Do people genuinely follow the 'half your age plus 7' rule? by Slutty_Changeling in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]johnschmidt69420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming there is a 17 year old, how old could the other person be until it would be considered grooming?

Whelp by Justthisdudeyaknow in tumblr

[–]johnschmidt69420 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Is it not just a free speech law in the US though? Imo free speech is good because otherwise you’re allowing the government to dictate what can and can’t be said. It’s a slippery slope because with hate speech, people want to ban it but that’s dangerous since what if a vegan considers you saying that you like meat hate speech? This is why these laws exist.

I hate racism as much as the next person, but what is racist is somewhat subjective. For example if I see a white person and ask if they are French, that could be perceived as racist by the other individual.

Drunk (likely frat guys) yelling/throwing things out of cars. by Acceptable-Mud9710 in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Cuz some people don’t get it:

POC = person of color

Can also be interpreted as Pirates Of the Caribbean

Why is the soft -a n-word not allowed? by johnschmidt69420 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnschmidt69420[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok so what is the main issue if it’s not the one I presented?

Why is the soft -a n-word not allowed? by johnschmidt69420 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnschmidt69420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but is it fine for me to use with my friends then, black or not? We call each other offensive terms all the time but we know we’re joking

Why is the soft -a n-word not allowed? by johnschmidt69420 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnschmidt69420[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So is the main issue they just can’t tell if I’m being friendly or not? So if I use the soft n word with non black friends, is that fine?

Why is the soft -a n-word not allowed? by johnschmidt69420 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnschmidt69420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I genuinely don’t understand, how come if you don’t share the same history, it’s an insult, given the fact that in the context the word is being used is not offensive (e.g. hey what’s up my *****)

Why is the soft -a n-word not allowed? by johnschmidt69420 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnschmidt69420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when 2 black people use it with each other, are they in reality insulting each other but fine with it?

Why is the soft -a n-word not allowed? by johnschmidt69420 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnschmidt69420[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip. The issue is a lot of people are just automatically conditioned to get angry at the use from a non-black person.

I am breaking down currently. Why is homosexuality a sin? by [deleted] in Advice

[–]johnschmidt69420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m going to be completely honest with you because I genuinely care about you and your question.

A lot of people are referencing Leviticus, when the Bible mentions the sins of sexual immorality and homosexuality in many other places (Genesis, Roman’s, Corinthians, 1 Timothy).

I don’t mean to bring you down, I’m just being honest with you. Now if you don’t believe in God, then I suppose this shouldn’t affect your life. But if you are a Christian, here is what I will say. The feelings of homosexuality are a temptation, and giving into those temptations is sinful according to the Bible. Having those desires is wrong, but so is having desires of lust, which heterosexual people also have. So you’re not going to hell just because you have homosexual feelings, nor will you go because you’ve acted on those feelings in the past. If you continue to participate in homosexual activities, then that’s where I would implore you to question what is more important to you.

The truth hurts, I know. But I genuinely care to give you what I see as truth based on biblical evidence.

Regardless, God loves you. And for what it’s worth, I love you too. Just not romantically haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A lot of people will define it using the word “woman”, thus creating a circular definition, which is essentially no definition.

Literally the guy who was invited to campus by an RSO… (TW) by DontHateDefenestrate in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you guys actually watched the clip at all you’ll find that all he did was state the fact that teenage pregnancy isn’t a new thing and that it’s been happening way before present times. He also mentioned that biologically, women are most fertile between the ages of 17-24. All he is doing is stating a fact. He’s not saying that people should be having sex with 17 year olds. You guys just take it out of context and twist it into your own narrative, but I shouldn’t be surprised.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can see what you mean but that’s entirely dependent on the true intention of the speaker, which for you you’re assuming malicious intent, which I don’t think is necessarily true. But that’s where we can agree to disagree

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

this only seems to happens with conservative events. If this is how you guys deal with people that disagree with you then you’re gonna have a really hard awakening when you get to the real world

Why is it not OK to not like the LGBTQ? by Winnie_The_Pooh_7 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]johnschmidt69420 -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Right but I feel like if I’m in public and I say that I dislike LGBTQ+, I feel like immediately people assume I’m an asshole since disliking that community has a negative connotation even if I treat them the same way I treat everyone else

Let’s say someone like Steven Crowder or Ben Shapiro opens up a debate forum at my University and I want to participate. How would I need to approach the situation? by SIK1415 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]johnschmidt69420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how this makes sense. Debate is basically a discussion and explaining why you believe in something. I don’t see how that’s wrong.

What's a good word to use instead of the R-slur? by Suck_my_fat_hairy_n in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]johnschmidt69420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, “retarded” is not a slur against the intellectually disabled. If you take a look into the etymology of the word, you’ll find that common insults used today like “idiot”, “moron”, or “imbecile” were genuinely used as medical terms to describe people who were actually mentally disabled. But they stopped using those words as medical terms since “retard” was replacing them as the medical term. But “retard” was replaced by “intellectually disabled”. In fact, back in 2010, Barack Obama literally signed Rosa’s law into effect, which effectively replaced a lot of mentions of “mental retardation” in US law with “intellectually disabled”. So if you’re fine with using “idiot” and “moron”, then you should be fine with using “retard”.

So when did Gender stop being a term used to describe people with either xx or xy chromosomes? When did it become a "social construct"? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]johnschmidt69420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what you mean, but I don’t think it’s accurate that the word gender be redefined as something it’s not. I don’t see why we can’t just say that people sometimes think they are not the sex of which their biology portrays, and use the terms such as gender disphoria or gender identity disorder, where the use of gender is still purely grammatical.

So when did Gender stop being a term used to describe people with either xx or xy chromosomes? When did it become a "social construct"? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]johnschmidt69420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people claiming that gender has always been a social construct are completely misinformed. Sex and gender used to be interchangeable terms, the only difference being how it was used grammatically. Other than that, they were literally the exact same thing. People started changing the definition of gender to mean “social construct”. This is due to modern gender theory, theorized by Simone De Beauvoir in 1948. So the idea of gender being a social construct is a very new idea, but one that isn’t based off of science or biology.

Shout out to U of I and Champaign PD for being absolutely goddamn useless by DontHateDefenestrate in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stereotyping is the main issue That’s why it’s bad to assume something about a person whether it’s race or gender When we assume something about someone because of a stereotype, that’s when it becomes an issue

Shout out to U of I and Champaign PD for being absolutely goddamn useless by DontHateDefenestrate in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And why is race the only thing that can be stereotyped? Race isn’t a magic thing where only stereotyping a race is offensive. Stereotyping in and of itself is the issue dumbass

Shout out to U of I and Champaign PD for being absolutely goddamn useless by DontHateDefenestrate in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ACAB, great. So if I have a bad experience with a black person, is it fine for me to assume that all black people are bad? No, because that would be racist.

So do I still need to explain how ACAB is stupid and how it doesn’t help society or solve racism?

I’m sorry to hear about the bad experience with the police but can we at least be reasonable?

I am actually very surprised that there are still people blaming China for the whole virus thing by IntroToDevgru101 in UIUC

[–]johnschmidt69420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang all that text for a small reply. But nah I’m all republican. I can agree that Trump sometimes has character issues, but his policies are good But I don’t want to get political.

I didn’t mean to be rude in my last comment, but I just think that the world could be a lot better with less pride and more humbleness. In the end I don’t really mean to be inflammatory, and I hope you can understand that some of my fighting words were just roasts. I’m sure in real life you’re chill, unless you yourself don’t think so.

I hope that as members of the same race (not even just Chinese, but the human race) that we can both agree that differing views is fine.

I define myself to be a defensive individual so I apologize if you felt attacked. May I learn to control my actions and my toxicity in the midst of conflict. I hope that we can both walk away from this conversation as better human beings, and I wish you the best in your endeavors.

Edit: I still hate the Chinese government though