1. CMV: Abortion is always tragic, and should be rare (but still safe and legal)
My view of abortion is that it should be safe and legal but as rare as possible, as it is always tragic to lose a baby. I have had multiple conversations with friends and family over the years, and seen dozens of posts online, about women (and men) mourning miscarriages. Losing a pregnancy you…
Posted by PugnansFidicen at 2021-10-21 17:36 on Reddit /r/changemyview
2. CMV: Climate protestors should target the companies responsible for climate change and the government agencies set up specifically to address it (but who are failing because of the influence of the fossil fuel lobby) rather than targeting the general public.
I'm basing this off the ongoing Extinction Rebellion protests and their sister group Insulate Britain here in the UK. My theory is that they would be more effective in their aims were they to compromise infrastructure and inconvenience people related directly to the industries, government…
Posted by Trynottobeacunt at 2021-10-21 12:32 on Reddit /r/changemyview
3. CMV: Employees should be able to opt out of unpaid and mandatory lunch break.
Let’s establish a baseline. I hold this opinion towards where I currently work, I’m not sure how other employers handle lunch breaks. I understand that employers are required to provide breaks, my opinion is that employees should be free to choose how to use unpaid breaks, depending on the needs of…
Posted by Boulang at 2021-10-21 00:53 on Reddit /r/changemyview
4. CMV: I would rather people be blunt with me and tell me the truth, rather than dropping hints , ghosting, dry texting, etc.
My generation (today’s older teenagers and young adults) has for some reason seemed to think communication is not important at all and has forgotten about it. When a girl likes me they usually will “drop hints” instead of saying “I like you.” I know it isn’t easy to say that, but dropping hints…
Posted by wantonsoup42069 at 2021-10-20 17:32 on Reddit /r/changemyview
5. CMV: The guillotine is better than lethal injection
If we are going to execute someone, we might as well use the guillotine. It is not pretty, but it is far more humane than lethal injection. Lethal injection is expensive, messy, inefficient, and cruel. Problems with lethal injection: -Companies do not want to sell drugs to states for executions,…
Posted by seedfinder89 at 2021-10-20 03:30 on Reddit /r/changemyview
6. CMV: Gender is not a social construct, gender expression is
Before you get your pitchforks ready, this isn't a thinly-veiled transphobic rant. Gender is something that's come up a lot more in recent discussions(within the last 5 years or so), and a frequent refrain is that gender is a social construct, because different cultures have different…
Posted by Wobulating at 2021-10-19 07:32 on Reddit /r/changemyview
7. CMV: The US needs to tax the rich more and incorporate more social programs if it wants to survive. Once enough people have nothing to lose, there will be an uprising if it does not
I could argue all day that rich people don't need more yachts and everybody deserves second chances and all humans should be able to live with dignity. I think all of those are decent arguments for redistribution. But some people will say "it's not your money, you are not entitled to it"…
Posted by XWhosYourBigDaddy at 2021-10-19 04:31 on Reddit /r/changemyview
8. CMV: The term elope does not include the concept of getting married in a court house and having a small gathering with family and friends afterwards
Pretty simple concept here. I don’t believe semantic change has come so far as to have the term elope change so drastically that it now can be applied to something small and local. Elope, as defined by the Oxford dictionary is: > > run away secretly in order to get married, especially without…
Posted by testrail at 2021-10-18 21:40 on Reddit /r/changemyview
9. CMV: Bitcoin mining using non renewables should be banned immediately.
Global warming is a serious threat to the survival of the human species and it's insane we are adding to this problem for no good reason. Currently Bitcoin mining consumes more power per year than the whole country of Argentina. There would be hardly any downsides in banning the mining of crypto…
Posted by iCANNcu at 2021-10-18 14:32 on Reddit /r/changemyview
10. CMV: Drugs should be completely decriminalised for personal use.
People shouldn’t be able to charge someone for possession of any drug for personal use. I believe drug dealers and distributors should be held to the full account of the law but by criminalising users you are only contributing to the problem. Most people with substance abuse issues do so so because…
Posted by elizabethanastacia at 2021-10-18 13:30 on Reddit /r/changemyview
11. CMV: Marijuana should be legalized in all 50 states
There are some many things with this topic that I don’t understand. For marijuana to be legal in SOME states but not ALL just doesn’t make sense. States are entitled to have their own laws, but my question is why? Why legalize marijuana in only some states? What is the reason it’s not legalized in…
Posted by GoodLaughh at 2021-10-18 05:37 on Reddit /r/changemyview
12. Cmv: The term "latinx" is an imperialist intrusion onto spanish culture
I came across this video: https://youtu.be/UCVCPJqIguU Where a much younger latina student, talks down to her latino teacher, trying to force him to adopt the word latinx. Even ending it by making a false analogy listing bunch of english words that end in "nx" ....which does not detract from the…
Posted by Crafty-Bunch-2675 at 2021-10-17 18:46 on Reddit /r/changemyview
13. CMV: Term limits on the basis of age for United States elected federal representatives is not ageism, its practical and needed.
The United States needs to set term limits on the basis of age for Congress and the President. 70+ year olds are frequently regarded as unemployable due to mental decline and disconnect with the current times, but a high number of them are serving as politicians in the United States. The oldest…
Posted by boltsnation1993 at 2021-10-17 16:36 on Reddit /r/changemyview
14. CMV: Men should have the right to opt-out of unwanted pregnancies
For this discussion I would like to focus on the matter of men's rights with regard to fatherhood. This is not a discussion about the morality of abortion. In order to stay on topic we'll assume that abortion is morally ethical, safe and accessible for all women regardless of the circumstances of…
Posted by Andromeda-31 at 2021-10-17 15:35 on Reddit /r/changemyview
15. CMV: Race/Gender/Sexuality should be removed from news stories unless pertinent
What’s the difference between these 2 stories: 1. Person breaks into house, steals car 2. White man breaks into house, steals car Obviously the answer is race and gender. You might say it’s just adding detail but we have to think about how we perceive these details consciously…
Posted by Team-First at 2021-10-17 07:36 on Reddit /r/changemyview
16. CMV: Trying to rewrite Spanish with the stupid X bullshit to created nongendered words is a direct destruction of Latin American culture, and it makes us no better than our culture destroying ancestors.
To clarify, when I say Latin American, I mean people from Mexico, Central America, and South America, not just Latin people who immigrated to the US. Language is, in my opinion, the most important part of a culture. Second would be traditions/rituals, third would be cooking, fourth would be art.…
Posted by TrikerBones at 2021-10-17 06:30 on Reddit /r/changemyview
17. CMV: Context needs to be determined before u can judge a statement to be racist or offensive
before someone can say if something is offensive or racist they need the entire context,otherwise u have an incomplete understanding and aren’t qualified to make a judgment I’ll give an example here to back up my point Imagine to ur left is a group of 3 Jews and u hear someone say “those…
Posted by aiwoakakaan at 2021-10-17 04:43 on Reddit /r/changemyview
18. CMV: conservatives are the ones that are actually “too sensitive these days”
First of all when I say conservative I mean people who hold conservatives views in general, not just people who vote conservatively. But Conservatives often complain that people these days are too sensitive but in reality they are the ones that are so unwilling to change that they are offended by…
Posted by Opinionatedaffembot at 2021-10-16 20:37 on Reddit /r/changemyview
19. CMV: rude servers shouldn't expect tips
Probably going to wish I picked a throwaway for this one, but here we go. For context, I am not American, and American tipping culture is what I'm focused on here. There is a tipping culture here in the UK, but as we receive standard min wage, the 'expected' tip is generally around 10%. I spent 10y…
Posted by thepostmancometh94 at 2021-10-16 15:41 on Reddit /r/changemyview
20. CMV: Built-In Ads on YouTube are BS and should not be allowed.
I think that when YouTubers advertise their sponsors in the video, it is pretty scummy. I understand that creators need monetization. So, I'm not against the 30sec-2min ads that you sometimes can skip. I'm talking about when the creator says "now before we go any further, I'd like to talk about our…
Posted by OstrichToiletSeat at 2021-10-16 14:31 on Reddit /r/changemyview