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CMV: You shouldn’t expect children to take care of their parents when they are old
My argument is based on one belief or value. Having children should be expression of unconditional love. Children are not an investment or insurance for old age. If you want to have insurance, standard saving is much cheaper option. If ... | One of the reasons there I'd mass killings and kids that have trouble socializing is because grand parents are sent away and forgotten. If the relationship is toxic then I understand not wanting them around. It does to a village to rise a child and USA culture has lost sight of that. | Lol...not when Nigeria's Interest rate still pegs at 13.5% ...How will i survive if they dont take care of me if things get worst than how it is right now. Retirement Insurance is a shitty show in my country. I will rather invest in my kids so they can take care of me | e2ueq8 | CMV: You shouldn’t expect children to take care of their parents when they are old | My argument is based on one belief or value. Having children should be expression of unconditional love. Children are not an investment or insurance for old age. If you want to have insurance, standard saving is much cheaper option. If you want your kids to take care of you that would mean that you taking care of them ... | 1,574,924,905 | Z7-852 | f8z1yak | f8ycbkz | 2 | 1 |
CMV: the word "incel" is a baseless insult used by people to describe a certain political affiliation.
Incel means involuntary celibate which was coined by people to describe themselves and why they are not having sex and to point out that it is no fault of their own.
Incel is now thrown around to describe people on ... | You've got it backwards. The right wing isn't associated with incels because of people using "incel" as an insult. Rather, the word "incel" itself [was appropriated by](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel) right-wing people who self-identified as incels. Eventually, the term "incel" came to be understood to refer to th... | I’ve heard the term incel be tossed Around. It seems to me to be a modern generic term for dweeb or nerd, with no political tone to it. Which sites are you on that exclusively use the term incel to describe right wing nut jobs? | a8pqhh | CMV: the word "incel" is a baseless insult used by people to describe a certain political affiliation. | Incel means involuntary celibate which was coined by people to describe themselves and why they are not having sex and to point out that it is no fault of their own.
Incel is now thrown around to describe people on the right even when said people don't subscribe to said ideology, much like the word cuck is thrown arou... | 1,545,521,883 | themarksmann | eccnyzn | eccn9dc | 27 | 0 |
CMV: Freedom of speech means the right to have and express an opinion, not to insult random people
I am not aware of how old days used to be. But what I do know that this world is not going in the right direction when it comes to freedom of speech and expression. The version of this 'freedom' that people are using ess... | Freedom works like this;
I have the right to swing my arm to and fro - But that right ends at your face - A right is not a right if exercising it causes damage to a person or a persons property
As it stands, words do not cause damage - No word uttered can break a leg or cut the skin, no phrase can smash your he... | If you restrict Freedom of Speech in such a way, things get dangerous. Sure, you can say insults aren’t allowed. But then who decides what qualifies as an insult? The government? So what happens if a journalist writes a critical piece on a politician, and they call the politician out for some flaw, say they call him “a... | b4jt13 | CMV: Freedom of speech means the right to have and express an opinion, not to insult random people | I am not aware of how old days used to be. But what I do know that this world is not going in the right direction when it comes to freedom of speech and expression. The version of this 'freedom' that people are using essentially makes this world a worse place than it would have been.
Correct me if I'm wrong but freedo... | 1,553,351,687 | Suradoe | ej7615o | ej73p1d | 6 | 3 |
CMV:Men have just as much right to "Abort" A child as the mother.
If they don't want to child but the mother does that is fine. However the mother going on to have the child even after the father says he does not want it should cause the father to have no legal obligation to pay for or care for the child. And while mo... | Men aren't the ones that the child is growing in, so no, men have less skin in the game.
If men could have a 'financial abortion', it would result in men not having to care about birth control. If the woman gets pregnant, that's no longer his problem, so he just won't think about it. This would either result in more ... | Because he created him ?
If you create a bomb in your garden, and cops come and see it, you'll have to pay for what you've done, even if it is proven that you did not wanted to use it.
You know that putting a girl pregnant carry the risk of her keeping the kid and you paying for it, that's the law. If she abort, yo... | 9fiahr | CMV:Men have just as much right to "Abort" A child as the mother. | If they don't want to child but the mother does that is fine. However the mother going on to have the child even after the father says he does not want it should cause the father to have no legal obligation to pay for or care for the child. And while more controversial and i don't really know personally how this is, bu... | 1,536,847,701 | Cowpancakes | e5wmhek | e5wmcm8 | 7 | 3 |
CMV: Freedom of speech means the right to have and express an opinion, not to insult random people
I am not aware of how old days used to be. But what I do know that this world is not going in the right direction when it comes to freedom of speech and expression. The version of this 'freedom' that people are using ess... | So, like you, I like civility. I don't want to see mean-spirited, petty attacks on people. I think a lot of the discourse on both sides of any issue is counter productive.
But the alternative is having someone decide WHICH speech is too mean. That's how government censors work. And that's how dictatorships work.
... | Who defines what fits the criteria? | b4jt13 | CMV: Freedom of speech means the right to have and express an opinion, not to insult random people | I am not aware of how old days used to be. But what I do know that this world is not going in the right direction when it comes to freedom of speech and expression. The version of this 'freedom' that people are using essentially makes this world a worse place than it would have been.
Correct me if I'm wrong but freedo... | 1,553,351,687 | Suradoe | ej73f6t | ej7362g | 14 | 3 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | Yes, with our given physics, suffering is inevitable. But if god is omnipotent, he can create a universe with laws where no one has to die. Isn't that something the ultimate game player could do? Where conscious experience could still be a natural consequence of his laws, but no suffering ensues. From my understand... | He is being a little shit don't listen to him | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3lq9bg | e3lq18m | 37 | 8 |
CMV: Derek Chauvin did not receive a fair trial.
Note: I AM NOT DEFENDING DEREK CHAUVIN!!! He is a murderer and I do believe the jury was right to convict him. However I don’t believe he had a fair trial.
In america everyone is entitled to a fair trial. Meaning that you get a day in court with a jury that decides you... | How would a re-trial be any more fair? Any prospective juror likely knows the circumstances surrounding the case. And how would sequestering the jury for a couple of weeks kept them from the knowledge of everything that happened in the last year?
If you don’t think Chauvin got a fair trial because of those circumst... | >Biden commented that he hoped the jury would come to the ‘right’ conclusion.
the jury was sequestered when he made that comment. the jury didn't hear it. | mvtono | CMV: Derek Chauvin did not receive a fair trial. | Note: I AM NOT DEFENDING DEREK CHAUVIN!!! He is a murderer and I do believe the jury was right to convict him. However I don’t believe he had a fair trial.
In america everyone is entitled to a fair trial. Meaning that you get a day in court with a jury that decides your fate. This means an Impartial jury - One that is... | 1,619,052,520 | Gensokyofartsniffer | gve4gt7 | gve48vm | 14 | 9 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."
-Friedrich Nietzsche, atheist philosopher
Life sucks. But from my perspective, you would never have happiness without suffering. This is why perfection is so nonsensical a concept to me. But remember that meaning is out there. It might not make y... | Evolution isn’t about purpose, it’s more about the effect of accidents on successful reproduction. It’s reasonable to suggest that the collection of accidents that led to the existence of sadness created a situation that helped signal to the larger community that support was needed, thereby helping sad people recover a... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3lqlwu | e3lp1a9 | 126 | 59 |
CMV: The movie Idiocracy promotes the idea of eugenics
When I first saw the movie Idiocracy I thought it was hilarious and I thought the premise at the beginning made enough logical sense that I didn't feel the need to question it.
This all changed when I learned about the Kallikak family. Basically a psychologist n... | The movie doesnt promote eugenics for one simple reason. At The end of The movie, Then President Not Sure, makes a speech saying that people used to consume more intelligent Entertainment such as books and that they would Value Education and intelligence rather than riducule it. He also says that if society would have ... | If you define eugenics broadly enough to mean anything that has the effect of improving the gene pool of the human race, and also think of it narrowly enough that you’re basically thinking of Nazis whenever it comes up, then you’re living directly on the slippery slope and you should relocate so that your property isn’... | 94s3r1 | CMV: The movie Idiocracy promotes the idea of eugenics | When I first saw the movie Idiocracy I thought it was hilarious and I thought the premise at the beginning made enough logical sense that I didn't feel the need to question it.
This all changed when I learned about the Kallikak family. Basically a psychologist named Henry Goddard who believed that feeble mindedness i... | 1,533,478,174 | [deleted] | e3ndgpf | e3nbtfx | 26 | 2 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | As a non religious individual I often consider the fact that a "god" may very well exist, but considering the scope of both power and persuasion an individual of a god calibre would employ, it would be reasonable to assume that such an entity would view us as interesting and important as you would a single celled organ... | Have you ever played a computer game like *The Sims* or *Cities: Skylines*? Perhaps *X-COM* or some other strategy game where you play as an eye in the sky or, kind of a god? I'm asking because that's the closest we can become like a god. Otherwise I could compare it to being a teacher or a parent, or any role where... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3lrxbr | e3lowxy | 584 | 39 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | If there is no god than who am I talking to?
Here is the plan brother. Stop looking for people to help you, like you've noticed they're mostly living paycheck to paycheck. Look for people suffering in similar ways that you are. This is called a community of vulnerability and they can be quite powerful. Once you find e... | Sorry, u/kittyfox3 – your comment has been removed for breaking Rule 1:
> **Direct responses to a CMV post must challenge at least one aspect of OP’s stated view (however minor), or ask a clarifying question**. Arguments in favor of the view OP is willing to change must be restricted to replies to other comments. [See... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3ltm68 | e3ltgjz | 3 | 1 |
CMV: The Struts/Kesha's song "Body Talks" is just as rapey as Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines"
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I love Kesha, so when a new song featuring her came on the radio I was excited. It's pretty upbeat and fun, but there are some parts that are *seriously* suspect, which really surprised m... | I will admit they are both a bit rapey, but one far more than the other. For one, in body talks, the line "If it's my imagination stop me if I'm wrong" is implying that despite body language, she is still asking the other party to give consent before proceeding further. Conversely, there is no mention of consent in blu... | There are always more than two options. There are 4 people that have songwriting credits on the original version.
Some options:
* they wrote different parts and didn't notice it was all rapey
* they all worked together and didn't notice
* they were feeling rapey and wrote a rapey song
* they looked at what was popula... | a8ofo6 | CMV: The Struts/Kesha's song "Body Talks" is just as rapey as Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" | Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I love Kesha, so when a new song featuring her came on the radio I was excited. It's pretty upbeat and fun, but there are some parts that are *seriously* suspect, which really surprised me. The second half of the chorus says:
>"You can pretend you don't wanna know
>But I read th... | 1,545,512,486 | TheSpaceCoresDad | ecchq9b | eccedbn | 9 | 0 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I’m a Christian, and my stance on this is that almost all negative things on this earth are products of free will. Whether it’s the pollution in the air causing cancer, earthquakes from fracking, or bad decisions we make with our diets.
As far as all the “it’s God’s plan” stuff Christians always say. I think it’s a p... | Have you ever played a computer game like *The Sims* or *Cities: Skylines*? Perhaps *X-COM* or some other strategy game where you play as an eye in the sky or, kind of a god? I'm asking because that's the closest we can become like a god. Otherwise I could compare it to being a teacher or a parent, or any role where... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3lr6qu | e3lowxy | 96 | 39 |
CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist.
The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of... | Many marriages during that time were married young. Any man with a conscious would wait until the girl could safely carry a child. I am not defending this practice in any way. But old used to be 40! So you cannot really judge people from that time on today's standards. Women were considered less important than their wa... | It is actually legal for an adult to marry a child in the US, and only in recent history did it become a crime for a husband to force himself on his wife. Given the pushback on rape laws in the US I think it's safe to say this isn't nearly as universally condemnable as you or OP seem to believe. | mvqyoq | CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist. | The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of Allah".. even though many are first hand accounts of the girl herself. By following the logic tha... | 1,619,043,608 | Drewsef916 | gvduw4n | gvduk8m | 7 | -4 |
CMV: Derek Chauvin did not receive a fair trial.
Note: I AM NOT DEFENDING DEREK CHAUVIN!!! He is a murderer and I do believe the jury was right to convict him. However I don’t believe he had a fair trial.
In america everyone is entitled to a fair trial. Meaning that you get a day in court with a jury that decides you... | >Even before the verdict, the judge in the case refused to sequester jurors from media coverage and outside influences during the trial, and that the pressure conveyed to them was beyond intense.
That's not accurate. The jury was partially sequestered meaning they were allowed to go home at night, but outside if that... | There was never going to be a trial of Derek Chauvin where the background of what happened after George Floyd died wasn't in the jury's mind. The trial started after the footage had been released and the protests took over the country. So sequestering wouldn't have made the jury less conscious of this wider political m... | mvtono | CMV: Derek Chauvin did not receive a fair trial. | Note: I AM NOT DEFENDING DEREK CHAUVIN!!! He is a murderer and I do believe the jury was right to convict him. However I don’t believe he had a fair trial.
In america everyone is entitled to a fair trial. Meaning that you get a day in court with a jury that decides your fate. This means an Impartial jury - One that is... | 1,619,052,520 | Gensokyofartsniffer | gve5z39 | gve4o82 | 30 | 15 |
CMV: the word "incel" is a baseless insult used by people to describe a certain political affiliation.
Incel means involuntary celibate which was coined by people to describe themselves and why they are not having sex and to point out that it is no fault of their own.
Incel is now thrown around to describe people on ... | https://www.reddit.com/r/yourmomshousepodcast/comments/a7jcwo/your_moms_house_podcast_ep_479_w_nikki_glaser/ec4t1ka
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/a8oye9/the_word_incel_is_the_far_left_equivalent_of_cuck/eccgnbe
Here is two examples of people being called incels and both people are left leaning ... | Anytime someone tries to advocate for a male-friendly approach to a social or legal issue, the word incel magically appears.
| a8pqhh | CMV: the word "incel" is a baseless insult used by people to describe a certain political affiliation. | Incel means involuntary celibate which was coined by people to describe themselves and why they are not having sex and to point out that it is no fault of their own.
Incel is now thrown around to describe people on the right even when said people don't subscribe to said ideology, much like the word cuck is thrown arou... | 1,545,521,883 | themarksmann | eccps7x | eccpk95 | 0 | -3 |
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