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- Late Night comics aren't even remotely funny
- New Jersey > New York
- LBJ > JFK
- I support Theresa May over Jeremy Corbyn
- A flat 20% income tax is a good idea
- We need to be stricter on illegal immigration (but I still support a path to citizenship)
- Medicare for All is a terrible idea, just model Germany's system and we'll be fine.
- I don't like how cheating has been normalized nowadays. When I'm dating someone, I'm loyal to her and I (expect) she's loyal to me.
- Smoking weed is unhealthy
- We need to remove the Clintonite and Bernout cults of the Democratic Party and start fresh. Both are extremely toxic in their own ways. Both are self-absorbed, snotty groups who just make it easier for the Republicans to govern autocratically.
- Phil Murphy will be a terrible governor, and I will vote for a Republican in 2021 over him, unless he's REALLY good. Seriously, is Murphy the best we could do when we have a Republican governor in SINGLE DIGIT approval ratings?
- I enjoy flying

There's probably a bunch I forgot to list.

Tbf these just make you sound like a clingy control freak.

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-Not being satisfied with the direction of the GOP over the last year or two AND also not wanting a Kasich-mold party (I want a Cruz/Bevin/Rubio/Walker/Pence-type party).

-The only conspiracy theory I have ever been willing to even consider is the Seth Rich one.  All others are ridiculously stupid.

-Life comes before anything else.  As I have said numerous times, apart from violence, the ends of ending abortion justify the means entirely.

-I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.

-Marijuana should remain illegal.

-I waffle on the merits of reinstating alcohol prohibition.  I lean towards saying that it would do more harm than good, but drinking should be strongly frowned on by society (and be something that no one would admit to doing in public).

-If alcohol were to disappear, the majority of crime would instantly disappear as well- especially sex crime, which would be virtually eradicated.

-We should repeal the 16th Amendment.  I would replace all taxes with a very low rate consumption tax.

-Social Security, Medicare, Medicade, and all entitlement programs should be gradually phased out.  They are the type of thing that there would be no need for if they didn't exist because people would get themselves out of poverty.

-There should be no minimum wage or licensing requirements at all.  They just harm business.

-People arguing against free trade and immigration are afraid of the free market.  I do support a strong border, but it should be significantly easier to come here legally.

-We need to stop talking about race- it's the only way for the last traces of racism to disappear.

-There is no such thing as "separation of church and state" in the Constitution.  It just means that you can't be forced to follow any religion, but all of our elected officials should act in accordance with their faith- and religious beliefs are a good enough justification for any political stance.

-I also support a PSA campaign to discourage secularism.  It wouldn't be targeted at what religion you follow, as long as it is one that encourages traditional family values.  Secularism is a far greater threat to our society than Islam is.  Society should go back to looking at someone funny if they aren't going to church/another religious service on a Sunday morning.

-Transgenderism isn't real, and there are two genders.  Gender and sex are the same thing, and "gender identity" is completely made up.  I go back and forth on whether or not sex changes should be illegal.  The more pressing problem is that scientists are not looking for a cure to gender dysphoria (and homosexuality, for that matter) out of fear for left-wing PC activists.

-Planned Parenthood is the most racist organization with any influence in society today.

-The left wants to divide us up into "identities" for political goals.  They figure if they can get enough "identities"/demographics to feel like they need protection (and that Democrats are the only ones who can protect them), they can win elections.

-I am completely bored by any talk of Russia and just want it to go away, whatever the outcome is.

This sounds like a very deeply seeded case of denial.  Sorry bud, but homosexuality is just something one is, not something one has.  Acceptance is the cure.

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- Vietnam War draft dodgers are cowards, not heroes. I’m looking at you, Donald and Bernie.

Those that legally avoided the draft are cowards? I used a deferment based on attendance in college to avoid the draft. Am I a coward?

Did I say draft deferrers are cowards?  

I guess not if you view "dodgers" as a synonym for illegal "evaders." Bernie Sanders did nothing illegal.  Perhaps what you are saying is that you view those who seek alternative service as conscientious objectors are cowards.

So you are offended because I called Bernie Sanders a coward? I mean truth be told, maybe you are a coward yourself as I don’t know what the circumstances.

This thread was a mistake. I’d expect a moderator to lock it.

You haven't been faced with the draft.  Even if you're 110% sure you'd be proud to serve if drafted, you haven't actually experienced it.

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I probably shouldn't say this, but I do have a VERY unpopular opinion...
Viewing child porn should not be illegal, however obviously making or distributing it should be highly illegal as it already is.

You should chamge your opinion on this.

By viewing it you contribute to a demand for it, which necessarily creates a demand for the sexual assault of children.  Furthermore, even if there is no obvious sexual assault of children in the material, chances are said children were either coaxed into performing by predators who intend to distribute the material or the material was leaked by the originally intended recipient and distributed.

There is literally no case where a production of such material has knowingly and consensually been produced by all parties involved for people in general to view.  First and foremost because children can not meaningfully consent.

I do, however, believe children who produce such material should not be held criminally liable for it as they sometimes are.

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I like tofu

Most seafood is gross and smells like a pissy diaper from a person suffering from a UTI

Science is becoming a religion of sorts

The midwest and south have yugely outsized and undeserved influence over our policies and political processes and this should be actively curtailed

Al Gore is nothing but pure hypocrisy in the form of a very successful scam artist

The environmentalist movement has seriously lost its way and I believe they will ultimately do far more harm to the environment in the name of "protecting" it.

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i think it's wrong to disobey the sign.

i respect the law. my parents didn't respect the law and i hate them for it.

Those who live by the law die by the law.

“The righteous will live by faith.” 12The Law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The one who does these things will live by them.” 13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us.

This is why when I'm walking down the stairs and my enormous feet are too big for them and I slip and almost throw my back out, I curse "JESUS CHRIST!"  Then I say thank you.

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I think Mike is short for Micycle.

I don't think bike is short for bichael, but I certainly find it reasonable that Mike is short for Micycle.

But is this a 10 speed mountain micycle or a one speed micycle?

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Waving a Confederate flag is not only racist, but treasonous and anti-American.

What if you're waving it in order to increase the airflow to the flames?

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Libertariland where anarchy would reign and the free marker would control everything.

Free markers? I would have gone for heroine injections myself.

Obviously he was referring to an island ruled by Harold and his Purple Crayon

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Mike Pence is a kind and gentle man who loves the gays.

In the way Ingrid Newkirk is a kind and gentle woman who loves pets... she loves them so much that she has to toss them in unsanitary cages after stealing them from pet owners and then euthanize them to spare them the horror of being loved by a human companion.

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All rap sucks and is incomprehensible.

Truth

"i don't understand it so it must be bad"

Nope, it just sucks.

White guys from Uber white states hate rap. Shocking.

Since when is Florida uber white???

I was talking about benburch and massguy.

Though Sanchez is a glass-closet racist so...

It must be depressing hating so many people.

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Physical formats are better than spotify and netflix or whatever you people are using.

My sister is like this and I was trying to figure out why this is.  Then I reasoned that she probably likes to display her physical music/games/movies in order to justify her entertainment system setup.

But then I was reminded of that story I read that said that working class/middle class people have no problem just plunking their store bought handsoap or dish soap container next to the faucet... while bougie/rich types would tend to have a stylized soap dispenser that you refill and would almost invariably keep their dish soap under the sink in a cupboard.

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Civil discourse and looking/appearing professional are tools of the oppressor class to delegitimize and dismiss the righteous anger and pain the oppressed feel.

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1. delete your account
2. This is antisemitic from a far-left and far-right angle and if you truly believe this nonsense then you are an antisemite.
3. You know nothing about Jews in America, or even Jews as a whole. Why do you take pride in being ignorant? Massive HP.

Oh Hai you should join the discord.

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Real racism is 100000000000 times worse than reverse "racism".

Thread title says unpopular. Did you forget that part?

She had to virtue signal, and she had to do it RIGHT NOW.

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The metoo movement is mostly about privileged, powerful, wealthy women getting in on the ‘I’m a victim too!  Me too!’ Bandwagon.

The ordinary women who are victims of rape are not “omg me too ##”... their stories are all uniquely terrifying, traumatic, and largely ignored.

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I get upset when posters denigrate the Atlas forum and its community in an unironic manner.

If you really feel that way about this place and the people here, I think it'd be better if you went on your merry way.

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As a Gen Z, Gen Z is going to kill us all.

As a Millennial, Gen Z is going to kill us all.