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I could name a whole list of people who add no value to this world and who I think deserve death.
That being said, I also think the death penalty is a dangerous tool that should be outlawed. So while rapists and serial killers IMO deserve to die, the more logical part of my brain recognizes that executing people is often weaponized and misused and thus we should not give the justice system that power. There are countless examples in America where a person is sentenced to death and despite later being cleared based on evidence the execution is still carried out because of appeal issues. That’s fucked up. I value human life to much to trust the state with how they operate this.
There are definitely people who I think deserve to die. There are people where I'll be glad once they finally kick the bucket (Putin being one example). What I'm against is the state being the one to decide if a citizen should live or die. The final sentence of your comment summarizes this beautifully.
So, to make some sort of closure, i stumbled on this (links):
Regarding trans people in military and athletes
Gallup polls
Download Yougov polls in Pdf format
If those sources are reliable, then to say that there's no issues amongst US citizens, regarding this topic is not true. And if i'm not misreading those, then my dear
@Vaenyr, what the actual f*k? And i'm saying this in a friendly tone.
I'll just post one of those:
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What do you mean "what the actual fuck"? What exactly do you think you've discovered here? Your first two links show that the majority of Americans (apparently almost 3/4!)
support trans people in the military. Is that an issue for you?
As for sports, I've already addressed this topic in detail in this thread in the past but I can summarize this:
The amount of trans people is low. The amount of trans athletes is miniscule. Depending on the sport trans athletes have been competing with cis athletes for decades and there is absolutely no evidence of them "dominating" the fields. Not only that, if we look at actual examples we'll see that there are cis athletes who absolutely dominate everything, but they are always praised. No one cares that it is "unfair" that people like Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps have literal biological advantages that no amount of training will ever be able to overcome, but a trans athlete wins a single time and everyone loses their minds.
The swimmer Lia Thomas is one of the most popular examples by people who are against trans women competing with cis women. She won
a single time, placed
5th in another race and
8th in a third race. She didn't place in the other races she competed. She didn't break a single record during the competition. Meanwhile a
CIS athlete, Kate Douglass, broke
18 out of the 27 records that were set during this competition all by herself. So, not only did Lia not dominate or come close to it, Kate literally did but everyone only cares about attacking Lia.
So, yeah, many people are against trans people in sports, but many people are not aware of the numbers. They are deciding on feelings and vibes. Your third link shows quite clearly that the majority of people asked in the poll don't know a single transgender person, yet they still feel strongly about the topic because it is shoved down their throats by the right wing. So, I ask again: What do you mean by "what the actual fuck"? I never said people have no issues with the trans community. Quite the opposite, I've explained to you time and time again that they are literally harassed and attacked on a daily basis, that the number of hate crimes has risen sharply in the last few years. What I've been telling you is that on polls where people listed what their top reasons for the election were, the trans topic has consistenly been on the bottom. Your links do not address things that I have brought up, so I'm not sure what exactly you are expecting from me here.
On a similar note:
Polling data at the time found a majority of Americans backing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but with differences by race and region.
news.gallup.com
This shows how Americans felt about the Civil Rights movement and Act back then. Look at the numbers and how many disapproved. Are you going to argue that this change should not have happened because many were against it? Or are we going to acknowledge that deep-seated bigotry and ignorance is wrong but also difficult to change and that it takes work and time to overcome this?
No, because it's not a fair comparison. Conservatives will post some obviously racist/sexist/transphobic stuff on Twitter or whatever and then act surprised when they get banned. Getting kicked off a social media site for being an asshole is not infringing upon your 1st amendment rights. The whole "I'm being censored for having conservative opinions" thing is always disingenuous. It's never about politics. It's never "I support trickle down economics" and more like "I believe trans people shouldn't have rights".
Precisely, beautifully said. I still would love to hear the thoughts of
@Magnus on the questions I raised in my previous comment though.
I don't know why this toilets thing is a big issue. Just accept trans people exist, and also accept Women are entitled to women only spaces, and start building public toilets as single occupant fully contained units, and let anyone use them.
The toilet thing is manufactured outrage. Everyone has unisex toilets at home. I've known quite a few restaurants in Greece that had unisex toilets. No one ever cared about that, because normal people just want to go to the bathroom, do their thing and go on with their day. Conservatives on the other hand obsess about the genitals of people who go to the bathroom and end up "transvestigating" and harassing people.
This is not far left. In 2025, this is, or should be, the perfectly normal stance, thank god.
I'm not far left because of those things. Those are left wing ideals. I suppose those
and I am far left; two separate statements. I'm far left because I'm an anti-capitalist and socialist.
This is still quite unusual -unfortunately- but more and more people are doing it without shame. Hopefully more will do in the future. But again this is not enough to qualify as far left, or even left. This is, or should be, common sense. Capitalism equals not Democracy, we should never confuse those two.
Being anti-capitalist is a main pillar of the far left. It is an intrinsic part of it. Most people are still in favor of capitalism; see various center-left and green parties throughout the world. Most are neoliberal, very few are anti-capitalist and from the latter none are in power in the West.
And I do not advocate for that on the forum, so that's why I'm interested in hearing from
@Magnus which of my arguments and which parts of my "agenda" are not suitable for this forum.
