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Post by ToixStory on Jan 8, 2016 7:20:45 GMT
Marriage is defined as being between one man and one woman. The age of consent should be raised to 25. Pornography should be banned. Anyone who uses drugs should be put to death. The entirety of human history consists of a struggle between platonism and aristotelianism. An elite wing of empiricists plans to take over the world through the denial of absolute truth and the corruption of true wisdom. Only enlightened individuals can understand this.
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Post by zar on Jan 8, 2016 7:35:37 GMT
Ab absurdo won't work, I'm afraid.
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Post by petros on Jan 8, 2016 9:02:23 GMT
If the definition of a dangerous drug is anything stronger than ethanol, that still leaves a lot of currently illegal drugs in the wrong category.
So the death penalty for what? crystal meth, bath salts, solvents, and so on, any of the really dangerous drugs like these; and also legalize things milder than ethanol, like cannabis, MDMA, and so on?
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Post by Southpaw on Jan 8, 2016 13:55:36 GMT
Zar, you're good, but using 'miasma' in a serious context gives you away.
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Post by Krall on Jan 8, 2016 14:59:56 GMT
I was aware of this. I will go into some detail justifying each. Alright, I don't believe any of that contradicts the forum rules so I'll let this slide, but in future please try to phrase your opinions in a less provocative manner - the "marriage is between one man and one woman" statement especially sounds like a statement supporting homophobia.
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Post by heliosmegistos on Jan 8, 2016 22:27:22 GMT
People can believe that and otherwise be completely fine with Homosexuality though. Homophobia is... well we all know what it is and it's ugly and nasty.
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Post by Mathuen on Jan 9, 2016 21:12:32 GMT
Ooh ooh ohh, I finally sat down and tried to find an opinion I have that is truly unpopular and offensive to people, and I think I found one.
I don't think any model of sex, sexuality, and gender that we have right now is correct. Our current ideas, in terms of how correct they are likely run from being as wrong as the miasma theory of disease to "only" as misguided as phrenology. When I say no model we have is correct, I mean no model, especially not the more "conservative" ones, and not even the nascent ones currently promoted by the LGBTQA+ Movement.
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Post by AYC on Jan 9, 2016 21:15:20 GMT
Ooh ooh ohh, I finally sat down and tried to find an opinion I have that is truly unpopular and offensive to people, and I think I found one. I don't think any model of sex, sexuality, and gender that we have right now is correct. Our current ideas, in terms of how correct they are likely run from being as wrong as the miasma theory of disease to "only" as misguided as phrenology. When I say no model we have is correct, I mean no model, especially not the more "conservative" ones, and not even the nascent ones currently promoted by the LGBTQA+ Movement. I don't think that's unreasonable; gender's an enormously complex topic we haven't fully understood yet. However, there's more than enough scientific evidence to establish the existence of gender dysphoria and trans* people.
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Post by Mathuen on Jan 9, 2016 21:23:11 GMT
Ooh ooh ohh, I finally sat down and tried to find an opinion I have that is truly unpopular and offensive to people, and I think I found one. I don't think any model of sex, sexuality, and gender that we have right now is correct. Our current ideas, in terms of how correct they are likely run from being as wrong as the miasma theory of disease to "only" as misguided as phrenology. When I say no model we have is correct, I mean no model, especially not the more "conservative" ones, and not even the nascent ones currently promoted by the LGBTQA+ Movement. I don't think that's unreasonable; gender's an enormously complex topic we haven't fully understood yet. However, there's more than enough scientific evidence to establish the existence of gender dysphoria and trans* people. Yeah, of course.
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Post by Mathuen on Jan 9, 2016 21:41:38 GMT
Christ though. I'm legitimately trying to come up with unpopular opinions I have and I'm failing. This is some sort of curse. Some warlock has stolen all ability to be edgy from me.
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Post by Mooncat on Jan 9, 2016 22:18:09 GMT
For a second-generation immigrant from a Muslim background I am extremely concerned about the radicalization of people like me across Europe.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jan 9, 2016 22:21:25 GMT
For a second-generation immigrant from a Muslim background I am extremely concerned about the radicalization of people like me across Europe. Well, to be fair, I think 2/3 or 3/4 of Muslims are concerned about it
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Post by Mooncat on Jan 9, 2016 22:24:46 GMT
For a second-generation immigrant from a Muslim background I am extremely concerned about the radicalization of people like me across Europe. Well, to be fair, I think 2/3 or 3/4 of Muslims are concerned about it I do believe it is a problem within Islam though. I'm frustrated that a lot of mosques aren't doing more to discourage radicalism. Instead of distancing yourself from the root you have to face the issue head on.
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Post by heliosmegistos on Jan 10, 2016 6:26:25 GMT
Well, to be fair, I think 2/3 or 3/4 of Muslims are concerned about it I do believe it is a problem within Islam though. I'm frustrated that a lot of mosques aren't doing more to discourage radicalism. Instead of distancing yourself from the root you have to face the issue head on. What is it that contributes to it within the faith itself, obviously Wahabbism and groups inspired by it are an issue but could it also be the lack of Islam going through an Enlightment like Europe did (keeping in mind the Islamic Golden Age happen and all that while Europe was falling apart after Western Rome fell and then recovering from the migrations and Viking invasions etc)
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Post by AYC on Jan 10, 2016 9:09:14 GMT
Weirdly, although I disagree with all religions and have several issues with Islam, the biggest thing about it that annoys me is the dog prohibition. Fuck that shit.
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Post by Mooncat on Jan 10, 2016 11:53:19 GMT
I do believe it is a problem within Islam though. I'm frustrated that a lot of mosques aren't doing more to discourage radicalism. Instead of distancing yourself from the root you have to face the issue head on. What is it that contributes to it within the faith itself, obviously Wahabbism and groups inspired by it are an issue but could it also be the lack of Islam going through an Enlightment like Europe did (keeping in mind the Islamic Golden Age happen and all that while Europe was falling apart after Western Rome fell and then recovering from the migrations and Viking invasions etc) Definitely, Islam seemed much more progressive before Salafism took off. Another big factor which leads to extremism is the fact Islam (Sunni Islam at least) doesn't really have a religious hierarchy so any scholar can declare themselves a leader and get a following. Then there's the issue of young Muslims feeling alienated in the West so they go and join extremist groups because they think they'll only be accepted by them.
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Post by ToixStory on Jan 10, 2016 12:19:56 GMT
Hmm, I went back and thought a while for an actual unpopular political opinion because...well, screw it. And, I think I came up with one. At the end of the day, I don't think freedom of speech is all that great of a thing. I think that other peoples' comfort trumps freedom of speech 99% of the time. Racial slurs, gender slurs, sexual slurs, bullying, etc. are not acceptable and if taking away from freedom of speech allows us to, if not get rid of them, at least mitigate their effects, then I say that's a good thing. Freedom of speech is only a great concept if you're in the privileged class anyway.
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Post by Southpaw on Jan 10, 2016 12:25:12 GMT
I also support the European model of free speech, which a lot of people seem to think is one step away from fascism.
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Post by ToixStory on Jan 30, 2016 15:15:00 GMT
Seeing this pop up a lot in relation to the Presidential debates, I just have to say that I do not, at this point, believe an actual good person can vote for a candidate wanting to institute anti-LGBT laws.
It is utterly shameful how many candidates want to take away the rights of LGBT citizens and at this point if you are still voting for them, you're kind of an awful person.
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Post by crustyoldssg on Feb 2, 2016 19:12:53 GMT
I think Trump is pretty funny. I've decided to vote for Cruz though. well,when both the democrat and republican wings of the democratic party are attacking Cruz,that tells me he is our guy
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