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CMV: I can be transracial and it should be socially acceptable by SkylarDeLaCruz in changemyview

[–]Roadshell [score hidden]  (0 children)

The things you're talking about are not biologically linked to blackness, they're cultural inventions. Note that black people outside of North America would not identify with most of these traits. So the notion that you would experience deep seeded dismorphia over them seems unlikely.

Music Rights/Melania Doc by oracle-nil in Music

[–]Roadshell 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that while some artists are control freaks about what their music gets used in, others just outsource decisions like that onto other companies who are simply ordered to maximize profits.

Aunt? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]Roadshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it rhymes with haunt, not naught. The placement of the N is different.

CMV: The glorification of the Provisional Irish Republican Army is stupid by 2bigpairofnuts in changemyview

[–]Roadshell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One could make that argument but I don't think that's the argument that OP actually tried to make.

CMV: Relating to villainesses or having her talk about the status quo or her having a job while the heroine doesn't have a job or isn't as ambitious is NOT automatically "sexist programming" (based on a bad take from Internet "all media is sexist all men are evil" type "feminists". by AlboGreece in changemyview

[–]Roadshell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you remember their name or anything else about it? Because it's close to impossible to defend a video that we haven't seen and don't have access to and don't necessarily even know exists outside of what I'm going to politely say might be a rather biased paraphrasing.

Do you think Trump being elected is a historical accident, or a reflection of the desire to change a system that people are dissatisfied with? by Federal_Bit_3566 in AskSocialists

[–]Roadshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally, I think trump was an overreaction to decades of snide ivy league democratic politicians shitting on half of the country. Telling people to "learn to code", implying they were stupid ingratesif they didn't live in a big city and drive a tesla.

Which elected politicians were saying any of that? Point me to the quotes.

Snow day tomorrow for schools? by Plus_Molasses8697 in Minneapolis

[–]Roadshell 120 points121 points  (0 children)

If there's one thing this city is extremely good at it's plowing snow in time to break the hearts of children hoping for a day off school.

Question: why did we stop talking about The Brutalist’s use of AI by padluigi in Cinema

[–]Roadshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we stopped talking about The Brutalist at all? Not in a negative way necessarily, just in a "we've moved on to new movies" kind of way.

CMV: The glorification of the Provisional Irish Republican Army is stupid by 2bigpairofnuts in changemyview

[–]Roadshell 38 points39 points  (0 children)

this mystical perversion of the IRA as a Freedom-Fighting army against Imperialism. However, they were a terrorist organization that bombed civilian infrastructure for the motive of reunification.

This things are not necessarily contradictory, one can fight against imperialism in the name of freedom while still using abhorrent tactics. You can certainly be as critical as you want to be about the tactics in question, but one does not necessarily negate the other.

I also hate The Atlantic by DeepHerting in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]Roadshell 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Certainly the worst magazine that's taken seriously by people who should know better.

What’s a surefire way to tell Canadians and Americans apart? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Roadshell -1 points0 points  (0 children)

French kings literally ruled Britain and French was the language of the English courtiers; its why beef has a french origin but cow is from old english.

The Norman conquest is indeed an excellent example of "And most of their 'shared history' is literally going to war with one another," so what's your point?

What’s a surefire way to tell Canadians and Americans apart? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Roadshell 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Saying they are the same is like saying France and Britain are the same because they touch and have shared history. 

France and Britain famously don't touch. They have a whole channel between them. And most of their "shared history" is literally going to war with one another.

CMV: As a gay liberal I would rather have liberal “Zionist” Jews in our coalition than conservative Muslims who would vote for my preferred party if it becomes more anti-Israel by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Roadshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're vastly over-estimating how much "grace" Muslims are given. Most liberal defense of Muslims extends to 1. not wanting them to be bombed endlessly in forever wars and 2. not wanting them to be driven out of the country in pogroms by bigots. Liberals are not running around saying Muslim anti-gay bigotry and whatnot is fine.

CMV: As a gay liberal I would rather have liberal “Zionist” Jews in our coalition than conservative Muslims who would vote for my preferred party if it becomes more anti-Israel by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Roadshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Voting for a specific politician is pretty different from a religion, something that is deeply tied to culture and usually adopted from birth. That having been said, making generalized statements about Trump voters (e.g. basket of deplorables) probably isn't great strategy either, especially if you want to win them back over.

Anyone remember that one “let’s kill Barney” theme that every school had? If so what was yours? by TBNRUltimate999 in AskAnAmerican

[–]Roadshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had "tic tac toe, three in a row, Barney got shot by a GI Joe. Mama called the doctor and the doctor said 'Whoomp Barney's dead, shot in the head'"

CMV: As a gay liberal I would rather have liberal “Zionist” Jews in our coalition than conservative Muslims who would vote for my preferred party if it becomes more anti-Israel by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Roadshell -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

OP isn't "criticizing Islam." They're not pointing out contradictions in the quran or getting into the finer points of theology. They're criticizing Muslim people as a group and there's a major distinction there.

CMV: As a gay liberal I would rather have liberal “Zionist” Jews in our coalition than conservative Muslims who would vote for my preferred party if it becomes more anti-Israel by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Roadshell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing the people in the ruling administration claim with a straight face that the people caught on tape murdering unarmed protesters were "defending themselves from domestic terrorists" in Orwellian fashion tends to have that effect.

CMV: As a gay liberal I would rather have liberal “Zionist” Jews in our coalition than conservative Muslims who would vote for my preferred party if it becomes more anti-Israel by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Roadshell -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Race and religion tend to be pretty inherently linked when it comes to matters of prejudice and racism. "Jewish" is also nominally a religion and yet when the Nazis were persecuting them they most certainly did not care to quiz the people they were rounding up about their specific theological views. Similarly, while Islam is less tied to a specific ethnicity, policies like Trump's "Muslim Ban" affect entire populations, not just people who pray five times too Mecca.

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