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"content": "CMV: I believe the NFL and NCAA kickoff starting point should be moved back 10 yards minimum.\nThought of this while watching a game today. Currently in most NFL and even many college level games the kickoff is done as a formality and ritual, because most kicks result in a touc... | [
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"content": "They recently pushed it forward 5 yards (?) because too many people were getting hurt on the kickoff. I miss having more kicks returned also since its exciting, but I can't be mad at them for wanting I make it safer. \n\nI think the average lifespan of an nfl player is in ... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I believe all developed countries should have popular initiative referendums\nHello,\n\nMy idea is simply that all developed countries where education is at a good level should offer its citizens a fair shot at organizing popular initiative referendums (after 50,000 signat... | [
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"content": "First, we have representatives for that. We vote for them every three or four years, so they can represent us and our interests. Taking this power from them should happen on case-by-case basis, otherwise we won't need to have them.\n\nSecond, there are cases in which it's ... | false |
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"content": "CMV: The United States, Canada, and the European Union should accept each other's automobile standards.\nMy view is that the European Union, the U.S., and Canada should allow cars built to their each other's standards. Currently, European cars built to UNECE standards, whilst A... | [
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"content": "The problem with a move like this would be that it essentially makes the tighter regulations system meaningless, if you are going to allow for cars that don't fit a certain nation's standards, then it basically means that cars with the lowest standards of one nation are go... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I believe that the Gay Marriage discussion isn't as important as the media portrays it to be\nThe real problem is the concept of marriage itself. In my view, LGBT couples are already married, regardless of the legislation that is imposed on them. Marriage isn't a set of ci... | [
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"content": "Marriage is all those things, but marriage recognised by the state is all those things and all the extra benefits that come with being married. \n\nA couple can say they are married just because the feel that way, but that state will disagree. "
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"content": "CMV: Businesses should not be forced to serve customers if the order is contrary to their beliefs.\nI'm making this post in response to [this](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11211789/Christian-bakery-ordered-to-recant-over-Bert-and-Ernie-gay-marriage-cake-or-face-cour... | [
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"content": "In order to run a business, one needs a business license from the government. The government serves the public interest, and businesses are *regulated* to ensure that they do so as well.\n\nImagine a business where the owners have a belief that they don't have to pay taxes... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I believe the mainstream narrative about 9/11 is by far the most accurate (hear me out, as I am going to include many details and points)\nI believed the 9/11 conspiracy theories as soon as I heard them. It was around 2004 and I was young and I had read Richard Clarke's bo... | [
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"content": "Why exactly do you want your view changed?\n\nFrom the sidebar:\n\n>For people who have an opinion on something but accept that they may be wrong or want help changing their view.\n\n"
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"content": "CMV: There should be a program that makes kids reversibly unfertile, to deal with overpopulation\nOverpopulation is linked with many problems in the actual world, such as lack of resources and deficient space management. My proposal is the following: ~~**Make almost all kids ne... | [
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"content": "Out of interest OP, what is the said procedure that can be easily reversed in either gender? Reversing sterilisation procedures is generally expensive (economic equality issues) and is often not successful. "
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"content": "CMV:In MMORPGs, Maximum level or rare gear is not something that commands inherent respect from other players.\nIn MMORPGs, there are certain things that require time and effort to achieve that some players thing command a specific amount of respect beyond that of which a given... | [
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"content": "First of all, I'd like to contest the fact that getting max-level gear is only a time investment. Most of the very top content in MMORPGs is extremely skill-based when doing it with the gear available, and therefore someone having the top gear in a game like WoW can indica... | false |
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"content": "CMV:The negative view of children that most male redditors have is unhealthy and we need to stop encouraging it.\nYou hear it in every corner of Reddit when children are mentioned or when a picture of a baby is posted. \"Human babies are ugly/gross/annoying.\" People on Reddit ... | [
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"content": "Im curious why you specify male redditors in the title. Many college age women share similar views that, like those of their male counterparts generally change with age."
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"content": "CMV: Satire acts as an 'enzyme' for injustice.\nLots of people believe satire to be a great tool for democracy, and that the fact that we can make jokes at the expense of people in power is a great thing, but I sometimes think that it actually helps pacify angry people by conve... | [
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"content": "Consider The Colbert report. His entire job is to attack conservatism by defending it extremely poorly. His pretense of supporting the movement in order to expose those flaws is an extremely effective tool at undermining the opposition's movements. This humor engages popul... | true |
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"content": "CMV: You usually can tell if a person is stupid or not by their facial features.\nDisclaimer: My purpose isn't to consider those who have had unconsenting modifications to their face that alter their \"nornal\" look. This can include those who are victim to accidents, birth def... | [
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"content": "What you're describing is [Physiognomy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiognomy) and has been identified as a psuedo-science. Related psuedo-science: [Phrenology](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology)."
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"content": "CMV: Shonen is better than the rest, and Narutards are better than Weeaboos\nYes, i said it. I'd rather watch Naruto, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter or Death Note than Sword Art Online, No Game no Life or whatever other harem there is out there. \n\nI feel like there is a huge diff... | [
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"content": "Anime has more genres than shonen action and harem. Sword art online is not a harem despite romantic tension between characters, because the focus of the story isn't that romantic tension, which only gets a few jokes dedicated to it at most.\n\nAlso, shonen is a demographi... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I think \"The Interview\" should not have been made and am glad it was pulled from theatres.\nI think the premise of this movie is incredibly tasteless. I don't like the idea of using a film for a political purpose. Furthermore, I don't like the idea of blending real life ... | [
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"content": "So, what, should we never make a movie about Hitler because it's just a \"circlejerk about how much better we are than that\"? Yeah, I think we *are* better than that...you say that as if it's somehow bad to acknowledge it. I see no reason to argue that we should never ... | false |
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"content": "CMV: Social democracy (regulated capitalism with strong safety nets) is superior to socialism (social ownership and democratic control over the means of production)\n## Section I: Definitions of \"Social Democracy\" and \"Socialism\"\n\nSocial democracy \"is defined as a policy... | [
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"content": "##Social Democracy For Everybody\n\nSocial Democracy only functions when countries hold a disproportionate amount of the wealth. Sweden, the model Social Democracy, holds 0.44% of the world's wealth while having 0.2% of its population. This allows states to maintain high c... | false |
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"content": "CMV: Hiphop culture was born at the cross roads of racism, poverty, and the American Dream, and deserves more credit\nI've been thinking about this for a while. There are serious parallels between the Great Gatsby, and Hip-Hop culture. Both portray their main characters as bein... | [
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"content": "Your view is WAY too vague. What does \"deserve more credit\" mean? What is it that you really want to see happen? For example, if hip-hop \"got\" the credit it deserved, then what would that look like, and how does it differ from what we see today? I'm not really sure wha... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I support bigger crackdowns on narcotics such as heroin, crystal meth, and crack.\nWhen I say narcotics I am excluding Marijuana, some people consider it a narcotic, others don't.\n\nAs far as I can see drugs such as heroin cannot just be used recreationally for the most p... | [
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"content": "How do you want to accomplish this feat? I think most people would agree that completely removing heroin, crack, or meth would be overall beneficial. But what about all the collateral damage done in the process? There is currently a \"war on drugs\" and it's failing misera... | false |
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"content": "CMV: /r/ShitRedditSays is a good thing\nSo, I've been a regular reddit user for several years, and one of the more controversial communities on here is SRS, or ShitRedditSays. It highlights a range of content that is racist, sexist, or generally offensive that is regularly upvo... | [
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"content": "What precisely do you mean by a 'good thing'? This post feels more like a pre-emptive rebuttal of the negative aspects of SRS, rather than a positive expression of the good it does. \n\nFrom your post all I can gather on the positive aspects of SRS is that it highlights d... | true |
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"content": "CMV: Language can only be \"bad\" if it is personally offensive.\nI work in an office with my best friend, whom I met on the job. Every day we get a ten minute break and take a walk around our corporate block. I've been waiting all morning to tell my friend an anecdote that h... | [
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"content": "Here are a couple videos from George Carlin you might have seen before that may be helpful to you:\nhttp://youtu.be/mUvdXxhLPa8\nhttp://youtu.be/vbZhpf3sQxQ\n\nOn another note, I have a few opinions on the matter (I'll preface that I have a background in undergrad sociolog... | false |
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"content": "CMV: Decreasing birth rates is Western nations' biggest problem.\nWith the minimum replacement rate standing at 2.1 babies per woman, and the current birth rates of many nations being as low as 1.3 this leads to an ageing population that produces many ill effects for the countr... | [
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"content": "In terms of social services, it's not the *size* of the population that matters but the *ratio* of pensioners / workers.\n\nThat ratio is not determined by birth rate alone, but by a complex interplay of birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, and pension age.\n\nEven at ... | true |
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"content": "CMV: A 20 year prison sentence is just as bad as a life sentence\nI've been angry about the setup of the US penal system for a long time for being a system of punishment instead of rehabilitation. Especially when so many inmates are nonviolent drug offenders. Shit, what are you... | [
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"content": "You're focused entirely on what happens beginning 20 years from sentencing, i.e. being let out into society, or continuing to sit in prison. I'd argue that the difference for those *first* 20 years is huge, but you're ignoring it.\n\nBut let me talk about post-20 years br... | true |
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"content": "CMV: Movie culture is overrated because it is neither diverse nor creative.\nEdit:This topic is focused on the entirety of Western movies as an independent culture, new and old, experimental and mainstream.\n\n When I say movie and movie industry I am only expressing movies wit... | [
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"content": "I do believe that the enjoyment of movies is subjective (like all art, really) and that is why your argument can't stand. Everybody likes something different and even the most mediocre piece of art, directed at general audiences, will polarize people's enjoyment. Members o... | true |
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"content": "CMV: Obama is not a \"race-baiter\"\nI'll copy what I commented on another thread. I wouldn't call him a race-baiter actually like Sharpton. I think to be a true race baiter, you have to be in it for either power or money. I don't see what Obama has left to gain at this point.... | [
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"content": "> I wouldn't call him a race-baiter actually like Sharpton. \n\nObama and Sharpton have direct contact with one another and Obama has mentioned Sharpton in a positive light many times, calling him [\"the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden\"](http... | false |
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"content": "CMV: \"Classic\" actors in older movies were absolutely terrible at their art.\nOld movies aren't typically my taste, but I've recently watched *Gone with the Wind* and *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* and I think the acting in these movies (by supposedly \"great\" actors) is... | [
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"content": "CMV: A Person Who has Never ever Been in a relationship is a Loser.\n23 yo MALE here...Will turn 24 soon. \n\nHave never been in a relationship with anyone. And when I say never..I mean never in all extent of not being in a relationship...Have never held hands with anyone. Bare... | [
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"content": "If you're playing a game called \"Last One in a Relationship is a Loser\" then yes, by that definition you're a loser. But that’s a silly game to play and life isn't a race. After early childhood people develop and accumulate experiences at vastly different rates whether b... | true |
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"content": "CMV: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a crappy rights document.\nSo as an American sorta-transplant to Canada and a law nerd, I get a decent amount of flak for my very American views on civil rights laws.\n\nSpecifically, I am a really big fan of super-strong free... | [
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"content": "I think it was related to the [No Social Security For Nazis Act](http://waysandmeans.house.gov/socialsecurity/no-social-security-for-nazis-act.htm)?"
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"content": "CMV: Installing the Arc Reactor in Tony Stark was more invasive than removing the shrapnel.\nThe procedure to remove the shrapnel would be less invasive than cutting a massive hole open in his chest to add a portable power supply. Other than literally (figuratively) wanting to... | [
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"content": "Cutting a giant hole in your chest is a relatively simple operation compared to searching for minuscule fragments imbedded around the heart. \n\nFishing out the fragments would be very risky. You mightn't get them all. \n\n"
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"content": "CMV:Testing is NOT and adequate gage of intellectual abilities, no matter the subject.\nI certainly see how testing is necessary to motivate students to actually process and store information. \n\nHowever I do not believe that it will ever be an appropriate gage of actual intel... | [
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"content": "Can you define test?\n\nDOK 1, 2, 3, 4? Summative? Formative? Multiple choice? Select all. Select narrative?\n\n"
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"content": "CMV: Most posts to CMV are a bid to be heard, not a request to \"change my view\"\nI think we ache to be heard, and CMV is a devil's bargain: in exchange for fulfilling the need to be heard, we offer our mind up to be operated on by language.\n\nChanging one's view is actually ... | [
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"content": "Maybe, I don't keep track, but I can definitely tell in the first 5 or 6 posts by OP what his intentions are and if he's a stubborn idiot or someone who is legitimately interested.\n\nThere's a lot of different types of CMV's. There's the one's that are legit wanting to c... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I believe Greek Life should be banned from Universities\nI think for the most part there is a ton of negative activities and press surrounding Greek life (particularly Frats). Most around hazing and sexual harassment and even as far as systematic rape.\n\nMany argue Greek ... | [
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"content": ">Many argue Greek life can raise money for charities and they rack up volunteer hours. I personally believe this can be accomplished without the Greek system in place.\n\nSure, they can. And churches and charities can feed the homeless without the government stepping in... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I'm a cynic and there is no hope for mankind, and we deserve it\nHello all. \nThis is a plead to get some counters to problems I see with us. Below is a list of things in no particular order that I have problems with, that I forsee causing the collapse of the human race ... | [
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"content": "> There are so many garbage dumps, miles of garbage in the ocean, and polluted rivers, waterways, etc that eventually the earth will be just one big pile of garbage. See Wall-E for an example of my views. Sure we may eventually start a 'cleanup initiative' but it will b... | false |
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"content": "CMV: Steroids should be illegal since they are dangerous to people.\nI will first and foremost admit I am not the most educated on this topic. I am not a chemist nor biologist nor an endocrinologist. However, I hear that steroids can cause many problems including roid rage. I d... | [
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"content": "So is your CMV \"there's no reason steroids should be illegal because other dangerous stuff isn't illegal\" or is it \"steroids and all other dangerous things should be illegal\"?\n\nIf your view is the latter, I would say that the potential for self-harm is not sufficient... | true |
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"content": "CMV: Debt forgiveness is one of the stupidest ideas ever conceived\nI'll start this off by saying that I am in my last year of high school, and I will hopefully be attending a school that is about 60k a year. However, I will be graduating with under 5k in debt. I've worked my a... | [
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"content": "I don't think people are calling for a true [Jubilee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_%28biblical%29) but rather for student loans to be treated like other debts in bankruptcy. We do allow people who get over their heads in debt to get out from it through bankruptcy.... | false |
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"content": "CMV:We need to develop more respect for statements made \"off the record.\"\nIn aftermath of Amy Pascal and Donald Sterling, I think there is a disturbing trend of privacy invasion taking place, and people are not safe to say things even in their own homes. You might say \"they... | [
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"content": "1. What happened with Sony doesn't involve someone saying something \"off the record\". \"Off the record\" usually means someone tells someone who is going to use the information either to make it public but unattributed or information to investigate something that will be... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I see nothing wrong with \"swear words,\" even if said by children.\nFirstly let me say that this is my first post in this sub, and I'm hoping that it's the correct place. I would like to see the counter argument to my view(s) so that I can objectively reanalyze my stance... | [
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"content": ">Firstly let me say that this is my first post in this sub, and I'm hoping that it's the correct place.\n\nYou're in the right place. Welcome!\n\nHave you ever watched [the episode of South Park](http://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s05e02-it-hits-the-fan) where everyo... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I believe that Feminism has driven men away, and that men have every right to dislike the movement.\nI believe they do the very thing they think men do. They place one gender in a box and over generalize. If a man says something like \"not all men\" it is ridiculed and tha... | [
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"content": "I think part of the problem with \"feminism\" discussions on reddit is that they tend to address feminism as if it were an organized unit with a stated platform, like a political party.\n\nInstead, many people use the term to describe different things, and their is no cent... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I cannot enjoy anything knowing that all things come to an end.\nEverything is just a reminder of the futility of life. Having a good time with friends becomes loneliness. Drinking and kicking back is just a distraction from the end-all that is death. Another birthday is j... | [
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"content": "That's a really depressing way to view life. I feel that the journey is just as meaningful as the destination. That, yes, in the end death is what awaits you, but life should be about what you do while you're alive. What you accomplish and whose lives you can change, how y... | false |
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"content": "CMV: The idea of a tv show like \"Black-ish\" is a great idea\nSo, I'm going to start off by saying I have never watched the tv show \"Black-ish\", however I think the theory of a tv show that distinctly shows a minority group in a good light is necessary. \n\nOne might say tha... | [
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"content": "You should watch the show, because it's kind of the opposite of what you think it is. The basic premise is that the father became successful and moved his family into a very white area only to see them lose their cultural heritage. This causes him to come up with schemes t... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I believe US politics will shift largely to the left in upcoming decades, mainly due to baby boomers.\nBaby boomers are often referred to as the, \"Me\" generation, mainly because they tend to vote only in their own best interests. Such as siding with the right so they won... | [
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"content": "You're vastly overestimating how many baby boomers there are in the US. In fact [millennials outnumber baby boomers](http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BA-BB771E_Mille_G_20130427011209.jpg) by 6 million. The US has a [very even spread of population by age](https://... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I don't believe I should take my friends' new genders seriously.\nSadly, my group of friends have discovered tumblr. A month or two ago, they became full on SJWs, who now are some new genders. One of them are \"agender,\" one is \"genderfluid\" and a bunch of other things.... | [
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"content": "Are you and your friends still fairly young? If so, they'll probably settle into one sexual identity to seriously identify as once they've tried on some of these new labels for a while. So you might be right to suspect that these tumblr labels are a fleeting thing. But ... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I think people should be banned from drinking alcohol at any time if they have been violent towards anyone or vandalised any property for an indefinite amount of time.\nJust like the title says, I would like to know other peoples views on why you shouldn't be banned for th... | [
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"content": "They tried banning alcohol before- look at how well that worked.\n\nThey tried banning drugs before- look at how well that worked.\n\nHow do you propose that this will work?"
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"content": "CMV: Alcohol should be legally required to show calories on the packaging\nI am speaking mostly from an American perspective. In a society where obesity is a huge problem, there is absolutely no reason to leave off crucial nutritional information on a commonly consumed product.... | [
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"content": "> Perhaps an exception can be made for really small time craft brewers\n\nIf something is sold at retail, I think the law needs to be consistent. Currently, cider has to show nutrition while beer does not. That doesn't make sense "
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"content": "CMV: I believe putting any stock into whether or not a person likes animals is silly (\"You can tell a lot about a person from their relationship with animals\")\nI see this argument a lot, especially here on Reddit. Just came across it in a thread asking what are some little t... | [
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"content": "Like, agree to a point. You can't tell that much if someone just isn't hugley in love with animals. However, I'd definitely judge someone's character if they were fine with hurting animals. It's not really about animals, it's your attitude to vulnerable things."
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"content": "CMV: Intelligence is fixed at birth and there is no point in studying hard in high school to get good grades\nI believe that we are all only as intelligent as our parents - some will absorb information easier than others, and that's okay. \n\nIn Primary and Secondary schooling,... | [
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"content": ">I believe that everyone should just accept at what they are and aren't talented and continue with their life, not trying so desperately hard to get top marks in everything.\n\nThe two are not exclusive. Yes, intelligence means you'll have it much easier. But smart peop... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I believe that cookie and popcorn sales have fundamentally altered the mission and quality of the Scouting programs in America.\nI was a cub scout and boy scout. My parents were both *very* involved with both organizations. My mother volunteered with Girl Scouts to help my... | [
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"content": "My troop usually only has one or two people actually sell popcorn. The rest we just buy for ourselves. "
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"content": "CMV: I believe that Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest athlete in history.\nI think that Wilt is the most dominant, athletic man in history, from any sport. He has dozens of records including the 100 point game and the 55 rebound game. He averaged 50 points per game for an entire... | [
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"content": "It's a little hard to call him the greatest athlete in history when there aren't many who consider him even the greatest NBA player of all time.\n\n[Bleacher Report](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1795233-10-greatest-nba-players-of-all-time/page/5) ranks him #7.\n\n[Fo... | false |
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"content": "CMV: It is impossible to be single and happy (if you desire to ultimately be in a relationship)\nI think that, if you are someone who ultimately wants to be in a relationship, it is impossible to be single and happy. The notable exception to this would be persons who genuinely... | [
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"content": "Yes. That's like asking is it possible to be happy with a Ford when your ultimate goal is to have a Rolls Royce? \n\nWould I be happier with my goal accomplished? Absolutely, but that doesn't preclude me from being happy *now*.\n\nFor instance, one of my goals is to become... | false |
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"content": "CMV: It is okay for parents to want to shield their young children from graphic or explicit sexual content.\nI tend to hear this a lot:\n\n**\"I don't understand why parents allow their children or don't freak out when their children see violence in media, but they become prude... | [
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"content": "Europe is famously more open about sex than the US - sex ed is more comprehensive and inclusive, sexuality is not as hidden away or cloistered, full frontal nudity is displayed all over their towns and art. Hell, there is a common practice in the Netherlands where the pare... | false |
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"content": "CMV: Companies requiring credit card information for free trials that don't get canceled after the trial, don't have a genuine sustainable product.\nTitle pretty much says it all. I think companies that do this are pretty bad. I've never signed up for a free trial, because they... | [
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"content": "I can agree it's not the best business practice as I've lost money due to forgetting to cancel a service. However, I do not think it is an inherently bad practice. Even if the intention is to just essentially \"scam\" people, They are trading a product NOW for only potenti... | false |
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"content": "CMV: Posting about celebrity birthdays on reddit or other websites is counter-productive to the development of these fans.\nFirst off, I'm not saying that anyone that knows celebrity birthdays by heart, or that everyone that posts them does not lead a perfectly great life. \n\n... | [
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"content": "Do you also feel this way about something like, \"OK Computer was released 15 years ago today\" or, \"this song is now 20 years old\" or something like that? I don't really understand your view. Does knowing dates seem weird in general? \n\nSome people have a really good m... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I do not vote\nI'm a 22 year old from Croatia and I find no interest in politics. All of the politicians seem corrupt to me and I simply can not approve any on them by giving them a single vote. In Croatia we mainly have a choice between two parties (left and right) which ... | [
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"content": "CMV:Protests for Ferguson and Akai Gurley only make racism worse\nPlease leave the footnote below the following line, but remember to delete this sentence by replacing it with the body of your post. Thank you!\nRacism exists in America. I know that, and I know it's an issue. ... | [
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"content": "CMV: Physical Beauty is a Product of Biology, Not Culture or Society\nIt seems to me that there are two schools of thought on why people find certain physical characteristics beautiful and others unattractive. \n\nThe first view is that physical beauty (and on the flip side, ug... | [
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"content": "CMV: People are all selfish. In one form or another every action that constitutes kindness or goodness is linked to a selfish gain.\nFor example, one could say that a mother who gives the last piece of food she has to her child out of the goodness of her heart is just her remov... | [
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"content": "CMV: Being an average person is not the same as being a good person, and good people don't commit atrocities.\nSomething that often springs up on reddit now and again is the readiness with which people who really do seem average are capable of blood-chilling violence and abuse ... | [
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"content": "CMV: Buying / breeding pedigree dogs is antiquated and harmful.\nGenuinely looking for a good reason why some people are so caught up in the purity of their dog's blood line, cause I'm just not getting it. The way I see it, while developing specific breeds at one point made sen... | [
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"content": "CMV: Yahoo news is a complete and total theiving ripoff\n**Edit: view changed by /u/Hq3473 & /u/huadpe** \n\n/u/Hq3473 \n> You do realize that companies like Reuters SELL their content?\n> So, Yahoo paid for that content, hardly a rip off.\n\n\n/u/huadpe \n\n> Reut... | [
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"content": "CMV: Guns laws should be based on situation or premise\nAllow me to explain.\n\nI think that gun laws should not be blanket laws (or laws based on the weaponry itself) but should instead be based on the place and situation. I also believe they should not change from person to p... | [
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"content": "CMV: One cannot be patriotic and a true Christian, or a true follower of any of the Abraham religions for that matter.\nA few weeks ago I attended a thanksgiving dinner at a local church. Although it is not an event I would normally attend, I went to be polite since i was invit... | [
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"content": "CMV: The majority of college-bound students should start out in community colleges\nI am addressing people who intend to go to college for a bachelor's. The majority of these people will have a tuition/living payment that is well above what they can afford. If the student has p... | [
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"content": "CMV: I believe that it's time for a Presidential Committee for the US.\nIn a country of more than 300,000,000 I believe it makes sense to have a committee of 5 \"Presidents\" who share executive power. This would allow for expanded expertise in various areas; a diversity of opi... | [
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"content": "CMV: I think that some black people who use the N word are subconsciously racist.\nWe all know that the word \"nigger\" has a negative history and has a pejorative sense attach to it. Black people started referring to themselves with this word hoping to change it's meaning ( to... | [
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"content": "CMV:I believe that Tinder, Okcupid and other online dating services have had a profoundly negative influence on American dating habits, expectations and experiences with healthy relationships\nThis \"problem\" is something I have noted for a while now, and I don't believe it is... | [
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"content": "CMV: Serpentine (or snake) drafts in fantasy sports are superior to standard drafts.\nFor those who don't know the difference:\n\n* A **standard** draft has the same order for every round (where you pick in the Round 1 is where you pick in every proceeding round).\n\n* A **serp... | [
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"content": "CMV: I believe that it's weird and not possible to be strictly platonic with an ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend.\nMy girlfriend of 1 year is occasionally in contact with her ex-boyfriend who she dated in high school. While I have no suspicion of foul play, I don't believe that someo... | [
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"content": "CMV: If you knowingly wrongly accuse someone of a crime, you should be exposed to the same minimum and maximum sentence the accused would have been exposed to.\nEveryone, whether they are being truthful or not, knows the consequences of accusing someone else of a crime. You kno... | [
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"content": "You would prevent people from testifying. \"I'm not going to say that I saw him take the little child at the store because then I could get the death penalty. Why should I stick my neck out?\"\n\nWould you risk your life on 12 strangers with the same skin color as you, w... | true |
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"content": "CMV: I don't see how the James Bond movies are sexist\nI've heard several times that the James Bond movies are sexist. While I haven't seen them all (mostly the Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan ones), criticism exists for all movies in this regard. \n\n[Taking it from this artic... | [
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"content": "CMV: \"Everyone is entitled to their opinion\" is a dangerous phrase that allowed American society get to the disappointing state that it is currently in.\nMy argument may come of as pretentious, but I will do my best to present my view in a valid and logical way.\n\n\"Everyone... | [
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"content": "CMV: It's possible to be too angry about social injustices.\nI am Asian and therefore highly privileged in American society, particularly in my field of work (STEM). I interact with a very diverse crowd and consider myself to be quite educated on issues surrounding gender and r... | [
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"content": "As an Asian, you're probably in the best place to, I dunno, maximize your privilege.\n\nBut do you really believe Asians are highly privileged in American society outside of the STEM field? You're stereotyped as smart, but also as effeminate, short, submissive, bad drivers... | false |
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"content": "CMV: 'Soccer' would be popular in the United States if everyone stopped debating whether or not it could be popular in the United States\n[I realise the entire premise for this post is completely hypocritical. I'm English and, shock horror, I like football. Yes I will call it f... | [
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"content": "CMV: The latest incident in the Cosby rape case is dangerous for all men\n**EDIT**: View Changed by /u/NeilZod\n>Why do you believe that a civil suit will result in criminal charges? If the statute of limitations for rape has already passed, then Cosby can't be charged with ... | [
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"content": "CMV: Whenever a violent criminal (burglar, thief, murderer) dies, even if the circumstances surrounding his death are shady (police brutality, vigilantism, etcetera), society didn't lose anything of value and might have even gained from the event.\n\"Violent criminal\" as defin... | [
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"content": "CMV: The pride brought along with joining your nation's army and \"fighting for your country\" is an institutionalized sense of superiority that has been around for millennium as a result of government's making it seem like an amazing thing to do so.\nTo thoroughly explain: I w... | [
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"content": "CMV: I think most police killing scandals in the USA could be avoided if officers where instructed to shoot for the legs when in apparent danger, rather than shoot to kill.\nI must admit I don't know much about the police force, much less in the USA, nor their training or curre... | [
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"content": "CMV: No one should ever have to pay to view their credit score, and the current system falls under racketeering (US)\nIn the US, there are three main credit bureaus that banks and lenders use to help vet borrowers: TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax. For each, you have the abili... | [
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"content": "CMV: The term 'rape survivor' attempts to upgrade an albeit horrible act to a life-threatening one, and should therefore not be used.\nWe used to use the term 'rape victim'. The new term 'rape survivor' purports to place rape in the same category as life-threatening diseases an... | [
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"content": "The point was to use a term different than \"victim.\" Survivor is a much more empowering term. I hope you agree that using a more positive and empowering word than \"victim\" is overall a good thing to do and can consciously or subconsciously help people recuperate. If yo... | false |
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"content": "CMV: I believe climate change exists, but it isn't threatening.\nI believe that climate change exists, but not in the way that the public does (I'm no Tony Abbott, so take it easy). I feel that climate change is a natural, cyclical phenomenon that humans are simply exaggerating... | [
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"content": "CMV:The police behaved appropriately when restraining and arresting Eric Garner\nMy opinions are based on 1-multiple views of the video, shot by a bystander (easily found on youtube and other sources): 2-The wikipedia article, and; 3-Press accounts of the coroner's report. My v... | [
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"content": "CMV: I believe that racism will only end once we stop talking about race.\nTo elaborate, I was in an argument over at /r/libertarian over a [quote from Ron Paul](http://i.imgur.com/2IBCRuv.jpg) that was getting a lot of flak. I think that institutions and political efforts that... | [
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"content": "I would argue that \"not talking about it\" is what America has been doing since end of the civil rights era and the advent of the information age. This conversation has only really become public since the internet has given everyone an equal platform to soapbox on, and t... | true |
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"content": "CMV: Obama has been a great president.\nSince Obama has taken office:\n\nWe have gotten out of two wars.\n\nOsama Bin Laden is dead.\n\nThe economy has rebounded from a catastrophic recession with the DJIA and Nasdaq reaching all time highs.\n\nWe now have healthcare.\n\nReal e... | [
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"content": "Great president? I certainly don't think he's as bad of a president as his critics like to paint, but to call him a great president like the Trumans, Eisenhowers, etc. to say nothing about the Washingtons and Lincolns?\n\n>We have gotten out of two wars.\n\nDebatable. W... | false |
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"content": "CMV: As practiced today, the safety risks of funeral processions through urban areas present more risks than benefits and should be discontinued or reformed.\nI'm not saying that a safe funeral procession isn't possible, nor am I saying that the practice has no benefit for thos... | [
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"content": "CMV: I think the manga Fairy Tail is poorly written, relies far too heavily on Deus Ex Machina, and the heroes are literally invincible.\nI've been reading the manga Fairy Tail for years now and through it all I don't think there has ever been anything real in the sense of char... | [
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"content": "CMV: I believe logical time paradoxes as portrayed in movies and thought experiments are irrelevant.\nAs soon as the traveller goes back into time, the universe becomes different than it was the first time on a molecular level, and therefore a paradox occurs. The universe doesn... | [
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"content": "CMV: Recreational use of marihuana is as bad as tobacco, and worse than alcohol\nFor context, I consume all three, tobacco at a high level, weed every couple of days, alcohol on most weekends; what I'm saying is that I have experience with these substances, and I admit that som... | [
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"content": "CMV: I believe experience in actual governing should be a requirement for running for presidency.\nI haven't done one of these before so sorry if I screw up.\n\nIt doesn't make sense to me that the requirements are so lax. Most of our presidents had never actually been a govern... | [
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"content": "Why is governorship such a gold star in your book? Sarah Palin, who most would agree is not fit to be POTUS, was the governor of Alaska. But the mayor of New York City or L.A. or Chicago has many more people and economic activity operating under their charge than the gov... | true |
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"content": "CMV: Insulting someone when I was offering hugs\nWell, today I was doing hugs for 1 euro each for a schoolar trip. I has been doing this for two entire days and I'm kind of exhausted about it, but I still have to offer hugs for 1 euro with a wide smile on my face. Long story sh... | [
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"content": "CMV: Power doesn't corrupt people.\nAll too commonly, we hear the saying \"absolute power corrupts absolutely.\" I don't believe this to be true.\n\nI don't believe that it is the power that corrupts people, but the fact that people themselves are corrupt to begin with, and tha... | [
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"content": "I think the [Stanford Prison experiment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment#Conclusions) should be sufficient in changing your view. It was a psychological study by Philip Zimbardo, professor at Stanford. Basically they concluded that it is the situati... | false |
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"content": "CMV: With the emergence of the Internet, self-learning is much more superior than traditional school.\nI'm basing this on my experience solely. Some of you might be completely different. I understand that all schools are different. I'm also only 17, so in that way I'm quite lim... | [
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"content": "CMV: I think rape and molestation aren't that big of a deal if the victim isn't [badly] physically harmed.\nNote: I tried getting an answer out of this from a different subreddit and was downvoted immediately. I would appreciate if everyone viewing this would take the time to r... | [
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"content": "CMV: I believe the US party system has devolved into an \"us vs them\" mentality between the two major parties and prohibits any progress from being made in society.\nFirst, this is my first post to CMV, so I apologize if I do anything incorrectly. \n\nAs a young student recent... | [
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"content": "CMV: The ruling in Citizens United is preferable to the alternative.\nSimply put, I don't see how we could decide which kinds of speech are acceptable under campaign finance laws. \n\nIn the Citizens United case, there was a movie called \"Hillary: The Movie\". The District C... | [
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"content": "CMV I think circumcision should remain legal in the US.\nTyping this on mobile. Sorry!\n\nA common argument against circumcision is that it should not be legal because the child has no say in the matter. I feel like it is a parents right and responsibility to make important dec... | [
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"content": "CMV:I think anyone receiving govt. benefits should be drug tested.\nRecently there has been talk, in my state at least, of drug testing welfare and food stamp recipients. This idea has a fair bit of support and got me thinking. Shouldn't anyone taking my tax dollars have to p... | [
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"content": "CMV: If gun control supporters were trying to reduce deaths, they would go after tobacco and alcohol instead.\nFirst, let me say that I understand those who have been affected by gun violence will be passionate about the topic, and I don't mean to demean the loss guns cause or ... | [
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"content": "CMV:All lives are of net negative value.\nAll the ways in which one can be happy, fulfilled, or satisfied are merely the satisfaction of constant cravings we are used to. Most obviously, an experienced smoker does not experience net positive utility in smoking; they merely exp... | [
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"content": "CMV: In the phrase \"White Privilege\" and other, similar phrases and contexts, the word \"Privilege\" is generally incorrect, and should be replaced.\nIn social justice contexts, \"Privilege\" is often used to mean \"an advantage that someone has due to being a member of a cer... | [
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"content": "CMV: Police in America are Classist, Not Racist.\nFACTS: \n\n1.\t4.8% (0.7%) of black (white) people are in prison.\n2.\t27% (10%) of black (white) people are below poverty.\n3.\t13% (72%) of the USA is black (white).\n4.\tSumming the five most populous USA cities, 25% (44%) of... | [
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"content": "CMV: Reddit should ban subreddits and users that promote hate speech.\nI hold this belief because I believe that reddit as a site would be vastly improved by having a very active moderation team. Especially in light of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, I have seen to... | [
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"content": "CMV: I believe prejudice against southerners in the U.S. is mean and should not be tolerated.\nGrowing up in the south of the U.S. I constantly hear ridiculous remarks from both northerners and foreigners insulting my intelligence and my political views. On more than one occas... | [
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"content": "Unless I know what your views are on race and politics, I can't tell if you're a *victim* of a stereotype, or if you're *perpetuating* a stereotype.\n\nSo what did you say or do which elicited the response of \"You're a stupid confederate racist from the south\"? \n"
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"content": "CMV: As nobody who frequently visits my house has a peanut allergy, it is not my responsibility to avoid cross-contaminating foods.\nThis argument applies to any allergen, but for the sake of simplicity we will argue the specific case of peanuts. My view is that, since nobody w... | [
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"content": "I'm not sure if this is truly arguing against your view, but I think your premise is pretty silly. Does anyone actually worry about this? If you don't have a specific food allergy and don't plan on having anyone over who does, why would cross-contamination even cross your ... | true |
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