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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.

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And some non-directly political ones:

-I don't care if a school wants to pay an elite athlete millions of dollars
-Coffee is disgusting
-The SEC is still the best conference in college football
-Consumerism isn't bad
-Snow is overrated and cold even moreso
-Dressing up for any occasion should be obsolete by now.  Why do I have to even own long pants?
-Speaking of that, shorts are year-round attire
-Vegetables aren't food as far as I'm concerned
-No food (not even desserts) wouldn't be improved by the addition of bacon
-Reading books is overrated
-TV is better than movies
-Abstract art isn't art
-Why would anyone eat seafood when real meat is available?
-Going to a sports game gives you a much better sense of culture than some art museum
-Chicago pizza is better than New York pizza (though I don't know how authentic my experiences with either have been)
-Soccer is stupid
-College baseball is a criminally underrated sport
-Arena football is fun
-College football overtime is better than NFL overtime
-The best college basketball team in any given year would not be swept in a best-of-7 series against the worst NBA team in that year

OK, one political one (kind of):
-Conservative women are, as a whole, much better looking than liberal women- and it's not remotely close

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Personal character is something that I will consider in a primary, but not something that could ever change my vote in a general election.  At the end of the day, all that really matters from a member of Congress is how they vote.

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In my mind, voting for a pro-choice candidate when there is a pro-life candidate in the race, makes you an accomplice to murder.  That could never be prosecuted, but that's how I feel.

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Abortionists should receive the death penalty once abortion is illegal

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Abortionists should receive the death penalty once abortion is illegal

as in, the ones currently performing abortions or lawbreakers after it's illegal?

Lawbreakers after it's illegal (we are a society of laws, after all)

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Here is a completely non-political one:

-I would root for any team in the SEC over any team not in the SEC.  So my least favorite team in the SEC is my 14th favorite team in college sports.

-I also in general find rooting against a team because they are your rival silly.  I actually tend to respect my rivals and generally root for them when it will not impact my actual team.  Now, in pro sports, that is more rare because of divisional standings, but if my team is not in the playoffs and a rival of my team is, I have no ill will to them.  I pick which teams I don't like completely independently of picking which teams I do like.

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Here is a completely non-political one:

-I would root for any team in the SEC over any team not in the SEC.  So my least favorite team in the SEC is my 14th favorite team in college sports.

-I also in general find rooting against a team because they are your rival silly.  I actually tend to respect my rivals and generally root for them when it will not impact my actual team.  Now, in pro sports, that is more rare because of divisional standings, but if my team is not in the playoffs and a rival of my team is, I have no ill will to them.  I pick which teams I don't like completely independently of picking which teams I do like.

The first opinion seems to be common among SEC fans and I just don’t get it. Coming from a world of PAC 12 blood feuds it makes no sense to me.

I kind of view them as brothers in that we want to beat them more than anything, but we don't want anybody else to touch them.  Also, the whole regional pride thing is probably at play for a lot of people.

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Partisan gerrymandering and regional polarization are good things because they allow more people to be represented by people they agree with

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Societal acceptance of any sex outside in a long-term relationship that is clearly headed for marriage makes rape and sexual assault inevitable and impossible to prevent.  If any of the MeToo people really cared about stopping sexual assault, they would work to end acceptance of all sex that would have been unacceptable to society before the sexual revolution.

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Alcohol should be illegal, but it's too ingrained in society to actually execute the ban without mass protests.  Same thing with tobacco.  And that's my biggest reason for not wanting to legalize marijuana- that we cannot create a third great American drug that becomes readily available and socially acceptable.  I don't think pot is that much worse than alcohol or tobacco (from what I've read- I have never had and will never have any of the three), but they should all be illegal- but it's the only one of the three that isn't so deeply entrenched that it's almost impossible to ban.

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The only generation that really exists is the Baby Boomer Generation.  There is no such thing as a Gen-Xer, Millennial, or Gen-Zer.

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The only generation that really exists is the Baby Boomer Generation.  There is no such thing as a Gen-Xer, Millennial, or Gen-Zer.

Really, I think that generations in general are complete nonsense. Why should I relate to someone born in 1985, ten years before me, than someone born in 2000, five years after me? And do I really have that much in common with someone born the same year as me in a completely different location and socioeconomic class?

I agree, but I think there is something demographically relevant about a boom in the number of babies (i.e. a Baby Boomer) to the point where we can at least identify them clearly, while the others are completely made up for convenience and simplicity.

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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

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Diversity is not a good thing OR a bad thing.  It should never be the goal of policy, but should likewise never be the goal to stop it.  We should be completely "race-blind" in all policy (both for the government and private entities).

The alt-right and most of the left are two sides of the same racist coin because they both think race should be relevant in discourse and in public policy, instead of forgetting about race completely as a society.

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An expectation/default of a tip beyond the price of a service (especially when combined with low wages due to the assumption of tipping) is a ridiculously stupid system.  I would far rather pay 20% more on the menu price than be expected to tip 15-20% (and 15% isn't really OK from what I hear).  Don't get me wrong, I do tip because it is how they make their money, but it is a beyond stupid idea.

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Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z don't really exist except as made up by the media and the only differences are generic old vs. young.  Those terms should be burned.  Baby Boomers make sense because they are an actual demographic group (i.e. the post-war baby boom).

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The idea of having a cat or dog in your house just sounds terrible.  I don't particularly get the appeal of a guinea pig, fish, or something like that, but they are at least contained.  A cat or dog is essentially a wild animal that climbs on you and barks at you when you are trying to relax.  I could never deal with that.

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The idea of having a cat or dog in your house just sounds terrible.  I don't particularly get the appeal of a guinea pig, fish, or something like that, but they are at least contained.  A cat or dog is essentially a wild animal that climbs on you and barks at you when you are trying to relax.  I could never deal with that.

You really should reconsider your position on abortion, because if you ever have a baby.....

Completely different (less animal-like, furry, and I won't worry they will eat me)

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It wouldn't surprise me if every major CFB and CBB program has Louisville-level (well, apart from the prostitution stuff) violations, and I don't think that's a bad thing.  It doesn't matter whether it is the US Government, a state government, or the NCAA, no organization should put restrictions on capitalism, and a basketball or football player who is worth $20,000,000 to a school should be paid that much over the table.

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It's far too late to achieve this and it would be imprudent policy at this point in time because it might legitimately start a revolution, but, in an ideal world, alcohol would be illegal.  Don't twist my words to say I support banning it because that is impossible, but society would be so much better if alcohol ceased to exist.  Including, I bet the rate of sexual assaults would drop 90%.

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Baby names have gotten way to creative over the last five years or so.  There always will be trends with them, but some of the ones we hear today wouldn't have been considered first names at all 10 years ago.

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There is no circumstance in which it is acceptable for people to have sex outside of the confines of a Biblical marriage.  The "religious right" is right to condemn homosexual sex as wrong, but it is not strong enough about condemning all heterosexual sex between unmarried men and women- this includes everything from one-night-stands to long-term relationships that have not resulted in marriage. 

I don't want to get off topic, but I wonder if that's because the latter hits closer to home for many of us- how many evangelicals have sinned by having sex in a long-term heterosexual relationship, but before marriage?  Even the best Christians sin, and we cannot simply condemn those that are foreign to us (I don't think I regularly interact with a single non-straight person, for instance) while ignoring those that impact our communities more (I know plenty of Christians who have had pre-marital sex and presume many that I don't know about have as well).

Also, just because something is a sin and a person is a sinner does not give us permission to treat anybody with disrespect.  Every person on this Earth sins, which is why Jesus died for our sins.  We must respect sinners as people, but we also must do our best to not respect their sins.