For starters, automation still provides jobs to install, fix and maintain software and robotic systems, it’s not like they’re completely removing available jobs. It’s pretty basic cyclical economics, having a combination of a greater supply of products from enhanced robotics and having higher…

My rationale is simple: innocent until proven guilty. My proposal may sound like a blatant contradiction of this principle but I hope to illustrate why I don't believe it is. In a criminal trial, the burden of proof lies on the prosecution to demonstrate beyond all reasonable doubt that the…

These motorsports aren't very technical. Drag racing and land speed racing is go in a straight line as fast as you can. It's when motorsports start to have corners in them that the required skill to compete becomes higher. At least in drifting, autocross, rally and endurance racing, there's a big…

Some hedge funds massively overplayed their hand and exposed themselves to tens of billions of dollars of risk. Sure, the company might not be worth $1000 per share, but the market (with the help of some internet idiots) has decided that these shares are worth owning based on the chance to make big…

I believe that at best, religion has had a neutral impact on human history, but more likely, it has had a negative impact. Quick note, I know ‘good’ and ‘bad’ can be subjective, but will use them here for the sake of readability and general clarity. Also, while I fully understand that removing…

I am not using the word sex worker in a pejorative sense. I mean it literally, any girl who chooses to be onlyfans or other web based platform for the purposes of satisfying someone’s sexual fantasy for monetary exchange is a sex worker. It’s not easy to make a living these days and I don’t hold…

As the saying goes, all forms of government are bad, democracy is just the best one we've got. Whenever I see people talking about warnings against government power, I see two novels come up: 1984, and Fahrenheit 451. I take issue with the latter, and as I read more and more of F. 451, I become…

Average Americans have a negligible impact on legislation passed regardless of the amount of popular support while gigantic corporations and those controlling them have interests that government action aligns stupid closely with, the ultra rich can do whatever they want without consequences, and if…

Top marginal rates were 94.6% under Republican Eisenhower and even then no one actually paid anything close to that. Reagan and the Republicans knocked down the top rate from around 70% to around 50% and Clinton/Bush/Trump knocked it even lower to around 37.5% to as low as 25% for the top…

It may work in the short term, but in the long run, reducing costs of attending college is the best solution. Why? Because the higher the costs of attending, the more students will have to borrow. In the coming years, college costs are expected to continue to rise to a point where the average amount…

Basically what the title says. If Republicans want to start impeaching Jimmy Carter or whatever, they need to stop their childish antics and actually govern using logic Since impeachment proceedings began in a timely manner following the impeachable offense AND apply during the time the president…

If you were to criticise any other country you wouldn’t be accused of being a bigot, however when it comes to Israel there is this really odd notion that any criticism or opposition to Israel as a whole let alone how they’ve handled the Gaza situation, is based in antisemitism. Unless you’re saying…

In nearly all cases, when someone says "educate yourself" they actually mean "read a bunch of extremely biased sources until you you've become indoctrinated into believing in my ideology." This is the case for a wide variety of group-thinks be it flat earthers, QAnon, anti-vax, BLM, critical…

The good people of r/wallstreetbets [/r/wallstreetbets] are, at the best of times, a group of people colluding to invest their money in ways that maximize profits to everyone in the group. In other words, they’re a hedge fund. Between them, they realized that they have control of enough assets to…

Copyrighted works rarely enter the public domain anymore. I understand that it's important to protect intellectual property but I see no reason why characters like Mickey Mouse and Snoopy and still copyrighted/trademarked. You can't sell a single thing related to them without committing copyright…

As we see rampant growth and persistence of bizarre conspiracy theories (anti-vax, flat earhers, QAnon etc) which have harmful effects on society, and the negative psychological effects of even normal use of social networks (eg, anxiety and depression for teenagers, addiction to likes etc) the time…

I’m a layman when it comes to the world of Wall Street, but my current disposition from the outside looking in includes several criticisms. I know there are plenty more knowledgeable people on the subject around so here are my points of contention: 1. Reliability of success - How is the stock…

Correct me if I'm wrong, debate me if you believe elsewise, or just give me your opinion if you'd like. I believe that a relationship should be similar to a marriage before marriage is considered. I dont believe there should be a bunch of changes planned for how you treat your partner once you are…

I think we’ve all noticed how polarized politics, especially in the US but around the world as well, have become in the last 10-20 years. This coincides with the meteoric rise of technology and social media. That is no accident and is a direct result of social media taking over the world of…

I am of the opinion that statues of bad people, or people, who by today's moral standards, did bad things should not be destroyed and that people who do so should be charged with vandalism. Too often do I see the reasoning that it is because the bad things happened to my ancestors I have the right…

My wife and I both grew up in Christian homes. Her family was much more conservative than mine, but we were still raised in the Christian belief of waiting till marriage. (We didn’t. Thank God). Our church also had some Sunday school classes for high schoolers on being ‘pure’. We now have a…

The purpose of the President, or the executive branch in general, is to execute the laws and bills passed by congress. What that says to me, is that he’s just here to make sure what’s been decided gets done. The power of the President to pardon people is absolutely appalling to me. We have a justice…

EDIT: I wanted to add an example of what I’m talking about, from a comment down below. Consider Steven Pinker; not on the political right at all, by any stretch of the imagination; a scientist, a humanitarian, has spent his career advocating for women and PoC to get into the sciences... but he…

This CMV post is inspired by this opinion piece [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/05/jj-mccullough-canada-history-conservatives-residential-schools-erin-otoole/] by pundit (and political science graduate [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjmccullough/?originalSubdomain=ca])…

To start, we are deeply social animals and group-belonging is an essential part of human psychology. Shaming is effectively "You don't belong to my group if you act or believe as you do." which might be effective if you the person being shamed had no where to go. However, particularly in this day…

I'm a serial monogamist and I really don't see the interest in polygamy. That being said I really don't understand why it's illegal to marry more than one person. From what I've read (maybe I'm missing something) people keep talking about "harm to society" and "harm to the institution of monogamous…

Admittedly, this is near to Trump and Parler being almost completely removed from the internet in a meaningful way. But let me start off by saying I don't support Trump, and I don't support hate speech at all. I'm not entirely clear of the full situation, but as I understand it most users on Parler…

Ok, buckle up beefcakes cause this has been argument numero uno in my house today. Every weekend I spend maybe 30 min to 1hr whipping up a sweet breakfast – eggs, bacon, hashbrowns… toast. Yes, buttered toast. This morning, I’m boutta dig into my meal when I pick up that sweet golden crispy piece of…

No body should have the right to tell adults what substances they can and cannot use. The drugs that are deemed acceptable by society aren't necessarily safer than those that aren't. For example, Alchool is much worse than Khat. Even if a drug is extremely dangerous and can kill you, as long as…

I’ll admit that I wasn’t around in the 80’s to, I guess, truly experience what gave him the respect he’s gotten to this day (though not by everyone, of course). What I have seen, however, involved a massive shift in government activities and sociopolitical standpoints that continue to falter our…

Citizens United is one clear example of this. It was passed by majority conservative justices, celebrated by Republicans, and derided by Democrats. It basically gives corporations unlimited political influence. We are seeing this play out on social media very clearly. Big companies that can afford…

So let’s say a woman and a man both consent to have protected sex. The woman puts on an internal condom and they go at it. If the woman takes out her condom... stealthily, without letting her partner know and continues to have sex, there are those who say that is rape or a form of sexual assault.…

First off, I am Irish and do not condone the murder of innocent lives in any circumstance. What I am saying is that you cannot call the IRA terrorists while calling the British army an "army". They both murdered hundreds of innocent people throughout the troubles. The British funded Loyalist…

I recently saw an /r/insanepeoplefacebook post where a conservative compared Kelly Mcenany to Biden’s appointed press secretary (can’t remember the name) in terms of looks equating that conservative women are better. In the comments I saw many people bringing up Sarah Huckabee-Sanders and Kelly Anne…

Many school teachers claim that their goal, beyond teaching a particular subject matter, is to teach their students to think critically and be able to process information, but I think they have forgotten the basic building blocks of being able to do that. As humans we have a bunch of natural biases…

I strongly support transgender and nonbinary rights. I've debated with TERFs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERF] and transphobes too many times in defense of trans/nonbinary rights. However, I have a stuck point: I believe sex is binary. Please note: I'm well aware of the existence of various…

I want to start by saying I do not intend to be transphobic. I think it’s wonderful laws are finally acknowledging transgender persons as a protected class. Sports seems to be the exception—partially because it brings up issues of sex rather than gender. My granddaughter is a swimmer and was 14th…

Tucker Carlson's ability to lie with conviction on national TV is the reason that ~50% of the US is living in a different and very dangerous reality. His entire show is pseudo-intellectual bullshit that preys on the elderly and uneducated. The spoken word has power over people. This has been proven…

Far too often, I see people immediately reject the idea of self-improvement by claiming it is suggesting "bootstrapping." I am well aware of the bogus origins of the word. As Martin Luther King once put it(to paraphrase), telling a man with no boots to lift himself up by his bootstraps is a cruel…

Most everyone hates Canadian geese. They gang up and chase pets and people, they have no fear of blocking roads, and they shit EVERYWHERE. No other animal of similar size is so fearless or so agressive, so they must have been bred that way or trained. I believe the reason the Canadian people are…

For those of you who don’t know, the US is one of two countries in the world, (other being Eritrea), which tax based on citizenship instead of residency. Most countries have a policy where if you live here, you’re a taxpayer. The US on the other hand says “If you’re an American, you’re a taxpayer.”…

I don’t think affirmative action is the best or fairest way to decide who gets into college. Instead of using race as a factor in admissions colleges should use income, zip code, wealth or some other metric to help poorer Americans. I just think it is fundamentally unfair that an upper middle class…

Possible spoilers if you've not seen the movie(though I don't recommend...it's truly awful) I'm 11 minutes in and so far: Mulan has a sister. Apparently her dad is poor, instead of an honored rich man/family. It starts with her as a kid She somehow has magic kung fu abilities that defy gravity,…

Passion is temporary. Careers have to last a lifetime. Even if you find success following your passion, in the due course of time, passion and excitement wane. But if you're still dedicated to the ethos of "follow your passion" from a career perspective, that means you'll need to abandon whatever…

Basically the title, but I’ll explain my viewpoint and reasoning some more. Let me start by describing my background. I’m in my 50’s now, and I’ve been hunting pretty much my whole life. I started going with my grandpa and my uncles when I was young. I live in New Hampshire, and I’ve had a lot of…

Almost everything wrong with our current society can be blamed on boomers, the housing prices, low wages, horrible job market, offshoring to China, global warming, allowing companies to violate privacy rights and roll back our other rights everything was done on the boomers watch and most of it was…

WOW I CAN’T BELIEVE I HAVE TO SAY THIS, BUT SERIOUSLY, KEEP THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS HERE. DON’T STALK ME TO OTHER SUBREDDITS. I’M SORRY IF THIS EDIT IS AGAINST THE SUBREDDIT RULES. Edit 2: Guys this kinda exploded within the last hour and I now have over 100 comments and quickly climbing to…

Some clarifications first. Obviously some brands are better than others. Choosing a better brand (let's say, Pepsi) over a lesser brand (Sprite,. Coke, etc., subjective I know ) doesn't make you 'loyal' to said brand. It was just a thoughtful decision, or choosing the better product. I do think…

Most (or all) 24/7 news networks like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and such have very biased opinion shows but their true news portion are fairly decent. To use Fox News as an example, the newscast portion of it is reasonably factual but the opinion shows like Hannity are completely independent of facts…

I'm going to try to ask this in the most respectful way possible, as my intention is absolutely not to insult or invalidate anyone. Over the past few years, as gender has become more and more of a fluid concept, many people (including myself) question the role or necessity of gender altogether. We…

I have a grandfather who is very old. He didn't have a particularly easy life so far but as far as I'm aware he's done pretty much everything he ever wanted to at this point. But his age is creating serious health issues for him. I won't go into details but it's come to the point where he's almost…

Kamala Harris is now being touted as a role model for being the first black female Vice President and yes she was chosen to be Vice President, but is that all there is to it? Is that why she's a role model? What about everything she's done to get to this point? Knowingly hiding evidence from…

Look I'll be the first to admit that they're cool. They are. But they make no sense. If you can remember life before you had a touchscreen in your car, you can probably remember doing things like: * Changing the volume on your radio * Changing the station * Adjusting the heat/defog/aircon All…

Purely from my observations especially on social media, so many people within the Millennial-Gen Z age range have been treating topics of mental illnesses like depression & anxiety too lightly. I have no intention to say them saying they have depression/anxiety/other mental illnesses is not valid,…

Some of the most controversial pardons issued by Presidents in recent history (including the pardoning of Richard Nixon and a number of pardons issued by Donald Trump) were to people who were not yet tried and convicted of a crime. The unilateral and unchecked pardoning power of a U.S. President is…

Since it's clear that gender and biological sex are two different things, the first being a set of social constructs and expectations that are assigned to everyone at birth based on the second, being trans would imply that these two aspects don't match in a person. For example, someone who is…

President-elect Joe Biden announced his plan to provide an 8-year path to citizenship for people living in the US without legal status. https://apnews.com/article/biden-8-year-citizenship-path-immigrants-4f2dffdb7a688e1e126a62a8acd59730 I am a frontline healthcare worker who has been in the US…

I don’t believe anything that Donald Trump says, nor his supporters, for obvious reasons, and quite frankly it seems that all media outlets have an agenda to push that leans heavily in one direction or another. Regardless, I’m not personally aware of a single positive thing that Donald Trump,…

Okay I've probably made a lot of people squirm and shower me in downvotes from the title alone but hear me out. There's a big distinction between pedophiles and child molesters. * Pedophiles are sexually attracted to prepubescent children. A quick Google search tells me that pedophiles could…

This was a failure of leadership and personnel, not the result of systemic limitations that prevented those agencies from guarding the Capitol. The agencies had all the tools and resources they needed to stop it, no new legislation is needed. Past anti terror legislation in the united states and…

Both Democrats and Republicans (I will be referring to these as "left" and "right," as it is just easier to type) have claimed to be the "silent majority." Neither side is truly the silent majority, nor are they a silent group at all. The true "silent majority/silent group" is people who are more…

Here's the case study: I noticed that After George Floyd was killed last year, a lot of white and otherwise very privileged people started using the Blackouttuesday tag to post black squares, putting BLM slogans in social media bios and using Breonna Taylor's murder as a buzzword, calling…

Capes are objectively the best price of clothing none of us have. They can work for men and women. Long capes cut wind chill down to zero. They are often thick and warm. They have tons of room for pockets without disrupting the look of the garment. They have an incredible amount of design real…

More often than not it seems to be a common notion for people to judge and or ostracize others for spending their money in certain ways, when said spending threshold exceeds an arbitrary amount where one could be considered 'wealthly' to make such a purchase. Some common examples: houses, super…

I saw this as a non-American left-leaning centrist. In more than one thread recently about Bumble allowing people to filter by political belief, non-Americans were shocked that people filter by political belief only to be downvoted and for people to defend why they wouldn’t even want to be friends…

If a relationship is unhealthy, it's unhealthy. Period. Just because we're related doesn't mean I should sacrifice my health and wellbeing. I saw another poster say: "You only have one mother/brother/sister/etc", "They are still your family!!!", "You will regret it if something happens to…

EDIT: based on responses, I just want to make clear that I'm not advocating the age limit be one or another - just that it should be consistent as it relates to accountability. Thanks. The fact that (in the US) we've deemed that we're not able to make rational decisions at 18 that have long term…

I don't think peddling radical, violent conspiracy theories should be protected by free speech. I think we need to find better ways at combatting all of the false information being spread as fact. It's now been proven to be dangerous if left unchecked. There needs to be some way to restore faith in…

My view on the phrase “all cops are bastards” is that while it is a convenient way to express distaste with policing in the US it doesn’t allow any room for what is good and working. For example: I recently saw a video where a person was getting arrested on the street. One cop cuffing him, another…

CMV: If it is racist to require voter ID, it is racist to require ID to buy a gun. I just don’t see a way out of this one. How can it be racist to require an ID to vote (18 yrs old citizen, not a felon), but it isn’t racist to require an ID to buy a gun? It’s almost the same requirements (18, not a…

I am fully supportive of gay and trans right, but I'm growing tired of invented genders or minor sexual preferences hijacking and taking over the LGBT community as a vocal minority. By those I mainly refer to people who identify as genderfluid, agender, bigender, non-binary, as well as the ace…

I'd consider myself a moderate Democrat, and there's been a lot of talk for some time about raising the minimum wage to $15. And yes, the thought behind it I can agree with in that a lot of people are struggling to makes ends meet and this would be a way to help those people. The problem with this…

I would guess that a typical Democrat gets their news from CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, NYT, etc. And the average conservative gets his news from Fox News, Talk Radio, OAN, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, YouTubers like Stephen Crowder and Ben Shapiro, etc. If you go more into the fringes of the right…

I work in healthcare. It’s depressing this season with everything going on. I mainly deal with nursing homes. I despise nursing homes. See, to me, nursing homes are elder jails. I haven’t been in a nursing home that ever treated their patients/residents right... But besides that, I feel that the…

Pretty simple view. Basically, I spend a lot of time watching HGTV shows and almost every episode of House Hunters has a moment where someone abruptly decides that they need to remodel an entire home simply because it has carpet. I totally get it, carpet requires a certain degree more maintinance…

They are both social constructs with no biological definition. We use them as labels amongst ourselves in one human race. Therefore I can identify as any label(s) I want to be labeled as that society has constructed as a means of human categorization. Race is a grouping of humans based on shared…

Background: The Shape of Water is a 2017 film that won the 90th Oscars for Best Picture. However, I argue that it is a mediocre film at best and underserving of the award. I will present a few reasons for my assertion, before comparing it with winners for Best Picture in other years. [PLOT SPOILER…

I have heard from some friends and family lately that they have applied to various job postings they find and the feedback is commonly along the lines of, “I’m sorry, but we have chosen to move forward with other candidates due to your over-qualification for this position.” If a person looks at a…

I'm an anarchist, and I do not sympathize with Trump or his supporters in any way shape or form. I noticed, however, that a lot of my fellow comrades seem to be oddly complacent in being quick to call the 45th POTUS a fascist. This is simply not true, and I am against this way of describing Trump's…

Pretty much self explanatory. A reason i say this is an unpopular opinion, is because literally everyone does it. I'll be watching something then someone will do the exact thing, i hate it. a big part of watching TV or Films is watching character development, the beauty of watching TV is watching…

When making an adaption of a book a limited series or recurring series for multiple books. Most people agree that movie adaptations of books are usually sub par. There are some exceptions. When adapting a book you either need to leave out interesting B plots, or move the story faster and give up…

Look, I know people need to be treated equally, etc. but blacks have suffered more than anyone else in the U.S. when it comes to racism. Latinos may be discriminated against by racist Americans, but blacks were the ones who were taken from their land and enslaved. Latinos did not suffer…

I would like to clarify that I support the impeachment and don't think there is anything wrong with it. I just think that it is time that the young people were given more chance to express their voice and have a more balanced understanding of what the youth wants. It's because of speaker Pelosi and…

This assumes the bread is consecrated, as in the eucharist. As I see it, if Catholics believe that: Sex within marriage is allowed, but outside of marriage is sinful; Nuns are married to Christ; The eucharist transubstantiates into the literal body of Christ; then it follows that they should be…

There were white nationalists at the insurrection of course, but they appeared to be a minority of the participants. It seems to have been a mix of QANON, Proud Boys, evangelicals, military, backwoods hicks, and it was mostly white. (but not all white) By calling this group “white supremacists” or…

In modern economically liberal democracies, for-profit corporations often have far more direct and unchallenged authoritarian power over all aspects of human life than government agencies. Their success in capturing government regulatory power through lobbying and corruption in the past several…

TL;DL: It is a crime in Georgia to solicit election fraud. “Fraud” means it’s illegal to solicit someone to change an electoral tally to a number you know to be false. Whether or not trump actually believed he won the election, he calls the Georgia Secretary of State in order to change the tally to…

From what I know, Christ was essentially a radical leftist. He was all about helping and loving the poor, hungry, disabled, outcast. He would feed 10 people just in case one was going hungry. He flipped a table when banks were trying to take advantage of people. He was anti-capitalist and pro social…

I’d like to kick off this post by saying I have the utmost respect for the LGBTQ+ community, and deeply respect the struggle that they go through. With that said, I am of the view that too many people in the LGBTQ+ community exhibit their sexuality as the central theme of their personality. I think…

If 10 years ago, you were to tell the average American that the president of the United States were to be banned from using social media platforms that has billions of users in 10 years, you would be called crazy, and rightfully so. It should be horrificly frightening that our public discourse has…

Very often when discussing things that should not be criticizable things like race, sexuality and religion are brought up. However religion is nothing like sexuality or race. These are immutable characteristics of which you have no control, and would be ridiculous for me to judge you for or…

It's not just the language, it's also about Taxes , insurance , government benefits, and other government programs , and government laws These things differ vastly by country, like for example they might not know that you have to pay State, Local AND Federal taxes on your income - many are…

Reading through the main arguments and talking points going through the internet at the moment, it seems like people have pitted the following arguments against each other when discussing the banning of Parler, Trump, and others. * On the one hand: “Trump, Parler and the other banned voices were…

I am no fan of Parler or Trump. I’m pretty far left and am terrified by the state of politics right now. No more Nazis sounds pretty nice. However, it worries me that a small handful of companies were able to essentially ban a political group from online discussion. Sure, they showed restraint in…

I've followed politics most of my life and I've never supported a specific party but rather individual issues and then saw which candidate best aligned with those issues. I've always acknowledged the motives and beliefs on each side, and I'm able to see the good and bad with both Democrats,…

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I trust your opinions and wish to have a thoughtful discussion if you feel comfortable answering some questions I have. I try to believe that I am a centrist (At least that is what the political tests tell me). As such I wish to look at all sides and make a well…

I was reading a right-wing piece about how corporations are taking over America in a cabal-conspiracy "great reset" which will usher in a corporate communism where a small billionaire elite will govern unaccountably. This fear and view point seems to resonate with many Americans who have…

All these "power mods" that moderate multiple big communities do so because they don't have a life. Removing posts and comments they don't agree with is all they have going for them. I just feel bad that nobody loves them so they have to come here and gain some fake sense of authority by silencing…

I’m kind of tired of people telling me I’m racist for "automatically assuming others have the same skin colour" as I do. I think that’s not racist, that’s natural. If I grew up in a country with a mostly white population, I’m likely to imagine someone being white if I have no additional information…

I can’t stand him and I find it difficult to understand those who follow him most of the time. I listened to his “save the vote” speech and I thought “am I wrong? Is there something I am missing? Is there a grand conspiracy? My anchors in fact based reality helped me, but his speech was inspiring.…

As soon as there was a real possibility of breaching the Capitol Building whatever police force was there should've immediately have used a "shoot-to-kill" policy. Besides the symbolic value of the seat of power of the United States Legislator, any time that the US Congress is in session there is…

Assume any precedent could just as easily be used against you if a different ideology was in charge. That should be your litmus test for outrage vs. support. This is turning into a censorship witch-hunt against people who, agree with them or not, justified or not, already feel like they’re under…

Let's be real, I doubt people who are daily driving F-150's are going to be doing stuff on a regular basis that requires the grunt of a vehicle that big. Usually, they might be doing stuff that a decent sized sedan, wagon or hatchback can do just fine. When you aren't fully utilizing a big vehicle,…

Science and practical experience both show us that humans want ritual, purpose and a sense of greater connectedness. Religions give human beings a framework that addresses these psychological and emotional desires. This is not to say that any given religion is correct or not, but it fulfils…

I would like a solid argument against what I believe is a fact, hot dogs are sandwiches. Merriam Webster defines "sandwich" as " two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between". By definition, a hot dog is a sandwich, yet there is a debate among us all that hot dogs do not…

Was reading some stuff about the Jeopardy GOAT tournament they're doing, and people brought up a Jeopardy-famous moment [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpKOm-LLRhA] from Ken Jennings' original run. > [Tool Time for 200] > > This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral…

Folks, we get it - the recent events surrounding the US Capitol protests are a hot topic now and everyone has views they want to post, but it is Fresh Topic Friday. The point of FTF is to give us all a break from the most common topics here, and this Friday is no exception. To be very clear - we…

Most women menstrate. It is a biological part of womanhood. Though I do think birth control (including condoms) should also be free, menstruation happens whenever it wants to happen. You cannot choose when it happens. Even birth control pills can only help but cannot guarantee you won't have…

I’d started off by saying that i’m poc gay man, I’ve experienced both extreme racism and homophobia. I’m here for outing racists. But I do NOT see people talking about how insane homophobia is in the black community. Some black people are pretty religious, and there’s extreme homophobia there that…

This is a view I weakly hold and have some doubts about, but which was pretty front of mind for me yesterday. My reasons for holding this view are: 1. The defense of the seat of government is a military exigency. Even though the Capitol Police aren't the Army, when you're at the last line of…

Basically, after today, I’ve seen both sides of the political spectrum in America talk about the other like dogs. The left can do one thing and they’re villianized for it but then the right will do the same shit and get villianized by the left. It’s all hypocritical af. I realize we’re fairly…

I never heard of white silence untill a few months ago but for those a who don’t know what white silence is,white silence when a white person doesn’t talk about or or spread information on the hardships POC or other minorities face. I think this is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of.Not everyone…

With the breaking news that Elaine Chao is resigning her post as Secretary of Transportation, I can't help but think that it is an empty gesture at best, and a cowardly avoidance of participating in invoking the 25th Amendment at worst. It is my understanding that in order to invoke the 25th, Vice…

Joe Biden has just been elected as the 46th president of the United States. He has promised unity to a broken America; an America that is polarized between two camps that are becoming more and more divisive and filled with vitriol. I firmly believe that we are on the brink of an important inflection…

Edit: thank you guys for your answers, I got really busy and now I'm going through them. I won't go as far as saying there will be civil war, but we're at a point where basically republicans have turned into Trumpers, and democrats with their media and celebrities are making sure everyone hates…

When I was a kid,we took Civics in all three schools,6th grade,9th grade and 12th grade,(it was in puerto rico) and that taught me the basics of democracy, it wasn't just about the importance of the vote, but what it means to live in a participant democracy, but now year after year with all of the…

I just don't understand how there are still people out there that believe the election was faked. It is simply un-American to be going against democracy like this. Even Trump's own vice president, being Pence of course, has stated that the elections were not fraudulent. I simply can't wrap my mind…

I've been watching the news cycle since the storm on Capital Hill started, and one recurring line that nobody seems to bat an eye at is "America is the greatest country in the world." Maybe this was true at the start of the industrial revolution, but it almost certainly isn't the case anymore. But…

what is "A Racist"? when people say "Tom is a racist don't hire him" what do they mean? i use to assume they mean that Tom dismisses and judged people based on the color of their skin, or that he looked down at a specific race, because of their race. in which case i would not even interview Tom. I…

Attacking the Capitol and assaulting police officers is a felony. A woman was shot and died when the insurrectionists stormed the Capitol today. Many jurisdictions apply the proximate cause theory to felony murder, which says that all persons involved in committing a felony can be charged with…

Currently the certification proceedings for the 2020 election have been stalled because far right "protestors" have stormed the capitol building bearing Trump flags, shouting that Trump has won, and occupying the floors of both houses Although Trump has tweeted that this is lawless and to support…

I want you to poke holes in this simple if A and B then C must be true argument. CMV: If you believe life begins at conception AND in birthright citizenship, then you must also believe that a person who was conceived in a country must be given citizenship to that country solely on that basis,…

With all attempts to do so, I have come to the conclusion that I have gained very little (if not no) respect to those who refuse to vaccinate them or their children, particularly against diseases that have been known to be very devestating to quality of life (if not the whole life in general). Yes,…

Any fines, judgments, what have you should be paid via a community service. No more of this "legal for the rich" mentality. What ever the "value" of the fine is, should then be divided by what the minimum wage is of the state crime was committed in, or fed min if Federal crime, to determine the…

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.amp.html Here is an article explaining the situation ^ Reasoning: 1) The girl said it when she was 15 (4 years ago) -Mrs. Groves said this word as a child. Was it right? Absolutely not. But 4 years is enough to change…

Living in Georgia, I have been inundated with mail from both parties, their candidates, and various third parties on both sides (I kept count, we received 89 mailings last week). Daily we have things placed on our door handle from these same people. We receive at least one visitor every 2-3 days who…

Too often are good-sounding laws passed that end up being bad in practice. But then they become hard to repeal, because the existence of these laws benefit those in power. Some laws are written with a sunset provision, which says "This law will cease to have effect unless the congress approves it…

Just to be clear, I am talking about organ donation after you die, not while you are living. If the U.S. had an opt-out system for organ donation similar to what the UK has, it would save thousands of lives. By letting people opt-out, those whose religion is against it or simply don't want to don't…

I think I’ve said it all in the title, but yeah. If people shouldn’t “focus on getting a significant other, it won’t fix your life” then how come there are so many so-called ‘losers’ whose lives miraculously seem to get so much better once they have a significant other? I’ve seen people go from…

I'm a centrist for the most part but a lot of the things that I typically see conservatives accuse of Liberals such as not accepting different views, taking the extremists of the other side and saying that they represent the whole, being overly sensitive, name calling, constantly bringing up race…

Women soldiers in the past were at a great disadvantage due to physical differences between men and women, no question there. This was a big reason why drafting was for men only all throughout history. Nowadays, however, wars are fought using guns, boats, planes, cars, bombs, tanks, hacking, and the…

PHOTO ID verification, to be clear. I think that every looks-centric social media app like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok should require users to be at least 18 years old and should require ID verification to create an account the same way that some online investment apps do because: …

Everybody likes to complain about the unpopular beliefs like anti homosexuality or for a while their anti mixed racial couples that stemmed from the church. However, outside of certain periods of time and sometimes being behind on what progressive attitudes are being held by the masses, religion was…

(Edit: I mean that his chances of being the nominee is around 20%, so an unlikely but not impossible situation.) Argument saying he will: * He currently is very popular among Republicans. It has generally been about 90% https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings…

They track you, and everything you do, live, and exploit that data for their gains. You should be able to track what they track, live, with impunity from governments, and know when this data is used for profit. In cyberspace, you are your data, so you should know where you are, and what you are…

There's budget for healthcare, criminal justice, education and most aspects of society but so little attention paid to how individual parenting possibly plays the biggest role in how a child turns out as an adult, physically, mentally, financially etc. And all these individual outcomes cascade into…

Here's what i mean, a lot of people try to convince me that we should abandon our dreams of living in the stars becouse its too expensive, and we should focus on starving children rather than fancy space missions. I'd like to disagree with that. Human race, and everything it created, might disappear…

The entire concept of a written book that god sent down to a human being to spread the word does not make sense to me. A being that has the ability to create the universe, has a son that’s major power is water to wine and walking on water, and was crucified by humans. How do we even know this man…

I saw a post on a different subreddit about how much gatekeeping there is in the trans community and it’s difficult to transition, while I do understand where they are coming from (it’s taking me 3+ years to even begin to transition) but it’s for safety reasons, because if you have made a mistake…

There are certain things and attributes it is illegal to fire someone for. Mostly protected characteristics, like sex, race and disability, as well as protections from being punished for refusing unsafe work and the like. I think most people can agree that it should be illegal to fire someone…

I'm a 24 year old adult male living in Iran, I've lived through 12 years of mandatory sex-segregated school only to be introduced to a sex-segregated society where interacting with the other gender is deemed illegal by the horrible islamic law imposed and enforced on the poor people of the country…

If Nancy Pelosi is re-elected Speaker of the House, she will be the oldest person to hold the position at 80 years old. When Joe Biden swears in to become President of the United States, he will be 78 years old, the oldest person to become president. The 116th Congress had 7 Senators that were 80…

Let me preface this by saying that we look at glitter all wrong. Most of us look at it as just another piece of the artist's toolkit, but the fact is that glitter was weaponized long ago by people willing to send envelopes full of glitter to your enemies, or even by the infamous porch-pirate revenge…

Hi everyone, Trump and his supporters have constantly talked about how over the past 4 years, America went from being (not great?) to “great again”. The backdrop for this conversation is, how can America both be great, but also simultaneously, not able to host honest, free, and fair…

In Watergate, Nixon broke into the DNC and wiretapped his political opponents for his own political gain. In the Trump–Ukraine scandal, Trump withheld foreign aid to an American ally against American interests for his own political gain. Both Nixon and Trump initially tried to deny any wrongdoing.…

It's usually subreddits about idiotic people, rude and mean people, Karen's, John's, stupid conservatives, stupid liberals, etc. Any kind of people that provoke hate in you and a strong sense of "I'm better than them" or just gossipy interest. Constantly focusing on humanity's negative side may…

Marijuana isn't some magical plant with no downsides I understand the risk of psychosis and obviously driving while inebriated under any circumstance is a bad idea. I believe weed should be regulated like any drug such as alcohol or tobacco. The reasoning behind this is that by keeping marijuana…

So I recently stumbled on a post where the OP googled the homes of the individuals who have some sort of influence into deciding the things you/we are allowed to do. This irked me, how is it that we let these people decide that they deserve to make ridiculous amounts of money sitting in a chair,…

I feel like I should preface this with the fact that I’m a bisexual man. My intention is not to play the gay card or anything but I feel like I should make it clear that this is coming from a genuine passion for history and not from a place of homophobia. r/SapphoandherFriend…

I'll preface this by stating i live in Aus, not the USA, but i believe all 'western' countries should be this way. It should be the default setting for once you die. And if you opt out, be it religious reasons or otherwise, you should then go further back on the donor list should you need a…

It's fairly common for modern films with even a dash of controversy surrounding them to have significantly divergent scores from professional reviewers and users on sites such as Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic. In my opinion, the most important aspect that should contribute to a film's rating should…

This CMV is not about the reasons why people become homeless. Even if people would become homeless solely due to their personal failure, they are still humans and they should not be treated like pigeons or another city pest. Instead I want to talk about laws that criminalize homelessness.…

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd3vWmASKO/?igshid=bknugbfikymf Context: Cavani reposted a picture from one of his friends on instagram with the caption "gracias negrito👍", which means "thanks mate👍". Since some people were offended by it, Cavani deleted the tweet and apologize. But now, the FA…