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CMV: Society and culture needs to teach ALL children and adults equally -- regardless of gender -- that violence against anyone is wrong
This view consists of two points. Change either or both for a delta: point 1 is that society stigmatizes violence against females (esp. by males) far more than it stigmatizes violenc... | I agree, women should also be told not to hit men or other women. But it's much more important that we stress the need for men not to hit women, and for reasons you seem to understand:
>True yes, men are stronger than women. But first of all, this is not a moral excuse for violent women -- in fact, it creates a minds... | Don't we already teach our children not to be violent? It's frowned upon for men to hit men, men to hit women, women to hit men, and for women to hit women. You are correct in your assessment that male on female violence is more stigmatized than other forms of violence, but there are logical reasons for this. First, th... | 5l86jl | CMV: Society and culture needs to teach ALL children and adults equally -- regardless of gender -- that violence against anyone is wrong | This view consists of two points. Change either or both for a delta: point 1 is that society stigmatizes violence against females (esp. by males) far more than it stigmatizes violence against males (esp. by females). Point 2 is that society needs to change this. Point 1 is my premise that this exists, point 2 is my arg... | 1,483,162,169 | ShiningConcepts | dbtqasa | dbtq402 | 22 | 11 |
CMV: The media's use of the words 'exercise' and 'weight loss' are counterproductive to people trying to make healthy decisions
**Title clarification: I'd like to (but can't obviously) change the title to limit it to Vox's usage in this scenario, not to generalize to the media in general. **
I recently saw a lengthy ... | Most of the coverage I have seen (in the U.K.) has stressed that exercise has many health benefits, however concentrating on exercise as the main method of weight-loss specifically isn't particularly effective compared with eating less.
I don't think the use of the words weight loss in this context is particularly mi... | I think you tried to use bullet points. You have to put a full line ([enter key]) between bullet points for something to work. | 5m9fnh | CMV: The media's use of the words 'exercise' and 'weight loss' are counterproductive to people trying to make healthy decisions | **Title clarification: I'd like to (but can't obviously) change the title to limit it to Vox's usage in this scenario, not to generalize to the media in general. **
I recently saw a lengthy [Vox article](http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-calories) that supposedly summarizes many stud... | 1,483,653,883 | barrycl | dc1vkg6 | dc1tqk1 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: The mere use of sexist/racist/homophobic slurs is not inherently offensive.
This was inspired by [this exchange](https://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/5mox2z/oh_hey_there_satan_and_its_variations_have_got_to/dc6esxg?context=4) I had a little while ago. Specifically, I don't believe that the phrase "you sh... | >it's that the meaning behind the word is completely different. Whore, in that context, no longer means whore, and slut no longer means slut. That's kind of the point of the joke.
You may have missed something here? To me, the point of the joke is that whore still means whore, and slut still means slut, but it's funn... | I'll focus on one thing in particular. Do you know what the word faggot means? Most people like to say it means a bundle of sticks which is only a half truth, it's the sticks used for kindling to burn gay people to death. So when someone calls me a faggot how should I take it. Gay people have been murdered for their ex... | 5muu2m | CMV: The mere use of sexist/racist/homophobic slurs is not inherently offensive. | This was inspired by [this exchange](https://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/5mox2z/oh_hey_there_satan_and_its_variations_have_got_to/dc6esxg?context=4) I had a little while ago. Specifically, I don't believe that the phrase "you shut your whore mouth" is inherently sexist. This also extends to other similar phra... | 1,483,926,710 | JayStarr1082 | dchagu2 | dc7jfy7 | 1 | -1 |
CMV: It is illogical to believe any religion
Now don't get me wrong, I'm an open-minded person and I will believe in something if it is proven to be true or there is good reasoning behind it, however I struggle to understand why some people manage to fully devote themselves and believe in religions which implore outla... | As I think often happens in these scenarios, your claim is that a belief cannot be logically held. Any belief can be logically held provided that the information upon which it is based leads the believer to that conclusion. Nowhere in this is it required that these foundations or their consequent belief accurately refl... | Sorry, I should note that I'm not the OP here.
That said, I think you're wrong about burden of proof here. Your first sentence is correct - the burden of proof sits with the person making the claim. But you don't need to prove that the claim is wrong to dismiss it...if those with the burden of proof did not adequately... | 5mxkbq | CMV: It is illogical to believe any religion | Now don't get me wrong, I'm an open-minded person and I will believe in something if it is proven to be true or there is good reasoning behind it, however I struggle to understand why some people manage to fully devote themselves and believe in religions which implore outlandish tales and one or more godly deities who ... | 1,483,967,458 | Tommy666567 | dc743kn | dc73k6w | 63 | 3 |
CMV: Gender dysphoria may be a mental disorder... and that's okay.
The transgender experience, referred to as gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder (GID) by medical professionals, had been dubbed a mental disorder for decades until recent years.
According to Wikipedia (ha, yes, I know, but it's hard to find un... | Gender dysphoria and being trans ARE synonymous. Gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder (GID) are medical terms for being transgender.
Gender dysphoria: the condition of feeling one's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one's biological sex.
I don't know what else to say to... | True. But there are some negative effects to thinking your a car or a lizard etc. It's most likely going to severely effect your life because you won't be able to partake in most human interactions successfully. Apart from the social stigma, if I was to think I was a different gender, it's probably not going to effect ... | 5my4j3 | CMV: Gender dysphoria may be a mental disorder... and that's okay. | The transgender experience, referred to as gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder (GID) by medical professionals, had been dubbed a mental disorder for decades until recent years.
According to Wikipedia (ha, yes, I know, but it's hard to find unbiased sources on this subject), "GID is classified as a disorder by... | 1,483,974,383 | OFGhost | dc79b5k | dc78eoq | 18 | 5 |
CMV: It's better to do your laundry in the washing machine with tap water or cold water instead of hot water.
I've been having this small argument with my girlfriend when we wash clothes. It just comes up every time we both do the laundry. She believes hot water is better but can't explain why, says it's how it was at... | A lot of weird explanations here.
There is a scientific consensus on hot vs. cold. Here are a few things:
**Why cold?**
- Yes, it saves energy- this is a no-brainer and why I usually use cold water.
- Cold water keeps colors from bleeding- another big one
- Clothes won't shrink as much in cold water, although ... | Here's a simple experiment for you.
Wash half of your dishes in cold water, and half in hot (and I'm talking dirty dishes, not just ones with crumbs on them).
You should find that the soap soaps better in hot water, and the food comes off much more easily.
Then there's the fact that [there's a tenth of a gram of poo... | 5mytbe | CMV: It's better to do your laundry in the washing machine with tap water or cold water instead of hot water. | I've been having this small argument with my girlfriend when we wash clothes. It just comes up every time we both do the laundry. She believes hot water is better but can't explain why, says it's how it was at her home and that there must have been a good reason.
I, on the other hand, believe that the benefits outwei... | 1,483,981,321 | Some_french_canadian | dc7dyz6 | dc7dacq | 6 | 0 |
CMV: Breaking up with someone or refusing to date them because of their sexual history is perfectly okay
I'm not sure how wide spread this view actually is, so tell me if I'm beating on a straw man.
Let's say a woman had a threesome in college. Years later, she meets a guy and start dating. After a few years in, once... | >I'm a woman, but I wouldn't want to date a guy with too much of a past.
I think that's completely your prerogative and is perfectly OK. But if this is a major make-or-break issue, I think that it should be brought up early on. In your first example, you say:
>Years later, she meets a guy and start dating. **After a ... | I don't think there's many people with an issue of someone not dating someone because of their sexual history. The issue is really only when there's a double standard. So, if a man says he won't date a woman who has had sex with 20 guys, but he's had sex with 20 women, then people take an issue with that.
Because he ... | 5mzu9h | CMV: Breaking up with someone or refusing to date them because of their sexual history is perfectly okay | I'm not sure how wide spread this view actually is, so tell me if I'm beating on a straw man.
Let's say a woman had a threesome in college. Years later, she meets a guy and start dating. After a few years in, once they got pretty serious, she shares her experience. He is repulsed and disgusted by the thought, and leav... | 1,483,991,100 | TheChemist158 | dc7pnhg | dc7oovf | 18 | 2 |
CMV: Fake news is a non-issue. The onus lies with news consumers, not news provider.
There's a romance in the american mythology that every vote should count. To get to that point, it is assumed that the american electorate is capable and informed. By blaming fake news, we are acknowledging that the electorate is inca... | There can be and are multiple problems at once. Consumer responsibility is 100% an issue, and I wholeheartedly agree we need to be more conscientious consumers. But that doesn't mean fake news is not also a problem.
There's more information than we can process and vet in this world. It's not great for us to have ... | Your analogy to the scientific/medical community isn't accurate though. These communities are made up of experts who are either already aware of these shitty sources or have the knowledge and background to recognize them for what they are immediately.
When it comes to the news consumed by the general public, most of... | 5n2i0w | CMV: Fake news is a non-issue. The onus lies with news consumers, not news provider. | There's a romance in the american mythology that every vote should count. To get to that point, it is assumed that the american electorate is capable and informed. By blaming fake news, we are acknowledging that the electorate is incapable and easily misinformed. This is incompatible with the belief that the american p... | 1,484,017,844 | DangoDale | dc8ambe | dc8a7dj | 11 | 1 |
CMV: I don't think companies should have to hire to people just to meet a quota and provide diversity
This is stemming off from something I saw about Facebook receiving backlash for hiring candidates based off of their resumes and experiences. Link to the story is [here](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01... | You're misunderstanding what the issue is.
>This is stemming off from something I saw about Facebook receiving backlash for hiring candidates based off of their resumes and experiences. Link to the story is here
Did you read the article? That's not why there's backlash. The backlash is because, at the end of a multi-... | Your view makes the assumption that the hiring process is fair and balanced, which isn't the case. We know that those with white sounding names are more likely to get a call back than those with black sounding names, even when the resume is the same. [There was another study that found that when Orchestras used blind a... | 5n5l9t | CMV: I don't think companies should have to hire to people just to meet a quota and provide diversity | This is stemming off from something I saw about Facebook receiving backlash for hiring candidates based off of their resumes and experiences. Link to the story is [here](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-09/facebook-s-hiring-process-hinders-its-effort-to-create-a-diverse-workforce).
I don't get how this ... | 1,484,061,793 | vinniethepooh2 | dc8t8ae | dc8t6g3 | 48 | 6 |
CMV:If Jewish people can't be anti-semitic, then non-whites cannot be racist
America is a White Supremacist country that is slowly reversing. The term race was coined by a European person that justified race as being a a huge biological difference that meant that white people were superior to blacks and gave reason to... | Anti-semitism has an explicit target (Judaism and Jewish people), racism without any other descriptors has no such target. Racism could be targeting any given race.
So while you *could* argue that it's impossible to be racist/prejudiced against a group that you yourself belong to (therefore making it impossible for a ... | You're conflating a single religion with every race. Your claim is closer to "if Jews cannot be anti-smetc or islamaphobic or any other religious-based descrimination then non-whites can't be racist. Judaism is but a single subgroup of religion whereas race can be seen as the broad category instead of merely a small po... | 5n813p | CMV:If Jewish people can't be anti-semitic, then non-whites cannot be racist | America is a White Supremacist country that is slowly reversing. The term race was coined by a European person that justified race as being a a huge biological difference that meant that white people were superior to blacks and gave reason to them being subjugated as slaves in the Americas. That caused racism. It is li... | 1,484,085,731 | iPissOnRebelGraves | dc9e3x1 | dc9dn1b | 9 | 7 |
CMV: I am starting to wonder whenever transgenderism is a real thing
So before anyone says anything, I have been spending the last 6 months living as a transgender girl since I believed that I was trans and things started to get better once I accepted it and started to be proactive about it
Being trans has cost me th... | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03625.x/abstract
A systematic review of studies showed that 80% had a quality of life increase from transitioning.
As it noted.
>Compared with FM, MF individuals had more remaining gender
dysphoria after the transition.2 Homosexual MF individuals
reported m... | I *think* that your argument should be phrased "I don't think that 'feeling' as if I'm a different gender should be grounds for switching gender roles".
Or *possibly* "I don't think that there's a biological basis for transgenderism".
I mean, people clearly are transgender in that they adopt the other gender's roles ... | 5n8jdo | CMV: I am starting to wonder whenever transgenderism is a real thing | So before anyone says anything, I have been spending the last 6 months living as a transgender girl since I believed that I was trans and things started to get better once I accepted it and started to be proactive about it
Being trans has cost me the love of my life, my mental health and has completely broken me. Its ... | 1,484,091,293 | skyepilotgurl | dcbwg8o | dca3t3z | 1 | 0 |
CMV: I want to post revenge p0rn of my last ex-girlfriend.
She was a 10/10. She is pretty, young and hot.
I thought I found my soulmate. I loved her more than anyone else.
She started to live with me. During all this time she told me how hard she wanted to have a family. Because of this we had unprotected sex durin... | It is immoral, illegal and you will regret the attention it brings to you. Revenge is only temporary. Regret lasts much longer. | well it's a long shot but if you're in california it's illegal now so there's that
edit: [it's illegal in 32 states.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_porn#United_States)
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> to avoid other people go throug I went.
you're lying to yourself/rationalizing. you don't give a shit about that.
| 5n8p6q | CMV: I want to post revenge p0rn of my last ex-girlfriend. | She was a 10/10. She is pretty, young and hot.
I thought I found my soulmate. I loved her more than anyone else.
She started to live with me. During all this time she told me how hard she wanted to have a family. Because of this we had unprotected sex during months... one day she decided to move back to her parent's... | 1,484,093,002 | Calmecac | dc9ixef | dc9ivok | 55 | 29 |
CMV: Liberalism is superior to conservatism because liberals focus much more on Quality of Life
My claim is that Conservatives don't discuss any form of Quality of Life, and because of this, their worldview is inferior to liberalism when it comes to improving the world. Rather, they prefer to focus on laws that define... | > The conservative views rights as their own personal set of tools for pursuing a higher quality of life
I deeply appreciate this thorough and in-depth response, but want to probe you more on this statement. If you can show me a Conservative person (I suppose I should specify that they need to be a "well-known" or "pu... | Give examples | 5n9505 | CMV: Liberalism is superior to conservatism because liberals focus much more on Quality of Life | My claim is that Conservatives don't discuss any form of Quality of Life, and because of this, their worldview is inferior to liberalism when it comes to improving the world. Rather, they prefer to focus on laws that define right vs wrong (pro-life abortion stances), or freedom of choice (gun control). Because the focu... | 1,484,097,825 | nemicolopterus | dcah4f0 | dc9o1ih | 1 | 0 |
CMV: The Burkha is not a choice.
Obviously, you have the societal pressures, e.g family pressure, and social ostracism. But my main argument is that it is not a choice, because the wearer of the Burka has been raised religiously. With little exposure on behalf of the parents, to other aspects of life. The idea that fa... | I would argue that it is a "choice", just one where the downsides heavily outweigh the upsides in that particular culture and is therefore unlikely to be chosen. As long as the option is there though, that is still defined as a choice.
You could choose to not wear any clothes in public, for example, you are just heavi... | It's less common and often involves violence reactions, but it does happen and I could link to news stories if you like - and some do involve the woman being threatened, hurt, or killed. But that it's a risky and/or bad choice doesn't make it not a choice, is my point.
Think about what you'd have to say if your stand... | 5nb9l5 | CMV: The Burkha is not a choice. | Obviously, you have the societal pressures, e.g family pressure, and social ostracism. But my main argument is that it is not a choice, because the wearer of the Burka has been raised religiously. With little exposure on behalf of the parents, to other aspects of life. The idea that failing to wear the burkha will "dis... | 1,484,126,786 | DireSire | dca6fmx | dca6fi6 | 3 | 1 |
CMV: /r/streetwear is stupid
/r/streetwear seems to be all about spending lots of money on clothes that look like ass as long as they come from an expensive brand. People in the sub get angry that others submit posts of "generic" fits, but all of the popular posts are the exact same deal. A lot of good-looking fits ge... | Streetwear is almost like a lowbrow version of modern art. Yes, at a glance it all seems to fit into basic general trends that appear very similar. But the whole appeal lies in the details. It's all about taking the "standard outfit" and turning it on its head in some way. "Ahh, this guy is dressed how we all dress, bu... | This isn't limited to r/streetwear. Every passion or hobby has its own "no true Scotsman" circlejerk of hardcore users that only accept their interpretation. They tend to be the most active, so of course they're going to cast more votes on the content that they like.
The important thing is to look to them and consid... | 5nczpg | CMV: /r/streetwear is stupid | /r/streetwear seems to be all about spending lots of money on clothes that look like ass as long as they come from an expensive brand. People in the sub get angry that others submit posts of "generic" fits, but all of the popular posts are the exact same deal. A lot of good-looking fits get ignored because there aren't... | 1,484,150,979 | YoloSwag9000 | dcah2p3 | dcagxjg | 15 | 7 |
CMV: Spoons and Forks are better than chopsticks in every aspect.
I've eaten 3 square meals (sometimes more) for the past 22 years every day. That's a lot of food. My parents' own chopsticks and sometimes use them, but I prefer to use a spoon and fork when they're available simply because they are better and more opti... | They are booth inferior to the ultimate eating implement: the Spork.
Spork if clearly better than chopsticks for the reasons you mentioned, and it's better than the spoon/fork combination because it can all the same things but with one implement instead of two.
So if you truly have no "desire to use inadequate eating... | Depends on what you're eating, no?
This might be a silly example but there's a lpt that circulates sometimes saying you should eat cheetoes with chopsticks to avoid cheesy fingers. Neither a fork (cheetoes will crumble) or a spoon (easily slide off) are as effective. And fingers, the original method leaves you wi... | 5ndnqx | CMV: Spoons and Forks are better than chopsticks in every aspect. | I've eaten 3 square meals (sometimes more) for the past 22 years every day. That's a lot of food. My parents' own chopsticks and sometimes use them, but I prefer to use a spoon and fork when they're available simply because they are better and more optimal to use. Here's why.
They're intuitive. Each hand either has a ... | 1,484,157,515 | markichi | dcanvxa | dcanfbp | 15 | 3 |
CMV: The most ethically vegan thing to do is to commit suicide because human population impacts animal life more negatively than eating them.
Animals, in their current state, can be reproduced infinitely, given the resources at this current state in time.
Vegans make a big ethical stance that eating meat is not ethic... | If vegans had done this instead of forming organizations and exposing cruel farming practices, there would've been a lot less animal rights advocacy. That advocacy has led to more vegans and vegetarians, more ethical and enforced farming standards, and an emerging market for alternatives to meat. None of this would hav... | >Isn't this the entire reason behind ethical veganism? By not eating animals, you are serving their right to exist.
I'm not saying that no vegan believes that, but I have never seen one that says that. I certainly don't say that. We don't serve animals, we just don't harm them. There's a difference between beating and... | 5newhu | CMV: The most ethically vegan thing to do is to commit suicide because human population impacts animal life more negatively than eating them. | Animals, in their current state, can be reproduced infinitely, given the resources at this current state in time.
Vegans make a big ethical stance that eating meat is not ethical because it takes away a life and all life is valuable, yet as the population rises, more animals will be pushed out of their homes as land d... | 1,484,169,496 | excesshollywoo | dcb0nv9 | dcazsha | 34 | 4 |
CMV: Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T's crusade to thwart net neutrality is unjustifiably anti-consumer
Just one year ago, it seemed like net neutrality scored a serious win when the FCC redefined ISPs as common carriers and imposed new rules to safeguard the open internet. Fast forward to today, and net neutrality is in di... | > Are companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T truly this….evil?
No. That's silly (and I think you realize that.) They are for-profit corporations doing their best to make their shareholders money. Just like Tesla, EA, and every other company out there.
That being said, I do not think their campaign against interne... | I am in that situation where Comcast is my only provider. The possible solution I can see them pitching is that companies will pay the largest providers in order to be zero-rated for the largest population; so at least in Comcast's situation, they could try to argue it as pro-consumer since, as they are the only provid... | 5ng9q8 | CMV: Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T's crusade to thwart net neutrality is unjustifiably anti-consumer | Just one year ago, it seemed like net neutrality scored a serious win when the FCC redefined ISPs as common carriers and imposed new rules to safeguard the open internet. Fast forward to today, and net neutrality is in dire straits. The Trump administration will likely kill the neutrality rules, Tom Wheeler is going t... | 1,484,183,567 | f0me | dccwtrp | dcciyk3 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: Doing a good deed out of spite still makes that person a good person.
Let's say there is a father and son. For whatever reason, the father restricts the son from giving money to charities or to any charitable cause for his entire upbringing. Years later, they have a falling out and the son donates a large sum of ... | Is the opposite true?
A woman is being abused by her husband. One day, she smashes his car with a baseball bat 100 times.
She does a bad deed out of spite. Is she a bad person? Her mental state shouldn't have precedence over the real world results. The real world result is that she destroyed someone else's possession... | So, your view isn't actually associated with this particular situation. It's going to ultimately boil down to your perception of Outcomes vs Intentions.
Lakes take a different example:
Suppose you live in a nice home, and a desperate burglar has decided to steal from you while you sleep. He's armed.
While you sleep,... | 5nhdlm | CMV: Doing a good deed out of spite still makes that person a good person. | Let's say there is a father and son. For whatever reason, the father restricts the son from giving money to charities or to any charitable cause for his entire upbringing. Years later, they have a falling out and the son donates a large sum of money to a charity. He doesn't care about the charity or its recipients one ... | 1,484,196,356 | The69th | dcbiugt | dcbimj6 | 4 | 2 |
CMV:Cookies and bars don't get enough respect.
Look, I get it. A chocolate souffle is difficult to make well. A layer cake is big and impressive, and can be frosted nicely. Creme Brulee involves a blowtorch, for God's sake. Yeah, there's a lot of great desserts out there.
But if someone asks what your favorite de... | >But if someone asks what your favorite dessert is and you answer "chocolate chip cookies" instead of "flourless bittersweet chocolate torte with raspberry puree and a dollop of creme anglaise" you come across as someone who thinks Olive Garden is fine dining (even WITH the bottomless salad).
First of all, this is hil... | >Explain why, based on *pleasure derived*, other desserts deserve their loftier perch in the gastronomic community.
I'd argue that "pleasure derived" isn't the only relevant feature when considering "respect." When considering other examples of high culture or art, skill and complexity are crucial components of what m... | 5nkl7t | CMV:Cookies and bars don't get enough respect. | Look, I get it. A chocolate souffle is difficult to make well. A layer cake is big and impressive, and can be frosted nicely. Creme Brulee involves a blowtorch, for God's sake. Yeah, there's a lot of great desserts out there.
But if someone asks what your favorite dessert is and you answer "chocolate chip cookies"... | 1,484,241,423 | garnteller | dccd0j0 | dccbje0 | 181 | 4 |
CMV: When children display low intelligence, we should be training them to enter low-income jobs, not preparing them for college like everyone else.
This is for the USA in particular. Fact is, there are too many graduates, and a lot jobs we need don't take graduates. If a kid is three grades behind in reading or refus... | College professor here: intelligence is not the ultimate factor in success. I have had many high intelligence students fail my classes because they were too damn lazy or irresponsible to get their shit done. On the other hand, I've had many lower intelligence students he successful because they had a strong work ethic ... | Seeems like it would just pigeonhole students into miserable futures, regardless of their actual capabilities.
I'm a high school AND college drop out that works as an analyst at a bank making a lot of money, even more so for a mid 20 year old. I outright reject the notion that because I had shitty grades I am unable t... | 5nnnrz | CMV: When children display low intelligence, we should be training them to enter low-income jobs, not preparing them for college like everyone else. | This is for the USA in particular. Fact is, there are too many graduates, and a lot jobs we need don't take graduates. If a kid is three grades behind in reading or refuses to do schoolwork or whatever, yeah they should still get the three R's, but the focus should be things like woodshop, welding, plumbing, circuits, ... | 1,484,272,198 | Nuclear_rabbit | dccyr54 | dccyi19 | 1,498 | 259 |
CMV: As a male living in the USA, my feelings and struggles do not matter to society here.
I am friends with a lot of feminists. I do not have an issue with people disagreeing with him. However, I am a very opinionated person myself and I engage these people on facebook when I disagree with what they are saying. For e... | A big problem with these discussions is that we only have your second hand account of what went down. Obviously you are more charitable to your side, and obviously if someone disagreed with you and you maintain disagreement there is a chance you can't represent their objection fairly.
Going on your representation of e... | Some of these ideas and concerns are kind of our responsibility.
Men do far more violent crimes then women.
So sure, we are the victims of violent crime, but we also do more of it.
Men are far less likely to seek out counseling services that are available. This is still this tough guy narrative that lots of men... | 5nnsvs | CMV: As a male living in the USA, my feelings and struggles do not matter to society here. | I am friends with a lot of feminists. I do not have an issue with people disagreeing with him. However, I am a very opinionated person myself and I engage these people on facebook when I disagree with what they are saying. For example, today (and the inspiration for this post) a friend of mine posted a screenshot of a ... | 1,484,273,756 | [deleted] | dccy9fr | dccxwez | 31 | 27 |
CMV: A World Government of Some Form Would Solve Most Problems We Face Today.
What Worldwide Problems do we face today?
War/Large Scale Conflict
Most wars and large scale conflicts today are not between countries, but from within, like insurgent groups or militant religious organizations. This is a problem because ... | > War/Large Scale Conflict
The solution you propose already exists. It's called the USA
The USA has many times over the pwoer to destroy civilization as we know. They can fight indefinitely against the whole world if necessary. You really don't get any more powerhouse than that
Problem is, that's all useless. Moder... | I agree in the long run, but, for lack of a better description, the world isn't ready for this yet. There's two major roadblocks, both of which bring too much division to people for this to be possible. They are (keep in mind I'm posting with a Western mindset):
1) Organized religion needs to die or reach a point of to... | 5noo5f | CMV: A World Government of Some Form Would Solve Most Problems We Face Today. | What Worldwide Problems do we face today?
War/Large Scale Conflict
Most wars and large scale conflicts today are not between countries, but from within, like insurgent groups or militant religious organizations. This is a problem because it places pressure on the host government's resources, diverts assets from assi... | 1,484,283,937 | themaskedserpent | dcdft4p | dcd9d4w | 3 | 1 |
CMV: I believe the laws of our time should reflect the state of our time
It should of course be our end goal to become a totally tolerant, empathetic, *kind* and forgiving society - Not a brutal one. A society which does not discriminate or harbour prejudice; an all encompassing hot pot which fights for the good of it... | > But if 99% of deaths from terrorism fall into the hands of Islamic perpetrators; is it so absurd to think our laws should adapt and change to better suit the realities of this?
Yes, it's absurd. You'd have to interrogate people about their belief system. Would a terrorist lie about being a Muslim if it meant getting... | Such laws can only begin to be justified if you can show a clear benefit to the proposal (and even then there are still ethical concerns), and I don't believe you can do that here.
Even if most terrorism deaths are at the hands of Islamic terrorists, the fact remains that it's an incredibly small number of Islamic t... | 5nqtw0 | CMV: I believe the laws of our time should reflect the state of our time | It should of course be our end goal to become a totally tolerant, empathetic, *kind* and forgiving society - Not a brutal one. A society which does not discriminate or harbour prejudice; an all encompassing hot pot which fights for the good of its people no matter their age, gender, race or creed.
In spite of this, I ... | 1,484,317,028 | lcPASCAL- | dcdod7n | dcdo4l4 | 12 | 2 |
CMV: English speakers should stop using either "affect" or "effect".
I'm not an English major. I'm just a lifetime English speaker who's wasted too much time thinking "wait, do I use 'effect' or 'affect' here?" and I realized this morning that I can't think of a good reason for them both to exist.
I'm aware that the ... | Cause and *effect*. That snapchat filter creates a weird *effect*. How can we *effect* change.
Does this *affect* me? She presented a flattened *affect.* This leads to things like in jest, she *affected* a mocking tone.
Your basic premise isn't necessarily one I disagree with, except I would say the final two examp... | First off, the two words have different pronunciations as well; AHH-fect v.s. EE-fect. They're different words with different pronunciations and different meanings. But for purposes of argument, let's call them homophones.
>I'm aware that the two words, "affect" and "effect" have differing definitions, but that does... | 5nrv3a | CMV: English speakers should stop using either "affect" or "effect". | I'm not an English major. I'm just a lifetime English speaker who's wasted too much time thinking "wait, do I use 'effect' or 'affect' here?" and I realized this morning that I can't think of a good reason for them both to exist.
I'm aware that the two words, "affect" and "effect" have differing definitions, but that ... | 1,484,327,764 | Jencaasi | dcdu27x | dcdt0hp | 17 | 11 |
CMV: You should not be required to visit a primary health care provider for an acute problem.
I have a ruptured eardrum and I had to wait 3 days for an appointment with the VA primary care doctor, who I knew would have to give me a referral to ENT. Sure enough, she said I had a ruptured eardrum and she would refer to ... | Being able to immediately schedule an appointment with a specialist would have saved you at most 3 days in the situation you described. They would not have been able to get you in immediately as there is still a large demand for their services. If people were allowed to just schedule things with them immediately it cou... | Why don't you just go to the emergency room? | 5nrxf8 | CMV: You should not be required to visit a primary health care provider for an acute problem. | I have a ruptured eardrum and I had to wait 3 days for an appointment with the VA primary care doctor, who I knew would have to give me a referral to ENT. Sure enough, she said I had a ruptured eardrum and she would refer to me to ENT, which I am now waiting 3 weeks to see. All the while still having no relief of sympt... | 1,484,328,377 | NAPALM_SON | dcdy2mt | dcdxua4 | 30 | 4 |
CMV: Nintendo disappointed massively with their Nintendo Switch Direct yesterday, and proved that they don't know how to appeal to their audience
Before I go into what Nintendo did wrong yesterday, here are some of the positives:
* The Switch will have a March 3rd release date
* Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ... | > Servers take money to run. I think the fact that they're taking those steps is a good sign.
That's fair, but I don't see how consumers could believe in it without Nintendo's track record.
>And why is the free (well, "bonus") games feature shitty?
Because Games with Gold and PSN offer you a couple free games for mo... | > No but it's generally not considered to be smart business to lose money.
Unless it functions as a loss leader. But that's not really the point. Perhaps the profit isn't enough to be worth it for Nintendo, for example.
> Yeah and I think this was a huge mistake.
Well, that's just like, your opinion, man.
> I don... | 5nt0o8 | CMV: Nintendo disappointed massively with their Nintendo Switch Direct yesterday, and proved that they don't know how to appeal to their audience | Before I go into what Nintendo did wrong yesterday, here are some of the positives:
* The Switch will have a March 3rd release date
* Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild looks fantastic and will be a launch title
* Super Mario Odyssey looks like a fresh new take on the Mario franchise (although it's not coming till... | 1,484,338,967 | ihatedogs2 | dceip1b | dceer6p | 2 | 1 |
CMV: I can't see why I should have to respect Christianity.
First of all, I want to make a distinction. I am not talking about Christians, I am talking about Christianity as religion. I am ok with Christians, not with Christianity. The reason for the distinction is because I know people will say "but some Christians s... | You shouldn't have to respect the rather twisted and distorted version of Christianity, and Christianity's perceptions of the Quiltbag community that you've created here.
But in terms of the actual Christianity, let's delve deeper.
First, there is nothing anywhere in the Bible about hating anyone because of sins. The... | I think you're not making the distinction between the people who blindly follow Christianity and the people who worship. There will always be some reason or another why a group is persecuted. You have to be able to make the distinction that they can't, that you can not attribute the movement as a whole to a person that... | 5nwi2s | CMV: I can't see why I should have to respect Christianity. | First of all, I want to make a distinction. I am not talking about Christians, I am talking about Christianity as religion. I am ok with Christians, not with Christianity. The reason for the distinction is because I know people will say "but some Christians support gays rights" yes, that's absolutely, but this support ... | 1,484,382,503 | Hazeringx | dcetufb | dcetsyl | 26 | 2 |
CMV: Bernie Sanders could have defeated Donald Trump, had he been the Democrat nominee.
The biggest mistake the DNC made last year was choosing Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. The biggest mistake the Mainstream Media made last year was promoting Hillary Clinton as the rightful successor to President Obama's role,... | >With President Sanders, we would have become a successful democratic-socialist nation that prides itself on its liberal and free culture.
Before we start talking about how Bernie could defeat Donald lets dispell the notion of democratic-socialism. What he describes as "socialism", socialism is not. He used Denmark as... | Bloomberg would have run third party if it had been Sanders vs. Trump. Sane people split their vote between Bloomberg and Sanders, Trump still wins. | 5nwnd4 | CMV: Bernie Sanders could have defeated Donald Trump, had he been the Democrat nominee. | The biggest mistake the DNC made last year was choosing Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. The biggest mistake the Mainstream Media made last year was promoting Hillary Clinton as the rightful successor to President Obama's role, while ignoring Bernie Sanders. Even the biggest mistake Bernie Sanders made was to surre... | 1,484,385,571 | Cheetuhman | dcev90h | dcev7nk | 17 | 12 |
CMV: Western countries shouldn't accept refugees because it is a lot cheaper to house them in secured areas of their country/neighboring country.
I'm talking mostly about refugees from iraq/syria because of the war going on there. There are of course valid reasons why western countries should accept refugees. For exam... | No, seriously, copy and paste a comment that actually does this, and then we can talk about why you think it does adress my issues. | Where in your sources does it say that 50% + 1 of the refugees are high-skill? | 5nx88x | CMV: Western countries shouldn't accept refugees because it is a lot cheaper to house them in secured areas of their country/neighboring country. | I'm talking mostly about refugees from iraq/syria because of the war going on there. There are of course valid reasons why western countries should accept refugees. For example: political refugees, lbgt people being prosecuted in their country etc...
I'd think that one could give a home to multiple refugees in secured... | 1,484,397,264 | Poppejans | dcfm317 | dcfd1io | 0 | -1 |
CMV: I should unsubscribe from r/The_Donald
I try to read and participate in both American political communities equally - for years, I would get all of my news from NPR on the way to my job as a construction worker. But I've been trying to change that in the past few years by paying attention to sources like Fox, Tow... | I never subscribed, but I went to The_Donald pretty regularly for a week or two after the election as part of a genuine effort to try and understand the opposition. Supporting Donald Trump is a such a dangerous irrational position that I have to know *why* people could have voted for him. I needed to know what people a... | I think the memes and puns will always be a major part of /r/the_donald, so it becomes a question of "is searching for quality posts/comments worth tolerating the joke stuff?" Because with the large amount of activity on the subreddit, it means /r/the_donald has a ton of jokes but is also good at shining a light on sto... | 5nxjyw | CMV: I should unsubscribe from r/The_Donald | I try to read and participate in both American political communities equally - for years, I would get all of my news from NPR on the way to my job as a construction worker. But I've been trying to change that in the past few years by paying attention to sources like Fox, Townhall and the like. I've found that generally... | 1,484,402,562 | FaulmanRhodes | dcf4j8l | dcf1ysp | 25 | 14 |
CMV: My friend think AI assisted music will destroy creativity. I think it's gonna be the opposite, everyone will have access to the gift of music.
I've seen it multiple times, this sort of luddite behavior. For example, people are already saying sampling is just stealing. While it may be true, some people use it very... | It won't destroy creativity, but obviously pressing a button and getting music out of it isn't creative. It's just having something else create for you. The creativity was on the part of whoever made that program. And it's also not ... imaginative in the way that people associate with creativity in the context of artis... | The problem with A.I. creativity is: What do we program TO?
That is, how do we tell the program "This melody is better than that melody, so make things more like this and less like that?" It's gotta learn, sure, but.... learn what?
That has got to either service someone's idiosyncratic ear or to play to some sort of... | 5nym0o | CMV: My friend think AI assisted music will destroy creativity. I think it's gonna be the opposite, everyone will have access to the gift of music. | I've seen it multiple times, this sort of luddite behavior. For example, people are already saying sampling is just stealing. While it may be true, some people use it very well and skillfully to create something new. It has also made things easier for many people. I've studied a bit of music history and rap wouldn't ex... | 1,484,415,506 | [deleted] | dcfb09u | dcfadzc | 3 | 0 |
CMV: racism against African Americans will be greatly reduced only when income levels are similar to whites
Different ethnic groups have suffered from overt racism throughout the history of America. Italians, Irish, Chinese, Jews, East Asians, South Asians, and others have all been considered second class citizens at ... | >I believe a great way to reduce systemic racism is though wealth creation. All these ethnic groups have over time created wealth for themselves in the US and lowered the barrier of entry for themselves.
>I think that African Americans have not unfortunately created enough wealth to get that respect in the US. In fact... | Their income will never be similar to whites, because there are heritable intelligence differences between races. Until gene modification is utilized, there will always be a discrepancy.
This study shows intelligence has a heritability of over 80%.
~~edit: Extra source: https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2015-polder... | 5nz4y1 | CMV: racism against African Americans will be greatly reduced only when income levels are similar to whites | Different ethnic groups have suffered from overt racism throughout the history of America. Italians, Irish, Chinese, Jews, East Asians, South Asians, and others have all been considered second class citizens at some point. While some of you might still think that racism/xenophobia still apply to these groups, we can sa... | 1,484,421,173 | johnniewelker | dcfeg7o | dcfd5ro | 6 | -6 |
CMV: Most people don't change their views based on facts and evidence.
I don't even know if this is really controversial. Well, it is, because I've had someone disagree with me on this. But here it goes:
My claim is that the majority of people ─ at least 2/3 ─ does not change their views based on facts and evidence i... | This Washington Post article cites some studies where people showed willingness to change views --
> Many political scientists tend to think that our beliefs are deep-seated and difficult to change. That’s why the results of an experiment last year, which showed that door-to-door canvassers can reduce prejudice agains... | you mistake religious views with normal views, most normal views are changed by logic, because there are millions of tiny views that have no emotional attachment
hell what do you think school actually is, its introducing a specific view on reality by facts and evidence | 5nzsld | CMV: Most people don't change their views based on facts and evidence. | I don't even know if this is really controversial. Well, it is, because I've had someone disagree with me on this. But here it goes:
My claim is that the majority of people ─ at least 2/3 ─ does not change their views based on facts and evidence in anything resembling a systematic, reliable way.
A tiny minority (prob... | 1,484,428,077 | lalalalalalala71 | dcfi36a | dcfhzm5 | 73 | 10 |
CMV: Incest really shouldn't be a problem if it can be reasonably concluded that no power relationship is at play and that the couple agree not to have children
Edit: View changed, I no longer oppose reproduction. I do think couples should be educated as to the risks, but no authority has the right to stop them from d... | I'll attack a premise from the title that you likely didn't expect to be attackt:
Why should the relationship not be allowed when they *do* want to have kids? After all, we don't forbid couples with genetic defects like MS to have kids. So either you need to give genetic screening to couples that might be less than pe... | What happens if they do have kids? Children will always been a risk when a man and a woman are having sex. Birth control can fail and vasectomies can reverse themselves. What happens to a couple should a child actually result? What happens if they just lie about not wanting children? Now you've had a child created, whi... | 5o0onq | CMV: Incest really shouldn't be a problem if it can be reasonably concluded that no power relationship is at play and that the couple agree not to have children | Edit: View changed, I no longer oppose reproduction. I do think couples should be educated as to the risks, but no authority has the right to stop them from doing so.
So I've said to some people I know a couple times that once lgbt rights and things are secured the next step for de-stigmatising should probably be ince... | 1,484,437,778 | EssJayDoubleYew | dcfqh5z | dcfp84w | 6 | 1 |
CMV: No one is actually happy
I feel like the modern world has made it seem that everyone is happy but 'you'. Everything on media and everything we see on youtube depicts peoples lives in such a glorious way that when you look at your own you cannot help but feel depressed. Happiness is an emotional experience though,... | > So how can anyone claim "they are happy in life".
This doesn't mean a person never faces hardship or is never sad. It just means that they feel that either the total happiness in their life exceeds that of sadness, or they are more often happy or content than they are not, or even a mixture of both. It's perfectly r... | > Happiness is an emotional experience though, not a state of being.
I think here you're confusing joy/excitement with happiness. Happiness is a state of being, the whole idea of being enlightened is based around that largely. I'd argue happiness is satisfaction and in our world it is very hard to feel truly satisfied... | 5o1di4 | CMV: No one is actually happy | I feel like the modern world has made it seem that everyone is happy but 'you'. Everything on media and everything we see on youtube depicts peoples lives in such a glorious way that when you look at your own you cannot help but feel depressed. Happiness is an emotional experience though, not a state of being. It is a ... | 1,484,445,894 | Chewyman11 | dcfw6i6 | dcfv5z1 | 9 | 2 |
CMV: People should have to pass a test in order to vote on important issues
So I believe everyone has the right to vote, but also everyone has the right for their vote to be taken seriously. When you have idiots who know nothing about what they are voting for being given the same voting power as people who have thorou... | A few questions:
What are "simple questions", and what should their relevance to the matter in hand be? A central part of politics is legislation; should you be required to know the legislative process in the US in order to vote? How big part of British legislation that originates in Brussels? Both of these are very r... | Is there a way for you to ensure that your evaluation mechanism is testing what you want it to test? This is actually a seriously hard problem, so don't brush it off. Just look at the state of evaluative metrics in education. For one thing, in nearly every domain that has evaluations, there's serious controversy as to ... | 5o3ki9 | CMV: People should have to pass a test in order to vote on important issues | So I believe everyone has the right to vote, but also everyone has the right for their vote to be taken seriously. When you have idiots who know nothing about what they are voting for being given the same voting power as people who have thoroughly studied the issue, it is not fair.
I believe whenever there is a big vo... | 1,484,481,011 | 80025-75540 | dcge13m | dcgcpo1 | 21 | 6 |
CMV: Special snowflakes/ special snowflake culture isn't as bad as people make it out to be. In fact, it is a sign of a tolerant and wealthy society.
I often see people online, usually baby boomers but sometimes younger, complaining about the current generation being or becoming one of special snowflakes where people ... | I think that treating someone like a 'special snowflake', as you put it, separates them from the rest of society, and perhaps disadvantages them when they go into the real world, where they won't be treated as such. I think the snowflake treatment comes with the presumption that because the given individual is special,... | But it being a sign or side effect of something good has little to do with it being good itself.
We can condemn people's entitlement without condemning the reason they are entitled. That may or may not lead to less entitlement without undoing the root cause. | 5o3kut | CMV: Special snowflakes/ special snowflake culture isn't as bad as people make it out to be. In fact, it is a sign of a tolerant and wealthy society. | I often see people online, usually baby boomers but sometimes younger, complaining about the current generation being or becoming one of special snowflakes where people exaggerate themselves and make themselves different just to feel special.
In my opinion this is actually a good thing. Yes I know there are actually a... | 1,484,481,211 | The-Author | dcgcl3c | dcgciwz | 72 | 68 |
CMV: Light rail is almost always a poor transit choice.
I think that almost all light rail and streetcar projects are boondoggles which cost gobs of money for very little benefit, and would almost universally be better served by busses or heavy rail.
Reasons:
* Busses are much cheaper to set up and operate. Almost ... | So I think we might be imagining different scenarios here, and it would help to clarify them.
You seem to be talking about rail lines which are doing long distances through lightly populated areas between more densely populated cities and towns. That, to me, is not light rail. Light rail is non-grade separated rail ... | I see your point in theory, but based on my experience in San Francisco, the light rail is the worst of all transportation options. Would you say light rail is inappropriate in a dense urban environment?
It seems to me that the major problem light rail has in San Francisco is that, because it is on the street, it is ... | 5o4mep | CMV: Light rail is almost always a poor transit choice. | I think that almost all light rail and streetcar projects are boondoggles which cost gobs of money for very little benefit, and would almost universally be better served by busses or heavy rail.
Reasons:
* Busses are much cheaper to set up and operate. Almost the entire capital cost is involved in vehicle purchase, ... | 1,484,496,165 | huadpe | dcgoyvv | dcgnjts | 4 | 3 |
CMV: Foreign language classes should be replaced by computer coding classes.
I believe that despite their supposed benefits, foreign language classes are a waste of school pupils' time, and that they should be replaced with something else.
One of the main points I would like to make is that foreign language teaching ... | It's interesting how most of your post is a complaint against language education. Coding takes a backrow seat, and feels entirely arbitrary. Instead of coding, you could argue any other type of subject with one or two very generic supportive claims.
More importantly, exactly how do you figure the issues you recognize ... | I agree that language classes tend not to stick, and I recall Spanish being an utter waste of time for me in high school. This is a problem in more than just language classes though, it's ubiquitous in even core classes that they don't apply practical psychological discoveries about how people learn, and how particular... | 5o6ctd | CMV: Foreign language classes should be replaced by computer coding classes. | I believe that despite their supposed benefits, foreign language classes are a waste of school pupils' time, and that they should be replaced with something else.
One of the main points I would like to make is that foreign language teaching - at least in the UK, where I live - is abysmal. For example:
*Teachers seem t... | 1,484,513,907 | SatisfactoryLepton | dcgxlul | dcgxa30 | 32 | 16 |
CMV: As a gay male, I think its better not to get close to Middle-Eastern immigrants I come across.
I live in area with a fair amount of immigrants, and honestly, as a homosexual man, I think its best not to be friends with the immigrants from Middle Eastern and Muslim majority countries. To clarify, I'm referring to ... | If your last line is correct and you're mostly just concerned they'd be unaccepting and end the relationship, then none of what you say about violence and the law in other countries is relevant at all. If you think people from these countries are less likely to accept you, THAT'S your view; all that other stuff is jus... | If they are intolerant towards homosexuality, do you think they would even be friends with you?
If they were neutral, don't you think that interacting with them would show that you are no more of a threat to society than they are?
If they support the LBGT community, don't you think that you being friends with them wo... | 5o7nm3 | CMV: As a gay male, I think its better not to get close to Middle-Eastern immigrants I come across. | I live in area with a fair amount of immigrants, and honestly, as a homosexual man, I think its best not to be friends with the immigrants from Middle Eastern and Muslim majority countries. To clarify, I'm referring to the ones who live there their whole lives, not moved when they were really young and are essentially ... | 1,484,527,668 | Justdowhatever93 | dch88e2 | dch81hy | 4 | 3 |
CMV: We should invest in nuclear defense
[Currently we have no defense against a nuclear threat](http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2015/03/20/the-u-s-has-no-defense-against-a-russian-nuclear-attack-really/#1f6200f945e8) and it is only a matter of time until someone crazy enough pulls the trigger. When they do,... | If you're talking about the threat of nuclear missiles, [the US already has a variety of missile defense programs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_missile_defense#Current_NMD_program). Currently we have the [Aegis system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System) on larg... | What would you suggest?
The only way to protect against blasts would be
A) Some sort of perpetual active EMP that disabled any nuclear weapons meaning they would turn into 2 tonne radioactive meteors upon entering the affected area.
This doesn't work because it would also send the public back to the 1700s in terms o... | 5o8mai | CMV: We should invest in nuclear defense | [Currently we have no defense against a nuclear threat](http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2015/03/20/the-u-s-has-no-defense-against-a-russian-nuclear-attack-really/#1f6200f945e8) and it is only a matter of time until someone crazy enough pulls the trigger. When they do, [it will nearly make the earth uninhabita... | 1,484,539,145 | Deathstroke5289 | dchk768 | dchjm6b | 9 | 2 |
CMV: The only strength of Mandarin Chinese Language is that it is widely spoken.
Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of 1st Language speakers in the world. In my view, this is its only strength. Out of the 4 languages I have some knowledge in, English (fluent), German (Fluent), Norwegian (very basic conversation) ... | Your homophone critique is misplaced, because most characters do not correspond to an English *word* but to an english partial word such as a root, suffix, prefix, name etc. (This is an error made by 99% of foreign students learning Chinese).
Learning single characters and their listed meanings is like memorizing a l... | You make little mention of aesthetics, so I assume you want this discussion to focus on ease of use and learning. However, I want to point out that many of the attributes you portray as negative can be considered aesthetically pleasing. For instance, the large number of homonyms is conducive to wordplay and poetry.
... | 5o9uct | CMV: The only strength of Mandarin Chinese Language is that it is widely spoken. | Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of 1st Language speakers in the world. In my view, this is its only strength. Out of the 4 languages I have some knowledge in, English (fluent), German (Fluent), Norwegian (very basic conversation) and Chinese (learnt for 2 years but now have lost most proficiency), it is the wor... | 1,484,556,900 | MisterFro9 | dchstqw | dchqrg9 | 81 | 11 |
CMV: The "wealth gap" is always going to be inherently too big or too small for most people.
This is kinda motivated by [the story](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/5o7hry/worlds_eight_richest_people_have_same_wealth_as/) that's all over /r/worldnews at the moment.
People talk a lot about how the "wealth g... | If your view was that the wealth gap will always be too high or too low for SOME people, I would agree with you.
But one of the benefits of a democracy is that compromise occurs (although not as much, lately) and you do get a system MOST people like.
Right now, most people don't like it, that's why you're hearing so ... | I'm posting not because I'm overly knowledgeable in the area, but because I find it strange no one has mentioned Rawls and the Veil of Ignorance.
If you to be born in society, and you didn't know whether you would be poor or rich in this society, what distribution of wealth would you be ok with?
Turns out a lot of pe... | 5oav23 | CMV: The "wealth gap" is always going to be inherently too big or too small for most people. | This is kinda motivated by [the story](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/5o7hry/worlds_eight_richest_people_have_same_wealth_as/) that's all over /r/worldnews at the moment.
People talk a lot about how the "wealth gap"
is always increasing and something should be done about it etc. etc.
However, most of the... | 1,484,573,750 | pm_me_allstuff | dci0s7k | dci0q9g | 114 | 12 |
CMV: UBI would not be successful in the United States because of various reasons.
As I see the idea of a Universal Basic Income on the rise among countries in Europe and even some congressmen I started to become startled. As I consider myself a fiscal conservative, I wonder how the cost would be determined and where t... | >Personally, I believe that people in low income areas may take this and use it as their main income and not be MORE encouraged to work, but less.
I think one of the biggest problems UBI is designed to address is that, as automation, globalization, and literacy increase, the total number of jobs required to maintain p... | In general, very few of the unemployed get welfare, and it tends to be well below their normal earning potential. It's not that easy to abuse government welfare. In terms of unemployment benefits, people tend to submit less job applications and have a better success rate. This is job. We don't want skilled professional... | 5obia9 | CMV: UBI would not be successful in the United States because of various reasons. | As I see the idea of a Universal Basic Income on the rise among countries in Europe and even some congressmen I started to become startled. As I consider myself a fiscal conservative, I wonder how the cost would be determined and where that money would be obtained. Obviously, the first word that comes to mind is taxes.... | 1,484,581,757 | Fortinosmx | dci22la | dci1ko0 | 12 | 2 |
CMV: The choice of a woman to end a casually risked pregnancy is "cheating the system."
I can understand the right of women to refuse the use of their body by having an abortion done. I'm not happy about it, but I can recognize it. However, if a woman intentionally has sex and risks pregnancy, that is her choice and a... | Your view really seems to depend upon the idea that the fetus has "some value" (for lack of a better phrase and without going to the extreme of saying that the fetus is a person with rights).
But if the fetus has no value, how can terminating be immoral regardless of how it came into existence? If a person repeatedly... | > You get "abortion because we can't require a woman to grow a parasite inside of her body because her body is hers and no one else's."
That's an argument for why abortion should be legal, not for why it is moral to have one.
It is perfectly possible to believe that abortion is immoral and should be discouraged, but ... | 5ocfh7 | CMV: The choice of a woman to end a casually risked pregnancy is "cheating the system." | I can understand the right of women to refuse the use of their body by having an abortion done. I'm not happy about it, but I can recognize it. However, if a woman intentionally has sex and risks pregnancy, that is her choice and aborting the fetus (or, gods forbid, baby) is irresponsible.
"Safe sex" - use of condoms,... | 1,484,590,789 | satyestru | dcitul6 | dcissds | 4 | 3 |
CMV:I think sex outside of marriage is immoral.
The summary of my argument is:
* Morality exists
* Sexual morality exists
* The function of sex is intimacy
Before I get into explaining my thoughts on sex, I should state that I believe in an objective morality. In other words, I don’t believe that humans created mo... | Why marriage?
Why not just a commited relationship?
What effect on morality does it have when an office clerk says you now have to pay less taxes, or if a guy with a funny hat and an old book says that he holds the sole power over who can and cannot be in a relationship and/or have sex and that he gives you his blessi... | So I'd like to ask one clarification and make one point that I see. The clarification is regarding your statement:
> In other words, it’s a natural desire that one must be cautious to feed as it, as it has the potential to be harmful to the victim.
I'm curious, besides obviously harmful events like sexual assault, wh... | 5od5pf | CMV:I think sex outside of marriage is immoral. | The summary of my argument is:
* Morality exists
* Sexual morality exists
* The function of sex is intimacy
Before I get into explaining my thoughts on sex, I should state that I believe in an objective morality. In other words, I don’t believe that humans created morality as part of our evolutionary development. I... | 1,484,597,742 | Spomf | dcil4um | dcijnqe | 9 | 3 |
CMV: Polygamy is wrong...sort of.
The Reason I put "Sort of" in the title is because I've been debating this myself as I don't have many reasons for doing so, but here are the reasons I do have. note that I come from a while moderate[Infact, I'm bisexual in spite of keeping my faith, so don't strawman me as some heter... | You are bi right? What if I told you being bi is wrong. This is exactly what you are saying. If you don't want people calling your sexual lifestyle 'wrong' maybe you shouldn't think who they choose to sleep with is 'wrong.'
I am assuming you don't want to debate the implication of polygamy in terms of the state regula... | It may be helpful for you and everyone here to do a little defining of terms first.
Polygamy- the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time
-socially- usually refers to one man having many wives in some sort of religious context (Ex: Cody Brown and family on the TV show Sister Wi... | 5oeo2x | CMV: Polygamy is wrong...sort of. | The Reason I put "Sort of" in the title is because I've been debating this myself as I don't have many reasons for doing so, but here are the reasons I do have. note that I come from a while moderate[Infact, I'm bisexual in spite of keeping my faith, so don't strawman me as some heteronormative crusader.]one, My family... | 1,484,612,618 | JoeSnakeyes | dcisowt | dcir5ib | 2 | 1 |
CMV: I don't think its racist to not want immigrants in my country
I don't think I am racist for liking my country and its people, by and large, the way it is. I don't like walking down the town centre and seeing Muslims in robes and slippers who can barely speak my language and if they could would have little to no d... | Your title is 'I don't think it's racist...' and then you evidence for that is literally the definition of racism. You should say 'I'm racist and I think that's ok', and you would be just fine. But saying I don't think it's racist to be racist and then proceeding to describe racism as support for not being racist is ju... | If an immigrant comes into your country, and (hypothetically) she is able to do the job better and more efficiently than the natives, should we not grant her the right to take that job? For it would certainly benefit her (the immigrant), the company employing her, and the society as a whole ( positive externalities ass... | 5ofcqa | CMV: I don't think its racist to not want immigrants in my country | I don't think I am racist for liking my country and its people, by and large, the way it is. I don't like walking down the town centre and seeing Muslims in robes and slippers who can barely speak my language and if they could would have little to no desire to associate with me due to being a non-believer. I don't like... | 1,484,620,095 | Krangatoa | dcix2wp | dciwqwh | 7 | 6 |
CMV: Following celebrities and gossip is a very vain activity.
Before starting:
* English is not my first language, so I may seem more formal unintentionally. I really want this to be light-hearted.
* This may be a bit in conflict with rule number 2, so I hope mods can have a bit of leeway with me.
In my life I have... | So vain has two meanings, I will address them both.
1. Useless - you think following gossip is useless. I would say it's entertainment and entertainment is useful. Weather you listen to mozart or read Kim Kardashian's tweets to be entertained is your personal preference, just because you don't like Kim, does not make ... | Mod here. Why do you believe your post violates Rule 2? | 5ofj0s | CMV: Following celebrities and gossip is a very vain activity. | Before starting:
* English is not my first language, so I may seem more formal unintentionally. I really want this to be light-hearted.
* This may be a bit in conflict with rule number 2, so I hope mods can have a bit of leeway with me.
In my life I haven't understood how or why people become obsessed with celebritie... | 1,484,622,075 | JimmyTheWrestler | dciy1vb | dcixq3n | 52 | 2 |
CMV: I don't understand people who deny evolution
What about the bacterias? Why do we get sick? Being sick is proof of evolution, you all must be joking, unbelievable that you accept sickness as fact and deny evolution, this is so contradictory. So the virus can interact with us and they have the same elements and mol... | I was raised a creationist. I denied evolution for a variety of reasons:
I was expected to. For those of very conservative faith, it is a litmus test of secularity. You are expected to conform with the beliefs of your community. People that don't conform keep their mouths shut, so as a child I didn't think it was poss... | Okay so I believe in evolution. I believe in it because of our selective breeding of traits in dogs and it isn't a stretch for me to believe that in the random chaos of nature, the same thing happens to all plants and animals.
Importantly I understand that evolution is the theory of why life is so diverse, not the th... | 5ohwa6 | CMV: I don't understand people who deny evolution | What about the bacterias? Why do we get sick? Being sick is proof of evolution, you all must be joking, unbelievable that you accept sickness as fact and deny evolution, this is so contradictory. So the virus can interact with us and they have the same elements and molecules as us, the same structures that make disease... | 1,484,657,682 | Garlicplanet | dcjkv56 | dcjfzgu | 27 | 1 |
CMV: Many aspects of the LGBTQ community are, while not necessarily intentionally made up, fake and used by straight/cis people who build up normal feelings to the point of thinking them unique
Please, please CMV. For context, I'm a bisexual transman, and I feel absolutely terrible for having this view. I'm starting t... | **Demisexual**
There often seems to be confusion over it because it's often thought of "Person A doesn't want to have sex with Person B until they have an emotional attachment," to which the response is generally "Yeah, so? Lots of people only want to have sex with people they're close to."
It looks like a better def... | I'm not fully clear on your definition of demisexuality or what you main argument is there so I'll just address the two other main points you made.
Agender from my understanding is someone who identifies themselves as nongendered.
>They talk about genderqueer (And trans-nes as a whole) as if it's how you like to pre... | 5olbo1 | CMV: Many aspects of the LGBTQ community are, while not necessarily intentionally made up, fake and used by straight/cis people who build up normal feelings to the point of thinking them unique | Please, please CMV. For context, I'm a bisexual transman, and I feel absolutely terrible for having this view. I'm starting to experience some exceedingly negative thoughts about my friends over this, and I would love to be able to see the issue from another perspective.
To elaborate on the title, I find myself being ... | 1,484,692,643 | CMVLGBT | dclk2ir | dcl82vt | 5 | 1 |
CMV: introverts are disadvantaged in the modern North American business world
In the modern North American business world, introverts are disadvantaged. Here's why:
1. They require more alone time to stay mentally healthy. This leaves less time to network. Networking is key to developing business leads and learning a... | Business people acting overly extroverted can be traced back to Dale Carnegie and other Depression-era self-help writers. At a time when there were so many people trying to sell so many things and make a living out of so many venues (since, ya know, everyone was struggling just to get by), you had to make yourself stan... | I'm an introvert and a good chunk of my work day for the past 10 years has been running meetings or being vocal in groups of 10-300 people and giving presentations sometimes to thousands. While I'm not always "comfortable" doing it (I occasionally have to go to industry tradeshows where I'll be surrounded by hundreds o... | 5oltlk | CMV: introverts are disadvantaged in the modern North American business world | In the modern North American business world, introverts are disadvantaged. Here's why:
1. They require more alone time to stay mentally healthy. This leaves less time to network. Networking is key to developing business leads and learning about new opportunities.
2. Compared with extroverts, they tend to dislike sma... | 1,484,697,670 | LittlePugBigSlug | dckdg2b | dckd7m5 | 61 | 5 |
CMV: Muslim's over-react to Mohammad being depicted in cartoons and such
Okay, so I get why the prophet Muhammad is revered. My step-dad is Muslim and I have been surrounded by the culture almost my whole life.
I also understand why it is disrespectful to make fun of such a figure. However, and this is a big however,... | For many Muslims it is taboo to create such an image. They aren't alone, the 3rd commandment of the Hebrew bible prohibits depictions of god, Jews don't like pictures of their god either. Christianity is a different religion, it has different rules and ideas. The fact that Jesus is a diety but Mohammed only a prophet s... | >However, when we have Muslims who were quietly literally born and raised in free countries getting mad over the depictions of Muhammad are out of bounds. This is today's world. We are free now. And as you said, there were times when Christianity abided by similar laws, but again, we are free and now not even Christian... | 5omc9l | CMV: Muslim's over-react to Mohammad being depicted in cartoons and such | Okay, so I get why the prophet Muhammad is revered. My step-dad is Muslim and I have been surrounded by the culture almost my whole life.
I also understand why it is disrespectful to make fun of such a figure. However, and this is a big however, what people say and do regarding Jesus is far worse than anything ever sa... | 1,484,703,107 | Chewyman11 | dckk37c | dckihba | 47 | 8 |
CMV: Mia was a terrible person in La la land and a narcissist. (La la land spoilers)
Mia threw away guys one after another. Mia's love was frivolous and was able to justify her poor decisions, or not justify them at all, with disregard for who she was hurting and how she was hurting them. And I do believe that taking ... | Mia can be argued to be a bad person for abandoning her first boyfriend, but I don't think she is anywhere close to a narcissist.
The biggest defense of this is she and Seb, at the end of the movie, have a collective flashback about all the good things that they shared together - clearly excising the fights. It was c... | 1) They had a full musical number together, and they went on a date. I think it's pretty clear there was a a lot more between them in even that short amount of time than what we saw between her and the boyfriend. There isn't any evidence that the man she married was superficial either. He seemed like a pretty agreeable... | 5on1oy | CMV: Mia was a terrible person in La la land and a narcissist. (La la land spoilers) | Mia threw away guys one after another. Mia's love was frivolous and was able to justify her poor decisions, or not justify them at all, with disregard for who she was hurting and how she was hurting them. And I do believe that taking a relationship or love lightly and freely tossing them away exemplifies disregard for ... | 1,484,711,062 | Lmitation | dcknvz8 | dcknusn | 8 | 2 |
CMV: I believe that I am the only person in this world, and everyone else is a simulation/AI.
I've been going through an existential crisis for a while, and it's started to develop into more complex thoughts. While the thought of the death of my loved ones and unanswerable questions such as "what's after death" "where... | Congratulations, you've discovered [Solipsism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism), a conundrum ever since Descartes thought up the [Evil Demon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon) in his second meditation.
Unfortunately, there is no way for me to objectively *prove* to you that other minds exist. Descartes... | There is no way to test something like this, as well as there being no way to "disprove" this. An argument which there is no way to disprove can [usually be disregarded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance). Either way, let's consider the possibilities. You have 2 options:
1. Every other person plays... | 5opc2t | CMV: I believe that I am the only person in this world, and everyone else is a simulation/AI. | I've been going through an existential crisis for a while, and it's started to develop into more complex thoughts. While the thought of the death of my loved ones and unanswerable questions such as "what's after death" "where was I before I was born" etc. used to scare me, now I've started thinking: what if I was the o... | 1,484,746,106 | just_im4gin3 | dckzopz | dckzm9x | 24 | 3 |
CMV: BBC Sherlock's Moriarty is a terrible, cartoony character
I really like Sherlock. I even liked the season 4 finale.
But I can't stand Moriarty.
He's a cartoon. He's one dimensional, just pure Saturday-morning-villain evil. And I don't buy that he's just the opposite of Sherlock because Sherlock is not one dimen... | As I was reading your arguments for why you think Moriarty is lame I couldn't help but agree, but never once, until now had I ever considered him to be anything less than cool and that's because the Moriarty I know, exists in the context of sherlock. I know and like Moriarty not because of what he is individually but t... | Funny, I think he's the reason the show was good. After his death it went downhill enormously, S04E01 was one of the worst episodes of any series I ever watched, although I think they savaged it more or less for the finale
Now, you'll have to be more specific with "He's a cartoon. He's one dimensional, just pure Satur... | 5oq7k0 | CMV: BBC Sherlock's Moriarty is a terrible, cartoony character | I really like Sherlock. I even liked the season 4 finale.
But I can't stand Moriarty.
He's a cartoon. He's one dimensional, just pure Saturday-morning-villain evil. And I don't buy that he's just the opposite of Sherlock because Sherlock is not one dimensional.
The problem comes from the attempted solution to this... | 1,484,755,766 | PM_UR_H0PES_N_DREAMS | dclbcw7 | dcl9ql9 | 286 | 29 |
CMV: I believe that no major is worthless
I feel like you can major in whatever the hell you want and can be successful in life. In my opinion it's what that person does with his major that will ultimately help him/her in the future. If a person is passionate about his/her major and does study abroad programs, interns... | Worth, by definition, means there is value attached to it. And the university will assign what it believes that value is in the form of tuition, books, etc. So if a degree in 17th Century French Literature from Harvard costs $250,000 after all is said and done, and that degree qualifies you for a job that pays $65,000/... | could, but then you first have to have people who want to learn it, then people who don't already have a teacher, and if you were in a class with a dozen more students you also need to be better then the other 12,
because while one might find a job that way there is simply no place for 12 Russian lit teachers, not t... | 5ot7c9 | CMV: I believe that no major is worthless | I feel like you can major in whatever the hell you want and can be successful in life. In my opinion it's what that person does with his major that will ultimately help him/her in the future. If a person is passionate about his/her major and does study abroad programs, internships, networking etc. then they can major i... | 1,484,784,549 | BradBrady | dclxgia | dclx11j | 19 | 1 |
CMV: Social Darwinism is the logical conclusion of evolution.
The weeding out of the weak and burdensome is a natural result of biological evolution. As the weeding out continues, the species elevates itself, to the point where consciousness, as incredibly complex as it is, is possible in humans. Given this, why would... | > The weeding out of the weak and burdensome is a natural result of biological evolution.
Incorrect. Perhaps you're talking about evolution via natural selection (as natural selection is one mechanism of evolutionary change, see: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_16). But even, that's incorrect. Nat... | > Eugenics
This depends on what is meant by this word. I would say it is safe to assume you just mean removing harmful genes such as ones that cause various diseases, malformities, etc. which are clearly undesirable. It is when we get to other kinds of eugenics that we face problems, such as the idea of building a pur... | 5oufxq | CMV: Social Darwinism is the logical conclusion of evolution. | The weeding out of the weak and burdensome is a natural result of biological evolution. As the weeding out continues, the species elevates itself, to the point where consciousness, as incredibly complex as it is, is possible in humans. Given this, why would the following **not** be consistent with what every species do... | 1,484,798,859 | ArtAndFilmAccount | dcma9rp | dcm6xe4 | 15 | 3 |
CMV: Donald Trump's Twitter comments are primarily-intended to produce controversy to acquire Twitter followers
I think that Donald Trump's Twitter comments have no real purpose other than to generate controversy, to generate mention in other media, and thus to help build his Twitter following.
Like many people, I fi... | I think he's absolutely playing a character to a large extent. If you watch some of his old interviews from the 80s and 90s, he is much more composed, even tempered, and intelligent sounding. He probably is frustrated and angry about the way things have been going, but I think his persona he puts forth now is more acti... | I believe he uses twitter to by-pass mostly left-leaning national media. The only way to do that is to get click bait and hard comments do that . If you look at more local media you'll notice more right leaning but those views are not shared by city dwellers.
They also are a great bargaining tool. Aim stupid high and... | 5ovgnc | CMV: Donald Trump's Twitter comments are primarily-intended to produce controversy to acquire Twitter followers | I think that Donald Trump's Twitter comments have no real purpose other than to generate controversy, to generate mention in other media, and thus to help build his Twitter following.
Like many people, I find his messaging -- which is very different from that of Obama -- to be confusing. I have a hard time determinin... | 1,484,814,111 | nounhud | dcn1n6z | dcmej7e | 1 | -1 |
CMV: Suicide is neutral and thus should never be fought against. Respect those decisions! We need more respect in this world!
If someone decides to take their own life, that is their decision. Respect that, people! It really sucks to realize so many people want to force other people, brainwash them to keep them living... | I too agree people should be able to kill themselves without interference from society.
But i dont see any problem with the people they tell trying to talk them out of it.
If your friend tells you he is going to commit suicide, and you don't want him to, tell him. Be honest. At this point the stakes couldn't be highe... | How do you define "neutral" in a scenario where the (intended) action strongly benefits one person?
I'll grant you that suicide ought to be a personal choice, but that's not to say people shouldn't "fight against it" in a number of instances. This is the problem with your post, it's almost completely void of any cave... | 5ow21d | CMV: Suicide is neutral and thus should never be fought against. Respect those decisions! We need more respect in this world! | If someone decides to take their own life, that is their decision. Respect that, people! It really sucks to realize so many people want to force other people, brainwash them to keep them living for their own satisfaction and pleasure. And this IS something I never understood, how can be people so selfish, to the point ... | 1,484,825,177 | Garlicplanet | dcmmvey | dcmkcpg | 12 | 3 |
CMV: Femininity promotes societal sexism
Firstly I don't mean to offend anyone. I am just trying to be accurate and I don't sugarcoat things. Now, I am a female, but I do not understand femininity. I don't wear clothes from the women's section, wear make up, or have a women's hairstyle. All of these things would be im... | I think you're looking at one side of the picture & comparing it to the result. In general the thesis seems to be *'Women go out of their way for to be seen as attractive, and therefore are responsible for the byproduct'*. Let's consider men:
Men (often) work hard on their appearance as well. Even if appearance isn... | I think your heart is in the right place but you're attacking the wrong target.
Firstly, I take issue with your notion that women are to blame for shitty attitudes towards them. Do you really think the answer to societal sexism is to force women to dress and act in a specific way? Why can't society be the one who cha... | 5owanp | CMV: Femininity promotes societal sexism | Firstly I don't mean to offend anyone. I am just trying to be accurate and I don't sugarcoat things. Now, I am a female, but I do not understand femininity. I don't wear clothes from the women's section, wear make up, or have a women's hairstyle. All of these things would be impractical, and if they're not done for pra... | 1,484,829,021 | oneirology1 | dcmjlkd | dcmjbq7 | 20 | 9 |
CMV: The Holodomor was not a "deliberate act of genocide", but a combination of kurkul sabotage, political mismanagement and extremely unfortunate weather conditions
I write this because my knowledge of the subject is not that of an expert, but what I have read tells me that there were many factors that came into play... | >scholars seem to widely agree that the weather of the period was exceptionally bad,
Weather is often bad in russia. Czarist famines were still relatively rare, and vastly less deadly than soviet.
>particularly in the Ukraine - had actively revolted against the socialist movement, yet again "kurkul/kulak sabotage" ... | https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005G37SBK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 This covers it in fairly good depth. p42 onwards, book by a Yale Historian, and Robert Conquest's Harvest of Sorrow, a book by an Oxford educated Historian.
In terms of Gulag and execution stuff, Balytskyi claimed to discover a "Ukra... | 5owfm4 | CMV: The Holodomor was not a "deliberate act of genocide", but a combination of kurkul sabotage, political mismanagement and extremely unfortunate weather conditions | I write this because my knowledge of the subject is not that of an expert, but what I have read tells me that there were many factors that came into play that caused the Soviet Famine, many of which had nothing to do with Stalin and much of which was unavoidable by his government. Core among these is the weather condit... | 1,484,830,975 | lackingsaint | dcmy8ig | dcmofcc | 7 | 6 |
CMV:Having a vegan diet seems pretty pointless.
I love meat, especially beef, but I can see the argument for becoming a vegetarian. As I understand it (and please correct me if I'm wrong), vegetarians don't buy or eat meat products because it supports the industry of slaughtering animals for their meat. That makes s... | In my sort-of-uninformed opinion, the moral argument is not the only one that exists for either vegetarianism or veganism. I share your viewpoint that a person not buying the products doesn't really make a dent in the industry itself.
But I'd gladly go vegetarian if it was convenient to do so right now (just finished ... | I'm not vegan, but regarding milk from cows, the argument can include the fact we are filling them with hormones and anti-biotics, the conditions the animals are kept, etc.
None of these are good. So, they have an argument from that position.
There may be additional arguments that the sources we use can be found else... | 5owx9k | CMV:Having a vegan diet seems pretty pointless. | I love meat, especially beef, but I can see the argument for becoming a vegetarian. As I understand it (and please correct me if I'm wrong), vegetarians don't buy or eat meat products because it supports the industry of slaughtering animals for their meat. That makes sense, even though I don't share their concerns. ... | 1,484,837,070 | TougherLoki26 | dcmpcf5 | dcmorc7 | 21 | 0 |
CMV: "Stopping power" isn't really that important in self-defense scenarios.
I'll use Wikipedia's definition: Stopping power is the ability of a firearm or other weapon to cause enough ballistic trauma to a target (human or animal) to immediately incapacitate (and thus stop) the target.
There's a lot of debate over w... | There is some minimum stopping power required. For instance, a BB gun wouldn't do the job. 22lr is probably the bare minimum people would consider as it at least has some potential for incapacitating injury.
>A .22lr will still kill a person if the shot is placed correctly.
Can you place that shot correctly under... | The best home defense/self defense weapon is what is safest and most comfortable for you to use. However, stopping power is a side benefit to whatever you choose, but can be important in some scenarios and should be taken into account.
When evaluating what I use for home defense, I've prioritized the following:
1). ... | 5oxca1 | CMV: "Stopping power" isn't really that important in self-defense scenarios. | I'll use Wikipedia's definition: Stopping power is the ability of a firearm or other weapon to cause enough ballistic trauma to a target (human or animal) to immediately incapacitate (and thus stop) the target.
There's a lot of debate over what cartridges provide the best stopping power and what is optimal for a self ... | 1,484,841,484 | [deleted] | dcmtd9j | dcmsejz | 7 | 1 |
CMV: Israel should have kicked out the Palestinians after the 6 day war.
Israel is one of the only countries in the region that does not persecute Jews, and is under constant threat by regional superpowers, namely Saudi Arabia and Iran. They have to exist to protect their people. Although I do feel bad that the Palest... | Forced removal of an ethnic group from a territory has a name: "ethnic cleansing". This term has come about because ethnic cleansing has been tried a number of times. It has never worked out well, fifty or a hundred years on I can't think of any society that is glad they committed an act of ethnic cleansing.
Ethnic c... | Once your argument for Israel becomes a religious one, it is no more or less valid than the one being made by Palestine. Any legitimate claim to the land must be made with a secular argument if support from America is to be expected. Israel is the only democracy in the region, and democracy is something America should ... | 5oydf5 | CMV: Israel should have kicked out the Palestinians after the 6 day war. | Israel is one of the only countries in the region that does not persecute Jews, and is under constant threat by regional superpowers, namely Saudi Arabia and Iran. They have to exist to protect their people. Although I do feel bad that the Palestinians would be forced to leave their homes, they were the ones who declar... | 1,484,851,426 | Ichigowins | dcn06gp | dcmznmg | 25 | 7 |
CMV: Joking about tragedy is cruel and insensitive and makes you look very unsympathetic, even if you actually are underneath.
I honestly believe that joking about tragedy is mean-spirited. Joking is a good thing because humour brings happiness, but if you are joking about an event that cut innocent lives short, you a... | Dark humor isn't for everybody, but calling someone unsympathetic for enjoying it is completely off the mark. Dark humor derives it's humor from things that are supposed to make you uncomfortable. If it's about something that isn't discomforting, then it isn't as funny. The humor from a dark joke doesn't come from the ... | What of the power of humor as a coping mechanism?
That SNL guy is never not making jokes about his dads death on 9/11 and he seems to justify it well. | 5ozzff | CMV: Joking about tragedy is cruel and insensitive and makes you look very unsympathetic, even if you actually are underneath. | I honestly believe that joking about tragedy is mean-spirited. Joking is a good thing because humour brings happiness, but if you are joking about an event that cut innocent lives short, you are laughing at the deaths of people and in doing so, mocking them. It makes you look unsympathetic, even if you believe you are.... | 1,484,865,897 | TT454 | dcndmyj | dcnd7jx | 19 | 1 |
CMV: Donald Trump has a Reddit account and frequently posts positive things about himself.
Now, a lot of people will initially find this idea ridicolous. But, there are some things we need to consider: a while back, Donald Trump did an AMA, which proves that he knows that Reddit exists at least.
Now, the reason that ... | From watching Trump over this election cycle I wouldn't put it past him to engage in this type of covert self-endorsement.
However, you are making a truth claim. In order to believe "Donald Trump has a Reddit account and frequently posts positive things about himself" - there must be evidence.
Any truth claim must co... | > The biggest hole that I could see in this theory is I doubt Trump would be able to resist the temptation to out himself.
Everything about him suggests that this is the only reasonable way to look at him. He has an ego the size of a large nation (like Russia, for example), so there is no way that he would be able to ... | 5p0yos | CMV: Donald Trump has a Reddit account and frequently posts positive things about himself. | Now, a lot of people will initially find this idea ridicolous. But, there are some things we need to consider: a while back, Donald Trump did an AMA, which proves that he knows that Reddit exists at least.
Now, the reason that I think that he has a reddit account and posts positive things about himself is his behavior... | 1,484,876,154 | Fishb20 | dcnl8dt | dcnkrl4 | 10 | 2 |
CMV: I have no sympathy left for Americans who refuse to adapt to new socioeconomic realities but voted Trump in.
Let me start off with a little background about me, which helps give you some context as to how I formed my opinions on this topic:
My parents are undocumented immigrants; they immigrated from Mexico due ... | One difference I'd like to point out between you and Rust Belt people is that you were groomed from birth to seek education. I'm not saying you had it easy, but at least you had what sounds like a support network. I'm not sure what other privileges or luck you had but I'd urge you to think on what other factors led you... | You can have sympathy for bad people. [I feel sympathy for Hitler because he had to poison his dog.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondi#Death_of_Blondi_and_other_dogs) The reality of the world is that people like you are taking over, and people like them are in decline. Losing something valuable is something everyone... | 5p271q | CMV: I have no sympathy left for Americans who refuse to adapt to new socioeconomic realities but voted Trump in. | Let me start off with a little background about me, which helps give you some context as to how I formed my opinions on this topic:
My parents are undocumented immigrants; they immigrated from Mexico due to poorer economic opportunities following the Mexico peso crisis of 1994. They were poor to begin with already, bu... | 1,484,891,297 | IrateWanderer | dcnx3su | dcnwgdm | 43 | 13 |
CMV: Immigrants take jobs which would otherwise go to low-skilled Americans
I've been shown a lot of statistics that supposedly disprove this, but what I haven't heard is a convincing argument for HOW it can be that way.
Consider the situation. There is a large influx of low-skilled people into the country, but since... |
> Consider the situation. There is a large influx of low-skilled people into the country, but since the majority of them are not entrepreneurs, the number of jobs does not significantly increase.
This implies that the creation of jobs is dictated by an influx of job creators (entrepreneurs), but this isn't true. Job... | Your primary issue doesn't seem to be denying that it *is* happening but rather not understanding *why*, is that correct?
If you haven't already, consider that the Americans in this scenario (a) simply don't want to work those jobs because the income is not worth it to them, and that they are able to make this choice... | 5p2q6l | CMV: Immigrants take jobs which would otherwise go to low-skilled Americans | I've been shown a lot of statistics that supposedly disprove this, but what I haven't heard is a convincing argument for HOW it can be that way.
Consider the situation. There is a large influx of low-skilled people into the country, but since the majority of them are not entrepreneurs, the number of jobs does not sign... | 1,484,899,661 | Ian3223 | dco57o2 | dco4lgg | 8 | 6 |
CMV: "Homework", Daft Punk's debut album, which hit its 20th anniversary earlier this week, is not good.
I don't think it's bad, either. It has plenty of good songs on it, [Around The World](https://youtu.be/dwDns8x3Jb4?t=3m11s) and [High Fidelity](https://youtu.be/JXWkKO4eplY?t=31s) being two of my favorites. (I link... | It's always very difficult to assess the early work of artists that actually create/popularize new genres like Daft Punk.
This is because it sounds dated and cliched to our modern ear... which has been informed by decades of sounds literally *created* by Daft Punk and copied and extended by their own later works and ... | Taken from my post in the Daft Punk subreddit:
The album is a classic, but that doesn't mean it's flawless. It's the most essential album when it comes to talking about the progression of the French house scene. Daft Punk paved the way for so many incredible artists because of how progressive they were in the 90s. A s... | 5p49m0 | CMV: "Homework", Daft Punk's debut album, which hit its 20th anniversary earlier this week, is not good. | I don't think it's bad, either. It has plenty of good songs on it, [Around The World](https://youtu.be/dwDns8x3Jb4?t=3m11s) and [High Fidelity](https://youtu.be/JXWkKO4eplY?t=31s) being two of my favorites. (I linked to my favorite parts, Around The World for its harmonization and High Fidelity for the most creative sa... | 1,484,923,672 | thecnoNSMB | dcoeup6 | dcoemfk | 8 | 6 |
CMV: Moving around small green pieces of paper is the best way to increase happiness
As Douglas Adams said in Hitchhiker's Guide:
>Most of the people living on [Earth] were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements ... | Studies have shown that money can improve happiness, up to about $75K, which means that a lack of money can decrease happiness, but "moving small green pieces of paper" doesn't increase happiness. Sure, if you are too poor to go to a movie or out for dinner, it is *really* hard to get a date, but even homeless people h... | If money was making you happy, spending it would make you sad as you would lose the source of your happiness and as such it would be better to remain sick than to spend money improving your health.
Money is just a tool you use to acquire the things that make you happy. | 5p4ail | CMV: Moving around small green pieces of paper is the best way to increase happiness | As Douglas Adams said in Hitchhiker's Guide:
>Most of the people living on [Earth] were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small, green pieces of paper, which is odd, because on the whole, it wasn't the sma... | 1,484,923,961 | garnteller | dcoako4 | dcoa2d7 | 9 | 2 |
CMV: In Hockey, The Opposing Team Should be Able to Defer Enforcement of Penalties in the Last Two Minutes of the Period
This is an idea I had while watching a hockey game recently. If a team receives a minor penalty in the final two minutes of a period, then I think the opposing team should be given the option to d... | I think the biggest concern is how to address multiple penalties in the final 2 minutes - whether one (or more) by both teams, or 2 (or more) by one team. A few scenarios you might consider are below:
* Team A commits a penalty at 18:10 in the period. Team B chooses to enforce the penalty immediately. Team B proceeds ... | >And that's their call to make. You choose what you think most benefits your team.
So what happens if they chose to delay into OT and they end up losing? No penalty on the scoresheet?
>I'm not sure I agree with this point. Plenty of sports have a ton of decision making by coaches. For example, bullpen management in ... | 5p4oob | CMV: In Hockey, The Opposing Team Should be Able to Defer Enforcement of Penalties in the Last Two Minutes of the Period | This is an idea I had while watching a hockey game recently. If a team receives a minor penalty in the final two minutes of a period, then I think the opposing team should be given the option to delay enforcement until the start of the next period.
In theory, it would work like this: 1) A player on team A receives ... | 1,484,928,045 | cacheflow | dcoxikn | dcom6m1 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Mad Max Fury Road Takes Place In a Mythic Realm
Ostensibly, MMFR is post-apocalypse Australia, but I consider this to be an almost irrelevant assertion that has little to no bearing on what the film depicts. The story is essentially in the vein of Hero myths (only in a future/sci-fi milieu rather than a past/fant... | I think I can break this down point by point.
1a) The only "profligate waste" we see of gasoline is due to a very specific inciting event. We don't know how active vehicles are on a regular basis, but I would assume that they aren't being regularly used the way they were when chasing down Furiosa. Even if they are, th... | 1) These items are scarce and that is why the rulers have monopolies over them. Immortal Joe has enough water for ten lifetimes so when he wastes water he couldn't care less. In fact, he pours it from his source freely to prove to the people that he has enough to give them and waste along the way thus reinforcing his p... | 5p4vls | CMV: Mad Max Fury Road Takes Place In a Mythic Realm | Ostensibly, MMFR is post-apocalypse Australia, but I consider this to be an almost irrelevant assertion that has little to no bearing on what the film depicts. The story is essentially in the vein of Hero myths (only in a future/sci-fi milieu rather than a past/fantasy milieu) and is best understood in that context.
I... | 1,484,929,951 | grimwalker | dcots62 | dcomd1q | 3 | 1 |
CMV:The only real way to deal with bullies is through physical violence.
Throughout my life, I have observed a lot of bullying. I’ve seen it in schools, in the streets, and in parks. I’ve even been bullied myself. I thought ignoring the bully would work but it doesn’t. Being passive makes the bully target you more. I ... | Being hit in crotch is one of the worst pains you can feel. How could you forgive someone that "created a culture of kicking you in the balls"? | He reads my reddit so I'd rather not disclose that. I will say it was not monetary. | 5p653j | CMV:The only real way to deal with bullies is through physical violence. | Throughout my life, I have observed a lot of bullying. I’ve seen it in schools, in the streets, and in parks. I’ve even been bullied myself. I thought ignoring the bully would work but it doesn’t. Being passive makes the bully target you more. I feel that bullies in this world need to be disciplined by physical violenc... | 1,484,941,568 | ThePr1meEvil | dcovqhg | dcosx28 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: I shouldn't learn more advanced vocabulary if barely anyone would understand me.
I've always been told that I should read and learn big words to become smarter but how is this going to ever help me in life? Why should I use fancy words that barely anyone understands if I'd get my message across faster by using no... | You learn bigger words and more complex language so you have the tools to speak to anyone in any context, not just to the masses. Language is used to convey ideas and the more specific words you have at your disposal, the more accurately you can convey your message to others, the better. Being able to deliver your mess... | >I've always been told that I should read and learn big words to become smarter but how is this going to ever help me in life?
You shouldn't. What you perceive as "advanced smarty words". Are words that are commonly used in specialized fields, commonly viewed to be held by smart people.
>Why should I use fancy words ... | 5p6u8k | CMV: I shouldn't learn more advanced vocabulary if barely anyone would understand me. | I've always been told that I should read and learn big words to become smarter but how is this going to ever help me in life? Why should I use fancy words that barely anyone understands if I'd get my message across faster by using normal, day-to-day language? Not only this but it just seems very elitist to me too. I've... | 1,484,948,768 | Clrkami | dcoyker | dcoy7yg | 14 | 3 |
CMV: All politicians should be fined a percentage of their campaign funds for lying during public speeches and campaign ads when running for office
5% of the politician's public campaign finances should be charged for every lie a politician tells, administered by a bi-partisan committee in the Federal Election Commiss... | 1) Whoever determines official truth and differentiates between mistakes and lies will be heavily politicized and open to corruption.
2) This creates a perverse incentive to hide campaign funds (reducing the cost of lying) which would ultimately increase corruption.
3) The adjudication process that occurs in both fal... | This is a very troubling idea.
Firstly, this goes against pretty much all free speech rights in the U.S. You're essentially saying that people need to be held financially liable for their words.
Second (and depending on how you look at it is perhaps the larger problem), how do you define a lie? Is a mild obscuring of... | 5p7lgl | CMV: All politicians should be fined a percentage of their campaign funds for lying during public speeches and campaign ads when running for office | 5% of the politician's public campaign finances should be charged for every lie a politician tells, administered by a bi-partisan committee in the Federal Election Commission. The politician will have 30 days to pay the IRS or be disqualified from the race.
Think of it this way. Companies can be sued for false adverti... | 1,484,957,122 | RainingBeer | dcp4w47 | dcp4uho | 11 | 3 |
CMV: It's perfectly acceptable to talk at full volume in a movie theatre when the lights are down but ads (not trailers) are playing
At most movie theatres (at least in Canada and the US) there are kind of 3 stages to the pre-show. First the lights are on and ads or promotional videos play, second the lights go down a... | This is ridiculous. There is absolutely nothing excusing disrespecting fellow patrons. A movie theatre is a social collaboration that allows many people to watch a movie in great conditions at an affordable price. As such, if one of those people wants to watch the ads and you keep yammering on and disturbing them, it's... | If everybody talked at normal volume the theater would be so loud you'd all miss the trailers. Trailers wouldn't be enjoyable if their not as immersive, so people would keep talking through them, and then you'd need some kind of a signal to let people know that the movie's about to start.
So the issue is, we need a c... | 5p8hrv | CMV: It's perfectly acceptable to talk at full volume in a movie theatre when the lights are down but ads (not trailers) are playing | At most movie theatres (at least in Canada and the US) there are kind of 3 stages to the pre-show. First the lights are on and ads or promotional videos play, second the lights go down and more ads (usually for cars) play, then trailers play, then the movie finally begins. It's generally acceptable to talk at full volu... | 1,484,968,547 | galacticsuperkelp | dcppkni | dcpiqsy | 32 | 1 |
CMV: Capitalism is a psuedo-Feudalism
I think I'm wrong because I don't really understand economy and capitalism and feudalism. But I learned that the best way to get the right information on the internet, is to post the wrong one, and it is my current view anyway, out of ignorance, so here I go. For every single stat... | >The basic difference between capitalism and feudalism is individual rights
I understand that very much, however, my main point is that there are still 2 caste of people, the capital owner, and the worker. Show me that, there are no 2 caste in capitalism.
>And btw, shareholders are not always "winners".
Yes, being ... | Your definition of feudalism isn't really accurate. Feudalism isn't so much about ownership as it is about the hierarchy. There is a king, served by dukes, who in turn are severed by earls, barrons, knights, commoners, etc. The actual number of ranks and what they are called varies, but that each owes loyalty and obedi... | 5p9a5d | CMV: Capitalism is a psuedo-Feudalism | I think I'm wrong because I don't really understand economy and capitalism and feudalism. But I learned that the best way to get the right information on the internet, is to post the wrong one, and it is my current view anyway, out of ignorance, so here I go. For every single statement that I'm about to write, please a... | 1,484,979,870 | BeatriceBernardo | dcpicvy | dcpfm0o | 81 | 24 |
CMV: Competitiveness has no inherently positive modern function.
Here are the modern settings I can think of in which competition is utilized:
* Sports/Games
* War
* Politics
* Capitalism
In sports and games, many men are taught that competitiveness is a healthy male trait. Everyone can have some fun playing competi... | And competitiveness in education and research?
Putting students/postgrads in a situation where they have to compete for grants has in turn created some of the greatest advancements ever.
I think you're ignoring the gains from competition and only focusing on the actual act of competition? Competitiveness, in most cas... | Monopolies, by definition, have no competition. Comcast has a de-facto monopoly in many parts of the country, and since they're the only provider they don't have any incentive to improve their quality. Without competition, pretty much everything would be like Comcast. | 5pba2d | CMV: Competitiveness has no inherently positive modern function. | Here are the modern settings I can think of in which competition is utilized:
* Sports/Games
* War
* Politics
* Capitalism
In sports and games, many men are taught that competitiveness is a healthy male trait. Everyone can have some fun playing competitive games (though I personally think that co-op board and video g... | 1,485,014,818 | Meriwether_R | dcptnc9 | dcptl6d | 5 | 1 |
CMV: Transgendered people still should be considered as having a psychological disorder.
**[Edit: I need to make a revision here (made Jan 21 @ 10:35pmEST). I'd like to change the term "psychological disorder" into the term I truly meant now that I've been taught the true definition of a disorder in physhological term... | Correct means true. A male having two X chromosomes is not true. It is impossible. | In many cases, it is. And a gender reassignment surgery and living life as the opposite sex is a medically accepted treatment for such a disorder. | 5pbu8n | CMV: Transgendered people still should be considered as having a psychological disorder. | **[Edit: I need to make a revision here (made Jan 21 @ 10:35pmEST). I'd like to change the term "psychological disorder" into the term I truly meant now that I've been taught the true definition of a disorder in physhological terms: mental illness. Mental illness is defined as:** *"...a wide range of mental health cond... | 1,485,021,337 | hippz | dcq8iuf | dcq5oc0 | 3 | 0 |
CMV: If you can't lose weight, you just don't want to badly enough
I understand that food addiction exists. I understand that not everyone knows how to or can afford to prepare healthy meals, and that high-calorie food is cheaper and often far more convenient than low-calorie food. I'm a 5'2" woman, and my cooking abi... | > And yet, if it really were as easy as "force yourself to eat less come hell or high water", wouldn't most people have done it already?
Because that "easy" task is much more difficult for some people than you seem to believe. For example, the kind of food one can eat (ramen noodles, bulk cereal, dollar cheeseburgers)... | I am a healthy weight because I run and have learned to adapt to my sugar addiction. You say you acknowledge food addiction, so let me try to frame it for you that way.
The compulsion to eat is primal, hormones in your body drive you to eat. An overweight person can't just go 'cold turkey' and quit eating like other... | 5pczop | CMV: If you can't lose weight, you just don't want to badly enough | I understand that food addiction exists. I understand that not everyone knows how to or can afford to prepare healthy meals, and that high-calorie food is cheaper and often far more convenient than low-calorie food. I'm a 5'2" woman, and my cooking abilities end with the microwave. Unless I go out to eat or my parents ... | 1,485,033,765 | AdloraOfSolitude | dcrf51q | dcqqyko | 10 | 2 |
CMV: Psychiatry is near worthless.
Hello all,
Please tell me what I do wrong if I do it. Fairly new to reddit.
I'll try to keep it short so there might be a lack of nuance. Ok, here we go.
Psychiatry seems vague and super subjective. Lets split it in two, diagnosis and experimenting.
Diagnosis: 1. If I take DSM and... | 1. you are educated sufficiently to diagnose via DSM. If you were to similarly go through medical textbooks when you have a headache you'd also likely find you match literally hundreds of conditions. Unless you're a psychiatrists or a doctors these aren't the books for you.
2. Psychiatry _does_ however work on _very... | How, precisely, would "brain scans" be helpful? What kinds of scans? In general, how would you prefer diagnosis be handled? | 5pd515 | CMV: Psychiatry is near worthless. | Hello all,
Please tell me what I do wrong if I do it. Fairly new to reddit.
I'll try to keep it short so there might be a lack of nuance. Ok, here we go.
Psychiatry seems vague and super subjective. Lets split it in two, diagnosis and experimenting.
Diagnosis: 1. If I take DSM and go through the checklists I would s... | 1,485,035,381 | Rhubarbariana | dcq8til | dcq8o69 | 12 | 3 |
CMV: I believe that Trump is Fascist.
In the following CMV, I have defined what I believe Fascism to be, used the Umberto Eco 14 points of Fascism, and cited a source that has compiled many of the Fascistic things that Trump has done. At the end, I have listed my requirements for what would change my view, namely, cou... | Fascism is one of the most poorly defined political ideas in the Western lexicon. You can tell this because whenever we ask if someone or something is fascist (apart from Mussolini), the arguments for and against all hinge on what exactly fascism is. Almost nobody calls themselves a fascist as they might if they were... | One of my theories is that Trump is just not a politician. Maybe he wanted to become president just for the sake of being president, maybe he wanted to get back at Obama for making jokes about him, maybe he just wants to increase his personal wealth and power. I don't think his ideology goes far beyond that. | 5pd8f0 | CMV: I believe that Trump is Fascist. | In the following CMV, I have defined what I believe Fascism to be, used the Umberto Eco 14 points of Fascism, and cited a source that has compiled many of the Fascistic things that Trump has done. At the end, I have listed my requirements for what would change my view, namely, counter-examples where Trump does not act ... | 1,485,036,385 | NicolasName | dcqbb2g | dcqa1ew | 56 | 21 |
CMV The Women's March and modern day protests are not productive.
I stayed home with my two daughters to support my wife to attend a local march today and I am really struggling to understand the purpose of protesting.
The Women's March about page explicitly mentioned women, black, brown, and Muslims. It specifically... | I don't think it's fair to classify this protest as a radical minority. The March on Washington during the Civil Rights Movement was estimated around 250,000 people. The Women's March estimates I'm hearing for DC right now are consistently around 500,000 (not including protests in other cities).
Protests aren't meant... | All of those people (with the exception of Supreme Court justices) are elected officials. They work for the people, and protests are a way for the people to let their representatives know what course of action they support or don't support. If enough people protest, these officials start to care because they depend on ... | 5pe6bq | CMV The Women's March and modern day protests are not productive. | I stayed home with my two daughters to support my wife to attend a local march today and I am really struggling to understand the purpose of protesting.
The Women's March about page explicitly mentioned women, black, brown, and Muslims. It specifically left out whites, males, and Christians. I could not pull at any cl... | 1,485,046,932 | vetlegacyldr | dcqiryt | dcqi95w | 47 | 7 |
CMV:I think I should register as Green Party in 2020
I am a socialist libertarian which means I believe in economic socialism and social libertarian-ism I campaigned for Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein. At the moment I am at a dilemma to me at the moment there are five options, 3 of which seem valid 1 of which seems rea... | For context, I'm a social democrat, and I have been independent since I registered to vote. While I'm open to supporting third-party candidates in local races, I intend to support Democratic candidates at the national level, and I may even register as a Democrat to work within the party for reform.
The Green Party pla... | Ancap here ( http://imgur.com/a/Ir3qB ), but here's my feelings on here:
> taking the bernie sanders route and going independent
The problem with "independents" is that its very hard to quantify properly. That is, if you register as an independent, there's no way for political parties/the media to determine what qua... | 5pek8c | CMV:I think I should register as Green Party in 2020 | I am a socialist libertarian which means I believe in economic socialism and social libertarian-ism I campaigned for Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein. At the moment I am at a dilemma to me at the moment there are five options, 3 of which seem valid 1 of which seems reasonable the other one I would never do.
The three t... | 1,485,051,500 | J3Tisgod | dcqmnrb | dcqlvt9 | 3 | 0 |
CMV: The fact that people are making a big deal about the "peaceful transition of power" is extremely alarming, and I think that the peaceful transition of power is something the US and other developed countries SHOULD take for granted.
Hello CMV, I hope you are all doing well.
I have noticed that "peaceful transitio... | I think you are ignoring the context of the statement. The "peaceful transition of power" is indicative of our politicians acquiescing their positions with grace and dignity (ideally). Since the US has a two-party system, that sometimes means you have to hand the keys to the kingdom over to someone diametrically oppose... | The "peaceful transition of power" is a buzzword that gets thrown about in all US elections to compare the American Republic with other systems.
For example, Obama stepped down voluntarily, this is in contrast with The Gambia where their president who was defeated in an election is refusing to give up power ( http://... | 5pelrh | CMV: The fact that people are making a big deal about the "peaceful transition of power" is extremely alarming, and I think that the peaceful transition of power is something the US and other developed countries SHOULD take for granted. | Hello CMV, I hope you are all doing well.
I have noticed that "peaceful transition of power" has become a buzzphrase recently, and this is something I have never noticed before during a POTUS transition period.
All my life I have taken for granted that the transition of power in the US is peaceful - It has been since... | 1,485,052,003 | PM_ME_YOUR_PM_PHOTOS | dcqlbrz | dcql2io | 28 | 5 |
CMV: I should invest my student loans
This opinion is a bit different than other CMVs because it applies to my personal situation, but nevertheless it's a view I believe in but people in r/personalfinance and r/investing disagree with. They disagreed, but hardly gave any arguments. I'm now trying to get more arguments... | When I got student loans, I invested the surplus.
From a personal perspective - it's great. I had the taxpayer pay my interest on the loans for me, while I made a profit off the investments. And if the market would have crashed, or I couldn't get a job, I could get the taxpayer to pay my interest for years.
That sa... | I do not know about your country but in the US student loans are not given to the student, they are paid directly to the school you are attending and you only get the surplus (if there is any) at the end of the semester. So what you are suggesting is not possible here.
If it is possible in your country then go for it... | 5pggv0 | CMV: I should invest my student loans | This opinion is a bit different than other CMVs because it applies to my personal situation, but nevertheless it's a view I believe in but people in r/personalfinance and r/investing disagree with. They disagreed, but hardly gave any arguments. I'm now trying to get more arguments because I understand my view may be fl... | 1,485,084,049 | ShrekisSexy | dcr49vf | dcr0lv8 | 15 | 3 |
CMV: Trump's inauguration is worse than or at least as bad as 9/11 (Hear Me Out)
So my friends and I have been arguing over this. I think the above and they all vehemently disagree with me. I kinda see that I'm wrong but I need it explained to me by someone with more info than I in order to change my view.
I'd like t... | Your argument is flawed in that you are placing things that actually happened with hypotheticals. Despite you feeling very strongly about these hypotheticals coming true, they haven't happened. And the best argument is I don't think income inequality will continue to rise throughout Trump's presidency, I don't think l... | > But I am not talking about things that I without reason believe will happen.
Everyone has a reason to think the way they do. Any statement can have a "reason" to think its the truth. And you can have a "reason" to think the opposite of the statement.
Its so subjective what you think Trump will do in the next 4 ye... | 5pgpf8 | CMV: Trump's inauguration is worse than or at least as bad as 9/11 (Hear Me Out) | So my friends and I have been arguing over this. I think the above and they all vehemently disagree with me. I kinda see that I'm wrong but I need it explained to me by someone with more info than I in order to change my view.
I'd like to start by saying I don't mean the actual act of Donald Trump holding an inaugurat... | 1,485,088,737 | killianm97 | dcr79ek | dcr40wc | 4 | 3 |
CMV: I'm just not getting the controversy around the possibility of defunding Planned Parenthood
I don't disagree with anything PP does, or think they aren't providing an essential service.
What I don't get is the logic that any company that provides an essential service should be funded by the government. Aren't the... | The reason you don't get the controversy is because the media has never stopped dancing around the real reason its being defunded. The Hyde Amendment prevents taxpayer funds from being used to fund abortions unless the mothers life is at risk or in cases of rape or incest. Some of the hardliners in Congress do care abo... | I think to split hairs PP provides wellness services i.e; making sure you're not harboring cancer causing STD is a little different from a skin tag. I agree with the notion that cosmetic fixes may help one feel better about their appearance and therefore help self esteem but even if you have insurance in this country c... | 5ph9mz | CMV: I'm just not getting the controversy around the possibility of defunding Planned Parenthood | I don't disagree with anything PP does, or think they aren't providing an essential service.
What I don't get is the logic that any company that provides an essential service should be funded by the government. Aren't there literally thousands of companies providing essential services that don't get funded by the gove... | 1,485,096,450 | ZeusThunder369 | dcr6m9i | dcr6iwq | 826 | 9 |
CMV: To suggest that the Monty Hall problem has a solution better than 50% is the Gambler's Fallacy.
To share my mindset with you, as I believe it will be imensly important; I know I'm wrong, but I don't know why.
Gambler's Fallacy: The assertion that previous results will have an impact on independent future result... | This took me so long to get too. The key thing is that the second choice is *not* independent of the first. Monty knows where the car is. I feel like this explanation works best visually, so I'm going to attempt to lay it out that way. We'll see how well that goes with Reddit formatting. (Edit: not well. scratch that i... | So let's start with this point first
> The second choice has 2 options, necessarily meaning that the odds are 50/50
That's only true if we're working with two random choices, but in this case we're not. I'm sure you can think of plenty of scenarios where there are two possibilities but they're not equally likely. Th... | 5phvhg | CMV: To suggest that the Monty Hall problem has a solution better than 50% is the Gambler's Fallacy. | To share my mindset with you, as I believe it will be imensly important; I know I'm wrong, but I don't know why.
Gambler's Fallacy: The assertion that previous results will have an impact on independent future results
i.e that if you flip heads on a coin n times in a row, then next flip your make will have better odd... | 1,485,102,796 | ckuwiy2 | dcraeu0 | dcra5fz | 30 | 4 |
CMV: CMV: Why do people defend ILLEGAL immigration…
…especially when there are avenues to immigrate legally. I have recently read about people defending being undocumented and attending state funded colleges, etc. Doesn’t an unregulated immigrant stream erode our social welfare programs by flooding the system with peo... | The idea that you can come into the country illegally and have free services for everything is largely a myth. People coming here don't get the on board the gravy train. It's harder for them to get services than it is for someone with an SSN and a birth certificate. They most often come to this country tryin... | There are several factors. There are many people who came here as small children and have considered themselves American all of their lives often not even knowing the language of their homeland. There are people who overstayed their visa (which is not even a crime) decades ago. There is also the case of deporting paren... | 5pjz67 | CMV: CMV: Why do people defend ILLEGAL immigration… | …especially when there are avenues to immigrate legally. I have recently read about people defending being undocumented and attending state funded colleges, etc. Doesn’t an unregulated immigrant stream erode our social welfare programs by flooding the system with people who are not accountable for paying into our tax s... | 1,485,121,997 | JasperPennybottom | dcrqix5 | dcrq63c | 48 | 1 |
CMV: If taxation is theft, being rich is murder.
If an ambulance drove past a man dying on the street, it would be murder. If you have the ability and resources to save someones life, and don't, then you are responsible.
Likewise, we know that poverty kills. [The super rich could end poverty four times over.](http:/... | > If an ambulance drove past a man dying on the street, it would be murder. If you have the ability and resources to save someones life, and don't, then you are responsible.
murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. (I will ignore the fact that a libertarian would claim murder is murder ... | Why not just argue that being rich is murder, given that it's in no way contingent on whether taxation is theft?
The libertarian principle at play here is that only negative rights exist, which means that the only rights are rights against things being done to you rather than things anyone must do for you. That is lib... | 5pkhm4 | CMV: If taxation is theft, being rich is murder. | If an ambulance drove past a man dying on the street, it would be murder. If you have the ability and resources to save someones life, and don't, then you are responsible.
Likewise, we know that poverty kills. [The super rich could end poverty four times over.](http://www.poverty.ac.uk/report-developing-countries-wea... | 1,485,126,797 | meur123 | dcry4em | dcruii7 | 19 | 4 |
CMV: Supposing that the "ticking time bomb" scenario is real, torturing terrorists is ethical
I will start off by saying that I don't actually believe the ticking time bomb scenario accurately describes the real situation.
However, I think that torture, used to gain vital information and save innocent lives, could be... | You specifically set the stage of this torture as one where we both know the subject is guilty and we also have above current realistic certainty that we would get reliable intelligence from them. These set the bars for torture pretty low and yet I feel they are still not low enough.
The first thing we need to consi... | Why would torture would work against someone willing to die for their cause?
He *already* thinks he's going to die- and how would he rather die? Knowing his plan worked, or not?
He's never going to tell you the truth, not even to stop the torture, because he can win AND stop the torture.
The ticking time bomb is ac... | 5pmg3h | CMV: Supposing that the "ticking time bomb" scenario is real, torturing terrorists is ethical | I will start off by saying that I don't actually believe the ticking time bomb scenario accurately describes the real situation.
However, I think that torture, used to gain vital information and save innocent lives, could be ethical, provided that there was no reasonable doubt of the person's guilt, and that torture i... | 1,485,147,744 | Ian3223 | dcsbks9 | dcsavt0 | 11 | 3 |
CMV: Regardless of left or right, EVERYONE should be worried about 3 of Trump's policies.
Really want honest opinions. I try to keep an open mind about political stuff, and I know how easy it is to get sucked into media hysteria. But I feel that policy statements from the Trump administration are as close as we can ... | I was actually quite surprised by the policies you chose to bring up, there are some that I would consider much worse.
Many of the issues you have with these policies seems more based on possible interpretations of what these policies could mean than on the actual content of the policies themselves. Every policy docum... | > wouldn't a healthy balance of putting existing infrastructure to use while easing those jobs into renewables be the best long term solution?
That's nice and good in theory, but the 45 year old coal miner would prefer his job back to support his family right now rather than try to retrain for a new industry that's "a... | 5pmkc7 | CMV: Regardless of left or right, EVERYONE should be worried about 3 of Trump's policies. | Really want honest opinions. I try to keep an open mind about political stuff, and I know how easy it is to get sucked into media hysteria. But I feel that policy statements from the Trump administration are as close as we can get to evidence of what's actually to come, and I can't understand how people on both sides... | 1,485,149,051 | OhNoDinos | dcsi1h5 | dcshc0q | 21 | 9 |
CMV: People who can't afford to have kids shouldn't be allowed to have them.
I had a long discussion about that topic with my sister and my dad the other day and I would be interested to hear what other people might have to say, since their arguments couldn't convince me.
Having a child is a huge responsibility and c... | It's already done.
If a family can't take care of a child, CPS can have the child removed from that home. Whether it's because they're economically unable, are abusive to the child, or other reasons.
If a family can take care of a child, despite being poor, then what's the problem?
To me it seems the best solution p... | 1) It's simply impossible to stop people from having children. Having children is a desire for most people as is the desire to have sex. You can't prevent poor people from having sex.
2) This would only work if you are advocating mass sterilization of the poor, which is simply inhumane. People aren't pets to be spayed... | 5pngt4 | CMV: People who can't afford to have kids shouldn't be allowed to have them. | I had a long discussion about that topic with my sister and my dad the other day and I would be interested to hear what other people might have to say, since their arguments couldn't convince me.
Having a child is a huge responsibility and costs a lot of money. Some people just don't have the necessary resources to ta... | 1,485,161,023 | Xisthur | dcsh411 | dcsg8mj | 152 | 47 |
CMV: There should be no freedom of religion.
Throughout history, there has too often been a conflict between religious and secular interests.
A common result is that worldly rulers take over some religious functions (like almost all monarchs in history) or that religions propagate government and are a --as a wise man... | Freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion, and that the government can't take sides in religious matters. I think that's a pretty great thing.
It also seems like this is pretty WEIRD-focused. For example, Japan has freedom of religion, but it doesn't have the split up into religious factions and the dis... | I can make the exact same argument about pretty much any general enough subject. Technology, culture, ideals, politics, anything. They all have been used as excuses for terrible behavior. You know the saying, "hate the player, don't hate the game"
It's funny you mention the "Enlightenment". You must realize the Enlig... | 5poub4 | CMV: There should be no freedom of religion. | Throughout history, there has too often been a conflict between religious and secular interests.
A common result is that worldly rulers take over some religious functions (like almost all monarchs in history) or that religions propagate government and are a --as a wise man said-- false to the wise, true to the stupid ... | 1,485,179,829 | Ontrus | dcsqxtb | dcsnzzo | 8 | 2 |
CMV:I don't think cultural appropriation is a real issue
So, I actually get a good amount of hate for this, especially since I'm a liberal teen who regularly browses sites with political/economic views similar to mine, but this is one issue that I just don't understand. Why is 'cultural appropriation' such a horrible ... | Edit: Before anyone else responds to this, I'd like to clarify. I don't personally hold the view that non-black people, or even just white people, should never wear dreadlocks or any other black hairstyle, or adopt something from any other culture. As a black person who shares an experience of growing up black in the U... | Cultural appropriation is an issue because you're taking an element of a culture while disrespecting the people who created that culture. It's also important to recognize that majority groups often get positive reactions to using those elements. So, a white lady dreads her hair and is told how cool and edgy she looks. ... | 5ppmx6 | CMV:I don't think cultural appropriation is a real issue | So, I actually get a good amount of hate for this, especially since I'm a liberal teen who regularly browses sites with political/economic views similar to mine, but this is one issue that I just don't understand. Why is 'cultural appropriation' such a horrible thing to do? If a guy wants to wear a feathered headdress ... | 1,485,187,631 | BlackWingedWolfie | dct1x59 | dcszzpm | 603 | 53 |
CMV: Climate change and the extinction of species is not as bad as people make it to be. Genetical engineering will make up for it.
I have heard many people freaking out about the environment, saying that the future generations will hate us, but how are you so certain? The future generations will have a technology we ... | Rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, or other changes to the local environment would lead to extinctions through loss of habitat. The deterioration of The Great Barrier Reef is an example of this. Eventually the entire ecosystem would collapse, killing off a significant amount of the local life.
Some people... | It's true that, in general, future generations will be more technologically advanced. However, that alone doesn't tell us whether future generations will have exactly the right technology at the right time to deal with problems we can help minimize now.
If we look at cultural attitudes about the future, there's a cons... | 5ppnew | CMV: Climate change and the extinction of species is not as bad as people make it to be. Genetical engineering will make up for it. | I have heard many people freaking out about the environment, saying that the future generations will hate us, but how are you so certain? The future generations will have a technology we cannot even dream of, they will be able to genetic engineer new species and new things at an unprecedented rate. We are the ones who ... | 1,485,187,756 | Garlicplanet | dcswg94 | dcsuawt | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Imperialism is more beneficial for man kind in the long run
The basis of this arguments comes from the fact that most imperialist nations are more developed technologically as well as economically than any colonial territories. Knowing this fact, these superior nations would essentially be able to provide better ... | I think you have a skewed view of how Imperialism has actually impacted the countries who were on the receiving end. For instance, you state that:
>One of my favorite examples of imperialism better mankind is the British Empire's occupation of India. India was originally a very divided feudal kingdom. After the Briti... | > Knowing this fact, these superior nations would essentially be able to provide better for their colonists and conquered peoples than they could themselves
While true in some cases, this is hardly true in others. Look at places like Canada and the United States where native groups had their populations and ways of li... | 5pq413 | CMV: Imperialism is more beneficial for man kind in the long run | The basis of this arguments comes from the fact that most imperialist nations are more developed technologically as well as economically than any colonial territories. Knowing this fact, these superior nations would essentially be able to provide better for their colonists and conquered peoples than they could themselv... | 1,485,191,776 | TheBlitzMaster | dct28zo | dct0hv2 | 13 | 6 |
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