper response to protestors blocking the street is for police to physically remove them and quickly arrest them if they do it again.
I've seen a lot of videos of protestors blocking the street and the cops just kinda let them do it, or create a narrow lane for cars to go through and cause a significant traf... | Protests are an important part of democracy. They are "the voice of the unheard"
In the last decade in countries around the world we have seen increasingly draconian anti-protest laws. Many of these laws are being pushed through due to lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, that are not happy protests calling for acti... | What law is being broken?
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I'm always curious why cops don't just drag these people out of the road and arrest them immediately if they return. I'm pretty s... | HelpfulJello5361 | 11 | 11 | [
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CMV: Getting a tattoo on a part of the body that is usually uncovered (e.g., hand/forearm, neck/head) before your mid-20s is an unwise life decision.
Whenever I see people in the under 25 age group with tattoos on their face, hands or forearms, my immediate thought is, “they’re going to regret that someday”. I like s... | I think getting a tattoo anywhere before your mid-20s is an unwise decision. I have one largish tattoo which I got in my thirties, which I regret now in my 50s.
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This is actually a good example of the point I came to make: plenty of people regret tattoos they get later in life, and plenty don’t regret tattoos they... | Forearm seems a little strange to me. I understand not getting tattooed on the face, neck, or hands too early because you can’t cover them up hardly ever, but a forearm tattoo is easily covered by a button down shirt. If a company has a short sleeved uniform, you can always mention the tattoo in an interview and ask if... | hu0jn2 | CMV: Getting a tattoo on a part of the body that is usually uncovered (e.g., hand/forearm, neck/head) before your mid-20s is an unwise life decision. | Whenever I see people in the under 25 age group with tattoos on their face, hands or forearms, my immediate thought is, “they’re going to regret that someday”. I like seeing interesting or well-done body art, but I think it’s unwise to do it too early in life on parts of the body that aren’t usually covered up.
I’d pr... | snafusis | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: My Brain is in a vat controlled by an Evil Neuroscientist that will get away with it:
In my philosophy class(in college) , we learned about the idea of skepticism and that our brain could be in a vat and my professor showed us this video (https://youtu.be/zO0sSJB1TrI), and sometimes I wonder if it causes all the ... | I don’t think there’s any way to prove this isn’t true, but I also don’t think it’s reasonable to believe this scenario is an accurate depiction of reality, simply because the odds are stacked so high against it.
There are basically an unlimited amount of scenarios that could replace the neuroscientist/brain vat scena... | What view, or position are you looking to have changed here and what possible evidence could one give to you to change it? The brain in a vat is a thought experiment that is still unresolved to this day so I am not really sure what you are looking for.
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CMV: Islam doesn’t have a place in the West.
With recent increase of terror attacks with the murder in Norway, the stabbings in Austria and the UK, the car attacks in Germany and New Orleans, and the recent Al-Qaeda takeover of Syria, continuously remind us that Islam is not interested in peace. It is interested in co... | There are branches of Islam that do not believe in pluralistic societies. This version of Islam is incompatible with Western Pluralism.
We need to have this conversation. These beliefs are just as dangerous as white supremacy or Christian Nationalism.
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Where is it? It isn’t in Saudi, Bahrain, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, A... | Muslims in America are way more progressive on average than Christians.
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Are American Muslims actively taking steps to prevent radicalization? Most I have met are wildly anti semitic, especially those that were not born here.
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That responds doesn't sound like someone who wants their view changed. | 1irlckx | CMV: Islam doesn’t have a place in the West. | With recent increase of terror attacks with the murder in Norway, the stabbings in Austria and the UK, the car attacks in Germany and New Orleans, and the recent Al-Qaeda takeover of Syria, continuously remind us that Islam is not interested in peace. It is interested in cohabitation. It only wants subjugation(Quran 9:... | Able_Breadfruit_1145 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Atheists aren't more logical than religious nuts
Atheists: we use science and logic, there is no god
So who the fuck made the universe? How did we come to be?
Atheists: science hasn't come that far yet but there's certainly no god
Now to me this is as stupid as religion. I feel like the ONLY defensible positio... | Why is the existence of a god a natural position? You say that the universe cannot pop out of nothing, but a god does not solve this issue, because then you are left with a god that pops out of nothing. You just moved the problem one step further.
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Will you explain why you see so much more logic in Mohammed Atta's actions than you see in Bill Nye's?
When you look at Atta and Nye together, explain why you think Atta is the more logical of the two.
Thanks, looking forward to hearing your expl... | cm92t8 | CMV: Atheists aren't more logical than religious nuts | Atheists: we use science and logic, there is no god
So who the fuck made the universe? How did we come to be?
Atheists: science hasn't come that far yet but there's certainly no god
Now to me this is as stupid as religion. I feel like the ONLY defensible position is agnosticism (no clue if there's a god or not).
I ... | StackGambler | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: electromagnetic sensitivity is a real condition and we need more people studying it.
I’m more sceptical of the big telecom companies telling us all the electromagnetic radiation is safe then I am of the people who claim to be severely affected by it.
Is it all in their heads? Are there studies not funded by tele... | [Self-diagnosed EMS sufferers](https://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/facts/fs296/en/) are no more able to correctly detect electromagnetic waves than non-EMS sufferers under laboratory conditions, despite claiming all manner of harsh symptoms from exposure.
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People who claim they are acutely sensitive to electromagnetic fields should have no problem proving it. Since they feel it quickly, it would be trivial to setup a double blind study where they are asked to say whether a field is present or not. I have never heard of such a ... | iwn64x | CMV: electromagnetic sensitivity is a real condition and we need more people studying it. | I’m more sceptical of the big telecom companies telling us all the electromagnetic radiation is safe then I am of the people who claim to be severely affected by it.
Is it all in their heads? Are there studies not funded by telecom companies that conclude its harmless? Will 5G have an affect on us?
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CMV: We should keep wearing masks when we go out sick, even as we live with the virus
The pandemic hasn’t truly ended; we’ve just chosen to coexist with the virus. I noticed a simple habit made a noticeable difference. Whenever I had a cold or mild fever, I wore a mask. Among friends and colleagues, catching colds and... | most people were wearing surgical masks, which do not stop the spread of respiratory viruses. literally says that right on the box
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CMV: People who struggle with infertility should avoid having biological children
Originally posted on r/unpopularopinion but it got removed because they don’t allow family related topics. There were a lot of replies with reasonable points though so I think we can have a more respectful discussion here.
Here’s the or... | Adoption needs to stop being in the same discussion as fertility. It is fundamentally incomparable.
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Can you expand more on that? In my head, fertility and adoption both relate to people becoming parents and raising children.
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Speaking in animal terms, because well that’s what we are anyway, when you mate wit... | Infertility doesn’t make you unfit to parent. IVF is just medicine, like insulin for diabetes. Adoption isn’t some easy backup plan,it’s harder, slower, and often more expensive than IVF. Telling infertile couples to “just adopt” while letting fertile couples keep trying is a double standard, like saying only people wi... | 1n26vi9 | CMV: People who struggle with infertility should avoid having biological children | Originally posted on r/unpopularopinion but it got removed because they don’t allow family related topics. There were a lot of replies with reasonable points though so I think we can have a more respectful discussion here.
Here’s the original unchanged post because I’d be an ass if I started rewording my point:
“If y... | VicMyristic | 3 | 3 | [
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cmv: Performing two tasks under the same action qualifies as multitasking
Multitasking has several definitions, but one of them is that multitasking is the simultaneous completion of 2 tasks. Furthermore, a task is some work assigned by oneself or others to be completed.
The example I'll use is killing 2 birds with o... | The problem is your start. That is not the colloquial meaning of multitasking despite how intuitive it sounds. That’s just language I’m afraid. Words don’t have to mean what they sound like they might mean.
When most people say multitasking, they mean performing two actions and completing two tasks at once. Like usin... | Multi-tasking is impossible. The brain cannot focus on two high-level activities requiring thought and cognitive action at the same time.
You can switch back and forth between tasks rapidly, but can never do them at the same exact time.
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You made the qualifier that the brain cannot focus on two HIGH level activi... | rsx91c | cmv: Performing two tasks under the same action qualifies as multitasking | Multitasking has several definitions, but one of them is that multitasking is the simultaneous completion of 2 tasks. Furthermore, a task is some work assigned by oneself or others to be completed.
The example I'll use is killing 2 birds with one stone. If I were assigned to take out one bird each by a separate person... | bystander232 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: E-sports have very little in common with actual sports and E-sports athletes should not be looked up to.
Real actual sports are hard. They demand dedication and discipline to be good at. If you want to be good at them you will have to spend time on unpleasant activities. You will have to be at the gym, spend time... | >Real actual sports are hard. They demand dedication and discipline to be good at. If you want to be good at them you will have to spend time on unpleasant activities. You will have to be at the gym, spend time at practice, and generally invest yourself into activities that are not fun.
If that is your view of athlet... | Please tell me what the meaningful difference between "be at the gym, spend time at practice, and generally invest yourself into activities that are not fun." and "spend a lot of time playing a particular video game.".
>That is not impressive.
Clearly millions of people around the world are impressed by it. Somethin... | cm502l | CMV: E-sports have very little in common with actual sports and E-sports athletes should not be looked up to. | Real actual sports are hard. They demand dedication and discipline to be good at. If you want to be good at them you will have to spend time on unpleasant activities. You will have to be at the gym, spend time at practice, and generally invest yourself into activities that are not fun.
To be good at E-sports all you ... | Tacobreathkiller | 3 | 3 | [
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Real actual sports are hard. They demand dedication and discipline to be good at. If you want to be good at them you will have to spend time on unpleasant activities. You will have to be at the gym, spend time... | >Real actual sports are hard. They demand dedication and discipline to be good at. If you want to be good at them you will have to spend time on unpleasant activities. You will have to be at the gym, spend time at practice, and generally invest yourself into activities that are not fun.
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CMV: E-sports have very little in common with actual sports and E-sports athletes should not be looked up to.
Real actual sports are hard. They demand dedication and discipline to be good at. If you want to be good at them you will have to spend time on unpleasant activities. You will have to be at the gym, spend time... | Please tell me what the meaningful difference between "be at the gym, spend time at practice, and generally invest yourself into activities that are not fun." and "spend a lot of time playing a particular video game.".
>That is not impressive.
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If that is your view of athlet... | cm502l | CMV: E-sports have very little in common with actual sports and E-sports athletes should not be looked up to. | Real actual sports are hard. They demand dedication and discipline to be good at. If you want to be good at them you will have to spend time on unpleasant activities. You will have to be at the gym, spend time at practice, and generally invest yourself into activities that are not fun.
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CMV: I think the word schizoid should be treated as a slur
The idea that someone would use it in a way that isnt used in the same way people use the R-slur or the N-word to me seems very naive, and very short sighted, it is a blatant generalization of a group of people,
I personally get annoyed when people say “They... | It's the name of a psychiatric diagnosis. Do you think it shouldn't be called that, shouldn't be pathologized, or something else?
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I just think it shouldn’t be as freely used as it currently is, schizoid i view to be the same sort of response as ret##ded, where yeah it can be used medically but practically nobody ... | What does treated as a slur mean?
Like you think more kids should call each other it on the playground/in voice chat or what?
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The way people would probably get warned on most social medias for using the R-Slur or N-word
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You mean retard? Or is there some other r slur you are referring to? Rigger maybe? Red... | 1ln1545 | CMV: I think the word schizoid should be treated as a slur | The idea that someone would use it in a way that isnt used in the same way people use the R-slur or the N-word to me seems very naive, and very short sighted, it is a blatant generalization of a group of people,
I personally get annoyed when people say “They are acting acoustic” as a autistic person, But these types ... | ArticunoWolfy7724 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Coal, gas and nuclear energy should be gradually replaced by renewables at a faster pace.
The cost of solar panels have plumetted, and we live in a time when the clock of climate change is ticking, and it becomes urgent to act now.
After the various nuclear accidents of Tchernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear is now b... | Nuclear isn't unsafe, every incident has been caused by natural disasters, human error or bad safety practices. I do agree we need to replace coal and gas, but we need more nuclear energy.
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what about cost? renewables are cheaper
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Lets say that this paper is true: https://news.uci.edu/2018/02/27/wind-and-sola... | This topic is just to big to cover, but solar isn't actually cheap. It's heavily subsidized, and is extremely inefficient when compared to something like coal. Nuclear isn't even as efficient as coal.
The entire premise of your comment is based on political agenda's, but alot of people fail to consider that solar com... | ebduc8 | CMV: Coal, gas and nuclear energy should be gradually replaced by renewables at a faster pace. | The cost of solar panels have plumetted, and we live in a time when the clock of climate change is ticking, and it becomes urgent to act now.
After the various nuclear accidents of Tchernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear is now both too expensive and unsafe.
Many countries have invested large amounts of subsidies to pay fo... | PenisShapedSilencer | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Education in the US should be tailored to top performers and not bottom performers.
Note: This is mainly talking about grades seven through twelve.
Education in the US is too focused on teaching to the bottom and middle parts of the class. Teachers move too slow for the students who are actually competent, which... | I agree with your subject, but not at all with your implementation. Competition is unnecessary and counterproductive. It seems like you're mostly talking about STEM, so I'll focus on that too.
Competition is incredibly rare in actual STEM work, whether it's in industry or academia. There's just no need for it. The pr... | Well the high school graduation rate is 84.6% so it clearly doesn't cater to the bottom sixth of students. On top of that students who do well in high school get scholarships to colleges if they want them. I don't understand why you would think that it's somehow the other way around and schools reward you for being stu... | ebg6f6 | CMV: Education in the US should be tailored to top performers and not bottom performers. | Note: This is mainly talking about grades seven through twelve.
Education in the US is too focused on teaching to the bottom and middle parts of the class. Teachers move too slow for the students who are actually competent, which leads to them getting distracted. This is something that happens all throughout school fr... | ZERXOK | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Education in the US should be tailored to top performers and not bottom performers.
Note: This is mainly talking about grades seven through twelve.
Education in the US is too focused on teaching to the bottom and middle parts of the class. Teachers move too slow for the students who are actually competent, which... | >Lower level students who are unwilling to put in effort to reach the top are not motivated enough to accomplish important things.
How do you know that students aren't struggling for other reasons? Perhaps their home environment is not conducive to studying and learning. Perhaps they have a learning disability. Perhap... | I've said a few times that I think it's currently tailored to both the top AND bottom performers. It's the kids in the middle that get screwed.
On the bottom side, obviously there's an interest in bringing those kids up, because a lot of the metrics have to do with what % of kids are meeting standards, etc. In that ... | ebg6f6 | CMV: Education in the US should be tailored to top performers and not bottom performers. | Note: This is mainly talking about grades seven through twelve.
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CMV: Electric cars are superior to gas-powered cars, even ignoring environmental effects
The argument I want to make here is mostly a practical one: ignoring any altruistic environmental benefits, an electric car is just a better purchase than a similar gas-powered car. Some of my reasons:
* It's cheaper to operate, ... | > In the event you're going on a long road trip, you'll need to stop for food at some point, which usually takes enough time that you can charge the car up at a charge station.
I think this is a more significant issue than you're making it. Electric cars need infrastructure which a lot of places currently don't have. ... | [deleted]
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I have to admit I don't know a whole lot about gas-powered cars. If I were to go to a car dealership and purchase a vehicle, can I buy it with a different type of engine? In the same way of adding on a sunroof or leather seats?
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* It's cheaper to operate, ... | > You can't "fill up" an electric car quickly. My response would be that your electric car would always be "topped off" when you leave the house every morning, and in the event you're going on a long road trip, you'll need to stop for food at some point, which usually takes enough time that you can charge the car up at... | They're amazing with the exception of the fact that most of them have substantially range per fill or top off than traditional and electric/gas hybrids. Excluding the Tesla vehicles which are only allowing their drivers to use 80-90% of their battery capacity and are much more expensive than their traditional car manu... | hu2inl | CMV: Electric cars are superior to gas-powered cars, even ignoring environmental effects | The argument I want to make here is mostly a practical one: ignoring any altruistic environmental benefits, an electric car is just a better purchase than a similar gas-powered car. Some of my reasons:
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CMV: Trump is seriously damaging the integrity of our Democracy
Trump is damaging the core aspects of our democracy. When he casts doubt on the election results, it makes people lose faith in our democratic institutions. It is his and his teams job to ensure fair elections, yet he says he will be suspicious of the res... | You've been hit with a classic American-media one-two punch:
*The thing you like!!!! a lot!!!! is very important. It's loveable and everyone who doesn't love it is hateable. It's so important you'd do anything to protect it. It's the basis for everything good you have! But not everything bad - everything bad is be... | Booth sides are very petty regarding the integrity of democracy. I remember not too long ago another candidate making accusations that a hostile nation had somehow manipulated the vote.
Every politician had their own agenda and is hungry for further power and will all seek personal gain while in office. If any other ... | iwigv5 | CMV: Trump is seriously damaging the integrity of our Democracy | Trump is damaging the core aspects of our democracy. When he casts doubt on the election results, it makes people lose faith in our democratic institutions. It is his and his teams job to ensure fair elections, yet he says he will be suspicious of the results if Biden wins. He also talks about running for a third term,... | MedTechSpurs | 7 | 7 | [
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CmV: The discussion should be about pollution, not climate change.
The global climate changes. That is a constant in the history of the earth. The earth has been through 5 ice ages without human interference. https://images.app.goo.gl/jw8SCmCHgReibXvh7
Volcanos are capable of causing global temperature shifts multipl... | The climate has changed in the past, but other than the occasional massive extinction level event like the meteor that killed the dinosaurs or super volcano eruptions, it has never changed at remotely close to the speed it is currently changing. So yeah, the climate naturally shifts over time, but that time is over th... | >Make no mistake, I believe that we have affected the climate, but it's 80-90% natural, 10-20% us.
Although this may be your belief, it is in conflict with the scientific consensus, which is that humans (not natural factors) are [the dominant cause](https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/) of the rapid change i... | dklnz9 | CmV: The discussion should be about pollution, not climate change. | The global climate changes. That is a constant in the history of the earth. The earth has been through 5 ice ages without human interference. https://images.app.goo.gl/jw8SCmCHgReibXvh7
Volcanos are capable of causing global temperature shifts multiple °C.
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CMV: Democrats should seek common ground with MAGA supporters to defeat Trump’s populist agenda and protect the future of Democracy in America.
As a younger person I gravitated toward liberal and progressive ideology but as I age I tend to lean more toward a libertarian perspective. As my views have changed I’ve beco... | Here's the thing about compromising with fascists. It tends to never stop and ultimately does nothing but hand everything to the latter just for the sake of claiming that *something* has happened.
Not to mention that we're talking about people who tanked border funding, the thing they can never shut the fuck up about,... | > I think they save this country by looking at the bigger picture and making tough policy compromises that will be hard to swallow initially but ultimately will benefit all of us in the long term.
Which specific policy compromises are you suggesting that you believe will convert MAGA supporters to start voting blue?
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CMV: Families Getting Upset/Angry When Their Child Leaves A Religion Is Absurd.
Hello there. I am Hindu. I converted when I was around 13/14.
My parents are atheists and that's fine. I was raised completely secularly, so the idea of a parent getting angry/upset when a child leaves a religion is just so confusing and... | 100% OP. I agree completely.
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Yh I don’t understand how you can believe in Christianity and not cry every night if your child doesn’t. I mean you litteraly believe your child will be tortured forever in hell being burned and yet you don’t really care. It’s absurd to not care if your child leaves your religion. | I am more familiar with christian beliefs so I will use that as an example. Many denominations of Christianity believe that without accepting Christ you will go to hell, full stop, no exceptions. So if you genuinely believe that, your child leaving the faith means that your child, who you love, has condemned themselves... | rswhoq | CMV: Families Getting Upset/Angry When Their Child Leaves A Religion Is Absurd. | Hello there. I am Hindu. I converted when I was around 13/14.
My parents are atheists and that's fine. I was raised completely secularly, so the idea of a parent getting angry/upset when a child leaves a religion is just so confusing and absurd to me. Why would any parent be upset about it. A child (talking anything ... | AbiLovesTheology | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Gun legislation is not what Americans should be focused on when trying to solve the issue of gun violence
Everyone is looking for a solution, but my opinion is that the majority of folks aren’t looking in the right place.
The Democratic presidential candidates’ responses to this shooting are all themed around ‘m... | I'm a Clinical Psychologist. Right now in the vast majority of the country I have absolutely no recourse for realistically removing a gun from the hands of a troubled patient. There is no universal registry. If I identify someone at risk, my only realistic recourse (with some exceptions in some states) is to forcefully... | The bottom line is you can’t force someone to get treatment for a mental illness, at least not until AFTER they have committed some kind of crime. Gun control would reduce the amount of guns in circulation, and thus reduce access to guns for people with mental illness. People with mental illness all over the world don’... | cm1pca | CMV: Gun legislation is not what Americans should be focused on when trying to solve the issue of gun violence | Everyone is looking for a solution, but my opinion is that the majority of folks aren’t looking in the right place.
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CMV: Gun legislation is not what Americans should be focused on when trying to solve the issue of gun violence
Everyone is looking for a solution, but my opinion is that the majority of folks aren’t looking in the right place.
The Democratic presidential candidates’ responses to this shooting are all themed around ‘m... | I'm a Clinical Psychologist. Right now in the vast majority of the country I have absolutely no recourse for realistically removing a gun from the hands of a troubled patient. There is no universal registry. If I identify someone at risk, my only realistic recourse (with some exceptions in some states) is to forcefully... | The bottom line is you can’t force someone to get treatment for a mental illness, at least not until AFTER they have committed some kind of crime. Gun control would reduce the amount of guns in circulation, and thus reduce access to guns for people with mental illness. People with mental illness all over the world don’... | cm1pca | CMV: Gun legislation is not what Americans should be focused on when trying to solve the issue of gun violence | Everyone is looking for a solution, but my opinion is that the majority of folks aren’t looking in the right place.
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CMV: Gun legislation is not what Americans should be focused on when trying to solve the issue of gun violence
Everyone is looking for a solution, but my opinion is that the majority of folks aren’t looking in the right place.
The Democratic presidential candidates’ responses to this shooting are all themed around ‘m... | The bottom line is you can’t force someone to get treatment for a mental illness, at least not until AFTER they have committed some kind of crime. Gun control would reduce the amount of guns in circulation, and thus reduce access to guns for people with mental illness. People with mental illness all over the world don’... | Why not both? Yes, gun control laws won't stop every mass shooting, or even most of them. There is every reason to think it would prevent or lessen the severity of *some* of them though. Most mass shooters are not criminals - they don't know where or how you get guns on the black market. And sure, they might be abl... | cm1pca | CMV: Gun legislation is not what Americans should be focused on when trying to solve the issue of gun violence | Everyone is looking for a solution, but my opinion is that the majority of folks aren’t looking in the right place.
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Everyone is looking for a solution, but my opinion is that the majority of folks aren’t looking in the right place.
The Democratic presidential candidates’ responses to this shooting are all themed around ‘m... | If you make guns illegal, legal ones will be confiscated, but so will illegal ones every time they are found. The government also has the ability to control the availability of ammunition, right?
It wouldn’t be an instant solution, but it would reduce the availability of the weapons.
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CMV: We need to stop telling people that salt is bad for them (unless they have dangerously high blood pressure).
Last night I roasted some carrots -- just olive oil and salt, and I couldn't believe how good they were. It occurred to me that if I had had those carrots when I was a child I probably would have happily e... | I'm not sure if your story matches up with the reality of salt consumption, especially in the US. An overwhelming majority of salt consumption is from food that individuals don't prepare i.e. prepackaged, restaurants, or processed foods.
https://www.cdc.gov/salt/role_of_sodium.htm
I'm not sure if most people eat out... | Who is being told or telling people that salt is bad?
I’ve only ever heard salt being bad in the context of high blood pressure.
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Maybe it's a generational thing, but that was what I was told growing up. If that message is changing then I'm glad, however the CDC still has web pages that I talked about in another ... | rsvn2s | CMV: We need to stop telling people that salt is bad for them (unless they have dangerously high blood pressure). | Last night I roasted some carrots -- just olive oil and salt, and I couldn't believe how good they were. It occurred to me that if I had had those carrots when I was a child I probably would have happily eaten them. But I didn't get those, I got bland under seasoned vegetables because the understanding of the day was t... | adsilcott | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Insurance Has Become a Scam and is No Longer Necessary
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we can spread risk without insurance companies. all we need are pools of money that we pay into and stuff that we need gets paid out of. no different from insurance companies, but without all the overhead of htem.
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> no different from insurance companies, but without all the overhead of htem.
Wha... | Insurance can be pretty messy at times, but I don't think you quite understand the premise of insurance. And insurance varies greatly from field to field such as health or automobile.
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CMV: Stochastic Terrorism isn’t a valid concept.
Given recent events I’ve seen this a lot on reddit, and I feel to see the logic behind the seemingly recently made up phrase.
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In that case, maybe 20-40% of the blame? Depends on context. However, I don't see how that metaphor compares to Trumps views on immigrants. I am open to see a... | cm0nww | CMV: Stochastic Terrorism isn’t a valid concept. | Given recent events I’ve seen this a lot on reddit, and I feel to see the logic behind the seemingly recently made up phrase.
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CMV: "Cancel culture" is a conservative dogwhistle used to make leftists feel that fighting for social justice is somehow a bad thing.
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He is facing life in prison right now.
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I'm saying those are bad examples. Bad cancel cult... | qgyjwf | CMV: "Cancel culture" is a conservative dogwhistle used to make leftists feel that fighting for social justice is somehow a bad thing. | A phrase I've seen used a lot recently in internet discourse is this idea of "cancel culture", moreso in the last few weeks because of controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle's new comedy special. Interestingly it seems like this idea has become popular even among the center-left (which I feel are fairly dominate on red... | Zippy0723 | 3 | 3 | [
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He is facing life in prison right now.
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CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist.
Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can... | [deleted]
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>maybe you could stretch it into xenophobia, but even then they would not be chanting it if she was far-right wing republican.
Well the whole point is how they're handling the disagreement. Would they have said the same thing in reaction to a white first generation American politician? I think there's... | > There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can't really figure out why: people are saying things they know will be perceived by others racist and then are fighting vociferously to claim that it is not racist.
This isn't weird at all.
People don't like being called racist. When other people make a false ... | eb7vsf | CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist. | Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
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CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist.
Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can... | Denaturalization is a valid punishment in the US legal system
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One which was invalidly threatened against her, and done plainly because she is not white....never in the history of this country, even during the red scare, has deportation of a white public figure ever been publicly called for because of their politi... | > There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can't really figure out why: people are saying things they know will be perceived by others racist and then are fighting vociferously to claim that it is not racist.
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Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can... | > There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can't really figure out why: people are saying things they know will be perceived by others racist and then are fighting vociferously to claim that it is not racist.
This isn't weird at all.
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>the crowd likely did not know the legality of whethere someone born somewhere else who gains citizenship in America can be deported.
Much of the crowd likely also did not know where she was born. But they made the assumption that she was born elsewhere.
Why do you think they made that assumption?
--... | eb7vsf | CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist. | Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
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Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can... | > There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can't really figure out why: people are saying things they know will be perceived by others racist and then are fighting vociferously to claim that it is not racist.
This isn't weird at all.
People don't like being called racist. When other people make a false ... | Here's the rub. You yourself have already stated that the reason for the chants is that citizen's political views. And it is sharply limited on political lines. These are the same people that chanted 'lock her up'. Was that racist?
For something to be racist, the ethnicity of the target must be a relevant factor. In t... | eb7vsf | CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist. | Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
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CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist.
Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
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This isn't weird at all.
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I'm not racist, that person who is even worse than me, that's the racist.
No one was literally lynched. No race specific language was used. Therefore, there will be some people who will argue that t... | eb7vsf | CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist. | Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
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CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist.
Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can... | Denaturalization is a valid punishment in the US legal system
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One which was invalidly threatened against her, and done plainly because she is not white....never in the history of this country, even during the red scare, has deportation of a white public figure ever been publicly called for because of their politi... | > There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can't really figure out why: people are saying things they know will be perceived by others racist and then are fighting vociferously to claim that it is not racist.
This isn't weird at all.
People don't like being called racist. When other people make a false ... | eb7vsf | CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist. | Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
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CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist.
Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can... | >A fundamental bedrock of American society is the right to express political views.
Kind of like chanting a slogan at a rally?
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I didn't say they didn't have the right to chant it. Not even once. I said that it is racist. Notice that I also didn't say anywhere "people shouldn't be allowed to say racist things."
... | > There's this weird thing that keeps happening and I can't really figure out why: people are saying things they know will be perceived by others racist and then are fighting vociferously to claim that it is not racist.
This isn't weird at all.
People don't like being called racist. When other people make a false ... | eb7vsf | CMV: Chanting "send her back" in response to an American citizen expressing her political views is unequivocally racist. | Edit: [An article about the event](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar)
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CMV: James Damore should not have been fired for his memo.
A few days ago, a Google employee named James Damore wrote a memo criticizing the diversity on the workplaces and writing a lot of suggestions on how to "improve" it in his point of view. The memo can be read [here](https://medium.com/@Cernovich/full-james-dam... | [deleted]
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How do you know James wasn't just complaining about his workplace? Nowhere did I see an indication that he was using the Google name to promote his views on the world.
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>Nowhere did I see an indication that he was using the Google name to promote his views on the world.
Google is literally the fir... | Google isn't scared of the "liberal status quo." They're a business. Their entire existence is dependent on public perception of them as a company. Whether they personally agree or not is practically irrelevant. Like ANY company, they are basically bound to certain actions when their customer base demands it. Reme... | 6se6od | CMV: James Damore should not have been fired for his memo. | A few days ago, a Google employee named James Damore wrote a memo criticizing the diversity on the workplaces and writing a lot of suggestions on how to "improve" it in his point of view. The memo can be read [here](https://medium.com/@Cernovich/full-james-damore-memo-uncensored-memo-with-charts-and-cites-339f3d2d05f).... | Stiblex | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: it's damn near impossible to talk to anyone about suicidal ideations
The title, basically.
Let's say you wanted to kill yourself and had the means to do so. Anyone that cares enough to hear you out is also likely to call someone and have you committed because they are worried about you hurting yourself.
The fir... | Where do you live that you end up committed to "the looney bin" forever if you mention you have suicidal ideation?
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Texas.
Your definition of looney bin may be different than mine, but I consider any involuntary mental facility. "The looney bin"
Pardon my frank and crass language. It's just how I talk.
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C... | Have you been to the “loonie bin”?
It was a positive experience for me overall
What other experience do you have in mind anyways? Someone doing nothing if you tell them you plan on killing yourself in the immediate future?
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Yes. Idk, maybe being able to be honest about how you feel without worrying about being... | 1ir5es8 | CMV: it's damn near impossible to talk to anyone about suicidal ideations | The title, basically.
Let's say you wanted to kill yourself and had the means to do so. Anyone that cares enough to hear you out is also likely to call someone and have you committed because they are worried about you hurting yourself.
The first think you're asked when calling the hooking or speaking to a crisis coun... | SignalYak9825 | 15 | 10 | [
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CMV: There should be a National Voter ID in the US
I've seen many discussions about the fact that the Republicans are disenfranchising the voting of minorities and the poor by requiring Voter ID or by over zealous voter roll purging. I've also seen many conjectures that there has been an epidemic of voter fraud throug... | One argument against additional identification is that it *does* discriminate against the working poor(as well as rural individuals).
Someone who is working two jobs isn't going to have time to go get their national voter id- heck they may not even be able to afford the expense associated with doing so.
People who li... | Would this be in addition to other acceptable forms of ID (drivers licences/passports etc), or the only way you can vote is to show this one card?
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In my thought it would eventually become the only valid id. There would be a transition period where all valid IDs, per that state's particular regulations, would be ... | 5v1q84 | CMV: There should be a National Voter ID in the US | I've seen many discussions about the fact that the Republicans are disenfranchising the voting of minorities and the poor by requiring Voter ID or by over zealous voter roll purging. I've also seen many conjectures that there has been an epidemic of voter fraud throughout the country. My opinion is that there should be... | martinatime | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I have no desire to try alcohol
I turned 21 recently, so the peer pressure has cranked up a notch, but I have yet to hear anything that actually encourages me to try my first drink.
**Social Drinking**
One of the arguments that I have heard frequently is that it is a social lubricant-- it will lower my inhibiti... | You seem to regard alcohol primarily as a drug, rather than as a drink which many people enjoy for the taste rather than for the effects ... many people drink small amounts of alcohol - maybe a glass of wine with dinner, or a small bottle of beer - and that is not enough to have any noticeable effect on one's mind.
It... | I don't think there is any good reason to really try it. But I'd do it at least once, so you know how it feels to be drunk, just for the sake of the experience.
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I think I might have been mistaken not to elaborate more on the negatives, but they do play a role— trying it just to have the experience always seemed l... | 7vqiau | CMV: I have no desire to try alcohol | I turned 21 recently, so the peer pressure has cranked up a notch, but I have yet to hear anything that actually encourages me to try my first drink.
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CMV: Abolishing the police will us unable to protect people from violence
So I don't understand how abolishing the police could be practical. So I've two scenarios which while maybe you have not experienced still happen, and we need to be prepared for. In both of these instances we need someone who has the authority ... | Abolishing the police does not mean we can't replace them with something else. Abolishing the police just means abolishing the modern institution that was designed and continues to function as the legitimized militant wing of the upper class' private interests. The first centrally organised police force was created by ... | >Scenario 1: A husband has taken his wife hostage and says he's going to kill her and then himself.
If there are no police, _why_ is this man taking a hostage? Who is he speaking to in this scenario?
>Scenario 2: A corpse is found in a ditch. The person was beaten to death....So we need a PROFESSIONAL who is trained ... | gwnw5l | CMV: Abolishing the police will us unable to protect people from violence | So I don't understand how abolishing the police could be practical. So I've two scenarios which while maybe you have not experienced still happen, and we need to be prepared for. In both of these instances we need someone who has the authority and ability to use violence if necessary.
Scenario 1: A husband has taken ... | Raspint | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: A doctor telling their patient that they need to lose weight shouldn't be considered fat shaming.
I don't believe that anyone should be shamed for their body, but I don't believe that a doctor telling a patient that losing weight will improve their health counts as fat shaming. With the exception of those who are... | What is the purpose of a doctor's visit?
1) You the patient go to the doctor for their advice generally. You are not an expert on health and anything they can tell you is appreciated.
2) You the patient go to the doctor to ask a specific set of questions. You are not interested in anything above and beyond the answ... | I've never heard anyone claim that a doctor telling their patient to lose weight is fat shaming. Are you sure you're not just arguing against a strawman?
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CMV: Sleepovers for children should be banned
It concerns me that parents allow their children to spend an entire night in a friend's house.
Even if you know of one of the host parents, the house may contain other members of the family you don't know of. They might be predatory or even just careless with children in ... | Who is going to ban children sleeping over with their friends? What government is going to consider that a meaningful or even worthwhile priority?
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Also, have you considered that banning a child from being able to spend the night at a frien... | zlzvfi | CMV: Sleepovers for children should be banned | It concerns me that parents allow their children to spend an entire night in a friend's house.
Even if you know of one of the host parents, the house may contain other members of the family you don't know of. They might be predatory or even just careless with children in general.
I feel like the adult to child ratio ... | here_2_judge | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Transgender activists obscure language
There are many issues that as a (hopefully) unbiased third-party observer I have in relation to many of the argumentative points in relation to the transgender issues, that arise as obfuscation of language. If the obscured terms are stated in a clear manner, most of the poin... | >(men have penises, women have wombs)
Does someone born a man who then has his penis torn off in a workplace accident no longer have a gender?
Is a woman who has had a hysterectomy no longer a woman?
What is the gender of someone who has both testicles and ovarian tissue, with an XXY chromosome? These people do ex... | Before you refer to someone as a man or a woman, do you demand to see their genitalia or a chromosome report?
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No. It is not their genitalia that makes them their sex, but rather, we have genitalia corresponding to our sex and there can be instances where there's a mismatch for birth reasons or certain types of ac... | qgkla9 | CMV: Transgender activists obscure language | There are many issues that as a (hopefully) unbiased third-party observer I have in relation to many of the argumentative points in relation to the transgender issues, that arise as obfuscation of language. If the obscured terms are stated in a clear manner, most of the points disappear.
I want to make it clear tha... | sismetic | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Gender dysphoria is a mental illness
If this opinion is offensive then I'm sorry, I don't intend to hurt trans people.
The reason I'm doing this is because I got downvoted cus someone decided to search through my history and demonize me, instead of focusing on the argument. The mods banned me and told me I was... | Where you‘re kinda wrong is on the "gender dysphoria can‘t be cured" part.
Gender dysphoria is the distress that can - and often will - happen to people who are trans because of the mismatch of their gender identity and assigned gender.
Being trans = gender identity and assigned gender do not match.
Gender dysphoria... | "Mental illness" isn't a natural kind. There's no objective answer to "is X a mental illness?" (this is true for non-mental illnesses too.)
So when you double-down on "gender dysphoria is a mental illness!!" probably you're being perceived as saying "Gender dysphoria *should be* a mental illness," and a layperson sa... | cm0jkt | CMV: Gender dysphoria is a mental illness | If this opinion is offensive then I'm sorry, I don't intend to hurt trans people.
The reason I'm doing this is because I got downvoted cus someone decided to search through my history and demonize me, instead of focusing on the argument. The mods banned me and told me I was wrong, but didn't say WHY I was wrong. I w... | DatAnxiousThrowaway | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Gender dysphoria is a mental illness
If this opinion is offensive then I'm sorry, I don't intend to hurt trans people.
The reason I'm doing this is because I got downvoted cus someone decided to search through my history and demonize me, instead of focusing on the argument. The mods banned me and told me I was... | Since you asked: I'm trans, non-binary, yes I experience dysphoria.
Gender dysphoria is the distress caused by a person's gender identity, a psychological phenomenon, not matching their assigned sex at birth.
I would contest that gender dysphoria is not, in itself, a mental illness. It is a condition.
Consider a hyp... | Where you‘re kinda wrong is on the "gender dysphoria can‘t be cured" part.
Gender dysphoria is the distress that can - and often will - happen to people who are trans because of the mismatch of their gender identity and assigned gender.
Being trans = gender identity and assigned gender do not match.
Gender dysphoria... | cm0jkt | CMV: Gender dysphoria is a mental illness | If this opinion is offensive then I'm sorry, I don't intend to hurt trans people.
The reason I'm doing this is because I got downvoted cus someone decided to search through my history and demonize me, instead of focusing on the argument. The mods banned me and told me I was wrong, but didn't say WHY I was wrong. I w... | DatAnxiousThrowaway | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Gender dysphoria is a mental illness
If this opinion is offensive then I'm sorry, I don't intend to hurt trans people.
The reason I'm doing this is because I got downvoted cus someone decided to search through my history and demonize me, instead of focusing on the argument. The mods banned me and told me I was... | Where you‘re kinda wrong is on the "gender dysphoria can‘t be cured" part.
Gender dysphoria is the distress that can - and often will - happen to people who are trans because of the mismatch of their gender identity and assigned gender.
Being trans = gender identity and assigned gender do not match.
Gender dysphoria... | "Mental illness" isn't a natural kind. There's no objective answer to "is X a mental illness?" (this is true for non-mental illnesses too.)
So when you double-down on "gender dysphoria is a mental illness!!" probably you're being perceived as saying "Gender dysphoria *should be* a mental illness," and a layperson sa... | cm0jkt | CMV: Gender dysphoria is a mental illness | If this opinion is offensive then I'm sorry, I don't intend to hurt trans people.
The reason I'm doing this is because I got downvoted cus someone decided to search through my history and demonize me, instead of focusing on the argument. The mods banned me and told me I was wrong, but didn't say WHY I was wrong. I w... | DatAnxiousThrowaway | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Trump will win in landslide victory
I'm not here to argue if I support or don't support Trump. However, I am very interested in statistics and have seen some models and data that strongly suggest Trump will win in landslide victory. The specific model I have seen that seems the most valid is [http://primarymodel... | What makes this model especially reliable in your opinion? Plenty of models with equally impressive track records notoriously got the last election wrong.
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It has correctly predicted the last 25/27 elections. That's a pretty strong track record.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the model was introduced in 1996. ... | You must therefore think the methodology on 538 is massively wrong. So what is wrong with that model and why do you not count it in your analysis of Trump’s chances?
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the primary model relies on results of political primaries, rather than polling.
It is a completely different approach than 538, who aggregates pol... | iwje4r | CMV: Trump will win in landslide victory | I'm not here to argue if I support or don't support Trump. However, I am very interested in statistics and have seen some models and data that strongly suggest Trump will win in landslide victory. The specific model I have seen that seems the most valid is [http://primarymodel.com/](http://primarymodel.com/) This mode... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I think anyone who claims America was founded as a "Christian nation" is either lying, or willfully ignorant
I think this goes beyond just being wrong about something.
It's extremely easy to confirm this claim. Just go online and search our country's founding documents. Obviously if America was *founded* as a ch... | Most people who are saying it is a "Christian nation" are referring to Christian values of which the country was most certainly founded on. You are trying to have a legal argument about how it is not specifically encoded into the law or something when probably very few people are trying to make that claim when calling ... | Before this argument continues, you may want to clarify what you mean when you say "Christian nation".
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In order for a country to be founded as a christian nation, there would need to be some indication that the government intended to give christianity some kind of special privilege or treatment different from al... | 7vpb21 | CMV: I think anyone who claims America was founded as a "Christian nation" is either lying, or willfully ignorant | I think this goes beyond just being wrong about something.
It's extremely easy to confirm this claim. Just go online and search our country's founding documents. Obviously if America was *founded* as a christian nation, then we'd expect to see references to this in the *founding* documents.
But there is literally zer... | ZeusThunder369 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I think anyone who claims America was founded as a "Christian nation" is either lying, or willfully ignorant
I think this goes beyond just being wrong about something.
It's extremely easy to confirm this claim. Just go online and search our country's founding documents. Obviously if America was *founded* as a ch... | Do you consider the [Federalist Papers](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1404/1404-h/1404-h.htm) to be part of the United States' Founding Documents?
Here's an excerpt from Federalist 2:
>It has often given me pleasure to observe that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that ... | Before this argument continues, you may want to clarify what you mean when you say "Christian nation".
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In order for a country to be founded as a christian nation, there would need to be some indication that the government intended to give christianity some kind of special privilege or treatment different from al... | 7vpb21 | CMV: I think anyone who claims America was founded as a "Christian nation" is either lying, or willfully ignorant | I think this goes beyond just being wrong about something.
It's extremely easy to confirm this claim. Just go online and search our country's founding documents. Obviously if America was *founded* as a christian nation, then we'd expect to see references to this in the *founding* documents.
But there is literally zer... | ZeusThunder369 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The suggestion that certain people have certain privileges intrinsic to their race/gender/sex/sexuality/etc. is a gross generalization. As such, any conclusion drawn from such an assertion is invalid and discriminatory.
I was made to fill out a privilege bingo [like this one](https://bingobaker.com/image/181411/8... | > If you can give me an example of a positive benefit that I reap as a result of being an American white cisgender male (provides me with a tangible benefit exclusive to only people of my particular demographic in my particular country), then I will concede and give you a delta.
If this is your condition, you won't be... | I think that the privilege bingo card thing is extremely silly, but I'm pretty sure you're misinterpreting the card you linked. That one isn't meant to be a self-evaluation, it's meant to be a joking way to evaluate stereotypical statements made to defend the idea privilege exists (it also appears to be, like, a left-w... | gwoazz | CMV: The suggestion that certain people have certain privileges intrinsic to their race/gender/sex/sexuality/etc. is a gross generalization. As such, any conclusion drawn from such an assertion is invalid and discriminatory. | I was made to fill out a privilege bingo [like this one](https://bingobaker.com/image/181411/800/1/white-privilege-bingo.png), except it had its own twist: instead of being a bingo, each square was given a dollar amount. The total "score" that I had at the end was supposed to be the amount of money that I would donate ... | Darwinster1 | 3 | 3 | [
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I was made to fill out a privilege bingo [like this one](https://bingobaker.com/image/181411/8... | Hmmm, so as a cisgender person, I'd guess that you probably haven't experienced much, if any, discrimination based on your gender expression (e.g. been assaulted because of it, been passed over for a job because of it, been yelled at on the street because of it, been ostracized by your family because of it).
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Well... | > If you can give me an example of a positive benefit that I reap as a result of being an American white cisgender male (provides me with a tangible benefit exclusive to only people of my particular demographic in my particular country), then I will concede and give you a delta.
If this is your condition, you won't be... | gwoazz | CMV: The suggestion that certain people have certain privileges intrinsic to their race/gender/sex/sexuality/etc. is a gross generalization. As such, any conclusion drawn from such an assertion is invalid and discriminatory. | I was made to fill out a privilege bingo [like this one](https://bingobaker.com/image/181411/800/1/white-privilege-bingo.png), except it had its own twist: instead of being a bingo, each square was given a dollar amount. The total "score" that I had at the end was supposed to be the amount of money that I would donate ... | Darwinster1 | 3 | 3 | [
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I was made to fill out a privilege bingo [like this one](https://bingobaker.com/image/181411/8... | From my understanding, privilege is not your life being better, or anything present in your life being a result of it. All it means is that you don't have to deal with all the extra bullshit that other groups deal with (like fearing for life and limb when encountering police). Privilege is essentially a lack of extra b... | Go experience Europe.
Being able to natively speak perfect English was an amazing privilege I never knew I had. And it was a true privilege since I had never thought about it until then.
I realized this when I was hanging out with an Italian, a Pole, and a Maltese they were forced to use English to communicate with o... | gwoazz | CMV: The suggestion that certain people have certain privileges intrinsic to their race/gender/sex/sexuality/etc. is a gross generalization. As such, any conclusion drawn from such an assertion is invalid and discriminatory. | I was made to fill out a privilege bingo [like this one](https://bingobaker.com/image/181411/800/1/white-privilege-bingo.png), except it had its own twist: instead of being a bingo, each square was given a dollar amount. The total "score" that I had at the end was supposed to be the amount of money that I would donate ... | Darwinster1 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Telephone is an outdated technology.
1. Telephones do not have blacklists. That's probably my biggest beef with them. They will always, always deliver your call, no matter what the receiving side does. Incredible potential for abuse.
2. Telephones are spoofable. That's also a beef of mine, telephone numbers can ... | Corded landline phones only require the power provided by phone lines. Most of the time I have a power outage, the phone still works. Cordless landline phones need power, and cellphones need the phone towers to be powered.
My landline bill is seriously like $2 a month, for more call time than I'd ever need. That's pro... |
>Telephones do not have blacklists. That's probably my biggest beef with them. They will always, always deliver your call, no matter what the receiving side does. Incredible potential for abuse.
You can blacklist numbers, i dont know what convinced you that wasn’t possible.
>Telephones are spoofable. That's also a b... | 9uh483 | CMV: Telephone is an outdated technology. | 1. Telephones do not have blacklists. That's probably my biggest beef with them. They will always, always deliver your call, no matter what the receiving side does. Incredible potential for abuse.
2. Telephones are spoofable. That's also a beef of mine, telephone numbers can be spoofed so that they show a number diffe... | Morphie12121 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Telephone is an outdated technology.
1. Telephones do not have blacklists. That's probably my biggest beef with them. They will always, always deliver your call, no matter what the receiving side does. Incredible potential for abuse.
2. Telephones are spoofable. That's also a beef of mine, telephone numbers can ... | You still need to both have and pay for a reliable and not too slow internet connection to take advantage of any of the "free" alternatives. So there are many advantages of phones:
* Phones can still work when the power is out
* Phone lines have more coverage and are more reliable than LTE or other wireless or wired t... | Corded landline phones only require the power provided by phone lines. Most of the time I have a power outage, the phone still works. Cordless landline phones need power, and cellphones need the phone towers to be powered.
My landline bill is seriously like $2 a month, for more call time than I'd ever need. That's pro... | 9uh483 | CMV: Telephone is an outdated technology. | 1. Telephones do not have blacklists. That's probably my biggest beef with them. They will always, always deliver your call, no matter what the receiving side does. Incredible potential for abuse.
2. Telephones are spoofable. That's also a beef of mine, telephone numbers can be spoofed so that they show a number diffe... | Morphie12121 | 3 | 2 | [
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CMV: the universe was created by a higher power.
First I want to say that I’m a very logical person and I think science is amazing. I also don’t attribute fantastic human feats to miracles or aliens.
When it comes to beliefs I would say I’m an agnostic Diest. It just makes sense to me that something made the Big Ban... | Let me ask you: what do you think where did this higher power in turn originate from?
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I don’t know. Maybe it has always been there. But that is kind of the science fiction/fantasy fan in me talking.
But going off your question you could ask that perpetually. Like what existed before that, and before that, and s... | Is there any proof for your statement?
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You’re asking me to prove that god, or something like God exists? The whole point of God is that we don’t know if he exists or not.
So no I don’t have any proof. But do you have any proof of what existed before the Big Bang? Or before that? Or before that?
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> But do ... | bag1tp | CMV: the universe was created by a higher power. | First I want to say that I’m a very logical person and I think science is amazing. I also don’t attribute fantastic human feats to miracles or aliens.
When it comes to beliefs I would say I’m an agnostic Diest. It just makes sense to me that something made the Big Bang happen, the Earth formed, dinosaurs existed, and... | meaty37 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Scholarships should have an income cutoff so that the money goes to students who are financially disadvantaged rather than those who would likely be alright without them.
Something I noticed when I was in high school was that the recipients of the scholarships all seemed to come from upper-middle class background... | Some scholarships are awarded based on financial need. Other scholarships (called merit scholarships) are awarded based on your grades/talent, regardless of how wealthy you are. From a fairness angle, how is it fair that a low income person who got a B gets more money than someone else who got an A? In a way, you are j... | Should the purpose of scholarships always be to assist low income students?
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Of course there needs to be an academic factor of scholarships, but the implementation of an income cutoff would ensure that people from average or lower income families get an equal opportunity to succeed in their further studies as thos... | clyqdc | CMV: Scholarships should have an income cutoff so that the money goes to students who are financially disadvantaged rather than those who would likely be alright without them. | Something I noticed when I was in high school was that the recipients of the scholarships all seemed to come from upper-middle class backgrounds. You'd have someone already in a financially well-off situation with their loving and caring parents who had easy access to whatever they needed to get a task done easier and ... | MonerisLi | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Scholarships should have an income cutoff so that the money goes to students who are financially disadvantaged rather than those who would likely be alright without them.
Something I noticed when I was in high school was that the recipients of the scholarships all seemed to come from upper-middle class background... | Should the purpose of scholarships always be to assist low income students?
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Of course there needs to be an academic factor of scholarships, but the implementation of an income cutoff would ensure that people from average or lower income families get an equal opportunity to succeed in their further studies as thos... | This is anecdotal at best, but as a freshmen going on second year student, most scholarships I've seen basically do have unwritten cutoffs, or clear requirements that clearly benefit who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, whether it be minorities, women in stem, or simply the poor. In many cases, I can still apply to... | clyqdc | CMV: Scholarships should have an income cutoff so that the money goes to students who are financially disadvantaged rather than those who would likely be alright without them. | Something I noticed when I was in high school was that the recipients of the scholarships all seemed to come from upper-middle class backgrounds. You'd have someone already in a financially well-off situation with their loving and caring parents who had easy access to whatever they needed to get a task done easier and ... | MonerisLi | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Scholarships should have an income cutoff so that the money goes to students who are financially disadvantaged rather than those who would likely be alright without them.
Something I noticed when I was in high school was that the recipients of the scholarships all seemed to come from upper-middle class background... | "My parents have lots of money on paper", "my parents have lots of money to spare", and "my parents are willing to give me lots of money" are three very different things. Conflating them only hurts students for whom some, but not all, of those apply.
Should we punish a student for having parents with high incomes but ... | Some scholarships are awarded based on financial need. Other scholarships (called merit scholarships) are awarded based on your grades/talent, regardless of how wealthy you are. From a fairness angle, how is it fair that a low income person who got a B gets more money than someone else who got an A? In a way, you are j... | clyqdc | CMV: Scholarships should have an income cutoff so that the money goes to students who are financially disadvantaged rather than those who would likely be alright without them. | Something I noticed when I was in high school was that the recipients of the scholarships all seemed to come from upper-middle class backgrounds. You'd have someone already in a financially well-off situation with their loving and caring parents who had easy access to whatever they needed to get a task done easier and ... | MonerisLi | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Serial killers and first degree murderers who are deemed not insane and sex offenders who have raped/children and have been known to store child porn should be used for human testing
Here's why.
For one, serial killers who are not insane have absolutely no genuine excuse for their actions. They're morally corrup... | The reason we have human rights is cause the moment you accept that certain people don't deserve to he treated like humans then this becomes really dangerous as any person can lose all of their rights just cause some politician said so.
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*how* often does this happen?
I'm mainly talking serial killers and I can't really think of anyone really who was falsely convicted for a particular series of crimes. There's a very specific identification process and phycological profile made.
And hell, start out tame for the first few months so th... | iwhs3i | CMV: Serial killers and first degree murderers who are deemed not insane and sex offenders who have raped/children and have been known to store child porn should be used for human testing | Here's why.
For one, serial killers who are not insane have absolutely no genuine excuse for their actions. They're morally corrupt individuals with no sense of empathy or understanding. If they killed under no mentally strenuous circumstances, they can't be rehabilitated at all, and even if they can, it will be a lon... | an_lpenetration | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I support the punishment given to Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco for blocking the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
This post is inspired by this news article: [UN official ‘alarmed’ by jailing of climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/03/un-official-alarmed-... | Do you believe what she did was worse than a sex criminal?
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No. But that's not the point. The point is that we shouldn't want to set a precedent that laws don't apply to people with popular support. We need to work within the democratic process (i.e. vote for politicians who would lift these laws) instead of setti... | I think it's pretty misleading to say "they don't deserve an exemption from the law" when the law in question was invented last year specifically to target these protestors. An important part of the background here that you left out. It's not like this is a law that has been observed since the dawn of civilization and ... | zlkops | CMV: I support the punishment given to Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco for blocking the Sydney Harbour Bridge. | This post is inspired by this news article: [UN official ‘alarmed’ by jailing of climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/03/un-official-alarmed-by-jailing-of-climate-activist-who-blocked-traffic-on-sydney-harbour-bridge). [She's currently on bai... | Real_Carl_Ramirez | 3 | 3 | [
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Cmv: Our antitrust laws needs to be changed
4 examples of anti competitive practices according to https://courses.lumenlearning.com/zelixeco201v2/chapter/monopoly-and-antitrust-policy/
1.Restrictive practices
Restrictive practices are practices that do not involve outright agreements to raise price or to reduce the q... | First, antitrust law and the economics of monopoly is wicked complicated, so complicated that there at at least an entire field of economics (Industrial Organization) and two fields of law (Antitrust, and Mergers and Acquisitions) dedicated to it. Second, if by " follow Paul Krugman and Milton Friedman" means you're re... | 6 . Often in monopoly situations the point of highest profit is not the point at which you make the most sales.
For example imagine I have a monopoly on widgets, and I could sell them for 100 dollars each and sell 10, or 10 dollars each and sell 100. Its going to be higher profit to sell 10 at 100 dollars (becuase I o... | hs8691 | Cmv: Our antitrust laws needs to be changed | 4 examples of anti competitive practices according to https://courses.lumenlearning.com/zelixeco201v2/chapter/monopoly-and-antitrust-policy/
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CMV: war, killing and destruction are easier methods to effect change in society than convincing and deprogramming indoctrinated people
Pick any topic you want. Pick any side you want. If you've tried to debate with the opposing side, you understand that people do not respond to logic or reason any longer. Facts are a... | No, war always makes things much worse. Whatever is happening, start a war over it, and it'll get even worse (even when it seems like it couldn't). War kills thousands and often millions, breaks down society, teaching people that violence is acceptable, destroys infrastructure, and ruins entire generations. Nothing is ... | Here's the problem: whenever there's war and violence, you always teach an additional lesson to the people affected and involved. That lesson is that "might makes right" or that "violence is the answer". Do you believe it is beneficial to have a general population that believes these tenets?
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CMV: the tax cut is the most dangerous part of the big beautiful bill, and is getting overshadowed by the immigration enforcement changes and authoritarianism concerns
Trump's presidency has been a vehicle for himself to make money. Since winning the 2024 election, he launched Trump crypto, Trump watches, and will soo... | 1) Selling of 1/3 of federal lands is irreversible
2) Cutting Medicaid will close rural hospitals, and put an already overburdened health system into a new level of crisis
3) Requiring funds in escrow to get injunctions on illegal executive overreach will make the rule of law take a backseat to dictatorship.
I se... | Isn’t most of the tax “cut” just an extension of the current rates which are set to expire? So at least for personal income tax rates, it’s more “not raising” than cutting them.
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Technically it’s an extension of existing cuts that Trump implemented in his last term, yes. But it’s a distinction without a differenc... | 1lmld7z | CMV: the tax cut is the most dangerous part of the big beautiful bill, and is getting overshadowed by the immigration enforcement changes and authoritarianism concerns | Trump's presidency has been a vehicle for himself to make money. Since winning the 2024 election, he launched Trump crypto, Trump watches, and will soon start selling a cell phone and cell carrier plans.
But the big whopper for him will be this tax cut. He made $400 million in income last year, even after tax cheats ... | original_og_gangster | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV about rude questions
Obligatory on mobile and first time posting disclaimer.
So, here goes nothing
I believe that if you ask the question "Where are you from? " and the answer is the country you are currently living in, but your ethnicity is a minority in that country following that question up with "No, but wh... | depends on context, if you wish to know where specific set of cultural/habits/accents come from its a perfectly ok thing to ask, as the intent is different,
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>depends on context, if you wish to know where specific set of cultural/habits/accents come fr... | I don't know who would disagree with you on this one. If someone wants to know about the ethnicity of someone, all they have to ask is, "what's your heritage?". Even then, I don't think it's a question that should be asked when you've just met someone unless the context requires that you know their ethnicity/race.
---... | dkb2dq | CMV about rude questions | Obligatory on mobile and first time posting disclaimer.
So, here goes nothing
I believe that if you ask the question "Where are you from? " and the answer is the country you are currently living in, but your ethnicity is a minority in that country following that question up with "No, but where are you really from? "... | Keon20p4 | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: It Shouldn’t Be Offensive For White People To Have Dreads
I got into an argument with a few classmates about this (we all are very liberal).
They said that white people don’t have the right hair for dreads and therefore is unsanitary because the hair will get moldy, etc. But what if that was not the case, would ... | What was the reasoning your friends gave for it being wrong? I also come from a culture where dreadlocks are foreign (Asian), so as a fellow outsider, what would be a sort of historical nuance or spiritual meaning that would make you agree with your friends? What would it take to make it not okay for white or Asian i... | >as long as the person who has the dreads knows the spirituality and such behind the dreads it should be fine.
But what ends up happening is a lot of people end up wearing dreads *without* taking care for the spiritual meaning behind them, or respecting the culture that they came from.
The whole concept of "cultural ... | aqovac | CMV: It Shouldn’t Be Offensive For White People To Have Dreads | I got into an argument with a few classmates about this (we all are very liberal).
They said that white people don’t have the right hair for dreads and therefore is unsanitary because the hair will get moldy, etc. But what if that was not the case, would having dreads while being white still be wrong? I don’t think so... | someone-who | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: Racist Statues Shouldn’t be Destroyed...
Title’s a bit dramatic but hear me out
I still want to take down confederate statues that idolize racist beliefs, but I don’t think they should be destroyed. I think that they are important pieces of history that need to be preserved in a museum.
If it was kept in a mu... | People erected most if not all the statues in question in the mid 20th century. They are not historical relics; they are symbols of oppression intended to intimidate the black population. That is why they were erected. So, why in the hell do they belong in a museum? They belong in the trash.
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That depends if the pedestals support the statue (some are cemented or welded)
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I'm a little confused, so you do *not* want to take down the confederate statutes if they're cemented or... | htrdvo | CMV: Racist Statues Shouldn’t be Destroyed... | Title’s a bit dramatic but hear me out
I still want to take down confederate statues that idolize racist beliefs, but I don’t think they should be destroyed. I think that they are important pieces of history that need to be preserved in a museum.
If it was kept in a museum, it would show how we have had a racist pa... | i_am_a_reddit_addict | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I believe creativity is an illusion.
When enough people show resistance to an idea, I have to think maybe I've got it wrong. But here's my thoughts:
​
**Premise:** 'Creativity' is very similar to magic (illusions of magic by a magician). Once you know what's behind the curtain, the illusion disappears.
... | > Almost everyone I've spoke to on the subject talks about creativity as if it really is a skill or ability that some people 'have more of' than others.
It's more like a trait than a skill or an ability. Some people definitely have more of it than others. It's important to note that just like with temperamental trait... | Yeah, and this goes for everything, because there is no free will.
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Agree that there's no free will, however, without 'free will' we can still define measurable things, like brain processing speeds, memory ability, and so on. Creativity doesn't come into that category though. So it's not like everything else, it'... | ba3e72 | CMV: I believe creativity is an illusion. | When enough people show resistance to an idea, I have to think maybe I've got it wrong. But here's my thoughts:
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CMV: Piracy is wrong except possibly for college textbooks.
Now I'm using the word piracy since it is the word that is generally recognized instead of copyright infringement which is the accurate term.
So in this text piracy means copyright infringement.
Now first of all piracy is not theft. Theft involves depriving ... | What about situations where your actions are technically piracy, but probably not morally so? For example, I recently downloaded a copy of a game from a third party (probably illegal) while I had the CD for that game sitting in front of me. I did this simply because I don't currently have a CD drive plugged into my com... | > The reason piracy is wrong is because it devalues the labor put into the creation of the work. Artists or writers put thousands of hours into works they create. They have a right to be payed for the work they put in.
Three examples of why I think this kind of thinking is wrong:
1. I spent the entire day yesterday w... | clwldz | CMV: Piracy is wrong except possibly for college textbooks. | Now I'm using the word piracy since it is the word that is generally recognized instead of copyright infringement which is the accurate term.
So in this text piracy means copyright infringement.
Now first of all piracy is not theft. Theft involves depriving an owner of his possessions, piracy makes a copy but leaves t... | relishingcarpenter | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Racial Pride is incredibly moronic
I have been watching this visual novel/game called Class of 09 which dives into a lot of issues and problems that many people may not understand or fully appreciate. It’s mostly about the struggles that women go through which men have very little idea about (said woman is also a... | Can you explain the bit where black slave owners are by far the cruelest slave owners? I've heard about black slave owners but not cases of them being cruel or started enslaving black people before white people did.
Unless you're conflating African Americans and African Blacks, who are culturally distinct groups and h... | The idea of black pride or culture at least in relation to the slavery was the sense of culture and identity that grew out of that basically you would credit jazz to Africa you would credit it to black Americans.
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CMV: The use of the word privilege to describe race or gender is wrong
I fully support the concept of privilege and fully acknowledge that what is described as white privilege or male privilege (or any other race or gender if applicable) exists and that it is wrong. The idea that my life experience would be different ... | > The difference, as I see it, is privilege can change, privilege, or the cause of privilege, can be lost or taken away or given as a reward.
The goal of movements that highlight the existence of race-based privilege is to remove that privilege. This would certainly qualify as a change, no?
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As I see no, my expe... | If you're trying to measure a person's level of privilege with any kind of accuracy, it seems smart to use the same pattern we use for measuring weight or counting numbers; start from zero or the baseline. When comparing between two people's levels of privilege, if one level seems objectively less preferable, then that... | iwhf22 | CMV: The use of the word privilege to describe race or gender is wrong | I fully support the concept of privilege and fully acknowledge that what is described as white privilege or male privilege (or any other race or gender if applicable) exists and that it is wrong. The idea that my life experience would be different from someone else based solely on the color of my skin or gender is wron... | mynock1026 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Trans rights should be respected, but access to female private and safe spaces should not be crossed, unless they went through full transition.
Firstly, I want to ask sorry in case someone gets offended, but am really trying to have a sane discussion and if am wrong, willing to change my conformed view.
I had ... | So which trumps which? This sounds precariously like oppression Olympics. Gotta be honest, most people roll their eyes at this. Reality is not reddit.
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Except one side is pretending to be unsafe on ... | Predators can still enter those spaces, they can just say they are fully transitioned. Or just claim to be ciswomen. Or you know just walk straight in because since when is there a security guard outside the pool locker room, checking people's dicks for whether they have them or not.
Also what pool locker rooms are y... | qgrba3 | CMV: Trans rights should be respected, but access to female private and safe spaces should not be crossed, unless they went through full transition. | Firstly, I want to ask sorry in case someone gets offended, but am really trying to have a sane discussion and if am wrong, willing to change my conformed view.
I had to deep dive into trans problems to understand what they are. It's very complicated and confusing, I don't think we should call everyone transphobic s... | Total-Concept-9960 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Wealth redistribution should be done via competition law and subsidies as opposed to via a welfare state
I think that instead of things such as welfare and basic income and labor regulations (such as minimum wage) it would be a lot better for a government to implement a policy where they redistribute wealth as a ... | It seems like this is only a good idea if you're willing to let people who can't find work starve. Are you willing to do that?
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Yes. But they can always just become entrepreneurs or go through training if they want to work.
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What about people with disabilities that prevent them from working? Or what about t... | > In order to create a competitive economy, a government will tax large corporations and give it to smaller companies that are entering the market to make the market more competitive.
This clearly would be abused.
Open an company and declare that you are in the oil industry, get X% of big oil profits, pay yourself as... | 5uwmwr | CMV: Wealth redistribution should be done via competition law and subsidies as opposed to via a welfare state | I think that instead of things such as welfare and basic income and labor regulations (such as minimum wage) it would be a lot better for a government to implement a policy where they redistribute wealth as a form of extreme competition law. In order to create a competitive economy, a government will tax large corporat... | Blood_tree | 9 | 4 | [
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CMV: All US Airlines Are Pretty Much The Same
I’ve been in numerous conversations where someone says something like “oh gosh I would never fly United unless I absolutely had to”. John Mulaney has a famous bit about how bad Delta airlines is. But I’ve flown probably 100+ flights in my life across all types of US airlin... | You’re correct for infrequent, short haul flying that for the most part there aren’t many differences.
But when you get into the 50 plus flights per YEAR frequency of travel and transcontinental/transatlantic/transpacific level of long hauls those minor differences in seat padding and leg space absolutely do add up.... | There are two things your not considering. The direct flights available on an airline from your home airport, and the amount of stuff you get for free from loyalty programs.
these two combine to result in me trying to fly jet blue as often as possible, it's not better in general, but it's better for me in particular... | 1n1ebic | CMV: All US Airlines Are Pretty Much The Same | I’ve been in numerous conversations where someone says something like “oh gosh I would never fly United unless I absolutely had to”. John Mulaney has a famous bit about how bad Delta airlines is. But I’ve flown probably 100+ flights in my life across all types of US airlines and they all seem like more or less the same... | Gritty_gutty | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Homosexuality is caused by both nature and nurture. Therefore, an increase of homosexual displays in media and society will result in more homosexuals.
**Fact #1**
A person surrounded by x type of people has a higher chance of being an x type of person themselves. AKA nurture. (Edit: x in this case being a behav... | How is fact #1 indicative of nurture? A person surrounded by tall people has a higher chance of being tall, but that's not nurture.
Claim #2 is weird because it seems to conflate belief that you're attracted to the same sex with actually being attracted to the same sex.
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Fact #1 is referring to social situations.... | Your first fact isn't necessarily true for all X. I can be surrounded by as many 7 footers as possible, yet have no higher chance of being a 7 footer myself.
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For the sake of correctness, I guess you're technically right.
However, I'm talking about behavioral traits. I'll edit my post to make that clearer.
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CMV: Preference for the virginity in female characters in anime might not be conservative and sexist views that objectify women.
I just saw a related discussion somewhere else, and it got me thinking about this topic.
If someone gets mad that their real-life partner isn't a virgin, it probably means they're a bit str... | So your justification for people preferring virgins is that people put significance on first times. Even if we take that as a logical or correct justification, how does that apply to anime at all? None of these anime fans are gonna be having first times with these characters, because they're not real. So why do they ca... | im sorry, but how do you know you havent seen a non-virgin female anime character? do they get a hairy spot on their neck, or how would you even recognize that?
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Oh yeah, I forgot to explain this further. The novels that these animes originate from and Korean Webnovels(especially) sometimes briefly mention it befo... | 1myp7ti | CMV: Preference for the virginity in female characters in anime might not be conservative and sexist views that objectify women. | I just saw a related discussion somewhere else, and it got me thinking about this topic.
If someone gets mad that their real-life partner isn't a virgin, it probably means they're a bit strange. I want to make that clear from the start.
However, there seems to be a notable preference for virgin female characters in a... | Hopeful-Attempt-6016 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: How Insurance is a reverse lottery and buying insurance is the same as buying lottery tickets.
Insurance companies has tons of employees, infrastructure, staff programs etc. All of which costs them millions (or billions) each year. They have to be making that money somewhere right?
If an insurance company isn't ... | Insurance and lotteries are both forms of betting. In a lottery, you are betting that your numbers will come up (and hopefully be unique), and in insurance you are betting something bad will happen to you. In the sense they are both forms of betting, yes, they are the same. But... In a lottery you are really aiming to ... | > Assuming I'm well off and can afford setbacks, why would I ever want insurance?
That's a *huge* assumption. The vast majority of people cannot afford setbacks. But yeah, obviously if you have a shit ton of money, insurance of any kind is less useful to you.
I disagree that it's the same as buying a lottery ticket.... | d89km0 | CMV: How Insurance is a reverse lottery and buying insurance is the same as buying lottery tickets. | Insurance companies has tons of employees, infrastructure, staff programs etc. All of which costs them millions (or billions) each year. They have to be making that money somewhere right?
If an insurance company isn't making a majority of that money off hospital discounts / etc, doesn't that mean I'm directly paying i... | AlllRkSpN | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Anyone who uses the phrase “votes against their own interest” is an autocrat
This one won’t require a massive paragraph soup to explain, because it’s very straight forward: there are a lot of people (usually hyper-partisans) who say that certain groups of people “vote against their own interests”. These people fu... | Hey, OP.
It is perfectly possible to believe that many Americans lack the intelligence, education or maturity to vote intelligently while at the same time believing they still have the right to cast their unintelligent vote.
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That’s an opinion, but in holding that opinion you don’t really believe in democracy. De... | >you are saying that you know better than they do what is best for them, meaning you either believe that you are superior to them or that they don’t have the capacity to make an educated voting decision.
Do facts exist? For example is it a fact that different composition of atmospheric gases affect the survivability o... | 1eusyvw | CMV: Anyone who uses the phrase “votes against their own interest” is an autocrat | This one won’t require a massive paragraph soup to explain, because it’s very straight forward: there are a lot of people (usually hyper-partisans) who say that certain groups of people “vote against their own interests”. These people fundamentally do not understand democracy, and their vision of democracy is their par... | sgwashere29 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Cheating on your spouse should mean you get nothing from the divorce
Title is rather self explanatory
If your partner can provide adequate proof of disloyalty or infidelity on your part, then you should no longer be entitled to any money or property in any divorce settlements. This is irregardless of any excuse ... | What if the partner is abusive or cheats first?
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>abusive
I do not think the justifies cheating. It is your responsibility to leave, and if you divorce him then, you will be entitled to his assets. But not if you cheat
>Cheats first
Then it is he who has forfeited everything
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You're saying that cheating o... | It’s so strange that you’ve phrased the title to seem applicable for both sexes, but the majority of the post is focused on a wife cheating on her husband, not the other way around.
Is there a reason you forfeited neutrality in the body of your post? Or was it unintentional?
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A man cannot hide when a child is not... | 1aoqwby | CMV: Cheating on your spouse should mean you get nothing from the divorce | Title is rather self explanatory
If your partner can provide adequate proof of disloyalty or infidelity on your part, then you should no longer be entitled to any money or property in any divorce settlements. This is irregardless of any excuse you might have for cheating. You can extend this to say that if the father ... | FreakinTweakin | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Loli AND shota, although not illegal is still CP and I think you should try to get help if you like the category.
Alright, I know I'm on Reddit (home of the neckbeards) but in my defense, I am actually trying to get my view changed. If this discussion was already had please redirect me and I'll take this post dow... | Get help with what? Normal people are capable of distinguishing fiction from reality. Should everyone who watches violent movies seek help because they enjoy (fictional) violence?
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That is where the "The reason behind the kink" comes in.
if someone likes violent movies for the action and thrill. fine thats ... | It's a fantasy. It isn't real. The double standard is that people don't have the same visceral reaction to someone who watches violent movies or reads 50 Shades of Grey. If the person has zero desire to harm actual children then that's a good thing.
> these people SHOULD try to get help
*Everyone* should try to get h... | 1aoh83p | CMV: Loli AND shota, although not illegal is still CP and I think you should try to get help if you like the category. | Alright, I know I'm on Reddit (home of the neckbeards) but in my defense, I am actually trying to get my view changed. If this discussion was already had please redirect me and I'll take this post down.
look. I never understood why loli-cons just could not admit this. I don't think they should be arrested as YES it I... | Fluffybuns103 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Overbooking should be illegal.
So this is sparked by the United thing, but is unrelated to issues around forcible removal or anything like that. Simply put, I think it should be illegal for an airline (or bus or any other service) to sell more seats than they have for a given trip. It is a fraudulent representa... | If overbook would be made illegal across the board, then the penalty across the board for not arriving at a reservation should be complete and total forfeiture of your spot, as well as paying the price of the ticket / reservation / whatever. And that just won't fly. no pun intended.
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Isn't that exactly what happen... | Is it fraud if there is no intention to defraud the alleged victim?
Overbooking is in most cases a victimless crime. That is to say, in most cases, even though flights are overbooked, nobody has to leave the plane.
The amount of overbooking is a carefully calculated number. Over the whole airlines know how many peo... | 64kkxe | CMV: Overbooking should be illegal. | So this is sparked by the United thing, but is unrelated to issues around forcible removal or anything like that. Simply put, I think it should be illegal for an airline (or bus or any other service) to sell more seats than they have for a given trip. It is a fraudulent representation to customers that the airline is... | huadpe | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: The statement that an armed population has no chance against a conventionally armed and supplied military force is naive and incorrect.
I keep hearing the argument that civilian ownership of weapons is useless to combat tyranny because civilians cannot win against a military force. This flies in the face of unive... | I think if we’re talking about the american military here then people with guns have already lost. The first problem I see is that americans rarely agree with each other, never mind becoming unified to fight the army, navy, air force and marines. It’s a non starter. The people with guns have zero access to missile guid... | The weapons that you have are conventional in the most basic of terms whilst your governments military can just drone to hell the building you are hiding in.
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See above. Very doubtful US is gonna drone themselves. The point of an insurgency is that the enemy hides in among the populace and is hard to target and e... | d82tlk | CMV: The statement that an armed population has no chance against a conventionally armed and supplied military force is naive and incorrect. | I keep hearing the argument that civilian ownership of weapons is useless to combat tyranny because civilians cannot win against a military force. This flies in the face of universally accepted concepts of establishing an insurgeny. Many conflicts in the past 50 years have been exactly that and a good number of them ha... | ElectricZombee | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Women who complain about unfair beauty standards as the reason they can't be loved are incels, too
This is a very common talking point about how society is sexist. I hear women talk this way a lot. It's socially acceptable for them to say these things, and they often put the blame at men's feet for being 'shallo... | Do you have any examples of women saying the beauty standards are the reason they can't be loved? What I've seen is women pointing out that beauty standards are unfair and make it harder for women who don't conform. On top of that we have all sorts of evidence that society tries to hide women who don't match a certain... | Involuntarily celebrate is the definition of incel. These women could likely have sex with who ever whenever but they want to be loved which is harder.
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Interesting. What makes you think they could have sex if they wanted to?
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Most people could have sex if they wanted to, well at least women in my experience.... | eys8i9 | CMV: Women who complain about unfair beauty standards as the reason they can't be loved are incels, too | This is a very common talking point about how society is sexist. I hear women talk this way a lot. It's socially acceptable for them to say these things, and they often put the blame at men's feet for being 'shallow' and only wanting sex. This sounds eerily similar to incels' complaints about 'women only wanting men w... | RPMacReady | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: There is no such thing as "suicide victims". It is an oxymoron.
No, this simply makes 0 sense. An homicide victim is a fine concept, a depression victim also. But a suicide victim? Are you kidding me? A victim of him/herself? Absurd and it makes no sense. The definition is wrong, you are puting there 2 contradict... | Definition of Victim -
"a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action."
Suicide is an action, and the person is harmed by the action.
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yes, but this action needs not to be caused by the person itself, this is how I a... | What about the case where someone took too much of a drug, when not intending to, and ends up having a psychotic episode and jumping off a building?
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victim of this psychotic episode, not suicide. how can you be victim of an action that you did yourself? of what caused the action, sure, but not the action itself.
... | 64klp6 | CMV: There is no such thing as "suicide victims". It is an oxymoron. | No, this simply makes 0 sense. An homicide victim is a fine concept, a depression victim also. But a suicide victim? Are you kidding me? A victim of him/herself? Absurd and it makes no sense. The definition is wrong, you are puting there 2 contradictory terms that have different meanings. I can get behind being victim ... | Garlicplanet | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: As an Iowa Democrat, I believe our state party's totally botched job of reporting results should either disqualify us from having "first in the nation" status, or force us to change to a traditional primary.
Our caucus is flawed for many reasons, but the inability to report results in a timely fashion is inexcusa... | While there are many reasons to feel that Iowa should not have first in the nation status for primaries/caucuses, this really isn't a good thing to hang your hat on.
All of the reports say that results will be released today. While it would be nice to have had real-time results, a 24 hour delay in the caucus results ... | I don't think it's the botched reporting that should disqualify Iowa. Iowa shouldn't own the first day anyway.
There are plenty of reasons that Iowa shouldn't have the first day having nothing to do with what happened last night. It's a red state, it's a small state, it's not diverse nor representative of the country'... | eysmel | CMV: As an Iowa Democrat, I believe our state party's totally botched job of reporting results should either disqualify us from having "first in the nation" status, or force us to change to a traditional primary. | Our caucus is flawed for many reasons, but the inability to report results in a timely fashion is inexcusable. Even though I'm an Iowan who takes the opportunity to contribute to the nomination process very seriously, I also believe there should be consequences when we screw that opportunity up. Because of this, candid... | watkinobe | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:All three Kavanaugh accusers are lying.
My view is based on the following facts. If you wish to challenge my view, please either address these facts or provide additional facts that I'm not considering.
**Weakness of the Accusations**
(1) There are no contemporary (meaning, back in the '80s) complaints against K... | >Lack of Consequences for Lying
In the case of the third accuser, Julie Swetnick, the accusation comes in the form of a sworn declaration. Lying in a sworn declaration is perjury, which is a felony. If she is lying, she is risking not just her reputation, but her career, her security clearances, and her freedom.
---... | Regarding lack of consequences for saying these things - let's be honest here if we assume they are telling the truth and let's pretend there's good evidence for it.... They're still going to be harassed substantially over this. They're now nationally known on a controversial issue, those who think it's a conspiracy or... | 9j6fyr | CMV:All three Kavanaugh accusers are lying. | My view is based on the following facts. If you wish to challenge my view, please either address these facts or provide additional facts that I'm not considering.
**Weakness of the Accusations**
(1) There are no contemporary (meaning, back in the '80s) complaints against Kavanaugh. If there were, they would have been... | righteouspug | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV:The doctor that was removed from the United flight is fully responsible for his injuries
Here's a news article about it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2017/04/10/man-forcibly-removed-united-flight/100276054/
There have been a lot of threads on Reddit and Twitter about this, and it seems to me t... | > Rules and laws need to be enforced.
Did you know that it was a rule or law that a person who paid in good faith for a ticket could be randomly selected to be pulled from their flight? I sure didn't. What if the person was on their way to a funeral, or since he's a doctor, had urgent business on the other end of th... | You say he is a criminal, but you do not say what crime he committed.
What crime, exactly, did he commit? What law made his actions unlawful?
---
Planes aren't public spaces, United has every right to remove you from a flight for any reason.
---
We're not talking about United alone though, we're talking about th... | 64k5xl | CMV:The doctor that was removed from the United flight is fully responsible for his injuries | Here's a news article about it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2017/04/10/man-forcibly-removed-united-flight/100276054/
There have been a lot of threads on Reddit and Twitter about this, and it seems to me there is a large majority of people saying that the man was unreasonably subjected to violence ... | injifment | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Narcissism Is Better Than Humility
Narcissism can be described as "having an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance." This may not seem like a healthy and mature mindset to have but it's definitely the better mindset when compared to it's opposite - a self-effacing mindset.
... | >Narcissism can be described as "having an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance."
Sure, but [narcissism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder) can also be described as
>a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior t... | I am very introspective by nature and have quite low self-esteem. I imagine other people might describe me as humble in some regards, although I am not sure if that would be more or less than the average person. It is hard to self-judge humility.
Being humble is not the same thing as living passively, which is what yo... | d83849 | CMV: Narcissism Is Better Than Humility | Narcissism can be described as "having an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance." This may not seem like a healthy and mature mindset to have but it's definitely the better mindset when compared to it's opposite - a self-effacing mindset.
​
Self-Effacing behaviour can be... | Chimerical_Entity | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Groups like the ADL are fighting Anti-semitism the wrong way.
Honestly,
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I find the ADL's approach to fighting Anti-semitism incredible ineffective, and quite possibly be creating more anti-semitism than it would if it did not exist. I do not believe that acting like some kind of bully for businesses t... | >I'll give you one example, the right wing in the U.S right now feels betrayed by Jews, after large Jewish groups removed their funding from Woke Universities since the left has turned against Israel. Yet, they never felt it appropiate to remove their funding 20 years prior when these same Universities where teaching W... | I don't know where this weird fiction that the interests of white people are - on any real level - under attack comes from, really, but I doubt the world will be made better for anyone if we constantly reify it in public discourse.
---
That surprises me to hear, honestly. I mean even some Jewish figures are now clear... | 181eu74 | CMV: Groups like the ADL are fighting Anti-semitism the wrong way. | Honestly,
​
I find the ADL's approach to fighting Anti-semitism incredible ineffective, and quite possibly be creating more anti-semitism than it would if it did not exist. I do not believe that acting like some kind of bully for businesses to remove advertisement, and demand censorship of free speech of peop... | Key-Minimum6772 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: If you owe the bank on a mortgage, the bank owns the property and should be responsible for the property taxes.
Thesis: Banks that hold hundreds or thousands of properties and titles should be the ones paying the govt unless they mortgage is complete and the home and property are permanently transferred.
If you... | The major difference between owning with a mortgage and renting is that if you have a mortgage, any appreciation in the homes value belongs to you -- not the bank as does any principal you pay. If the bank does foreclose, they have to pay you any proceeds the exceed what you still own on the mortgage and the fees assoc... | Would this make your equity in the home locked until you owned 100% of the house?
If you paid off 90% of your house and were no longer able to pay the house, do you believe the bank gets 100% of the house?
---
They can and do pull that kind of stuff.
---
So if you house is worth $1m, you have $900k in equity and... | 1anvpqg | CMV: If you owe the bank on a mortgage, the bank owns the property and should be responsible for the property taxes. | Thesis: Banks that hold hundreds or thousands of properties and titles should be the ones paying the govt unless they mortgage is complete and the home and property are permanently transferred.
If you can be foreclosed on, you are just renting your home. Use of a mortgage or loan and a down payment should not be cons... | malthusianbabyfever | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The plus size model movement is being misused
Just from seeing the recent Tess Holliday cover photo controversy, I can tell things are going wrong again. Every person is different and has a different natural size, but Tess Holliday's body is not natural. The plus size model movement was created to stop people fro... | > There is a deeper underlying mentality here. It is "This is the way I am and I shouldn't have to change! I shouldn't have to work to reduce my weight! and I shouldn't feel bad for being like this! And neither should you!"
Do you believe, in general, people that do unhealthy things should constantly be told to change... | > but Tess Holliday's body is not natural. [...] that negative insecure feeling inside? It's just brought by the unfair standards of the world!" When in reality it is the bodies natural response to motivate (or force) you into shape.
Here you imply that Tess's body is unnatural because she is actively ignoring her bod... | 9ivp4v | CMV: The plus size model movement is being misused | Just from seeing the recent Tess Holliday cover photo controversy, I can tell things are going wrong again. Every person is different and has a different natural size, but Tess Holliday's body is not natural. The plus size model movement was created to stop people from shaming women for not having something that they c... | crispystale | 13 | 11 | [
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CMV: The creator should always get the final say on the meaning of their art
I'm using 'art' in the broader sense, including film, TV, games, etc.
As a fan of Idea Channel (R.I.P.) and other similar channels, I do think reading into art is important, and valuable to culture as a whole. I am also aware of the critique... | I am a freelance fiction author, so I largely agree with you.
But that said, I do think there are times when literary critics, etc., can make very compelling arguments about art (to include images, film, prose, etc). Authors are ultimately just regular people, and people don't always know what they're thinking when th... | Why can art not have emergent phenomena and meanings and themes? Why is the content of the text and supported analysis wrong because someone involved in the process of making the novel says that's wrong? How does this view account for influences? if a work is heavily influenced by another work then does the author of t... | d7umx2 | CMV: The creator should always get the final say on the meaning of their art | I'm using 'art' in the broader sense, including film, TV, games, etc.
As a fan of Idea Channel (R.I.P.) and other similar channels, I do think reading into art is important, and valuable to culture as a whole. I am also aware of the critique aimed at people who look into culture "You're reading too far into it". This ... | EdominoH | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Private hospitals should be outlawed.
Health is a human right, I don't think there is anyone who would respite this. So why do we still have systems where you can be denied a treatment, either through upfront costs or the pressure of wanting to avoid dept.
Let me clarify that I am talking within the context of f... | > Health is a human right, I don't think there is anyone who would respite this.
Health is a human right. Having someone else provide it for you isn't. That requires someone else's labor. You can't simply claim that you have a right to someone else's time and effort. You have the right to take care of yourself. Y... | Health*care* is not a right. You cannot have a right to something someone else has to provide for you. To claim that you do would make the provider of that something your slave. It means that they must provide you with their services whenever, wherever, and under any conditions that might exist - as it is your right. S... | 9j3c8j | CMV: Private hospitals should be outlawed. | Health is a human right, I don't think there is anyone who would respite this. So why do we still have systems where you can be denied a treatment, either through upfront costs or the pressure of wanting to avoid dept.
Let me clarify that I am talking within the context of first world countries, I understand that not ... | fij707 | 3 | 3 | [
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