SilentWriter83

The Unpopular Opinions Thread.

Let's start some shiiiit!

I don't believe in religion. I think it's poisonous and only starts conflicts. This is different from spirituality. You can be spiritual and believe in whatever God, Goddess, or multitude of them, as you'd like. I just think religion is the root of a variety of problems. Christians hate Muslims because of a fucking book.

Judaism, Islam, and Christianity are all Abrahamic traditions. So basically their brothers. From what I understand the biggest difference is who the prophet is.

A prophet.

People fight and die and scream and yell over one person. Out of all religions and ways of life (other than Hindu and Buddhism cus I believe Buddhism developed from Hinduism so they're like daddy and son) these religions are suuuuuper similar. They even believe in only one God. (That's better than Hinduism which has a pantheon and Buddhism that has none)

If you believe in God or you don't I don't really care. I'm on the fence really. But if you believe in God is it really that big of a deal how you worship them? There are bigger problems but religion will have you believe that worshipping God in another way is the same as murdering a bucket of puppies.

Yeah, I think religion is poisonous and stupid. Believe in god that's fine and dandy but religion, meh causes a lot of issues just for a label.

P.S. It's also kind of selfish. The only reason anyone does anything is to guarantee their soul goes into heaven. Would practitioners really help others and be so selfless if this wasn't the case?

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On LGBT+, homophobia, country-perspective (EU vs US), democracy, and free speech.

This doesn't pertain to anyone rn, just a thought:

Why is it called homophobia? like xenophobia? You aren't terrified of gay people. You don't see one and start screaming and running for your life. People just don't like gay people and that's that. You won't change their minds but the way I see it. You don't have to like gay people but you can and will respect them as fellow human beings and treat them with the same rights (marriage, not blocking off usage of certain restrooms, not allowing businesses to not allow them inside based on sexuality) and you do this through law.

You're not going to make people like others through law but you can grant them rights. People didn't, and still don't like black people. (I know this trust me) But we were granted the same rights as our white counterparts. Why? We're human. Same thing goes with non-hetero or non-cis people.

They wanna make some excuse that this 'bathroom law' will prevent rapes in bathrooms. False. It's just so conservatives can control the people that don't conform. I've watched a man follow a woman into a bathroom because she had short hair and wore basketball shorts. I've seen a woman, who didn't conform to the female archetype (basically short hair and 'boys' clothes) dragged out of the bathroom because police didn't believe she was born female. Like what, am I supposed to drop my pants and prove I have a vagina before I can pee?

idk. I think it's dumb. No, not everyone will like non-hetero people but laws that specifically target them aren't cool. Who cares if a transgender person wants to use the bathroom that makes them more comfortable. And if, this is a big if, a man tries to claim he's transgender just to get in, the trust me something will be done. No woman really goes to the bathroom alone. We go in pairs as we were taught since we were little to avoid situations such as these. (also no one seems concerned at all about women lying to get into mens bathrooms but I won't touch on the hypocrisy behind THAT one as if men are innately predatory and women are these meak things. bleh)

These are just thoughts. So basically. Homophobia is not a phobia. You aren't scared you just disagree. People will never fully accept gay people because (slight offense) religion won't allow it. You'll always have people steadfast in their beliefs and you won't rid them of them. But everyone deserves the same rights regardless of sex, gender, orientation, skin color, etc.

Rant about 'teaching men not to rape'.

I forget who teaches it but a rape victim (woman) took a self defense class and adapted it for women in heels (cus if you out at the club most women or some) wear heels and it's badass af.

On LGBT+, homophobia, country-perspective (EU vs US), democracy, and free speech.

@Buddha I can see your point lol. Idk how big meters are cus FUCK YOU USA YOU WANNA BE 'SPECIAL' AND USE FEET SO I CAN'T HAVE A REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER COUNTRIES DISTANCES (im salty af about this) But yeah I can see how you would need a private venue if there's not a lot of street space anyways.

On LGBT+, homophobia, country-perspective (EU vs US), democracy, and free speech.

@Buddha I could see how that would be hinderance. I mean NYC is big af and they have a bunch of shit all the time so its not as big a deal when things get blocked off I guess lol

On LGBT+, homophobia, country-perspective (EU vs US), democracy, and free speech.

@BuddhaGot you. Idk if its paid by the government in America. I want to say it isn't and other than the actual parade in and of itself on a specific day I want to say its all pretty confined here. At least, the one in NYC. I didn't get to go because my parents were worried what would happen since it was rather close (sort of) to the Orlando shooting. But from what I looked at their schedule. It was all pretty confined.

Can't say that Pride isn't sexual but kamasutra is 100% so I see why that would be confined. I do get your point though but perhaps pride is different in Amsterdam than it is in America. I'm actually really curious about it now.