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Dear Anonymous

(30 pages)
fenberry, Apr 2019: Dear Anonymous, thanks for commenting on my thread. I didn't expect to start a conversation so soon. <3
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Started by Livewire

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Important

Deep Discussion Feedback thread mk.II

Her, Mar 2019: And the internal discussion should be considered wisely, of course. My own thoughts of the ease of such things aren’t relevant.
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Started by Nah

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Rules

Deep Discussion Rules & Guidelines

gimmepie, Mar 2018: ResourcesWhen tackling some of the content that appears in this section, it is advisible to make sure your information is coming from reputable sources. You are not required to make use of these sources (or any) but they may prove useful. If you...
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Help & Advice Thread

(25 pages)
Kai, Jul 2018: Have a serious talk with your friend to explain why she is heading down the wrong path. You can cover any concerns you have during this conversation. If she ignores your advice than she will have to face the escalating consequences of her actions....
618   83,933
Started by Livewire

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2016 US Presidential Elections Thread [Trump Wins]

(50 pages)
Esper, Nov 2016: Okay, I get that people in rural areas don't often like people from large urban areas. But, like, how does living closer to one's neighbor make your voice less worthy of consideration? One person, one vote, amirite? You're lumping city dwellers into...
1,240   53,915
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Event

The PCNation

(19 pages)
Etherion, Apr 2016: Have we elected our nation's officials already? What's the current matter we're discussing about?
461   43,493
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The Family Thread

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Started by The Evil One

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The 2nd Amendment needs to go

(7 pages)
LDSman, Jan 2018: Its easier to blame guns despite gun homicides not being in the top ten causes of deaths in the US.
169   16,146
Started by BronzeHeart92

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Is homosexuality unnatural?

(8 pages)
curiousnathan, Apr 2016: I think those strategies are based on a flawed logic. That is, their tactics are founded on the basis that homosexuality is a choice, in which case (as far as I'm concerned) it isn't.
196   13,937
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Debate

What should replace religion?

(5 pages)
She, Sep 2017: I don't think religion should be replaced. People have the right to believe in what they want and as long it doesn't start a war, I'm fine with it.
105   13,599
Started by Somewhere_

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We've done this too many times now

(7 pages)
MortalPhoenix, Jun 2018: "The overall strategy is known to experts as “cognitive behavioral therapy,” or CBT, which basically means helping someone change his thoughts in order to elicit positive action. Studies have shown that CBT is one of the most effective ways to...
172   12,865
Started by Esper

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Life

How would you react: Religion proven/disproven

LDSman, Apr 2019: 1. Disproven - not going to believe that. Science disproving an afterlife? Hah. Though I’d be interested in seeing how they supposedly do so. My life doesn’t change. 2. God shows up - my religion. - depends on how it acts and reacts to other...
8   12,108
Started by EnglishALT

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Joe Biden allegations, #MeToo and the political arena

gimmepie, Apr 2019: Given who the current president is, I don't think allegations like these matter as much to the American populace as we'd all like to think when it comes to voting time.
7   12,056
Started by VisionofMilotic

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Help & Advice

Adressing my family with Religious Questions

Ninetales, Mar 2019: While I currently identify as a Christian, I think I may be able to offer some advice. My mother is a devout Evangelical, whereas I do not subscribe to any particular Christian denomination and thus we have conflicting views (and at one point and...
7   12,024
Started by Miss Wendighost

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Life

Unforgiven

Aslan, Apr 2019: I have once cut someone out of my life completely because they were emotionally manipulative and toxic. They were also overstepping my friend's boundaries and making them feel extremely uncomfortable. I generally like to give people second chances,...
5   11,850
Started by VisionofMilotic

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Debate

Tipping Culture

gimmepie, Apr 2019: I came here to say the same thing as Adriana but much less eloquently.
2   11,715
Started by Yue Han

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Debate

Genetically modified food

Phoenixian, Mar 2016: I agree with it and as long as everything is properly labeled and ethical, I think that they should continue modifying and improving crops as they have been. Only with continued advancement can we even hope to sustain such a huge population and...
14   11,564
Started by zakisrage

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Debate

Population Control

(3 pages)
twocows, Jun 2018: If it's really severe, like in India or China, I think maybe some measures might be warranted, though these need to be well vetted to make sure they don't end up causing unintended consequences (like families abandoning, killing, or selling children...
51   11,169
Started by gimmepie

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News

Bernie Sanders supporter fires on congressional members at GOP baseball practice

(4 pages)
Sir Codin, Jun 2017: When I first heard of this, considering how angry left-wingers are at the current GOP establishment, by reaction to something like this happening wasn't really shock or awe, but more like a dull surprise. The first thought to come to my mind was...
81   10,442
Started by twocows

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News

Repeal of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare)

(4 pages)
Esper, Mar 2017: What about those that say that premiums would have gone even higher without the ACA, that they were already on the rise and the ACA stunted their rise? I'm not saying I particularly like this aspect of the ACA (I'm for single payer) but if...
82   10,370
Started by Esper

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Debate

Your opinion on feminism?

(5 pages)
PhoenixIgnition, Aug 2018: Western feminism is unneeded, and it's also become a caricature of itself. Technically I would be considered a second wave feminist, but I don't identify with what the movement at large has become.
100   10,145
Started by Thomas the Shinyhunter

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Important

Discussions & Debates Feedback

(4 pages)
Nah, Jun 2017: I'll just say 2 things right now: 1) I think people are sometimes a bit too eager to cry troll on this site. 2) While the topic at hand is related to Kristaok, it's also more about Gimme and I's moderation of this section than her.
84   9,421
Started by Nah

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The U.S Gun Control Thread

(10 pages)
gimmepie, Apr 2019: We're going to shelve this thread for the time being. We're not banning the topic or anything don't worry, but this thread is basically just the same 2-3 people arguing the same points over and over in a circle at this stage so we're going to close...
229   9,321
Started by colours

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Discussions & Debates Rules [Updated May 9th, 2016]

gimmepie, May 2016: Tips from the regulars! Below is some friendly advice from some helpful members of our community. If you have some tips of your own, PM them to gimmepie or Nah and they might appear here. From Esper... From Midnight Shadow...
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Started by Livewire

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4-Year Survival Plan

(9 pages)
gimmepie, Nov 2016: Alright, this thread is getting a little too broad now. I encourage you to continue discussing the topics you've talked about here in dedicated threads for those topics but I'm closing this one.
206   9,145
Started by Esper

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US Immigration Reform

(4 pages)
Majestic Electric, Mar 2017: While that is a valid point, what are the odds of that actually happening? You would need to have at least a Doctorate degree to even do reasearch. I would know, since that's what I want to do after college and I've been told I need a Doctorate to...
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Started by Aeroblast

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News

Where do you get your news?

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GalladeAlba, Dec 2017: Russia Today and the BBC for general news to view from it both a Western & Russian perspective, sometimes Le Monde (mainly Thomas Pikkety's blog) as well to improve my French. I usually read the Economist and the NY Times (specifically Krugman's...
53   8,816
Started by Bidoof FTW

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Is a disability an excuse?

(2 pages)
Trev, May 2017: It happens :v We probably just misunderstood what the other was saying.
44   8,780
Started by gimmepie

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Freedom of Speech

(3 pages)
MarinaSpeaks, Aug 2017: Mmm I hope I answer this question right and can offer some kind of useful input somehow. Freedom of speech, the way I understand it, is the legal right to say whatever you want without government coming along and arresting you for it. This doesn't...
54   8,285
Started by gimmepie

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Life

Gender Identity

(6 pages)
Daenerys, Nov 2018: I think that's enough. Let's give everybody a break from the gender talk.
135   7,578
Started by Palamon

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News

May calls UK snap election

(2 pages)
Hands, Apr 2017: Corbyn has routinely defended civil rights for just about every group in Britain, including the lbgtq community. As for May, i want her gone. But Garron doesnt, no, he of little principal is happy to go into coalition with a cretin like May.
39   7,472
Started by Fletchling

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Political Correctness: A Blessing or A Curse?

(4 pages)
zakisrage, Mar 2016: I agree. This thread is too America-centric anyway. (Heck, the Round Table generally is.) Political correctness impacts other countries too. I'm all for equality, but political correctness is not equality. If there's one thing I learned from that...
92   7,274
Started by Thepowaofhax

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Too many Sexual Orientations?

(5 pages)
Kanzler, Mar 2016: Yes, people can always be against stuff, but we can create societies that either celebrates or marginalizes those views. In each of those societies I listed, anti-homosexual views were marginal. They were not the mainstream. You can't discount an...
106   7,194
Started by Adrasteia

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Election 2016

(5 pages)
Livewire, Nov 2015: Right, left of center doesn't have to be radical, and in his case, it isn't. You see the R word thrown in there because he's a threat to your business as usual politics, not so much because of his policy stances, I think.
103   7,189
Started by Her

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Women in combat

(4 pages)
Lipstick Vogue, Feb 2016: I believe the US army did conduct some tests where mixed gender and all male units had to complete tasks in which they were scored on a number of different attributes. Male teams blitzed them at pretty much everything and the top ranked female...
82   6,921
Started by Kanzler

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Debate

America becoming more fascist?

(3 pages)
El Héroe Oscuro, Apr 2017: Taking away women's right to birth control, internet providers now being able to invade our privacy by selling our internet history, complete disregard of global warming signs, no good universal health care, the want to build a wall to keep...
53   6,476
Started by Esper

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News

United States Government Shuts Down Over Petty Squabbling

(4 pages)
Maedar, Feb 2019: He also admitted in one speech that all you'd need to bypass it is a ladder and a rope. You know, rope? Possibly the third tool invented by primitive man?
96   6,430
Started by EC

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University that is funded from public

(2 pages)
Somewhere_, May 2017: The index does not define having a better economy with economic freedom. It measures economic freedom (lack of government intervention, sound property rights, etc). Finland is not socialist, regardless of how its economy is preforming.
28   6,357
Started by killer-curry

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The Wedding Thread (Revived)

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Started by Jess

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To what extent is feminism relevant today?

(5 pages)
RegalSin, Jun 2016: We were talking about welfare, child support, and public assistance. Look this is social services bullcrap created because parents are just terrible people to begin with. However these parents are manipulated into being terrible people. Two people...
111   5,856
Started by Her

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Debate

Cultural Appropriation

(3 pages)
pastelspectre, Nov 2016: i don't mind if people use things from other cultures, as long as they're not being rude or offensive about it and mean no harm. i think people make a big deal about this, more than it should be.
65   5,771
Started by Lucid

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News

Mass-Shooting in Orlando Gay Club

(5 pages)
Esper, Jun 2016: Something can be both a hate crime and a gun control issue and this is both. A gun-free zone is designed to keep people from bringing guns to places where there is an increased chance of them causing harm. A place that serves alcohol seems...
101   5,760
Started by Nuclear Chicken

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Snowflakes

(2 pages)
Vragon2.0, Apr 2018: The term "Snowflake" is as overblown and misused as the word "Bigot". One random encounter with someone doesn't dictate they are in fact as snowflake. It needs to be shown as a thing they apply in their behavior, the same for Bigot. People can be...
30   5,511
Started by LauriJ

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Life

The Logan Paul / Suicide Forest debacle

(2 pages)
probablyhylian, May 2018: Any artist, entertainer, or person of power that continues their careers after controversy like this is the root of the problem. As vile as it is to simply monetize an apology video, him continuing his career is setting an example for the...
33   5,451
Started by Juno

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Do People With Disabilities Have the Right to Pursue a Teaching Career?

(2 pages)
VisionofMilotic, Jul 2018: Of course. I used to volunteer in the art department with an adult education program in my community for physically and developmentally disabled clients. One of the goals was to help people with disabilities achieve their career ambitions. One...
32   5,439
Started by Pinkie-Dawn

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News

UC Burkeley Riot

(3 pages)
Somewhere_, Feb 2017: "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." -Noam Chomsky
55   5,397
Started by Somewhere_

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News

Charlottesville car attack

(3 pages)
Aliencommander1245, Sep 2017: I didn't end up gathering the energy to respond to Gunther's sewer torrent up there, but here's an interesting article on the fallout from this rally and this act of terrorism leading to a murder. The Alt-right communities are being torn up both...
53   5,271
Started by Esper

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News

4 in custody after mentally disabled young man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live (Graphic Content)

(3 pages)
Klippy, Jan 2017: I no longer watch any news unless it's a live story (such as Trump giving a speech, a WH press conference, etc.). All my news I get off of the internet which has more coverage and less of the sensationalism.
68   5,266
Started by Klippy

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News

150+ dead after multiple Paris terrorist attacks, ISIS to blame

(3 pages)
Lunaturret, Nov 2015: I think more then ISIS is to blame as im hearing so much about country's allowing them through their borders france being warned months prior to attacks hearing about the fake dead numerous hoax's and conspiracy's hard to believe what you hear on...
69   5,245
Started by Somewhere_

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Can a relationship survive if it involves differing religions?

(2 pages)
Ninetales, Jun 2018: I'm a Protestant Christian and I'd absolutely be open to the idea dating someone either irreligious or affiliated with another religious group as long as there was mutual respect. In fact, I've dated many irreligious guys in my past as well as...
36   5,184
Started by Pepperton

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Debate

Why are there still Nazis around?

(3 pages)
Sektor, Jan 2018: I feel like I am a little too late to weigh in heavily here, but the real and honest answer to the original question, without bothering myself with people linking blog posts and other such drivel that holds no truth nor validity in the main scheme...
62   5,123
Started by Esper

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Event

Create Your Own Government!

(3 pages)
gimmepie, Nov 2016: I'm going to close up this event now. I have something else in mind to fill the void though don't worry!
51   5,092
Started by Somewhere_

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News

White House: Trump's comments "disqualify" him from presidency

(3 pages)
Thepowaofhax, Dec 2015: He's still better than the socialist and Clinton. Just expect our house of representatives to be replaced with a house of corporate representatives. When that happens, that's your cue to move to Canada. I'm ****ed either way because my whole family...
68   5,087
Started by Incineroar
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