Hot, Bad & Unpopular Takes

[Mr. Smith]

I favor the death penalty.

The EU has been terrible [except for the convenience of the Euro as a currency]

I'm not opposed to polygamy outright

Abe Lincoln is only my 3rd favorite president.

Not opposed to religious freedom laws if applied to private services, also not opposed to cops getting the middle finger, if it's a private institution and the owner does it.

European hate speech laws are an excellent idea

Voting age should go down to 16

Mississippi is a better state than Florida

(Relative to Atlas these days where a bit of Madonna/Wh**^ Complex is norm) California is actually a pretty decent place to be, it's neither a sinkhole nor is it a utopia...but San Diego sucks.

I despise the smell of beer or whiskey or pretty much any alcohol besides wine

I despise the smell of weed

The White House needs a Council for Boys and Men.

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Jfern is a quality poster.

Not as strong, but jfern is a decent poster with valid points.

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Hillary would've won against the other GOP candidates, and Trump would've won the PV too against Bernie. The actual 2016 was a perfect cancellation coin flip campaign, with Comeyghazi being what called it to not just Trump but the GOP too.

RoJo, Burr, Blunt, Tumor would've been axed as well, with Feingold running ahead of Hillary by precisely the same margin he lost.

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I believe that some people are simply born evil. 

This too.

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Yeah I'm extremely interested in TexArkana's hard drive right now.

I have never, and would never, watch anything sexual involving anyone under the age of 18. I'm not attracted to children in any way either, as I like, shall we say, well developed women 😏

...And Palpatine loved the Republic and Democracy.

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English would be a much better language if it had "thorn" and "edth" characters.

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Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is still better than Temple of Doom.

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Misandry is real.

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Jar Jar is not a terrible character.

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Jar Jar is not a terrible character.

Revenge of the Sith is the best Star Wars movie.

It is the best of the prequels, and an argument could be made for it better than Return of the Jedi. However, there is so far no contender to The Empire Strikes Back when it comes to what Star Wars movie best is.

Return of the Jedi is the second best. Empire is third.

No, Return of the Jedi is the outright best.


As for Empire Strikes Back and what it stands for, the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender did all that stuff better.

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Star Wars Game of Thrones sucks

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The Sequels are now officially worse than The Prequels.

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The Phantom Menace was a better movie that has aged much better than any the movies post-Disney buyout.

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IMO the biggest problem with child support is that there seems to be no opt-out for it at all.  I don't think any person should be subject to 18 years hard labor against their will, physical or financial, male or female.  That precisely is why I'm pro-choice.

But, I also believe that childbearing should be universally discouraged.  That's what puts me at odds with most people, I think.

I don't know about child support but alimony should be banned completely. No one owes you anything after a relationship ends

I mean, it prevents trapping someone in an abusive relationship because they have no way to provide for themselves.

It also becomes financial abuse in the wrong hands.

Can't say I agree in full though, because these things are very case-by-case by nature.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender is the greatest show ever created.

The death penalty is a perfectly acceptable punishment for neo-Nazis

Freedom of Speech completely unabridged is overrated, we'd be better off with European style laws

Scotland would've been better off Independent in 2014.

The wage gap is a myth.

Airports are a fascinating places to be.

Citizen Kane is mediocre.

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It's easier to be a tw&t offline (a few professional exceptions) than it is online.

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It's easier to be a tw&t offline (a few professional exceptions) than it is online.

Do you mean for you personally or for people in general?

For me definitely, but a case can be made for in general.

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"Party unity" is a sham and there needs to be a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party.

No it isn't, and careful what you wish for. DLC was formed by such means after all.

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Warm weather is less stressful than cold weather

isn't that the more common opinion?i mean i prefer colder weather personally.like below 60 degrees..but seems like most people don't

Atlas has a weird love of cool climates for some reason

This. Except for Goldwater, like everyone else on here hates hot weather.

Sunburns, the inability to strip down past the skin, profuse sweat, no snow to throw snowballs at in the face of adversity or ski on or build things with, no fog.

At least the cold has those, especially regarding the ability to layer up in the worst of the worst.

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Social networking is stupid and artificial

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We're better off with censorship than without, and too often are we focused on being offended by someone being offended and then doubling down, rather than figuring out why we've offended that offended person.

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Ok, now for a less serious one:

The 1970's Hobbit cartoon was better than Peter Jackson's Trilogy.

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The Florida Gubernatorial is not cut-and-dried for DeSantis and will likely be a narrow win little different from how another so-called criminal [now running for Senate] got themselves elected and re-elected in GOP favorable years.

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Lief is a terrible namesake for the tread of Simple Truths.

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Authoritarian shouldn't be considered insulting inherently.