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?

Balaclavas and face coverings should be banned. I’m sick of seeing these feral youth with their faces hidden behaving like rabble, shoplifting, smoking weed and generally being a menace. Go and get a job and do something useful for society - though I doubt that thought has even crossed their minds. God knows what kind of upbringing they’ve had. Grim.

It’s not illegal

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Feels like this is bait to get banned.

So i guess a lot of my controversial views are bannable takes.

That they should restrict flying so people can only fly twice a year (once but return) unless they have family in other countries

That men have to put up with as much from women as we do from them

that koala bears are scary looking

I do know a lot about it and I eat a lot of vegan food. My 9 year old daughter has been a militant vegan for a few months. Her teenage siblings still eat meat, as do her dad and I, but our meals are largely plant-based now because I don’t want to cook separate meals. I know the reason people react to vegans with such hostility is because they know they’re right, and I’m moving in the right direction. But cheese, though…

No, back then the criteria for both dx were much more limited than the current criteria for an autism dx. Currently autism is an umbrella dx.

Tbh I don't really care how the rest of the spectrum is split or not, I just want those with severe/profound to have a completely separate dx. They need it for support, representation and understanding of how they present.

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There is another thread running about ‘who to vote for in the next election’

you have my vote 🫡

Tags would do for me, the sort that sound an alarm if you go outside when you shouldn’t - you get one hour per week to do your food shopping and you pay for it yourself

I agree! Love all animals, would never want to see one come to harm but also find pet ownership and the relationships between some humans and their pets absolutely baffling

Women in abusive relationships are doing their best to survive. They live in fear and are often totally manipulated into believing that their abuser is right and they are wrong.
Leaving is the most dangerous time for them.
Women who leave abusive relationships are absolute heroes and shouldn't be blamed for not leaving sooner. They are brave, strong and courageous.
It's SO easy to say women should just leave but it's so much harder than that when it's your life. I say this as someone who left an abusive relationship. It was the hardest and scariest thing I've ever done. I won't be blamed for not leaving sooner by someone who has no idea what my life was like.

Mine too 😬 this thread is weak sauce

See @Tapoopoo's post at 21:32 today.
I think it was a typo.

OK, I wasn't replying to any particular post. The post i quoted was about God, as you would see if you read it. There was someone early on on this thread who said they found it weird to bf beyond 6 months. I don't know which pp you're referring to, but obviously a different one.

Yes, I'm perfectly capable of reading.

If you don't want to engage in a discussion about this why did you reply? If you do reply can you be civil, and refrain from completely unwarranted personal attacks?

People who say the unemployed - with particular emphasis on the disabled - should be ‘helped’ into work and not just ‘given benefits’ should remember that a) there aren’t enough jobs to go around and b) even if there were, many employers don’t want to employ disabled people anyway.

Annual leave should be at least 35 days a year plus bank holidays. The general offerings are not enough for the relentless pace of modern life.

I'm incredibly grateful that my son was operated on when his prognosis was very poor. He did survive against all of the odds but if I had to pay, he wouldn't be here today because there's no way I could've afforded it.

Or would there be an exception for children? Would it only apply to adults?

I really do not think this is fair.

Having a difficult personality is not the same as having a diagnosable disorder, such as borderline personality disorder, which affects emotional regulation and puts a person at heightened risk of suicide and self-harming. Of course, it's fair to criticise the BPD label (disproportionately given to women; overlaps with autism symptoms etc.)

I agree. I think pet ownership is a weird concept that often doesn’t do the animal any favours.

People who smoke weed in built up areas, particularly when wearing a loud shirt, should be lined up and shot.

All countries should be run by women only for the next 20 years.

The royal family would be released into the wild, wished well, and waved a cheery goodbye.

Paracetamol should never be prescribed. Buy it yourself. Literal pennies.

I think that lots of dogs, especially those who live in rural or coastal locations with active, outdoorsy people have the best lives it's possible for an animal to lead and that in fact, many humans have worse lives.

Noooooo!

And if they keep breaking their curfew or murder someone or rape someone while they’re out shopping? Then what?