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?

@OutdoorQueen seriously? No, nobody wants to be 'confronted' for feeding their child.

You'd 'confront' (harass) a woman trying to feed her hungry child in public because, what, it makes you uncomfortable therefore how dare she?

Babies don’t have genders

And will your DC be doing national service?
Fighting in a war for Trump?

That truly accidental pregnancies are quite rare and mostly it’s not using contraception properly. Yes I know there’s exceptions to this belief.

I agree 100%

and Truss did a great job.

Exactly! One of our cats was a pregnant stray. She was thin and unwell. She had her kittens at a local vets and then we rehomed her.
She is now a very happy farm cat (who lives on our farm and is happy to leave should she want!) and has the perfect life. 50 safe acres to roam- several barns that she has access to. She even has her own cat hole to access our livery tea room, complete with couches that she sleeps on.
She spends most of her time in summer stretched on her back sunbathing on the yard!
I don’t think she’d go back to her stray days if given the choice!!

My ones:

If you breastfeed then don't moan that feeding falls onto you. Bottle feeding means your child can be fed by anyone.

Not married ? Give the child your surname.

Sometimes children are evil and utter shits. Could be their upbringing, a mental health condition, but kicking them out could be the making of them. Why would they change if they don't need to.

Sometimes if you refuse to have sex with your partner, then why would you be surprised if they have an affair? Don't we all want attention sometimes?

Sahm's once kids are in high school (unless there is sen): pure lazy. Where's your pride? You're happy to put that much financial burden on your partner?

You have no idea if the people (more than one) who posted this have faced fertility issues. One person has said they did and still agree with it.

Also, noone said IVF would be "banned", just not NHS funded.

I would also not fund any "gender reassignment", but I didn't bother to post that because I don't think it's generally an unpopular opinion!

Most mums decide to sleep when they get too tired and then blame it on low supply.

Absolute villains

Agree about SAHM’s once your child is school age. You’re just unemployed.

Way too much focus on mental health in society. Paradoxically, it’s bad for mental health.

Hamas is evil. At the same time, Israel is committing war crimes. Israel has a right to exist. A Palestinian life is worth exactly the same as an Israeli life. Iran is run by a terrible regime. Netanyahu’s government is filled with racist war mongers. Taking hostages is a crime. Blocking aid and starving an entire population is a crime.

I really struggle to understand why perfectly intelligent people aren’t capable of holding all of those facts (to me they’re facts, indisputable) at the same time.

That people should not have children after they are 35, it's too old.

Yes.

Right but if you cut them off... So you mean sex can't be changed. Ever

Too old for what?

Yes. 9-3 is ridiculously short. I grew up abroad and my senior school day was 8-17.30 or even 8-18.30 some days.
We were not hard done by.

I cannot fathom why the British school day is so short. It's completely dysfunctional for working parents and the children have way too much free time to spend in front of screens or loitering.

I was 35 and 37? What’s the problem exactly?

All kids should be put in by their school for the 11plus. Not just the ones with parents who put their names down by the deadline. What about the smart kids without parents who know what to do.

It should just be the exam before secondary, curriculum teaches for it. Everyone takes it. It shouldn't need hot housing and tutors. It's either too hard or kids aren't being taught the subjects.

That adoptive parents are not seen as their child's "real" parent by a large section of society. That families made through adoption are less valid. As an adoptive mum, I've lost track of the amount of times I've been asked who my kid's "real" parent is.

Did I say I would confront or harass them?

The breastfeeding bullies I’ve known love to drone on about breastfeeding & have admitted they like to be challenged about it in public 🤷🏼‍♀️

Just my opinions!

There will always be people who cannot be rehabilitated back into society - so there would have to to be facilities for those types of criminals.

But the majority of the prison population are not murderers or rapists (how many rapists are actually being prosecuted and incarcerated in the first place?)

So putting murderers and rapists aside, punitive justice does not work - prisons don’t rehabilitate, they are traumatic and are actually more likely to lead to reoffending.

Society needs to tackle the root causes of offending - the correlation between adverse childhood experiences and crime is strong.

Early intervention, community based support programs, community service orders, drug treatment facilities etc would be much better alternatives, and much more effective.

My new controversial opinion is probably that around one sixth of the people on this thread should be allowed nowhere near other human beings.

Religious education should not be taught in primary schools, and should be a choice in secondary school. Maybe it is a choice in some parts of the UK but not where I am.

Ah I loved a good loiter. Kids dont loiter much anymore.