What’s the most controversial opinion you hold?

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Do you want to share any opinions you have that are (or may be) seen as controversial?

Mine are probably around the severity of criminal punishment the courts should be giving out for certain crimes and what kids should do in the event of physical violence from peers. Both subjects can be quite provoking for others.

What are yours?

Pensioners pay tax so they should absolutely have the vote.

My mum was saying today that she doesn't think people should have a vote once they reach state retirement age (she's in her 80s).

I can see her point - see Brexit. But I don't think I really want to lose my vote in about 15 years' time.

Hot weather is awful.
I’ve also judge people who have children with various different men. I wished I didn’t , but I just feel sorry for the children and some blended families don’t always work.( I’d never say anything to them as it’s not my business. )
The man who murdered John hunts family is paralyzed and he should be quietly put to sleep as our taxes are keeping him alive and it feels wrong. He had to have emergency surgery , he should have been left to die.
John and Amy Hunt are so brave , but if it was me I’d struggle to know he was still breathing.

Q: why are women bad at parking?
A: because they believe men when men tell them that this much - roughly measuring 3 inches with my hands - is 6 inches.

People who don’t value education are fuelling the huge rise in anti-intellectualism. It bothers me that so many are parents.

Also, I am strongly pro choice.

for both women and men.

not sure how it would work, but I do believe that men should be able to ‘opt out’ of parenthood within the same time frame as a woman could.

I don’t think anyone has said they are anti breastfeeding have they? Just that they find it weird to extend it beyond babyhood in a developed country

I don’t know, maybe humans are just too complicated to place on a spectrum unless it’s a very specific one!

Like human beings, if a domesticated animal, aka an abandoned and betrayed, or lost "pet", lived outside, in all weather, with inadequate shelter, their lives would be much more challenging, frightening, nowhere near as pleasant, more risky, more dangerous and much, much, shorter.
Anyone who has enjoyed sharing the their home with a "pet" animal of course would not agree with your point of view :)

Well, if a full-time SAHM (or SAHD) is not doing an actual job, how can you say that somebody caring for their children on their behalf whilst they are at work is any more doing a job?

Also, social housing should be periodically means-tested. And lifetime tenancies should be scrapped.

Capital gains tax should be paid for your main home when you sell it.

Those are rare examples. Its mostly I'm pregnant, new relationship, i don't want to abort (because either dad possibly or the state mostly will pay). Again it's not ok - if you and the father can't support these children, then don't have them.

That “progressives” in the west are utter morons to believe that western societies are awful and non western societies are inherently better. modern western liberal democracies are amazing and are not all the result of stealing from non western countries.

Not controversial at all. I feel the same. I also taught my kids this. I also think more women/girls need to be aware about not helping men. They can manage just fine.

Anyway my most controversial opinion is social housing no you should not get to keep that big house just because you raised your children there down size and let others have it instead you shouldn't be kicked out we should be building homes for single people one/two bedrooms small garden parking space maisonettes used to be great for this but they knocked them all down to make three bedroom boxes of doom just so granny can live in her huge three bedroom house

Inheritance Tax should be completely abolished, but anyone receiving any inheritance at all should pay income tax on it

Interesting - I guess it would get rid of the idea that you were paying tax on pretaxed money.

Don’t have a kid if you can’t afford it and if you keep having them you shouldn’t be given more money by the state.

I agree.

And I think the 2 child limit for benefits should stand.

Completely agree with this.

Only around 60% do. But ‘paying tax’ shouldn’t be linked to voting, or else lots of people wouldn’t have the vote eg disabled people unable to work.

They can - they can keep their dicks in their pants. Not the same timeframe I realise, but men do have agency in the matter.

My confession is that when I hear somebody is having a fourth (or fifth or sixth etc) child I think “Another one?!” Regardless of how well looked after they are or how well off the family is. Not that controversial I don’t think with the state of the world…

I agree with the cap as well. And I also agreed with removing the winter fuel supplement too.

I judge men who get into new relationships with women if they have very young babies from a previous relationship. Or even more so, men who have children who are close in age, to different women. Concentrate on being a father first and finding your feet as a co-parent. I would judge the women who get with them too/have babies with them. It's a messy situation that you just don't get involved with if you have anything about you.

Cancel all foreign aid, we're in debt and our own services are falling apart.

Repeat offenders, throw away the key and protect us from them

Getting involved in wars in countries that have constant internal conflict or ongoing conflict with the same sparring partner. Let then blow each other off the map.

I'm sure there are many more if I thought about it.