Unpopular Opinions you have (non-football)

[BotsMaster]

So if you don't have a problem, why should he/she be incarcerated?

You've said you don't have a problem with it, and that he can't help it, and it's the people who are encouraging him are actually getting to you.

If you're going to make an incredibly outlandish and statement full of idiocy, at least half know what you're trying to say.

Read that as incinerated

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Even under the assumption that Caitlyn Jenner is mentally unwell.

Why would she need to go in rehab/jail?

Those places are for those who are a danger to society and themselves.

How is she wanting to be female a danger to you, me or herself?

We as a society need to be less worried about what other people do. If it doesn't affect anyone, they can do whatever the **** they want. Whatever you consider normal or abnormal.

Oh god EXACTLY! Very well put.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

He did kill a woman for one. I would call that a risk to society

 

[Quivorir]

Under some pretty s**t cirmcumstances. The guy was basically being hunted down. And don't say killed like it was deliberate.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

And she has only been charged with a misdemeanour for it. There were no drugs, alcohol or phones involved...it was found to be caused by negligence which is not a felony. You can't go to jail for a misdemeanour charge.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

He did kill a woman for one. I would call that a risk to society

She didn't kill anyone.

She hasn't been prosecuted, or even tried in court.

You're innocent until proven guilty. That piece was as vague as you could get and clearly the situation hasn't been fully uncovered yet.

And it's not even like it's a Bill Cosby thing where it's just a matter of time.

And even if that were hypothetically the case, what the * does her gender or perceived gender have to do with that at all?

Honestly, the paparazzi are more mentally deranged than Caitlyn Jenner if you look at the cold hearted nature of their actions just to grab some pictures.

 

[raven echo]

 

[ShanDog]

It's taken me a while to come to terms with trangendered people or anything other than 'the norm', but I realised it really doesn't matter.

If someone feels a certain way about themselves, they should be afforded the basic respect to make that decision that every human should inherantly get from others.

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Dont know what the general consensus is, but I think the second season of Breaking Bad was relatively boring and poorly written.

How many times did they sit down to breakfast in that season?

 

[MKMatty]

I think people who "hate" or disagree with people that go against the popular opinion of something are a major cause of backwardness in the world.

Eg: people who hate pro-traditional marriage people. To the point of shaming them in public etc.

Why can't people just be accepting of all opinions and move it? Nothings changed, the popular opinion has just swung heavily to the other side on a load of major social issues.

 

[edgie]

I think people who "hate" or disagree with people that go against the popular opinion of something are a major cause of backwardness in the world.

Eg: people who hate pro-traditional marriage people. To the point of shaming them in public etc.

Why can't people just be accepting of all opinions and move it? Nothings changed, the popular opinion has just swung heavily to the other side on a load of major social issues.

Like the "anti racism" mobs going against the reclaim Australia protests... Like * off, they're just starting trouble and drawing attention to the idiots.

 

[edgie]

Bruce Jenner is Bruce Jenner and always will be Bruce Jenner. That's his name and how I view him.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Bruce Jenner is Bruce Jenner and always will be Bruce Jenner. That's his name and how I view him.

in b4 you are assassinated by the ideological firing squad

 

[Dagless]

Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner or whatever he wants to call himself these days should be in rehab (if not jail)

A tad different SG.

 

[edgie]

in b4 you are assassinated by the ideological firing squad

Probably, but * em.

I've had the displeasure of watching a lot of keeping up with the kardashians, and probably know more about Bruce than they do.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

A tad different SG.

Never underestimate the outrage of the pc and "progressive" crowd

 

[Dagless]

Never underestimate the outrage of the pc and "progressive" crowd

I think it's fair enough for people to struggle not to see the person as they've seen them for 30 years. It's hard to change impressions.

That's a little different to suggesting that the person should be in rehab because you can't get over your interpretation of them.

 

[edgie]

Never underestimate the outrage of the pc and "progressive" crowd

Many people on here seem to do fairly regular socialising, but I don't know where they do it. The bleeding hearts would be shocked to find in the streets and the pubs of Australia, they're in the minority.

Is it good? No.
Is it bad? Probably.
Do they need to get down off their soapbox and start campaigning for social change in more constructive ways? Definitely.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

I think it's fair enough for people to struggle not to see the person as they've seen them for 30 years. It's hard to change impressions.

That's a little different to suggesting that the person should be in rehab because you can't get over your interpretation of them.

He should be in rehab because he has lost the plot.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Many people on here seem to do fairly regular socialising, but I don't know where they do it. The bleeding hearts would be shocked to find in the streets and the pubs of Australia, they're in the minority.

Is it good? No.
Is it bad? Probably.
Do they need to get down off their soapbox and start campaigning for social change in more constructive ways? Definitely.

Pretty much
Think I've posted this before but I think of this crowds ideal world.
Reckon it would be close to this but replace the people with different ethnicity with a transexual, a feminist and brony

 

[Dagless]

Many people on here seem to do fairly regular socialising, but I don't know where they do it. The bleeding hearts would be shocked to find in the streets and the pubs of Australia, they're in the minority.

Is it good? No.
Is it bad? Probably.
Do they need to get down off their soapbox and start campaigning for social change in more constructive ways? Definitely.

Can't that be an indictment on yourself rather than them?

Either way, whilst I'm not one of them I have more than a fair share of social progressive friends who regularly go to rallies, marches, sit ins in political offices, protests.

The problem is media coverage, which is mostly nonexistent in (Murdoch) news coverage, and if it is covered it's alllll the way in the middle of the newspaper. It doesn't sell and what could sell doesn't want to be told by a healthy number of people in control.

Most Australians are pretty happy living in their cocoon. Fair enough too, it's comfortable. But just because they choose not to expose themselves to that side of the world, or pass them off as 'leftie extremists in the minority', doesn't mean they are going about it in the wrong way necessarily.

 

[edgie]

Can't that be an indictment on yourself rather than them?

Either way, whilst I'm not one of them I have more than a fair share of social progressive friends who regularly go to rallies, marches, sit ins in political offices, protests.

The problem is media coverage, which is mostly nonexistent in (Murdoch) news coverage, and if it is covered it's alllll the way in the middle of the newspaper. It doesn't sell and what could sell doesn't want to be told by a healthy number of people in control.

Most Australians are pretty happy living in their cocoon. Fair enough too, it's comfortable. But just because they choose not to expose themselves to that side of the world, or pass them off as 'leftie extremists in the minority', doesn't mean they are going about it in the wrong way necessarily.

Rallies and protests are more targeted toward achieving a political end, rather than changing social perceptions. Go hand some leaflets out at the dog track. Go have a drink at the pub pulling everyone up you hear make a homophobic or racial slur and tell them why it is wrong. Have a dance at a nightclub and educate men looking to slay some pussy about how backwards misogyny is.

 

[Off The Couch]

I don't give a rats about the ashes

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Rallies and protests are more targeted toward achieving a political end, rather than changing social perceptions. Go hand some leaflets out at the dog track. Go have a drink at the pub pulling everyone up you hear make a homophobic or racial slur and tell them why it is wrong. Have a dance at a nightclub and educate men looking to slau some pussy about how backwards misogyny is.

Was at the local pub with a couple of mates shortly after the Eddie Maguire/Goodes incident and they kept calling out stuff about Goodes being King King etc (which I actually thought was too far) and people were having a laugh or couldn't care less. Most of this faux outrage is used just to make people feel like they are a good person.

Reminds of this guy I have on facebook. Friend of friend. Met him a handful of times. Average 21yo guy. Doesn't mind swearing or the old semi homophobic remark about something.

However on FB he wrote a status a couple of paragraphs long about how he supports gay pride round dropping every pc cliche there is. Also partook in the fad of making his profile pic rainbow colored

 

[MKMatty]

Was at the local pub with a couple of mates shortly after the Eddie Maguire/Goodes incident and they kept calling out stuff about Goodes being King King etc (which I actually thought was too far) and people were having a laugh or couldn't care less. Most of this faux outrage is used just to make people feel like they are a good person.

Reminds of this guy I have on facebook. Friend of friend. Met him a handful of times. Average 21yo guy. Doesn't mind swearing or the old semi homophobic remark about something.

However on FB he wrote a status a couple of paragraphs long about how he supports gay pride round dropping every pc cliche there is. Also partook in the fad of making his profile pic rainbow colored

I have a friend that I went to school with, she's since come out as bisexual and is currently in a lesbian relationship. She's always posting these statuses which start off sounding enlarging to minority groups, but always end in a twist which shames straight people. (Or more specifically, the white straight male).

I find it hard to support people who want others to be tolerant of them and their beliefs when they aren't tolerant of others.