Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority

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Anonymous wrote:I think abortion is good - it takes away the risk of having to live a crappy life with lots of sadness.

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Are you in favor of suicide? Why are you so sure the child's life will be crappy?

I'm not sure it will be crappy but it probably will be. Life sucks. It's just too sad. Too many bad things happen.

And yes, I absolutely am in favor of suicide.

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Anonymous wrote:I think abortion is good - it takes away the risk of having to live a crappy life with lots of sadness.

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Are you in favor of suicide? Why are you so sure the child's life will be crappy?

I'm not sure it will be crappy but it probably will be. Life sucks. It's just too sad. Too many bad things happen.

And yes, I absolutely am in favor of suicide.

I would disagree, a life (even a crappy one) is better than no life at all

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Anonymous wrote:Children should be denied SN help if their mothers were over 35 when they were born. A rare occurrence is one thing, but playing Russian roulette with other people's money? should NOT be supported

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What's the age cut off for husbans? Or is every genetic issue tha fault of the monther?

Why not mandate genetic testing for every couple and if they are over a certain percentage risk then they have to sign a special needs waiver to support based on that risk? And, if they don't take the test they pay significantly more?

What exactly do you propose then smartass. SN parents are eyeing every dollar school district has to provide gold plated services while normal children are wanting for good math and science teachers and god knows what else in any sd that is not lucky to be UMC. Decide quickly because SN is getting more and more common while the parents get nastier and more entitled.

I do not believe the actions of parents should be held against the innocent child. Period.

I don't think my difference of opinion from you makes me a "smartass". But it probably makes me more compassionate given the opinions expressed.

You are a smartass. Budgets are getting smaller and smaller while SN rates are rising dramatically. I ask you again what do you propose.

Proving you wrong doesn't make me a smartass it make me right.

I'm not continuing the conversation with someone who calls names to people with whom they disagree.

How did you prove anyone wrong. All you provided was some vague 'compassion' without realizing it was a zero sum game

I realize what the law says, but I read a few years ago that 20% of the dcps budget is tied up in private school placements for sn's. Something HAS to be done when ES teachers are buying supplies out of their meager incomes while the law won't allow the kids with $100,000 tuition fees to come back to regular school.

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At least 1/2 academics will or have faked research in their career

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People make too much out of race

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's offensive to all women when a man can claim that he is a woman, even though he clearly is not

It's not my intention to attack you at all, because I can honestly see why you'd say that, I do see your point, but your post reminded me of my own majorly minority opinion...

In contrast, I personally think it's offensive when someone has an opinion about anyone else's gender identity. Only the person living in the brain and body knows their own experiences so I would never be able to say someone else is "clearly" anything other than what they say they are. The gender identity spectrum is too complicated for that and about more than just what parts someone has.

I don't intend to attack you either.

Why are people allowed to have 'opinions' on their gender identity. It's pretty binary (not talking about hermaphrodites). I live in my own body and know my own experiences. I say I am Rasputin. Do you accept this? If not why do you accept Bruce being Belinda?

I welcome this sort of civil discussion on what I consider an interesting and important topic.

Well, because I don't believe that gender identity is at all binary. I don't actually believe in two genders; I think evidence from societies other than our own suggests that that's an incomplete and overly limiting standard that we have because it's been ingrained in our culture. Men and women obviously exist, but as far as I'm concerned and aware so does basically an entire 'color wheel' of sorts of shades of other gender identities that are equally as legitimate.

Regarding Rasputin, first of all regardless of what I believe and mentally accept, in almost all cases I will at a minimum address people as they wish me to so if this is a genuine part of your identity not hyperbole to make a point I would absolutely call you by that name.

In terms of what I would accept of your identity... my understanding of time is such that I don't believe you can be THAT Rasputin exactly; he lived and died long ago in a different society. He was a specific individual and that specific identity has already been claimed. No two people are completely identical, as I know he never made a clone. That said, you could definitely be A Rasputin or even a reincarnation or regeneration OF Rasputin...but existing in your time and place instead of the one he originally lived in has made you fundamentally different from the original. You know your experiences. If you're Rasputin, than I'll refer to you as such and hope to develop a better understanding of what that means for you so that I can relate to you as you are and not as you only physically appear.

I accept that anyone is who they identify as unless it's done for fraudulent purposes. The interview clip I saw said Jenner still wanted to be called Bruce for now at this point in the transition, so if that's accurate I'll use that name until another one is accurate and preferred.

But where would you draw the line and why would you draw it there?

Good question. I don't think I have or anyone has the right to draw "the line" for what is acceptable AS LONG AS no one is being harmed or having their rights violated without their consent. This is because I believe every human has the right to make their own choices and that no one else's judgement of those choices is legitimate or means a darn thing unless the person's opinion was specifically requested. The only thing I think is objectively bad and immoral is non-consensual harm to others...everything else is fine and in my mind perfectly acceptable. The reason I think harming others is unacceptable is because everyone is equally human with inherently equal dignity and worth and an equal right to their own consent and choices and safety.

Where is my personal line? I will respect people enough to go along with and treat them as whoever they identify as in any way, up to the point where they are asking me to condone/support behavior harmful to others. That, I will not do. Otherwise, it's all good with me. Someone's gender identity is nonbinary leaning towards masculine but not completely, except they were born in a dfab body? Fine, cool, tell me your preferred name and pronouns and that'll be that, you're just you to me. Someone is binary trans and I initially knew them as a man but now they're a woman? Wonderful, glad the transition went well. It's good to see you again, how's life been treating you? Someone identifies as non-human otherkin...interesting, please teach me what if anything I may need to know to interact with you in a way that appropriately respects how you view your identity, since this isn't something I'm familiar with and I may make mistakes out of ignorance. Someone identifies with a chosen name and mental identity, rather than their legal name? Wonderful, introduce us, hello Rasputin, good to meet you.

Where is my line for "accepting" things in the definition of truly understanding and believing them? You're right, that's a little harder. We all have cognitive and cultural biases, and I'm working on getting rid of mine. I admit I can't quite wrap my mind around everything and sometimes I find who people are really to be confusing and think "can/how can they really honestly be this thing?" but that's my own personal struggle and at a minimum I understand, acknowledge, accept, and act on the fact that other people are the authority on their lives and their experiences are legitimate even if they're different from mine or outside my understanding.

My only line is do no harm and do not act with malicious intent. I explained above why I draw that line.

In public you would do this, but privately would you honestly believe they were as they said they were? Would you immediately accept their claims or would you require further convincing?

To the first, I admitted in my previous post that sometimes I struggle to "believe" or understand how it's possible that some people are certain identities because they're so far outside my own experience that I sometimes can't even comprehend the idea... but that's my problem not the person's and as I work to become more understanding and open in my thoughts I will ALWAYS at a minimum outwardly treat people with the respect I believe they're due no matter what I'm currently thinking.

Regarding the second, I might require more information in order to understand/believe, but in this case what I may think matters little to how I would ACT, and it's not up to anyone else to "convince" me of their identity. If I can't understand it or privately think they must be wrong/making it up, that's my shortcoming to work through, not theirs. People are who they say they are and that should be respected and accepted as legitimate, provided they're not attempting to use their chosen identity to act in a malicious way or to harm others.

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People make way too much of an issue of k-12 education. An A student at the top of his/her high school class will do fine in the college admissions rat race -- whether those As are from the top public in MontCo or the top private in DC or a regular public in the exurbs or a no name school in Iowa. I say this coming from an education obsessed Asian family and holding the requisite ivy degrees -- the obsession with being in the "right" district is overblown; instead the focus should be on being at the top of whichever class the kid is in.

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I choose to avoid black people. Nothing, but problems. I live in a diverse neighborhood, but hardly any black people. We have no crime. Baltimore has reinforced my beliefs that there's something seriously wrong with many of them

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's offensive to all women when a man can claim that he is a woman, even though he clearly is not

It's not my intention to attack you at all, because I can honestly see why you'd say that, I do see your point, but your post reminded me of my own majorly minority opinion...

In contrast, I personally think it's offensive when someone has an opinion about anyone else's gender identity. Only the person living in the brain and body knows their own experiences so I would never be able to say someone else is "clearly" anything other than what they say they are. The gender identity spectrum is too complicated for that and about more than just what parts someone has.

I don't intend to attack you either.

Why are people allowed to have 'opinions' on their gender identity. It's pretty binary (not talking about hermaphrodites). I live in my own body and know my own experiences. I say I am Rasputin. Do you accept this? If not why do you accept Bruce being Belinda?

I welcome this sort of civil discussion on what I consider an interesting and important topic.

Well, because I don't believe that gender identity is at all binary. I don't actually believe in two genders; I think evidence from societies other than our own suggests that that's an incomplete and overly limiting standard that we have because it's been ingrained in our culture. Men and women obviously exist, but as far as I'm concerned and aware so does basically an entire 'color wheel' of sorts of shades of other gender identities that are equally as legitimate.

Regarding Rasputin, first of all regardless of what I believe and mentally accept, in almost all cases I will at a minimum address people as they wish me to so if this is a genuine part of your identity not hyperbole to make a point I would absolutely call you by that name.

In terms of what I would accept of your identity... my understanding of time is such that I don't believe you can be THAT Rasputin exactly; he lived and died long ago in a different society. He was a specific individual and that specific identity has already been claimed. No two people are completely identical, as I know he never made a clone. That said, you could definitely be A Rasputin or even a reincarnation or regeneration OF Rasputin...but existing in your time and place instead of the one he originally lived in has made you fundamentally different from the original. You know your experiences. If you're Rasputin, than I'll refer to you as such and hope to develop a better understanding of what that means for you so that I can relate to you as you are and not as you only physically appear.

I accept that anyone is who they identify as unless it's done for fraudulent purposes. The interview clip I saw said Jenner still wanted to be called Bruce for now at this point in the transition, so if that's accurate I'll use that name until another one is accurate and preferred.

But where would you draw the line and why would you draw it there?

Good question. I don't think I have or anyone has the right to draw "the line" for what is acceptable AS LONG AS no one is being harmed or having their rights violated without their consent. This is because I believe every human has the right to make their own choices and that no one else's judgement of those choices is legitimate or means a darn thing unless the person's opinion was specifically requested. The only thing I think is objectively bad and immoral is non-consensual harm to others...everything else is fine and in my mind perfectly acceptable. The reason I think harming others is unacceptable is because everyone is equally human with inherently equal dignity and worth and an equal right to their own consent and choices and safety.

Where is my personal line? I will respect people enough to go along with and treat them as whoever they identify as in any way, up to the point where they are asking me to condone/support behavior harmful to others. That, I will not do. Otherwise, it's all good with me. Someone's gender identity is nonbinary leaning towards masculine but not completely, except they were born in a dfab body? Fine, cool, tell me your preferred name and pronouns and that'll be that, you're just you to me. Someone is binary trans and I initially knew them as a man but now they're a woman? Wonderful, glad the transition went well. It's good to see you again, how's life been treating you? Someone identifies as non-human otherkin...interesting, please teach me what if anything I may need to know to interact with you in a way that appropriately respects how you view your identity, since this isn't something I'm familiar with and I may make mistakes out of ignorance. Someone identifies with a chosen name and mental identity, rather than their legal name? Wonderful, introduce us, hello Rasputin, good to meet you.

Where is my line for "accepting" things in the definition of truly understanding and believing them? You're right, that's a little harder. We all have cognitive and cultural biases, and I'm working on getting rid of mine. I admit I can't quite wrap my mind around everything and sometimes I find who people are really to be confusing and think "can/how can they really honestly be this thing?" but that's my own personal struggle and at a minimum I understand, acknowledge, accept, and act on the fact that other people are the authority on their lives and their experiences are legitimate even if they're different from mine or outside my understanding.

My only line is do no harm and do not act with malicious intent. I explained above why I draw that line.

In public you would do this, but privately would you honestly believe they were as they said they were? Would you immediately accept their claims or would you require further convincing?

To the first, I admitted in my previous post that sometimes I struggle to "believe" or understand how it's possible that some people are certain identities because they're so far outside my own experience that I sometimes can't even comprehend the idea... but that's my problem not the person's and as I work to become more understanding and open in my thoughts I will ALWAYS at a minimum outwardly treat people with the respect I believe they're due no matter what I'm currently thinking.

Regarding the second, I might require more information in order to understand/believe, but in this case what I may think matters little to how I would ACT, and it's not up to anyone else to "convince" me of their identity. If I can't understand it or privately think they must be wrong/making it up, that's my shortcoming to work through, not theirs. People are who they say they are and that should be respected and accepted as legitimate, provided they're not attempting to use their chosen identity to act in a malicious way or to harm others.

I would have to disagree with you there. I would not view it as 'my problem' if I did not understood if a person claimed to be different than what they are. I would humor them to an extent.

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People should not have to stop for school buses. Teach your children that cars are dangerous or admit their life is not viable

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"roe" from roe v wade is now a pro life campaigner. The woman who went all the way up to the Supreme Court for a woman to have unrestricted access to abortion now realizes how wrong she was. I hope you anti lifers question your own beliefs now.

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Anonymous wrote:Children should be denied SN help if their mothers were over 35 when they were born. A rare occurrence is one thing, but playing Russian roulette with other people's money? should NOT be supported

+1

What's the age cut off for husbans? Or is every genetic issue tha fault of the monther?

Why not mandate genetic testing for every couple and if they are over a certain percentage risk then they have to sign a special needs waiver to support based on that risk? And, if they don't take the test they pay significantly more?

What exactly do you propose then smartass. SN parents are eyeing every dollar school district has to provide gold plated services while normal children are wanting for good math and science teachers and god knows what else in any sd that is not lucky to be UMC. Decide quickly because SN is getting more and more common while the parents get nastier and more entitled.

I do not believe the actions of parents should be held against the innocent child. Period.

I don't think my difference of opinion from you makes me a "smartass". But it probably makes me more compassionate given the opinions expressed.

You are a smartass. Budgets are getting smaller and smaller while SN rates are rising dramatically. I ask you again what do you propose.

Proving you wrong doesn't make me a smartass it make me right.

I'm not continuing the conversation with someone who calls names to people with whom they disagree.

How did you prove anyone wrong. All you provided was some vague 'compassion' without realizing it was a zero sum game

+1 or is an idiot

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Anonymous wrote:I choose to avoid black people. Nothing, but problems. I live in a diverse neighborhood, but hardly any black people. We have no crime. Baltimore has reinforced my beliefs that there's something seriously wrong with many of them

Agreed. They seem unable to make something of themselves, have traditional families and stay out of trouble.

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I don't get financial aid to private school. College, sure - the kid might not be able to go otherwise. But we have public school in this country. If you can't afford private, you can't afford it.

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I do not get monogamy unless you are undesirable.

I don't understand Americans' infatuation with pop culture. Celebrities, movies, TV. Just do not get it.