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CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal.
I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health... | This is a destructive attitude that a lot of unfit/unhealthy people have. By telling yourself that fitness is just about vanity, you allow yourself to feel morally superior in your inactivity and unhealthy lifestyle. “I may not be able to run a mile, but at least I’m not a self-absorbed prick.”
In truth, the vast majo... | Why just men? Have you never browsed instagram lol?
Jokes aside, one example of a fitness activity that increases your health without increasing your sex appeal is cardio. Treadmills are the most heavily-used equipment in any gym, even "cool" gyms. Cardio massively increases your heart's health without making you any ... | l1b5h2 | CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal. | I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health and can increase your life expectancy. Wether it's soccer, swimming or a martial art you ar... | arnodorian96 | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: Basic CPR and first aid training and practice should be a mandatory part of high school curriculums nationwide.
Given the million and one utterly useless things that they teach throughout our education I think the fact that basic lifesaving skills arent taught there is inexcusable. Like a high school could spend ... | The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is a small amount of knowledge.
Mandatory training would produce 100 people who think they know CPR for every person who knows CPR it produces. These people who were only paying enough attention to pass the course or cheating off their friend, possibly many years ago, woul... | This isn't a completely terrible idea.
However the main problem, speaking as someone who is married to a healthcare professional, and who speaks to me about these kinds of things fairly commonly...
We do want more people to know CPR and first aid and such, however we kinda... sorta... don't really want *everyone* ya ... | eqoopv | CMV: Basic CPR and first aid training and practice should be a mandatory part of high school curriculums nationwide. | Given the million and one utterly useless things that they teach throughout our education I think the fact that basic lifesaving skills arent taught there is inexcusable. Like a high school could spend a hundred hours drilling you on memorizing dates that have little to no practical application in real life but they're... | World_Spank_Bank | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Forcing shows to have the 'flamboyantly gay' character ruins a potentially good character by shoving sexuality down our throat.
I want to preface by saying that thanks to browsing this sub and exposure to different lifestyles that having a character that represents some aspect of you helps a lot of people relate ... | Do you feel the same way about straight people showing public affection or the stereotypical Alpha Male depiction in most TV shows or movies?
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Yeah, I think the 'manly man' stereotype hurt the already toxic masculinity image. Having characters that force themselves into stereotypes hurt that community by putting ... | What do you mean by “forcing”? Do you have any examples of specific characters?
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Cameron from the american show Modern Family is a good example of what I mean. A lot of his character seems to revolve around his sexuality and his mannerisms seem to revolve around that, instead of potentially taking a different rout... | 8orzdb | CMV: Forcing shows to have the 'flamboyantly gay' character ruins a potentially good character by shoving sexuality down our throat. | I want to preface by saying that thanks to browsing this sub and exposure to different lifestyles that having a character that represents some aspect of you helps a lot of people relate to shows and helps bring in consistent viewers. This isn't about that aspect of things to me; it is more about writing a character tha... | themathturbator | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Complete legalization of any registered illegal drugs is a bad idea
I think there is now quite a **strong emotional bias** toward drugs in our generations, and it seems to have driven one of the strongest echo-chamber in the web, with strong opinions that are only reinforced by a complete disregard of any scienti... | Do you want everything that is harmful to be illegal or do you only want to legalize only non-harmful things?
What if something is both? Gasoline is dangerous and harmful. It explodes at temperatures below freezing. It’s dangerous and harmful. Should it be a controlled substance?
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No, because AFAIK gasoline is... | > Criminal activities and prevalence of risky behaviors are not entirely determined by criminal opportunities, but by a lot of different social factors (high wage imbalance, high rate of poverty, ethnic divide and marginalization, cultural and biological markers etc.). In other words, criminals won't cease to be crimin... | eqjzh2 | CMV: Complete legalization of any registered illegal drugs is a bad idea | I think there is now quite a **strong emotional bias** toward drugs in our generations, and it seems to have driven one of the strongest echo-chamber in the web, with strong opinions that are only reinforced by a complete disregard of any scientific research that hint at harmful effects of said drugs versus the positiv... | RocBrizar | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: A Mass Boycott of Hogwarts Legacy is Nonsensical and Harmful
Recently there has been a large push toward massively boycotting Hogwarts Legacy, and honestly, I think the whole idea of doing so is extremely nonsensical, I'll explain the views of why we should boycott, and subsequently why I think this is silly, and... | The developers, writers, artists, etc have already been paid. The profits go to the publisher and to Rowling.
Devs get paid upfront, contractually. They often have some bonuses based on performance and sales, but they’ve already been paid. They do not need the game to succeed. *Even if* all of the devs made money bas... | Issue 1: Rowling, someone who has actively spread lies about trans people (https://www.mic.com/culture/jk-rowling-transphobic-self-id-laws) still gets money. The entire point of a boycott is to financially oppose someone with terrible views. In fact, the royalties to her and WB are the only thing my sale effects; a dev... | 10vhm3t | CMV: A Mass Boycott of Hogwarts Legacy is Nonsensical and Harmful | Recently there has been a large push toward massively boycotting Hogwarts Legacy, and honestly, I think the whole idea of doing so is extremely nonsensical, I'll explain the views of why we should boycott, and subsequently why I think this is silly, and hopefully, someone can bring up a point I'm missing.
# Apparent ... | ZombieIsTired | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: A Mass Boycott of Hogwarts Legacy is Nonsensical and Harmful
Recently there has been a large push toward massively boycotting Hogwarts Legacy, and honestly, I think the whole idea of doing so is extremely nonsensical, I'll explain the views of why we should boycott, and subsequently why I think this is silly, and... | Response to Issue 1: All the people who worked on this game already got paid. They are not hurt by a boycott. Acting as if they are hurt is silly. If people boycott the game because of Rowling it will not hurt their careers. Multiple members of the dev team have already made statements affirming this. This is the big o... | The developers, writers, artists, etc have already been paid. The profits go to the publisher and to Rowling.
Devs get paid upfront, contractually. They often have some bonuses based on performance and sales, but they’ve already been paid. They do not need the game to succeed. *Even if* all of the devs made money bas... | 10vhm3t | CMV: A Mass Boycott of Hogwarts Legacy is Nonsensical and Harmful | Recently there has been a large push toward massively boycotting Hogwarts Legacy, and honestly, I think the whole idea of doing so is extremely nonsensical, I'll explain the views of why we should boycott, and subsequently why I think this is silly, and hopefully, someone can bring up a point I'm missing.
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CMV: Banning flavored E-cigarettes is either remarkabley foolish or a flat-out ploy, given that tobocca is legal at all. Details inside.
**Sources in comments, otherwise this looks scarily long lol**
The common argument for banning flavored e-cigarettes is that they appeal to minors, thus there is a reason to ban th... | I’m a cancer researcher, there’s no conclusive evidence that vaping is safer than smoking as far as I’m aware and the common statement of “no deaths” (recently “one death) having ever been reported is dangerously misleading since no deaths were reported from classical smoking either until the 1950’s. Remember that it t... | Have you considered the cultural aspect of things? If a youngster picks up e-cigs early, he may continue to use it because of the surrounding culture of smoking. If his friends move on to smoking, he might do so as well, since he's already used to using e-cigs.
Furthermore, the use of e-cigs and tobacco cigs are not m... | czz8ac | CMV: Banning flavored E-cigarettes is either remarkabley foolish or a flat-out ploy, given that tobocca is legal at all. Details inside. | **Sources in comments, otherwise this looks scarily long lol**
The common argument for banning flavored e-cigarettes is that they appeal to minors, thus there is a reason to ban them. What horseshit logic.
If you really do care about the health of these young teens who are exposed to e-cigs, why has smoking near ch... | throwawaytothetenth | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The "but she's actually 300 years old" excuse for lewding lolis is perfectly rational as the issue of age based consent is based on the younger party's inability to make an informed decision.
If I'm being completely honest, I'm not even into lolis and loli lewding, but the argument that a fictional character who'... | The reason is because based on the sexual preference on liking little kids figure.
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If they actually look like little kids, sure. Most of the time when I see this argument used though it's for a character like Megumin, who in no way has a little kids figure, she's just petite.
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I think the ops post was caused by LoL champion [zoe](https://www.google.rs/search?q=zoe&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs... | 8oiawu | CMV: The "but she's actually 300 years old" excuse for lewding lolis is perfectly rational as the issue of age based consent is based on the younger party's inability to make an informed decision. | If I'm being completely honest, I'm not even into lolis and loli lewding, but the argument that a fictional character who's several hundred years old shouldn't be lewded and that lewding them makes you a pedophile just because they have a petite figure makes no sense to me.
I know the whole loli lewding thing in the a... | OddlySpecificReferen | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such.
I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agre... | There is no such thing is biological **gender**. Sex is what falls within the domain of biology and transgender people do not believe (as I understand) that they are of a sex that they are not. Additionally, there is a psychological condition called gender dysphoria, but not all transgender people experience dysphoria.... | For someone to be delusional, the things they believe need to be false. First, it's worth noting that transgender people don't (as a rule) believe anything false about their physical sex. A transgender woman will recognize and acknowledge that she has a male body, for example.
So, their claims are about an internal se... | 8opr6t | CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such. | I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agrees with this. I think that we have developed this social desirability of tolerance b... | jimmy8rar1c0 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such.
I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agre... | You have failed to mention why you think that leading psychologists are wrong in their treatment.
Why do you think all psychiatry organisations recommend transistioning as a form of treatment? As a joke? Do you think you have more knowledge on mental illness than them?
You can’t compare treatments of different ment... | There is no such thing is biological **gender**. Sex is what falls within the domain of biology and transgender people do not believe (as I understand) that they are of a sex that they are not. Additionally, there is a psychological condition called gender dysphoria, but not all transgender people experience dysphoria.... | 8opr6t | CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such. | I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agrees with this. I think that we have developed this social desirability of tolerance b... | jimmy8rar1c0 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such.
I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agre... | People with transgender identities express no signs of delusion whatsoever. A delusional disorder is one in which a person has a strong conviction in something certifiably untrue. If a man who has undergone no efforts to transition stated "I am a woman in every way shape and form. I have breasts, a vagina, and a uterus... | There is no such thing is biological **gender**. Sex is what falls within the domain of biology and transgender people do not believe (as I understand) that they are of a sex that they are not. Additionally, there is a psychological condition called gender dysphoria, but not all transgender people experience dysphoria.... | 8opr6t | CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such. | I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agrees with this. I think that we have developed this social desirability of tolerance b... | jimmy8rar1c0 | 7 | 7 | [
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I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agre... | There is no such thing is biological **gender**. Sex is what falls within the domain of biology and transgender people do not believe (as I understand) that they are of a sex that they are not. Additionally, there is a psychological condition called gender dysphoria, but not all transgender people experience dysphoria.... | You have failed to mention why you think that leading psychologists are wrong in their treatment.
Why do you think all psychiatry organisations recommend transistioning as a form of treatment? As a joke? Do you think you have more knowledge on mental illness than them?
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I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agre... | For someone to be delusional, the things they believe need to be false. First, it's worth noting that transgender people don't (as a rule) believe anything false about their physical sex. A transgender woman will recognize and acknowledge that she has a male body, for example.
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CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such.
I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agre... | You have failed to mention why you think that leading psychologists are wrong in their treatment.
Why do you think all psychiatry organisations recommend transistioning as a form of treatment? As a joke? Do you think you have more knowledge on mental illness than them?
You can’t compare treatments of different ment... | There is no such thing is biological **gender**. Sex is what falls within the domain of biology and transgender people do not believe (as I understand) that they are of a sex that they are not. Additionally, there is a psychological condition called gender dysphoria, but not all transgender people experience dysphoria.... | 8opr6t | CMV: Transgenderism is a delusional mental disorder and should be treated as such. | I am very open to changing this belief. In fact kind of hoping that I do. I believe that being transgender is comparable to being schizophrenic, or disassociative identity disorder. I think that the broad majority of the population agrees with this. I think that we have developed this social desirability of tolerance b... | jimmy8rar1c0 | 13 | 13 | [
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CMV: The 14th amendment makes it very clear that the judicial rights of due process apply to all people under the jurisdiction of the USA.
I see people somehow okay with and supporting the constitution being violated in the way it is because of the immigration problem and that somehow makes it okay.
There is a popula... | The 14A references States. Is it obvious that every part of the Constitution that explicitly mentions States applies to all levels of government?
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As the commenter above said the 5th amendment applies to the federal govt and “cough cough” applies the same rights to “Any Person”
Using the same language and all, e... | I actually agree with you, but the way the amendment is worded is not clear to a modern English speaker.
>The first section of the 14th amendment clearly states “…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal ... | 1l9x63l | CMV: The 14th amendment makes it very clear that the judicial rights of due process apply to all people under the jurisdiction of the USA. | I see people somehow okay with and supporting the constitution being violated in the way it is because of the immigration problem and that somehow makes it okay.
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CMV: advertising laws should restrict advertisers from using irrelevant, unfalsifiable, misleading, or anything other than direct and literal speech
People generally understand a basic tenet of markets, supply and demand. However, advertising functions to create demand as the company already has the supply. If the goa... | I agree with your sentiment, but don't think that this would solve the problem, since companies could still cherry pick which observable claims to report. Take these claims, for example:
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2) The Toyota Corolla model X contains a deadly design flaw
Both are observable... | > If the goal is to simply make people aware that the product exists, then there's no need for anything besides plain text/image advertising the product as is. That's not the case, obviously, as advertisers typically create a scenario to sell a fantasy, one that often disregards reality. In other words, advertising act... | eqc177 | CMV: advertising laws should restrict advertisers from using irrelevant, unfalsifiable, misleading, or anything other than direct and literal speech | People generally understand a basic tenet of markets, supply and demand. However, advertising functions to create demand as the company already has the supply. If the goal is to simply make people aware that the product exists, then there's no need for anything besides plain text/image advertising the product as is. Th... | itsBursty | 3 | 3 | [
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People generally understand a basic tenet of markets, supply and demand. However, advertising functions to create demand as the company already has the supply. If the goa... | > If the goal is to simply make people aware that the product exists, then there's no need for anything besides plain text/image advertising the product as is. That's not the case, obviously, as advertisers typically create a scenario to sell a fantasy, one that often disregards reality. In other words, advertising act... | > Due to their reliable and consistent immorality, they should be restricted from attempting to persuade the public into buying their product.
Important distinction, companies are *amoral* not *immoral*. They simply do not care where the money comes from. They are not doing bad things because they think the bad thin... | eqc177 | CMV: advertising laws should restrict advertisers from using irrelevant, unfalsifiable, misleading, or anything other than direct and literal speech | People generally understand a basic tenet of markets, supply and demand. However, advertising functions to create demand as the company already has the supply. If the goal is to simply make people aware that the product exists, then there's no need for anything besides plain text/image advertising the product as is. Th... | itsBursty | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: There is no practical way for Israel to conduct operations against Hamas that Leftist/Progressive movements will find acceptable
I am defining “Leftist & / or Progressives movements” as the dominating, majority attitudes and narratives of the leftist & progressive movements in western countries in regards to Isra... | I kinda agree with you that there is no practical way to conduct an operation against Hamas that does not involve mass casualties and ongoing suffering for both Palestinians and Israelis.
But then I also ask- is the current method that Israel is adopting practical? I mean the goal of Israel’s current operation is to ... | Fire at military targets and solely military targets, you know, the literal basics of the international rules of war and most of us leftists and progressives would be fine.
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Ukraine isn’t having much trouble firing on solely Russian military ... | 1l9r3wh | CMV: There is no practical way for Israel to conduct operations against Hamas that Leftist/Progressive movements will find acceptable | I am defining “Leftist & / or Progressives movements” as the dominating, majority attitudes and narratives of the leftist & progressive movements in western countries in regards to Israel. An argument that “not all leftists think the same” will not win me over.
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CMV: The SAT is not racist.
So I have seen multiple articles online that state that "Ending White supremacy means ending racist testing" and study finds that white people on sat score 99 points higher than black people. However, this is not the fault of the SAT itself, but of income inequality between groups. Colleges... | It is not class-blind. That’s for damn sure. The richer you are and the richer your community, the more opportunities you’ve got for SAT prep courses, tutors, and you’ve got access to higher quality public schools due to higher local tax funding.
Regardless of if you’re “smart” or not, you can study and prep enough t... | If you can understand and accept that black people can dominate the NBA and NFL you can understand and accept that other races can do better in athletics.
Either black people making up 90% of the NBA is racist and sat testing is racist, or neither of them are.
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CMV: general education is useless past 9th grade
I am writing this as someone who will be studying engineering soon. General education should only serve the purpose of equipping the individual with some basic understandings of certain things and help people figure out what they actually want to study, which typically ... | Writing is so much more than the rules of grammar and spelling. In STEM fields, good writing is about the organization and presentation of ideas and data. STEM writing is not just confined to lab reports\- researchers in STEM fields need to publish research articles and may sometimes be called upon to write about their... | I think you are also forgetting that education also keeps the mind flowing, and improve general intelligence.
Think of it this way, even if someone never wants to pursue a career that requires using calculus, learning calculus helps strengthen and exercise the brain.
Just like how most of the exercises you do i... | 8om9r9 | CMV: general education is useless past 9th grade | I am writing this as someone who will be studying engineering soon. General education should only serve the purpose of equipping the individual with some basic understandings of certain things and help people figure out what they actually want to study, which typically would be done by the time of 9th grade or so (mayb... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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I am writing this as someone who will be studying engineering soon. General education should only serve the purpose of equipping the individual with some basic understandings of certain things and help people figure out what they actually want to study, which typically ... | Writing is so much more than the rules of grammar and spelling. In STEM fields, good writing is about the organization and presentation of ideas and data. STEM writing is not just confined to lab reports\- researchers in STEM fields need to publish research articles and may sometimes be called upon to write about their... | I think you are also forgetting that education also keeps the mind flowing, and improve general intelligence.
Think of it this way, even if someone never wants to pursue a career that requires using calculus, learning calculus helps strengthen and exercise the brain.
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CMV: Hospital emergency rooms should turn away people who don't have a health emergency in order to make medicaid less of a burden on the American taxpayer.
I was listening to a podcast the other day and they mentioned that one of the big problems in American healthcare is that a lot of people use the emergency room a... | Except you can’t tell from just the chief complaint whether someone with shortness of breath has asthma or a pulmonary embolism. And turning people away without proper diagnosis is going to lead to 1) dead people and 2) more lawsuits.
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Okay, so imagine you're right. People are going straight to the ER as they can't afford other options.
If you take away that other option, they're still going to be sick, right? Then they become an emergency later, likely at even higher cost... | 10v7fh7 | CMV: Hospital emergency rooms should turn away people who don't have a health emergency in order to make medicaid less of a burden on the American taxpayer. | I was listening to a podcast the other day and they mentioned that one of the big problems in American healthcare is that a lot of people use the emergency room as primary healthcare. I assume two things: that people doing this have medicaid (no cost to them), and that since ER's are very expensive, this inflates healt... | bobsagetsmaid | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Religious exemptions should not exist in US law or government regulation.
My argument boils down to a few simple points:
* Unless any religion can be claimed, including ones as outlandish as Scientology and Pastafarianism, or as rare as Zoroastrianism, then it is respecting an establishment of religion, ie only ... | 1) Freedom of Religion is literally part of the Bill of Rights. The Government has a duty to protect the right of the citizens to practice religion freely - though also a duty to not endorse any particular religion.
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| 8ol44d | CMV: Religious exemptions should not exist in US law or government regulation. | My argument boils down to a few simple points:
* Unless any religion can be claimed, including ones as outlandish as Scientology and Pastafarianism, or as rare as Zoroastrianism, then it is respecting an establishment of religion, ie only the religions the government recognizes as legitimate.
* It establishes religio... | StuStutterKing | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Brazil should be able to sell the Amazon
Before I continue I want to say that I believe in global warming and that the Amazon rainforest is super important to combat it, also, I am a brainlet and genuinely want to to see if there is a better solution.
Every developed country became rich by exploiting their reso... | The fact that they have the Amazon secures them a LOT more yearly aid then they've recieved so far. In 10 years norway alone has given over a billion dollars. Yearly they get nearly a half billion dollars in aid in general.
"I am a brainlet and genuinely want to to see if there is a better solution"
How is sell some... | I think I have a better plan. The United States, China, and the EU should each provide annually to Brazil sufficient monies to compensate Brazil for protecting the Amazon. Actually, I think parts of the Amazon extend into some neighboring countries, so the funds should be paid to all the Amazon countries proportional t... | 1l99gs9 | CMV: Brazil should be able to sell the Amazon | Before I continue I want to say that I believe in global warming and that the Amazon rainforest is super important to combat it, also, I am a brainlet and genuinely want to to see if there is a better solution.
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CMV: Calc 2 is easier than Calc 1
you guys lied to me. Calc 2 was far easier than calc 1. No my teacher didnt curve or anything like that. The material was way more straight forward. Just solving integrals. Picking the technique to use isnt as bad as people make it out to be. Like I've had people here say u-sub is jus... | You aren't comparing apples to apples. Take a random sample of people off the street. Make half of them take calc 1 and half take calc 2. Which group do you think gets the lower end-of-semester grade?
It's enormous selection bias in that almost everyone who has taken calc 2 has already taken calc 1. Whereas almost nob... | This is like arguing about wether organic chemistry or inorganic is easier, there is no comparison, some people find one or the other easier. Organic is like learning a new language, while inorganic is doing math, if people don't like pattern recognition or can't do it well they won't be doing well in Calc 2. That do... | eq86y8 | CMV: Calc 2 is easier than Calc 1 | you guys lied to me. Calc 2 was far easier than calc 1. No my teacher didnt curve or anything like that. The material was way more straight forward. Just solving integrals. Picking the technique to use isnt as bad as people make it out to be. Like I've had people here say u-sub is just guess and check. It isn't. You lo... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Your childhood doesn't really shape you
Most of your behavior seems to be due to your genetics and your immediate environment. Memory and learned behavior (conditioning) may mediate your responses to environmental stimuli to a degree but the older these are the less they impact you. (People seem to believe the op... | >The truth is that social skills are mostly genetic and memory based.
Source? Psychologists I have heard talk about this claim that a lot of socialization is learned before the age of 5. [Here's a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXwZtg85zgU) of Jordan Peterson talking about it.
We have seen countless times p... | Regarding your points:
* Time does dull memories, but then memories aren't the only source of guiding behavior. Any parent will tell you that their children emulate the parent's behavior. I'm sure *you* have mannerisms that remind others of your parents. Do you remember learning those?
* Is it time that causes exti... | eq3r00 | CMV: Your childhood doesn't really shape you | Most of your behavior seems to be due to your genetics and your immediate environment. Memory and learned behavior (conditioning) may mediate your responses to environmental stimuli to a degree but the older these are the less they impact you. (People seem to believe the opposite, that your earliest memories and condit... | BasicReality777 | 7 | 3 | [
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CMV: I'm a deist
**EDIT**: Thanks to everyone for the great responses and discussion. At this point, I've changed from being a deist to being an agnostic atheist, with more emphasis on the agnostic. I don't think my search is over. I'm still fairly on the fence about this position, and I'm going to do some reading... | **Atheist here!**
Let me first say that I don't think you've put the best examples of arguments from atheists in your post. The indescribable acts of evil and suffering don't argue against god, they argue against a good god. But you're already at deism, those arguments should be pointless to you. You've not assumed a ... |
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CMV: If you don’t need an animal’s consent to kill and eat it for taste pleasure, you don’t need its consent to have sex with it for sexual pleasure.
The usual explanation for why bestiality is wrong is that “an animal cannot consent to sex.” This is bizarre because we don’t seem to care about soliciting the consent o... | Do you think we could have societal issues if it became normalized to have sex with animals? If so, it's probably good to stigmatize it, culturally.
Sure we can think of niche and ideal scenarios where it's harmless, but lots of instances won't be like that. Seems like the cons would be larger than the pros.
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Wha... | Eating animals serves a vital function for us. We historically eat animals to survive and stay healthy.
Having sex with them does not serve any vital function.
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I already addressed this in the OP. I conceded upfront that for cases of necessary animal consumption the argument doesn’t apply. However, most anima... | 10uwi5w | CMV: If you don’t need an animal’s consent to kill and eat it for taste pleasure, you don’t need its consent to have sex with it for sexual pleasure. | The usual explanation for why bestiality is wrong is that “an animal cannot consent to sex.” This is bizarre because we don’t seem to care about soliciting the consent of animals before doing any number of other things to them that we could reasonably expect them not to want to happen, such as warehousing them in facto... | SoccerSkilz | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: As someone who really appreciates King of The Hill, Hank Hill is an overrated character
While the idea of showcasing overly conservative attitudes about religious beliefs and sexual attitudes and such is a good idea regarding life in small town America, shoehorning it all into one character who happens to be the ... | So, I haven't actually seen the show, but I'm curious what makes you think that Hank is "overrated." You've established why he's not an *interesting* or *compelling* character, but saying that he's overrated implies that people have very strong positive feelings about the character despite this. You've said yourself th... | Hank Hill, a good portion of the time, is the "straight man" to the various other characters in the show. Some really funny moments from the show come about because he's the one rolling his eyes or scoffing at the ridiculous antics of the other characters. He can also serve as an audience surrogate in many episodes.
... | l0p568 | CMV: As someone who really appreciates King of The Hill, Hank Hill is an overrated character | While the idea of showcasing overly conservative attitudes about religious beliefs and sexual attitudes and such is a good idea regarding life in small town America, shoehorning it all into one character who happens to be the main character of a TV show is not the best idea. Don't get me wrong, Hank has his funny momen... | overhardeggs | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Country of Birth will go the way of Sexism, Racism, and Homophobia
I think treating someone different because of where they were born is akin to racism or sexism.
And eventually, we'll get rid of it.
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I think that eventually, Xenophobia will be commonly considered wrong, and where you were born... | >i) Negatively affecting someone for something they have no control over is bad;
How do you figure? Is it wrong to discriminate against stupid people (it's not their fault they were born with low IQ) or people with antisocial personality disorder (it's not their fault they were born with a predisposition to be a viol... | Excepting the future possibility of a single unified 'Government of Earth'... No. No it won't. For exactly the reasons you mentioned it wouldn't work today. This isn't a form of discrimination, it's a logistical problem between citizens of separate nations with separate and distinct laws.
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And eventually, we'll get rid of it.
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I think that eventually, Xenophobia will be commonly considered wrong, and where you were born will have little impact on your life compared to how hard you work/your ... | jethrogillgren7 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Country of Birth will go the way of Sexism, Racism, and Homophobia
I think treating someone different because of where they were born is akin to racism or sexism.
And eventually, we'll get rid of it.
[Edited paragraph]
I think that eventually, Xenophobia will be commonly considered wrong, and where you were born... | >i) Negatively affecting someone for something they have no control over is bad;
How do you figure? Is it wrong to discriminate against stupid people (it's not their fault they were born with low IQ) or people with antisocial personality disorder (it's not their fault they were born with a predisposition to be a viol... | I'm confused about your viewpiont. Are you saying we shouldn't discriminate against someone on the basis of their birthplace? Because we already cannot, at least in the US. National origin (as it is referred to in discrimination law) is already a protected class, alongside race, under the Civil Rights Act and other sta... | 8og8oe | CMV: Country of Birth will go the way of Sexism, Racism, and Homophobia | I think treating someone different because of where they were born is akin to racism or sexism.
And eventually, we'll get rid of it.
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CMV:Paying for sex shouldn't be seen as a flaw in one's Character nor should it be seen as disgusting
I think as long as consent can be gotten from both parties and the sex worker isnt being trafficked , I don't think this should be used as a judgment of one's character or be shamed in any way, I have seen alot of pe... | You just can never know for sure whether the sex worker is being trafficked or not. You can't assume they'd tell you the truth if you asked. They might endanger themselves by telling you the truth. The sex worker wants money, and is willing to have some sexual contact with you in order to get the money. But fundame... | So long as we have to work to live, all jobs are coercive, even sex work. I’m skeptical that there can ever be a consensual exchange within our current economic context.
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Exactly , I get sex is intimate but if you are willing to view sex work as any other job , you should be willing to treat it as such
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CMV:Paying for sex shouldn't be seen as a flaw in one's Character nor should it be seen as disgusting
I think as long as consent can be gotten from both parties and the sex worker isnt being trafficked , I don't think this should be used as a judgment of one's character or be shamed in any way, I have seen alot of pe... | You're not paying too have sex with a prostitute. You're paying to use her body as a masturbatory aid.
Prostitution reduces women to being commodities, objects, things. Every other job, you're providing a skill to produce or exchange goods and services. Prostitution, the woman is the thing you're purchasing. The women... | You just can never know for sure whether the sex worker is being trafficked or not. You can't assume they'd tell you the truth if you asked. They might endanger themselves by telling you the truth. The sex worker wants money, and is willing to have some sexual contact with you in order to get the money. But fundame... | 10unvlh | CMV:Paying for sex shouldn't be seen as a flaw in one's Character nor should it be seen as disgusting | I think as long as consent can be gotten from both parties and the sex worker isnt being trafficked , I don't think this should be used as a judgment of one's character or be shamed in any way, I have seen alot of people shame people more specifically men who pay for sex , they view it as disgusting and i fail to und... | Due-Lie-8710 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Most Male Doms (BDSM) Are Creepy AF
((For some background: I'm into BDSM and tend to skew on the dominant side of things. I do not have any vendetta against men in general of any kind. I'm actually rather passionate about advocating for men in my everyday life. ))
From my own personal experience as well as based... | I mean this kind of behaviour breaks several established pillars in the BDSM community so I don't think it's fair to paint all male doms with the same brush. I think it's just a tendency of compounding personalities - men are generally more aggressive than women, and doms are more aggressive than the average person, so... | The confounding variable here is how are Doms being defined? Just self-identified? That's sampling bias.
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I personally define doms as somebody who takes a dominant role in a BDSM context. Meaning somebody who is the one in control, the person running the scene, the person inflicting pain or giving/restricting sens... | eq2n6a | CMV: Most Male Doms (BDSM) Are Creepy AF | ((For some background: I'm into BDSM and tend to skew on the dominant side of things. I do not have any vendetta against men in general of any kind. I'm actually rather passionate about advocating for men in my everyday life. ))
From my own personal experience as well as based on what I've viewed online, male dominant... | big_borno | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: I don't think conservatives are any more prone towards conspiracy theories then left leaning folks.
I totally understand that in this day and age of Donald Trump it sure FEELS like right leaning people are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. And the most dramatic example, about the election, clearly ha... | Close to 50% of Republicans believe in Q’Anon and a few of them have made their way into congress. When I see Democrats in Congress who believe in an equally batshit conspiracy theory, then we’ll talk.
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Could you imagine a similar number of democrats agreeing with a new conspiracy theory where rich globalists have... | So, while historically, extreme left wing and extreme right wing beliefs might’ve been equally prone to conspiracies, that doesn’t really take into account how the Internet has changed the dynamic of both parties.
When people say that the right is more prone to conspiracy theories, they’re probably not talking about i... | l0mqe5 | CMV: I don't think conservatives are any more prone towards conspiracy theories then left leaning folks. | I totally understand that in this day and age of Donald Trump it sure FEELS like right leaning people are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. And the most dramatic example, about the election, clearly has a political bent. That said, I grew up in a day and age where a non-zero number of left leaning people a... | MasterCrumb | 11 | 8 | [
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CMV: Beer doesn't taste good, and people who say it does are just following social expectations/norms.
As it says on the tin. I've never had a beer that's tasted good. I've had beers that, at best, have tasted neutral or okay. Given the choice between a soda and a beer I'll choose the soda 100% of the time unless I'm ... | I genuinely like the taste of beer.
How can I prove to you this is my actual opinion, and not just me following social expectations, do you think?
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Good point.
I suppose, if a non-alcoholic version of your favorite beer existed. It tastes exactly the same but can't get you drunk. Would you still drink it?
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... | So what about the people who pick beer even if alternatives are offered and acceptable - for example, choosing wine with a meal instead, or drinking cocktails or straight liquors when drinking with friends?
If people are just trying to get drunk, why are they going for one of the least alcoholic drinks?
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Multiple... | 1l93wqh | CMV: Beer doesn't taste good, and people who say it does are just following social expectations/norms. | As it says on the tin. I've never had a beer that's tasted good. I've had beers that, at best, have tasted neutral or okay. Given the choice between a soda and a beer I'll choose the soda 100% of the time unless I'm wanting to get drunk. Hell, I'll choose lemonade, tea, or practically any other liquid before I reach fo... | SkullyBoySC | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: there's no reason for urinals to be so high
I don't mean as in they're so high no one can reach them, I certainly can, and most people can as well, but what's the point of making them at a height where shorter people, kids, and those who have a condition like dwarfism have an issue with them when they can simply ... | I'm a tall guy. If urinals aren't mounted high enough, I pee in top of them. I'm not trying to, but if I zone out while peeing (a frequent thing) and my penis is above the top of the urinal, I get pee all over the top of the urinal. I feel bad about it and try not to, but it happens.
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CMV: People who watch anime are usually extremely weird
Look, before anybody crucifies me for saying this, it's important to note that, for some weird reason, I've never really liked anime. I guess it comes down to me seeing all that gore and deep suffering as a kid, so with time I just began to think that all anime m... | So if you randomly selected 1000 people, how would you tell who did or didn't watch anime?
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I suppose ppl who have lots of anime stuff. Also, I seem to see lots of LGBT and depressed people watching anime for some reason. Might be just a coincidence though *shrug*
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So of all the people you know, how many have... | For every "weird" person you encounter who is into anime, there are another 10 who are completely normal who are into it at a normal level, they just don't wear hoodies with hentai faces on it.
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So you mean to tell me that the majority of anime fans are not weirdos, but rather the minority is?
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Absolutely, br... | l0f4hy | CMV: People who watch anime are usually extremely weird | Look, before anybody crucifies me for saying this, it's important to note that, for some weird reason, I've never really liked anime. I guess it comes down to me seeing all that gore and deep suffering as a kid, so with time I just began to think that all anime must be weirdly exaggerated like that. Then there's all th... | ZestZeal | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: There is nothing wrong with having body count preferences
How is it that you can have preferences over almost every single thing except body count? Height, hair color, eye color, career, religion, etc… Especially since sex before marriage is often against a religious belief. I’ll admit, it’s a little strange to p... | Because someones sexual history has nothing to do with you.
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What makes sexual history so covert? If I want to ask about their academic or profession history, or even romantic history, most people agree there is nothing wrong with that. If I want to ask about their religious beliefs, that’s normally not a problem.... | At the end of the day no one can force you to be in a relationship with someone you don't want to be, no matter the reason. That being said, I think it's fair to critique the underlying assumptions you are making about people when you state a preference such as this. Those two things are not at odds with each other.
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CMV: There's no such thing as "talent"
The word "talented" in my experience tends to refer to people who are assumed to have a natural ability to perform a skill better than others, all the way from birth.
For example, if someone sees an artist making a very good sketch, they might say that person is just talented an... | Let's take a look at the first good example that came to my mind: [savants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome)
Do you agree that such people do naturally excel at certain things and are born with their talent?
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If genetics can bless people with certain advantageous physical traits, why can't it bless them with certain mental ones?
If you believe that's the case, are you then also saying that people can't be born with mental deficits, becaus... | epubfk | CMV: There's no such thing as "talent" | The word "talented" in my experience tends to refer to people who are assumed to have a natural ability to perform a skill better than others, all the way from birth.
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CMV: Seeing multiple people at the same time doesn’t make you a bad person or a cheater
Unless you are married to someone, people just seeing each other have made no real commitment to be faithful to each other only. For example I’ve been dating a girl for a few weeks but I’ve recently made moves on my crush. I’m perf... | So the difference between secretly seeing someone on the side before marriage and after marriage is what exactly? i dont get it
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When you get married, you are actually making a commitment or vowing to only stay loyal to that person. There’s no such thing before.
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That is very warped, and in my opinion complet... | It’s cheating if you’re gf doesn’t know or didn’t make clear you could do this. You’re breaking the unspoken vows of relationships
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There are no commitments unless it’s a marriage. Again I have made no vows. I have no obligation to tell her anything. If she has not explicitly made it clear I can’t, she is only ass... | 10twxqa | CMV: Seeing multiple people at the same time doesn’t make you a bad person or a cheater | Unless you are married to someone, people just seeing each other have made no real commitment to be faithful to each other only. For example I’ve been dating a girl for a few weeks but I’ve recently made moves on my crush. I’m perfectly in my right to do that because I’m not tied down to the first girl. She is assuming... | HardcoreFanatic247 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Violence and/or murder is sometimes necessary in order to accomplish good, positive change.
I am an 8th grade U.S. History teacher. Over the last week, my students have been reading primary documents and background on Nat Turner. At the end of today, they were to answer the question of "Do you feel Nat Turner i... | I do not justify Nat Turner’s violence because it was necessary to accomplish positive change. Nat Turner’s rebellion, the La Amistad rebellion, the Haitian revolution, are justified on the grounds of self-defense.
Through physical force and threat of murder and torture the slaveholder engages in a continuing act of ... | By using the word 'necessary' you imply that there are absolutely no alternatives. I would suggest that there are always alternatives. Instead of murdering people, Nat could have imprisoned them, made the white people into slaves themselves, destroy their property and leave them destitute and impoverished, banish them,... | 86nbeu | CMV: Violence and/or murder is sometimes necessary in order to accomplish good, positive change. | I am an 8th grade U.S. History teacher. Over the last week, my students have been reading primary documents and background on Nat Turner. At the end of today, they were to answer the question of "Do you feel Nat Turner is a hero or a madman?" The students vote on this. While some are on the fence, I instruct them t... | jakefake3 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Andrew Yang's plan to give all Americans $1,000 per month would do little more than dramatically increase rent prices and other prices as well.
It seems like a universal and equal influx of cash like that without a change in supply will only lead to higher prices. Especially in areas like housing, etc. Most peopl... | [deleted]
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∆, for reminding me that supply can always increase. However, I'm not completely convinced because you can't build new apartments in a day, and you say we aren't at Max housing supply, but we sure are close. There aren't really people out there who have no place to live because they can afford it but ca... | Okay there are two ways of thinking of Universal Basic Income or UBI and it's more from a bureaucratic position than a money system.
Let's say you have to give money to poor people so they won't starve. You've tried proposing killing them but it polled poorly. So you are stuck giving poor people money.
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Now... | b3qc4e | CMV: Andrew Yang's plan to give all Americans $1,000 per month would do little more than dramatically increase rent prices and other prices as well. | It seems like a universal and equal influx of cash like that without a change in supply will only lead to higher prices. Especially in areas like housing, etc. Most people it seems, who are renters, given an extra $1k/mo would want to move to a nicer apartment. Given a much higher demand for nicer apartments, landlords... | jollyrogerninja | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Porn is normal and does not have a negative effect on people or society when used moderately.
I was having a discussion with my friend the other day. She has watched porn but does not use it on a regular basis. Her reason being that it has a negative effect on people, due to it's misogynistic and rapey vibes. The... | There are different types of porn, from soft core to hard.. from magazines with photos to film.
I assume you do see a problem with kiddie porn and porn that depicts rape with no question as to it being rape. If not then my argument to you would be that in both cases there is a negative effect on the people in the vid... | >Her reason being that it has a negative effect on people, due to it's misogynistic and rapey vibes.
Porn does have a misogynistic and rapey vibes. Lets be honest, most porn is done for guys. Most porn is the hardcore variety. And most porn focuses on the woman and portrayes her pretty much just as an object for venti... | 68fihe | CMV: Porn is normal and does not have a negative effect on people or society when used moderately. | I was having a discussion with my friend the other day. She has watched porn but does not use it on a regular basis. Her reason being that it has a negative effect on people, due to it's misogynistic and rapey vibes. These vibes (according to her) has a negative impact on how people perceive sex, intimacy, and relation... | Nylnin | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: (Child) sexual assault cases should be compulsorily prosecuted even if prosecution witnesses are hostile
Disclaimer: I only have a passing knowledge of sexual assault laws in most common law jurisdictions; I can only comment satisfactorily on Indian laws. Regardless, I hope we can have a discussion on the questio... | This is just an issue of judicial efficiency.
If the witnesses are no cooperating it becomes essentially impossible to prove the guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
Why should the prosecution waste resources pursuing unwinnable cases?
>Why should sexual assault cases be treated any differently from other criminal offe... | The problem with this is that most systems of law are presumably founded on the idea of righting wrongs within society, and not causing more harm.
Suppose that we allow hostile witnesses for the prosecution. We're now subjecting children to be harshly cross-examined, and possibly detained and jailed for perjury, to pu... | 697jy4 | CMV: (Child) sexual assault cases should be compulsorily prosecuted even if prosecution witnesses are hostile | Disclaimer: I only have a passing knowledge of sexual assault laws in most common law jurisdictions; I can only comment satisfactorily on Indian laws. Regardless, I hope we can have a discussion on the question of hostile witnesses in general, and their applicability in sexual assault cases in particular.
I'm defining... | oneyesterday | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Americans' current use of the term "middle-class" is a out of step with standard English and is a politically-motivated con.
In the broader Anglosphere, the term "middle-class" is used to describe the socio-economic class of households that enjoy middle-level incomes but also a suite of social practices. While th... | OP, I think the real crux of the difference you perceive is the fact that the US doesn't really have an understanding of "class" in the sense you use it. I grew up in the UK but moved to the US as an adult and what I more see is that Americans don't really recognize the things you suggest such as education, travel and ... | > Using the term "middle-class" to describe people who the wider world describe as "working class" is a form of flattery
Nah, it’s just a terminology difference. Working class is still middle class as it sits between the leisure class and the unemployed just as middle class sits between rich and poor.
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CMV: The media and leftist portion of the world is giving the New Zealand terrorist EXACTLY what he wanted.
The shooter directly stated that his goal was to push social divisiveness. He also obviously pushed this himself by calling out pewdiepie, Candice Owens and President Trump, people he admits he disagrees with, f... | His views are not far left, he is a white nationalist. The right wing media including Fox News and pundits like Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, etc. have pushed this anti-immigration and anti-muslim bigotry that the shooter believed in. What he said in his manifesto is repeated by right wingers everyday.
Che... | Is it possible that you're giving him what he wants? It could be that he is the standard white nationalist who killed some Muslims because simply he doesn't like Muslims immigrating to New Zealand. And his ideology is similar to most people who don't like Islam such as the people he mentions in his manifesto. And becau... | b3moe0 | CMV: The media and leftist portion of the world is giving the New Zealand terrorist EXACTLY what he wanted. | The shooter directly stated that his goal was to push social divisiveness. He also obviously pushed this himself by calling out pewdiepie, Candice Owens and President Trump, people he admits he disagrees with, for no other reason than to cause outrage. The media and leftists have embraced his call to outrage by the med... | luckyhunterdude | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The media and leftist portion of the world is giving the New Zealand terrorist EXACTLY what he wanted.
The shooter directly stated that his goal was to push social divisiveness. He also obviously pushed this himself by calling out pewdiepie, Candice Owens and President Trump, people he admits he disagrees with, f... | His views are not far left, he is a white nationalist. The right wing media including Fox News and pundits like Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, etc. have pushed this anti-immigration and anti-muslim bigotry that the shooter believed in. What he said in his manifesto is repeated by right wingers everyday.
Che... | Could I ask why you say he is far left instead of alt right?
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Have you done anything other than watch mainstream news?
Read the manifesto. You dont need anybody to tell you what to think if you just think for yourself.
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CMV: The police are portrayed unfairly in the public eye
1. Now before you get angry, no, I’m not saying the police never do anything wrong. There have been many incidents where the police were in the wrong, I understand.
2. I’m talking about the police in the United States of America. I would be out of my mind if I... | How many times are cops allowed to kill innocents and people guilty of minor crimes before it becomes an issue?
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I never said it wasn’t an issue, I just said it’s not the norm.
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But what does seem to be the norm, or at least very common, is tha... | >I think the police get a very bad rep due to many news channels and people online being quick to assume.
The same can be said about almost everything the news reports on.
For example, you're 4x more likely to die from a heatwave then you are by being killed by a foreign born terrorist. Yet immigrants are cons... | e1sqoi | CMV: The police are portrayed unfairly in the public eye | 1. Now before you get angry, no, I’m not saying the police never do anything wrong. There have been many incidents where the police were in the wrong, I understand.
2. I’m talking about the police in the United States of America. I would be out of my mind if I were to say the police in some smaller, “failed state” ty... | baronvonweezil | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The police are portrayed unfairly in the public eye
1. Now before you get angry, no, I’m not saying the police never do anything wrong. There have been many incidents where the police were in the wrong, I understand.
2. I’m talking about the police in the United States of America. I would be out of my mind if I... | > I think the police get a very bad rep due to many news channels and people online being quick to assume.
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CMV: Maxine Waters should be impeached and charged with inciting violence.
Waters said: “We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Freedom of speech does not allow you to incite violence.
[h... | I haven't paid particular attention to this story, so can you clarify: Wasn't the statement you quoted *conditional* upon Chauvin being found not guilty? Like, she wasn't saying protesters need to get more confrontational *now*. She was saying they needed to get more confrontational *if* Chauvin is found not guilty.... | Interpreting "getting confrontational" as "asking for violence" is a massive stretch.
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Where do you think confrontations lead?
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To arguments. We're not Klingons. | mupfdm | CMV: Maxine Waters should be impeached and charged with inciting violence. | Waters said: “We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Freedom of speech does not allow you to incite violence.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent\_lawless\_action](https://en.wikipedia... | barbodelli | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Trans people wouldn't exist if it weren't for a society with limiting gender norms.
I think the idea of transgenderism is that your inner person has to match your genitals right? But that perception is based on the idea that the genitals have some bearing on a person's heart or mind at all. We are taught that if ... | Except the issue is that trans people can't just relax and do things they like, that doesn't really solve anything for them. It has less to do with society as it does with their strong desire to identify as the other gender.
There is a huge difference between a trans person and a guy that just likes ballet, dolls, fa... | The female and male brain have physical differences [in utero](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929318301245#!). Would you consider a person with male DNA but a "female brain" male or female?
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I would consider them a male because I feel like having a penis doesn't require you to have a male b... | e1uif8 | CMV: Trans people wouldn't exist if it weren't for a society with limiting gender norms. | I think the idea of transgenderism is that your inner person has to match your genitals right? But that perception is based on the idea that the genitals have some bearing on a person's heart or mind at all. We are taught that if you like certain things, its because you have a vagina, and if you dislike those things, y... | nuthanger_farm | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: All relationships are Immoral and meaningful Consent is impossible.
Most of the classic examples of a relationship being wrong relate to a power imbalance, such as teacher/student, employer/employee, and large age gaps. However, there will always be a power differential in all relationships because exact copies o... | This is only true if you make the assumption that a “power imbalance” is inherently negative, evil or immoral in any and all contexts. Which is such a bafflingly broad requirement that I think every aspect of life falls into it.
Power imbalances are bad when they are abused, not when they exist… which is why things li... | Do you only find the sexual dynamic to be immoral or every single action anyone has with another human as being immoral.
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CMV: 1.e4 is NOT the opening that chess beginners should be taught
My reasons why I think this are the following:
1) There are lots and lots of ways that opponents will try to counter, and to play well with e4 you need to know how to play a lot of different openings such as the Caro-Kann, French defence, Sicilian def... | Beginners don't know opening theory all that well. You know, because they are beginners.
It does not matter if your opponent plays a first few moves of Caro-Kann, French defence, Sicilian defense or whatever, they are guaranteed to veer of the theory extremely quickly.
What maters is that the e4 move leads to shar... | Unusual openings are a great strategy to throw more experienced opponents off their game.
Yet in one half one’s games, you not be opening; you will be reacting to another’s opening. Good odds you will be reacting to an e4 opening. Always been the opening I’ve encountered most.
The best way to learn an opening is:
1)... | 86lnf2 | CMV: 1.e4 is NOT the opening that chess beginners should be taught | My reasons why I think this are the following:
1) There are lots and lots of ways that opponents will try to counter, and to play well with e4 you need to know how to play a lot of different openings such as the Caro-Kann, French defence, Sicilian defence (which has lots and lots of different variations to it like the... | Ha_Ree | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The US economy is partially a ponzi scheme made possible by the status of the US-dollar as the global currency
So according to the dictionary a *ponzi scheme* is defined as the following:
>a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a non-existent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to t... | If you don’t mind telling us, who/what are, in your view, the non-existent enterprise, the first investors, and the later investors?
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US debt and spending being unsustainable is a valid view to have. It has zero to do with a "... | 1eedbp3 | CMV: The US economy is partially a ponzi scheme made possible by the status of the US-dollar as the global currency | So according to the dictionary a *ponzi scheme* is defined as the following:
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CMV: There is nobody I should root for in the Israel/Palestine conflict.
I am very open to having my view changed on this. I can see the horrors unfolding on the palestinian people, and I would really like to be able to see one side as right and the other as wrong. As it stands, it appears to be far more nuanced than ... | This all sounds very pro-Israel if I’m being honest. What is it that you actually want to be convinced of?
If there’s truly nobody you should root for in the conflict, then you should be pushing to stop funding both sides. As is, we fund one side up the tits.
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The only reason it sounds that way is because I’m ... | \>I don’t think Israel is perpetuating a genocide
Have you seen before and after images of Gaza? I'm just not sure what you can call it other than a genocide. It's utter and complete annihilation. Gaza no longer exists, for all intents and purposes.
Even if you're willing to accept the argument that Israel is annihi... | 1mluod8 | CMV: There is nobody I should root for in the Israel/Palestine conflict. | I am very open to having my view changed on this. I can see the horrors unfolding on the palestinian people, and I would really like to be able to see one side as right and the other as wrong. As it stands, it appears to be far more nuanced than that. To the point where I can’t call either side right. I don’t think Isr... | Sentient2X | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: Social ambivalence around homos, for instance.
Good morning Reddit,
I live in Seattle. And for good reason. I never expected 2025. And in the final months of 2024, I went through something of a breakdown around the current events of the world, or at least my country as I thought I knew it.
All of this would imp... | Ok so you're mad that a waiter was rude to you and he happens to be gay? I don't get it
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I can't believe you read all that and missed that that was one fucking example. But I see your point... I must be wrong. And clearly you're a genius. So I'll allow that.
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Looks like your post was deleted due to the title ... | Am I understanding you right that you look like a trump voter in some fashion? And you've experienced discrimination due to that? And the idea, if not stated perfectly is that left leaning Folks need to stop driving people into the Maga camp solely based on assumptions?
If I am right your post title is incredibly ... | 1mo790t | CMV: Social ambivalence around homos, for instance. | Good morning Reddit,
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All of this would imply I'm very liberal and quite on board with most of o... | Bitter_Ingenuity_513 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: No matter what you do, you will never be good enough
There are people that kept on trying and trying yet there will always be those who are better and luckier than they are and even they are surpassed by even greater people in terms of ability and luck.
There are people who always make the same mistake no matter... | Good enough for what? Despite what you've written you haven't actually set out what your objectives are or what they mean. If you are not good enough, it's because you're trying to hit a bullseye without aiming.
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Good enough for things in general. Like those that actually make an impact. Basically like Gods amongs... | Have you tried therapy? It tends to work better than random internet strangers.
In any event, what do you mean by 'good enough'? Because you never describe that. Do you think that the only way to be 'good enough' is to be the luckiest, best person in the world?
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I don't have access to therapy. I have this view be... | 1fq82dh | CMV: No matter what you do, you will never be good enough | There are people that kept on trying and trying yet there will always be those who are better and luckier than they are and even they are surpassed by even greater people in terms of ability and luck.
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CMV: Why change the look and feel of something unless it is functional? It just makes the person or object feel wrong to me.
Bear with me now i know its wierd but for example mods or customisation in games, unless i dont care for the object or person i really can't bring myself to change the look of the person or weap... | The point of video games is to have fun/to entertain you (in the case of games like Dark Souls, where apparently some people enjoy the virtual equivalent of getting punched in the stomach over and over, but I digress).
I personally find that particular cosmetic changes can significantly improve my enjoyment of a game.... | If the designers put the effort into providing those options, aren't you by extension taking away their work by not utilizing some of the features of the game?
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CMV: the entire UFO, "flying saucer," etc thing is entirely made up. These types of aircraft do not exist at all, either as alien of military spacecraft. All UFOs are just regular objects, like balloons, that people didn't know how to identify.
The topic of strange, supposedly advanced aircraft has been in popular cul... | Firstly UFO's absolutely exist (the Nimitz "Tic Tac" for example) and there are just stacks and stacks of reports from competent and reliable people who have seen them (forces members, pilots, police officers, etc.). So the idea that there are no unidentified flying objects is incorrect.
But are they advanced spacecra... | I do not believe marshins or alien life have visited earth in the timeframe that humanity has been in habitat. However, The United States Air Force has conceptually experimented with dish shaped flying vehicles as far back as 1950. I believe that much of the alleged UFO sightings were merely unknowing witness accounts ... | iqa5kg | CMV: the entire UFO, "flying saucer," etc thing is entirely made up. These types of aircraft do not exist at all, either as alien of military spacecraft. All UFOs are just regular objects, like balloons, that people didn't know how to identify. | The topic of strange, supposedly advanced aircraft has been in popular culture for some time. People have reported seeing "flying saucers" and other disc shaped or triangular shaped aircraft for at least 70 years. However, there has never been any evidence that these things have ever existed.
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CMV: The proposed European Super League will be a bad thing for football, making competition less exciting, raising costs for fans and permanently preventing smaller clubs from succeeding
Yesterday, [it was announced](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56795811) that 12 of the larger football clubs in Europe were fo... | Let's face it: the top 15 club in Europe (so the 12 + Bayern, Dortmund and PSG) have already taken power:
* 90% of semifinalist of CL in the last 15 years belong to this top 15
* 100% of finalist of CL in the last 15 years belong to this top 15
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How am I trying to look smart 🤣🤣 just an observation fuck nugget... Why don't you go and shout/beat people up with your little hard man pals? | mu184k | CMV: The proposed European Super League will be a bad thing for football, making competition less exciting, raising costs for fans and permanently preventing smaller clubs from succeeding | Yesterday, [it was announced](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56795811) that 12 of the larger football clubs in Europe were forming a breakaway competition, the European Super League (ESL).
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CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them.
Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
Howeve... | Hamas literally ran in and is killing innocent people on purpose. Live streamed it on the internet. Used the victims phones to send their families videos of them killing them . Parading sexually assaulted victims on cars . The Israeli children they butchered have to sleep inside their homes bomb shelters every single n... | "Genocide"
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Words used to describe the Palestinian condition under Israeli rule. Despite Gaza not being under occupation for the past 18 years. Despite the Palestinian insistance on voting for corrupt, explicitly genocidal organizations who demonstrate their evil intentions. Despite Palestin... | 17lymm4 | CMV: Palestine is the victim. A modern day genocide is being committed against them. | Ok. Based on all that I've read, which may of course be biased based on my own ideological leaning, Palestine seems to be the victim here. Arguably, they may not be saints, but it seems like Israel is generally the aggressor.
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CMV: A Business Degree is Useless
So this post is going to come off as really offensive to a lot of you who have business degrees and I totally understand, but please keep in mind that this subreddit is for people who are willing to change their minds.
First and foremost, I am an engineering student. It is a common s... | Engineering degrees deal a lot with business I would think you would have more respect for it.
STEM is great for R&D but when it comes to sales and business management its nice to have someone that specializes in that plenty companies built around good products have fallen because they didn't run their business well.... | I'm a computer information systems students and that's the most sought after degree in America currently for work positions with every business chomping at the bit for great CIS students to join their business.... so I'm not sure how you can even say this.
I literally found an internship for a company and they're offe... | 5s5td6 | CMV: A Business Degree is Useless | So this post is going to come off as really offensive to a lot of you who have business degrees and I totally understand, but please keep in mind that this subreddit is for people who are willing to change their minds.
First and foremost, I am an engineering student. It is a common stereotype that we think we are bett... | coulombsvector | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day
Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and avail... | Sometimes I ask police officers to ride in my ambulance. Do you feel the "constitutional right to film police" takes precedence over a patient's right to medical privacy?
Also, where in the constitution does it say you can record police? Did the authors of the constitution have any concept of a video recording?
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Alright. I could modify the timing aspect of my argument. I know I definitely would be pissed if my loved one was killed by a police officer and it took almost half a year to get the body cam footage to attempt to hold the officer accountable. Maybe a civilian review board that would review the footage ... | iqe8ci | CMV: All Police Should Have Body Cams and The Tapes Should Be Publically Available Next Day | Every police officer should have a body cam on their person during their shifts, the cameras should be running the entire time they are on duty, and the unedited unabridged footage should be uploaded to a cloud server and available immediately or the next day at the latest. We shouldn't have to wait until September to ... | WolfgangVolos | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: American high schools need to stop funding sports
The purpose of school is to learn, not to play sports. People like to say that sports help to build teamwork skills, hard work, and leadership, but the fact is that it isn't mainly about that. Sports are mainly about winning. If sports were about building characte... | The purpose of school is to prepare you for your adult life, not simply to learn information. Part of that includes being able to take care of yourself physically. We already live in an era of unprecedented inactivity. People sit at a desk at school, they sit at their desk to do homework, then sit on their computers fo... | People need to stop funding a source the key aspects of a source of monetization?
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Maybe for football or basketball, but most high school sports generate zero money
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Ticket sales?
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Nobody is going out to watch a tennis match or track meet
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CMV: Taxation is theft.
I feel that taxation is theft because the government takes your money by force. You are forced to pay a certain percentage of your income and have no say where it goes. How am I forced to pay taxes? If I choose not to pay them, the government levy's fines against me, then sends me to prison if ... | The entire social and economic framework you rely on to make said income depends upon government. Without this social organization, without regulation, without infrastructure for goods to travel over, defense to secure us and so on, the idea of "your income" would cease to exist.
While it is true that you have your... | So you'd rather live in a society where paying taxes was optional and were denied all public resources if you chose not to pay them? You can't drive or walk on roads, call the police/firefighters for help, etc.?
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CMV: America is not land of the free unless you’re either already financially well off, or the small % of people who get rich.
Growing up I always thought America was the coolest and wanted to live there (based on American music, TV, movies, etc.) however now I’m older my view has changed a lot and this is no longer t... | >In Scotland I have free education and free healthcare - 2 things I believe are essential to a true land of the free.
why do you believe these are essentially to be a true "land of the free".
what land of the free has always meant is that you are free. You are free to quit your job. Free to move. Free to speak. F... | I guess certain cultures have opposong views on freedom. Coming from Europe myself I do agree with all your points, but from various conversations with Americans they find socialized healthcare and gun control less free.
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I now believe America is capitalism gone wild, w... | odkfn | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: All Organic Creatures are Primarily Digital
By organic creatures, obviously homo-sapiens as well as other animals that can move faster than insect-eating plants.
Thinking about the case of humans, assuming everything starts from vision which is basically electrical signals transmitted by the optic nerve and dec... | Digital, as you are using the term, means technology that generates, stores, and processes data in terms of two states: positive and non-positive. The complex processes that govern organic life very much do **not** have only two states - the electric impulses are not just on/off but also have intensity. Similarly, th... | This question of how consciousness, sentience, sapience, etc. arise mechanically has plagued biologists and neurobiologists for centuries and as far as they know we aren't particularly close to an answer except at the fringes.
Which is back to the question, why do you think you've solved this problem that our best and... | 17lgm1p | CMV: All Organic Creatures are Primarily Digital | By organic creatures, obviously homo-sapiens as well as other animals that can move faster than insect-eating plants.
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CMV: Conservatives do not, in fact, support "free speech" any more than liberals do.
In the past few years (or decades,) conservatives have often touted themselves as the party of free speech, portraying liberals as the party of political correctness, the side that does cancel-culture, the side that cannot tolerate fa... | There are no banned books, they don’t want them in the grade school library is all. Get your facts straight first. Florida does not have a don’t say gay bill. This makes me crazy. Educate yourself. And just so ya know I’m a fellow libertarian.
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Okay, I stand corrected.
I would still say, though, that the overal... | Banned means not available to anyone ever at all.
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>Banned means not available to anyone ever at all.
... So if somebody theoretically can access a book or item, it is not banned? Does this mean that, for instance, child pornography is not banned since people can get a hold of it? Or prostitution?
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CMV: Terms used to describe people
I feel like we should not use terms to describe someone especially for their race, gender, sexuality, or religion. It's so petty that we do because people argue about, "well I'm this" or "I'm that." It shouldn't matter and we shouldn't be arguing about what you are because we shouldn... | So, no one would be identifiable in any way? How would we even begin to transition to that?
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No no, I think I worded it wrong, Like if you were gay and transgender ftm, then thats what you want, I shouldn't be able to hate you for that decision or question you for it or be scared of it. Racism or being transphobic... | Let's say you have two people that have never met, and you would like them to meet. How would you describe one to the other so they could find each other without you?
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Yeah I think I did word it wrong. So like I shouldn't hate or discriminate you for who you are. Because the terms we use like saying that I discrim... | 5s5jhs | CMV: Terms used to describe people | I feel like we should not use terms to describe someone especially for their race, gender, sexuality, or religion. It's so petty that we do because people argue about, "well I'm this" or "I'm that." It shouldn't matter and we shouldn't be arguing about what you are because we shouldn't have these terms in the first pla... | Ace_teh_Great343 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Lefts impression of Trump would be a lot better if he would just shut up and get on with it.
I'm no expert on American politics, and I live in New Zealand, so I'm pretty far removed from everything that is going on. But it appears to me that people who identify with "the Left" have demonised Trump - I think r... | I think you are missing a bit of the American perspective. Trump not the illness, but the symptom. Our country trips over its own outrage too much to ever have the proper focus on actual policy that you will find in other democracies.
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CMV: Why do we need a gay pride.
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* It's about exposure. Not everyone knows (out) LGBTs in their lives. Showing our faces humanizes the movement.
* Some of the criticism against equality measures is that we're only a small group, and thus our interests are not that important. By being out there in big numbers, we make ours... | To counter centuries of gay shame. Historically being gay was shamed in a lot of cultures so if you were gay you had to hide your relationships or were shunned/hated for it. Many Americans alive today even had to hide their early relationships so being able to be public about it is a big deal.
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So my question is **Why do we need a gay pride?**
My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you... | > My personal opinion is, if a person isn't bothering you or affecting you in any way, what does their personal belief on you being gay matter?
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CMV: The Democrats should campaign on a federal jobs guarantee.
Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpens... | This sounds like a nice idea, but wrought with issues. I'll play the role of somebody who would hate this idea.
First off: taxes, taxes, taxes. Big government taking my hard earned money to pay some jackoff who can't get a job? Not likely.
Second: Government incompetence. The government is already so laden with incom... | Should it be available to people who can't really do anything? What job would you give Mr. X with the mental capacity of a 7 year old with physical disabilities? What if Mr. Y wanted that same job, not because of disabilities, but because they want to be paid for doing nothing?
Would the American public be willing t... | 86goat | CMV: The Democrats should campaign on a federal jobs guarantee. | Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
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First off: taxes, taxes, taxes. Big government taking my hard earned money to pay some jackoff who can't get a job? Not likely.
Second: Government incompetence. The government is already so laden with incom... | This last year taxes as a percent of GDP were about 11%. You're suggesting a more than 33% increase in needed tax revenue to fund this. Right out of the gate this makes this plan a non-starter - it would be the ruination of Democratic Party to take this up as a plan.
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Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpens... | This last year taxes as a percent of GDP were about 11%. You're suggesting a more than 33% increase in needed tax revenue to fund this. Right out of the gate this makes this plan a non-starter - it would be the ruination of Democratic Party to take this up as a plan.
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Second: Government incompetence. The government is already so laden with incom... | 86goat | CMV: The Democrats should campaign on a federal jobs guarantee. | Most of my support for this idea comes from this article: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/youre-hired/
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A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpens... | This last year taxes as a percent of GDP were about 11%. You're suggesting a more than 33% increase in needed tax revenue to fund this. Right out of the gate this makes this plan a non-starter - it would be the ruination of Democratic Party to take this up as a plan.
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A federal jobs guarantee is when the government guarantees, but does not force, a job to anyone who wants it. It would be relatively inexpens... | This last year taxes as a percent of GDP were about 11%. You're suggesting a more than 33% increase in needed tax revenue to fund this. Right out of the gate this makes this plan a non-starter - it would be the ruination of Democratic Party to take this up as a plan.
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CMV: Giving your child a name that people are never going to spell/pronounce correctly is selfish and foolish
I'm not talking about when you have an authentic name from a foreign culture you belong to while living in another country, I'm talking about when parents take regular names and spell them "uniquely" or just g... | Often those names *are* real names, just from a different background. For example, "[Rebekka](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rebekka)" is the spelling of the name in Germany and Scandinavia.
I also don't think it's such a big deal how your name is spelled. No one knows how to spell or pronounce my last name, but it's ... | I've only met one Rebekka, spelled exactly like that. To me that's the way it's spelled and I actually had to google it to find the "traditional" spellings you speak of. So I guess what you consider normal is really circumstantial or subjective, it's based on your experience. Is Stefany Stephany, Stefanie or Stefany? O... | 5s30ws | CMV: Giving your child a name that people are never going to spell/pronounce correctly is selfish and foolish | I'm not talking about when you have an authentic name from a foreign culture you belong to while living in another country, I'm talking about when parents take regular names and spell them "uniquely" or just give them a name that is generally more difficult for people to pronounce. I may just be a little biased on this... | AMO14 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Giving your child a name that people are never going to spell/pronounce correctly is selfish and foolish
I'm not talking about when you have an authentic name from a foreign culture you belong to while living in another country, I'm talking about when parents take regular names and spell them "uniquely" or just g... | I have an unusually spelled first name (it's not an unheard of spelling but no one would jump to spell my name that way) and a very unusual surname. I personally like that my name is fairly unique - it makes finding me on Facebook and the like pretty easy, and I think it looks/sounds nice.
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People do that? That should be considered a form of child abuse.
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Yep. Also I checked the spelling. Its actually E-majyn. Somehow worse.
Justys is the only one I can see being halfway acceptable later in life. I hope those kids have reasonable middle names, but I doubt it.
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CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship
I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken... | >The biggest reason for this is that a country needs to take care of its own BEFORE it can help others.
But immigrants who live in your country aren't "others", they're as much a part of that country as people who were born there are. Citizenship is a piece of paper, basically. And a flimsy one at that: your policy wo... | I mean this is basically already the case.
Immigrants arent usually hired in jobs where there are plenty of just as qualified native citizens.
Now I think once an immigrant has a true green card then their citizenship should be irrelevant to hiring organizations but otherwise I would argue your point is mostly alread... | e1i02a | CMV: Jobs should always go to the native citizen of a country rather than the immigrant who lacks citizenship | I don't get a ton of room to really hash out my view, so let me explain a bit better what I mean: there is a lot of debate over typically lower level, lower class jobs and whether it is fair that they be taken by immigrants. And in those situations where it's a native citizen of a country competing with a first generat... | IYELLALLTHETIME | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Donald Trump will be reelected, and he doesn't have to cheat to win
I want to preface this by saying that I don't know if Trump is cheating or not, what I'm arguing is that he doesn't have to. While there's actually a lot of factors that go into this argument, I want to focus on the main one here.
It's somethin... | the last two presidents to lose re-election were Bush and Carter. In your analysis, the key characteristic they shared was facing a serious primary challenge from within their own party. This seems silly - Buchanan got 18 delegates where Bush got 2166.
I think a far more important data point was that the poor econom... | You can’t possibly be comparing Trump’s incumbent 2020 primary to the Democrat’s 2020 primary... you just can’t do that. It doesn’t work.
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You don’t run against the candidate in which your party supports. it’s a gesture. Unless you really don’t believe in them. bill weld did... | iq41tz | CMV: Donald Trump will be reelected, and he doesn't have to cheat to win | I want to preface this by saying that I don't know if Trump is cheating or not, what I'm arguing is that he doesn't have to. While there's actually a lot of factors that go into this argument, I want to focus on the main one here.
It's something that almost everyone except for a few predictors have completely looked ... | MrExpressions | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy
Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their ... | >The only energy source available with low emissions, controllable and reliable output and low land footprint that is available right now is nuclear energy. It has flaws, sure, but not quite as much as burning shit.
There's enhanced geothermal too. I don't know if that satisfies your low land footprint criteria but it... | That would be a great idea except nuclear power is typically regulated by the government and I don't trust them to maintain it on a larger scale.
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I live in Fran... | morysh | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy
Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their ... | I think we have a couple different options:
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2) Carbon capture. Obviously carbon capture ... | [removed]
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Nuclear is scary the same way sharks are. When there is a shark attack, there is a lot of munched meat and blood, but you are a million times more likely to die from mosquitoes.
Nuclear plants go big boom boom, but hundreds of thousands of people die each year from polluted air, in large part due to bu... | muah4c | CMV: we will never tackle climate change without massively investing in nuclear energy | Although some countries make be able to rely solely on renewable energies IF (and that's one hell of an if) new long term energy storage solutions are invented quickly, I don't think there is a way for most countries to lower their emissions both enough and soon enough without relying on nuclear energy.
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CMV: In some cases (especially worldwide, but even in America), the Age of Consent is a Human Right's Violation.
I tried asking about this over on r/asklegal and nobody had any answers for me. But you guys usually do, so I figured we'd give it a spin over here.
I'm going over [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages... | >Can somebody explain to me how exactly that isn't a human right's violation?
I mean, first we have to understand why you think it is a human right's violation.
I can understand if you think it's wrong and people should only be allowed to have sex at 18, period. But what kind of human rights are minors who have se... | > "The Age of Consent is a Human Right's Violation."
Your argument is completely misguided.
First, the age of consent laws are designed to **protect** minors from exploitation and abuse. Saying these laws are a human rights violation is a blatant misunderstanding of their purpose.
> "Any minor engaging in any amount... | 1edip1n | CMV: In some cases (especially worldwide, but even in America), the Age of Consent is a Human Right's Violation. | I tried asking about this over on r/asklegal and nobody had any answers for me. But you guys usually do, so I figured we'd give it a spin over here.
I'm going over [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_the_United_States) and unless I'm mistaken, there are precisely (and thankfully only) two states th... | Aggressive-Carob6256 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Star Wars movies are extremely boring and overhyped
I’m a millennial and I just watched A New Hope last year as I was out of the loop when it comes to most pop culture references about the Star Wars series and most people consider them as the best movies ever made.
I found it to be very boring and painful to wa... | Have you heard of the Seinfeld effect?
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When something is so influential to a genre that most works in the genre follow its example, which causes a new viewer to to watch the original piece to see it as uninteresting due to the (current) commonality of the tropes and techniques used, even though... | Okay so this is a Seinfeld/Friends problem.
I would bet that if you went and watched Seinfeld, you'd find a lot of the jokes stale and a lot of the premises overdone and cliche.
That's because **it was so God damned hilarious** when it happened, EVERYONE copied it and now 20 years later, you've seen the jokes 10 and ... | 86eb6g | CMV: Star Wars movies are extremely boring and overhyped | I’m a millennial and I just watched A New Hope last year as I was out of the loop when it comes to most pop culture references about the Star Wars series and most people consider them as the best movies ever made.
I found it to be very boring and painful to watch. Nothing exciting happens at any point. Mind you, I’m ... | JustHi5 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If whatever makes your character different (sexual identity/disability etc) is your main selling point, your book is probably boring.
Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about race. Some may think race should be included in this, but I don't. I'm not sure why, maybe because the stories I'... | I think you're looking at a bad example of advertising a character's sexuality and applying this concern broadly. Sexuality, gender, religion, or ability do not make an interesting story by themselves, but conflict arising from any of those things can.
A story about a religious man going to church might not be interes... | I can think of some alternatives involving disability: Daredevil, Elephant Man, Mr Glass in Unbreakable, even Rain Man. Disabilities as a focus sometimes do make for good stories. Even Breaking Bad, my all-time favorite show, can be summarized starting with “a teacher with lung cancer” (although it can be argued what t... | mu84wm | CMV: If whatever makes your character different (sexual identity/disability etc) is your main selling point, your book is probably boring. | Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about race. Some may think race should be included in this, but I don't. I'm not sure why, maybe because the stories I've read (featuring black or black-coded characters) have in some way centred around race and so it adds to the story. I guess as a white per... | doriangraiy | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017
I'll start it like this:
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- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
You ... | None of your reasons relate whatsoever to being "unintelligible to the masses." They're just kind of reasons why you think it's bad. Also, being "unintelligible to the masses" doesnt relate to the title of your post. Because of this, I'm unclear what your view is.
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Exactly! And it isn't even entertaining to most people!
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Same could be said about NFL or Oprah's and Ellen's shows. | 5s30h1 | CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017 | I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
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- Ellen Degeneres
You definitely wouldn't save Yehudi Menuhin. Who the fuck is he, anyway?
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CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017
I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
You ... | What use is it supposed to have besides entertainment?
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Exactly! And it isn't even entertaining to most people!
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Oprah and Ellen provide hope to historically disadvantaged communities, the NFL raises a lot of money for charity. What could be ... | None of your reasons relate whatsoever to being "unintelligible to the masses." They're just kind of reasons why you think it's bad. Also, being "unintelligible to the masses" doesnt relate to the title of your post. Because of this, I'm unclear what your view is.
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It's too expensive for most people to give t... | 5s30h1 | CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017 | I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
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CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017
I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
You ... | What use is it supposed to have besides entertainment?
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Exactly! And it isn't even entertaining to most people!
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By dictating what you think the masses like and don't like, you're an elitist. You also accuse classical music of being elitist. Oh, the double irony.
> isn't even entertaining to most people!
... | None of your reasons relate whatsoever to being "unintelligible to the masses." They're just kind of reasons why you think it's bad. Also, being "unintelligible to the masses" doesnt relate to the title of your post. Because of this, I'm unclear what your view is.
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It's too expensive for most people to give t... | 5s30h1 | CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017 | I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
You definitely wouldn't save Yehudi Menuhin. Who the fuck is he, anyway?
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I'll start it like this:
Six celebrities are on a sinking ship. There is only one lifeboat and it holds one person. Which one would you save?
- Adele Adkins
- Oprah Winfrey
- Yehudi Menuhin
- John F. Kennedy
- Tom Brady
- Ellen Degeneres
You ... | You've given reasons why you don't like people who play it, but you haven't actually really explained *why it's useless to society*. In the end, it's no more or less useless than most other genres of music are.
> It is associated with classism and racism.
By virtue of being associated with the past due to having been... | What use is it supposed to have besides entertainment?
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Exactly! And it isn't even entertaining to most people!
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Same could be said about NFL or Oprah's and Ellen's shows.
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Oprah and Ellen provide hope to historically disadvantaged communities, the NFL raises a lot of money for charity. What could be ... | 5s30h1 | CMV: Classical music is elitist and completely useless to society in 2017 | I'll start it like this:
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You definitely wouldn't save Yehudi Menuhin. Who the fuck is he, anyway?
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CMV: Completely deregulate AM/FM radio
Just let anyone with the equipment broadcast whatever they want with no fees and no censorship.
Most of the radio is static or bad reception in most places, with just a few stations that work. There are other wireless technologies now and radio is less popular, and fewer listen... | If you let anyone broadcast unregulated, you basically kill radio as a commercial endeavor. Any radio station can be worn down by a single hobbyist or group that broadcasts porn on their frequency. And there's no way that switching frequencies becomes a common strategy; the only way to find a station is by knowing thei... | The regulation is not for censorship. There is a danger in opportunity of certain resonant frequencies. This is why the licenses to broadcast are strictly monitored by the US military itself.
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what is the danger
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There are many things I could tell you on here and not bat an eye because they just seem silly.
... | 1mnc90a | CMV: Completely deregulate AM/FM radio | Just let anyone with the equipment broadcast whatever they want with no fees and no censorship.
Most of the radio is static or bad reception in most places, with just a few stations that work. There are other wireless technologies now and radio is less popular, and fewer listeners makes it that much harder to overcom... | Memignorance | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The chance that there is a dormant virus, cancer or disease in your system is high
All it would take is for some food or some water or a mosquito bite. It doesn't have to be planned. But lets say someone *introduced* you to cancer. How would they be found out for doing so? It's easier to make a biological weapon ... | How exactly do you want this view to be changed? You're pretty much stating a fact.
Tuberculosis is one such example. Tuberculosis is caused by *Mycobacterium tuberculosis*, a bacteria. When a person has TB, they spread that shit around, and once you're infected, you can have a latent form of the disease that has no e... | You are making the case that having a dormant cancer or virus is possible, not that it is high. Also, how do you define high? Almost half the people in the world have some form of herpes, even if they never have symptoms. If 50% counts as high, that part of your view is a fact.
It is also possible that you have an inv... | e0yhv0 | CMV: The chance that there is a dormant virus, cancer or disease in your system is high | All it would take is for some food or some water or a mosquito bite. It doesn't have to be planned. But lets say someone *introduced* you to cancer. How would they be found out for doing so? It's easier to make a biological weapon and sneak it in "drip feeding" it over a period of time than it is to find out where the ... | cathetic_punt | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:General Ed class in college are useless
By the time you are in college, it shouldn’t be expected of you to take classes unrelated to your major. As a stem major, I don’t see the point of learning about world war 2 for the 4th time in the past 5 years. I also don’t think taking an art class of any sort will benefit... | There's definitely a link between humanities classes and STEM. For example, it's been shown that drawing/painting classes improve learning in geology, general biology, and anatomy courses. That is to say, observation skills in drawing/painting classes help students to write field notes and lab observations. Science fic... | I'd imagine the argument is two-fold:
1. It teaches different ways of thinking and apporaching topics; and
2. It produces more well-rounded students and people.
The result will see graduates with more soft skills which will help both in the workplace, and in life more generally.
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It sounds good but in reality ve... | e14qap | CMV:General Ed class in college are useless | By the time you are in college, it shouldn’t be expected of you to take classes unrelated to your major. As a stem major, I don’t see the point of learning about world war 2 for the 4th time in the past 5 years. I also don’t think taking an art class of any sort will benefit me in getting my degree. Other major also fa... | parallax_xallarap | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: If you're REALLY good at something, practice is more or less arbitrary
This is based on a debate I'm having with a friend who's been putting in insane amounts of practice time into his hobby with the expectation that he'll become successful solely off of effort alone.
I'm not saying that practice isn't importan... | Mastery at music, for instance, means being able to play something perfectly every time, without really putting a lot of thought in it.
Getting to that level requires extensive practice.
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Music was actually the focal point of the debate the two of us had.
Yes, it's true that mastery requires extensive practice,... | Jimi Hendrix is famous for never putting his guitar down. Charlie Parker was known for practicing sax 12 hours a day for several years.
Practice isn't arbitrary, practice is how one gets good at something.
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Yes, but had Jimi Hendrix and Charlie Parker practiced for only a few hours per week, they'd still have b... | 5s2a84 | CMV: If you're REALLY good at something, practice is more or less arbitrary | This is based on a debate I'm having with a friend who's been putting in insane amounts of practice time into his hobby with the expectation that he'll become successful solely off of effort alone.
I'm not saying that practice isn't important, or even that it's not vital to succeed, nor am I diminishing anyone's hard... | believeinwhatyouwant | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The downvote function here should not be allowed without a comment included, stating why
Right now the downvote button is too easily used by those not contributing to discussion, despite heavily confusing the flow of the discussion.
Not one does this feed into toxic personality traits surrounding confirmation b... | So... let's assume what you suggest is implemented.
First of all: how does this work? Is the comment a normal comment to the initial post that explains the downvote?
Beyond that: what's stopping a poster from just "commenting" a garbled mess of letters to be able to downvote?
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I can’t call you names otherwise I’... | Just cause I disagree with you, or don't like your opinion doesn't mean I need to explain why when I show it.
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What about in situations such as brigading? You don’t think this would be beneficial?
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Nope.
Fake internet points mean nothing.
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It impacts relevancy though, which results in bias or swayed dis... | 1edcbtg | CMV: The downvote function here should not be allowed without a comment included, stating why | Right now the downvote button is too easily used by those not contributing to discussion, despite heavily confusing the flow of the discussion.
Not one does this feed into toxic personality traits surrounding confirmation bias, it can be used frivolously and maliciously as well.
You can even buy downvotes for comme... | LeftLump | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: It is reasonable and prudent for an American to plan a refundable trip to the UK this August
I'm beginning to plan a summer vacation to Europe for this August. I think this is a perfectly reasonable thing to do, but I've gotten horrified reactions from the couple of people I've told. So I'd like to at least und... | I think the more important question to ask is how long you want to go and what you want to do on this trip?
If you have a loose schedule and can spend a few weeks in quarantine, I think it makes sense. Alternatively, if you need to ensure you get back exactly two weeks later, huge risk.
If you are going to go expecti... | Counter-arguments through said horrified reactions may have been directed more so in the direction of (refundable) trips *anywhere*, with the UK just being one of many, or not judged as a particularly good exception.
The risk of mutations isn't going away anytime soon, with India and Brazil being hotspots where it is ... | mu3toi | CMV: It is reasonable and prudent for an American to plan a refundable trip to the UK this August | I'm beginning to plan a summer vacation to Europe for this August. I think this is a perfectly reasonable thing to do, but I've gotten horrified reactions from the couple of people I've told. So I'd like to at least understand the rational version of the counterarguments. Here is my chain of reasoning:
1. Given cur... | chadtr5 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: EA's NFL monopoly should be broken up by the government.
For many years, EA has been the only company allowed to make nfl games. I believe that this is a monopoly because nobody's going to want to buy a football game with real NFL players and teams. This is clearly an anti competitive measure taken by the NFL and... | This is like saying JK Rowling has a monopoly on writing harry potter books and that monopoly should be broken up. Or Marvel has a monopoly on making movies with Marvel super heroes.
Should antitrust laws be used to break up those "monopolies"?
The NFL owns many things that prevent this from happening, such as team ... | I get why you want this but the only way to fix it would open up a huge can of worms.
Companies are allowed to license their image/products etc.
EA pays the NFL for the rights. Another company is free to pay the NFL more for the rights and the NFL likely wouldn't turn it down. (Big picture there's no one stopping a... | b33h2m | CMV: EA's NFL monopoly should be broken up by the government. | For many years, EA has been the only company allowed to make nfl games. I believe that this is a monopoly because nobody's going to want to buy a football game with real NFL players and teams. This is clearly an anti competitive measure taken by the NFL and EA to earn money and protect their image. I think that an anti... | Wide_right_yes | 3 | 3 | [
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