Your political opinions which make people rage

More Than Mortal · August 23, 2014, 05:53:48 PM

What opinions do you hold that have irritated people in the past? I'll probably have a bit of an advantage here since I actually took politics and it's really easy to irritate morons.

All of these, at one point or another, has provoked ire from somebody else:

- Euroscepticism.
- I'm generally very pro-immigration.
- Pro-fracking.
- Very pro-nuclear energy.
- Not being a Keynesian (from my politics teacher, who said it worked for Hitler), and not being a socialist (from a classmate).
- Some inflation is good.
- The abolition of the minimum wage.
- The establishment of a negative income tax.
- The abolition of corporation tax.
- Flatter income tax rates.
- Greater private influence in pensions (like Chile's system).
- Private providers of healthcare (like anywhere that knows what the fuck it's doing).
- Abolishing the NHS.
- Selling the right to live here.
- Government caused the Recession.
- The Financial Crisis was largely caused by unfortunate, but well-meaning, regulations.
- Taking minimum wage earners out of income tax.
- Rehabilitation is way more important than punishment.

Those are all that come to mind, at the moment.

Special addition - Kinder's opinions:

- Being a fascist.

challengerX · August 23, 2014, 05:58:17 PM

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More Than Mortal · August 23, 2014, 05:58:42 PM

Quote from: challengerX on August 23, 2014, 05:58:17 PM

Probably every opinion I have.

nah m80

ur just a giant faggoot

challengerX · August 23, 2014, 05:59:49 PM

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Reciffo_Smmoc · August 23, 2014, 06:00:17 PM

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More Than Mortal · August 23, 2014, 06:01:29 PM

Quote from: Weed Commando on August 23, 2014, 06:00:17 PM

I agree with all of those points save for the Euroscepticism, abolishing of minimum wage, and your Econo jargon (I have no idea what it all is, so I'm not gonna make an opinion on it right now)

Yes, but I want to know some of your opinions which have caused controversy.

Reciffo_Smmoc · August 23, 2014, 06:07:20 PM

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Magos Domina · August 23, 2014, 06:18:37 PM

I'll place it in a spoiler, you know my controversial opinions. If you don't want to hear em don't click the spoiler.

Just a common courtesy.

Spoiler

> Israel does not deserve to exist
>The armed forces are a pack of scumbags
> the death penalty is barbaric and backwards, as are the people who support it
> America is a cancer
> The majority of Americans are vile ignorant people
> People who hunt for sport should be beaten
> Class C drugs should be legalised
> Sentences for drug dealers should be decreased
> Capitalism =/= freedom
> Large churches such as the Catholic Church and the Church of England should perform gay marriages
> The NHS needs more funding
> Nick Griffin is incompetent
> Certain Sinn Fein members should not be politicians
> Hamas are fighting a just war for the survival of Palestine
> Not all Hitlers policies were evil
> George Galloway should be PM
> Maggie Maggie Maggie! Dead Dead Dead
> Thatchers funeral was a disgrace! A waste of the tax payers money
> Tony Blair was pretty awesome before Afghanistan
> I feel sorry for John Major
> People who hunt with dogs should be given a minimum sentence of 10 years for animal cruelty
> People released during the Good Friday Agreement was a necessary evil
> The abrahamic god is a lie, he does not exist.
> The right-wing are a pack of assholes
> the trickle down system does not work, no matter how much BS you hear from conservative media
> We should have open dialogue with North Korea
> Homosexuality and Gender Dysphoria are natural
> The Death Penalty is not justice
> The October Revolution lost it's justification the moment they killed innocent women and children.
> Democracy is over rated

Flee · August 23, 2014, 06:23:47 PM

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Reciffo_Smmoc · August 23, 2014, 06:24:54 PM

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Mr. Psychologist · August 23, 2014, 06:25:07 PM

> George Galloway should be PM

Damn right <.<

More Than Mortal · August 23, 2014, 06:25:44 PM

Quote from: Mr Psychologist on August 23, 2014, 06:25:07 PM

> George Galloway should be PM

Damn right <.<

omg die

Mr. Psychologist · August 23, 2014, 06:26:19 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on August 23, 2014, 06:25:44 PM

omg die

George Galloway >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nigel Thornbe-Farage.

:^)

Reciffo_Smmoc · August 23, 2014, 06:30:02 PM

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Magos Domina · August 23, 2014, 06:31:30 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on August 23, 2014, 06:25:44 PM

omg die

U wot m8?

More Than Mortal · August 23, 2014, 06:34:20 PM

Quote from: Kiyohime on August 23, 2014, 06:31:30 PM

U wot m8?

george galloway is slimy, self-serving scum.

Magos Domina · August 23, 2014, 06:36:34 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on August 23, 2014, 06:34:20 PM

george galloway is slimy, self-serving scum.

Uh huh?

Mr. Psychologist · August 23, 2014, 06:41:10 PM

Quote from: Kiyohime on August 23, 2014, 06:36:34 PM

Uh huh?

Super Irish · August 23, 2014, 06:47:37 PM

-Israel (and Hamas) are bastards. I really don't want to go into it.
-Northern Ireland should be part of the Republic (but I'm not going to bomb people over it)
-Wales needs more political power, or at least control of it's people's taxes to fund where they decide (English people in Wales seem to hate this idea for some reason)
-The increase in tuition fees for Uni are fine (will go further into this*)
-Nuclear power, while being "cleaner" than fossil fuels, is still a bad option.

*

Spoiler

While I (and maybe you) might have to pay more in debt through the student loans system, everyone seems to forget you don't pay back UNTIL you earn over the average wage (~£21,000), and even then, they take out a minuscule fraction of that each month (~£20) until after 30 years, where it is WIPED COMPLETELY, regardless of how much left to pay back.

I don't know whether the increase in tuition fees in the first place was entirely justified, but seeing as you're never really put in a tight spot (that's the government's problem for implementing a system which is predicted to earn less money than the previous one, not mine), you could hardly consider yourself under a "mountain of debt".

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · August 23, 2014, 06:50:45 PM

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DAS B00T x2 · August 23, 2014, 06:56:10 PM

Nuclear energy is good
Public school teachers are underpaid
All perspectives of history need to be preserved and taught
God has no place in political doctrine
Abolish the sex offender registry
Immigration needs to be easier to do legally
Rehabilitation needs to be a thing rather than just institutionalizing everyone
Minimum jail sentences need to be repealed
Progressive tax>Flat tax (my brother and I used to argue about that a lot)

Flee · August 23, 2014, 06:59:08 PM

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ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · August 23, 2014, 07:05:56 PM

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Dustin · August 23, 2014, 07:11:13 PM

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Dave · August 23, 2014, 08:05:29 PM

free trade is imperialism re-branded

Korra · August 23, 2014, 08:36:59 PM

I think we should nuke Mexico and annex Canada.

Spoiler

Seriously now, America needs to get its world police ass back to isolationism. Makes conservative parents mad.

Magos Domina · August 23, 2014, 09:01:34 PM

Quote from: Nuka on August 23, 2014, 08:57:59 PM

-Interrogation methods used against known terrorists aren't as horrible as people like to make it seem. There's nothing wrong with psychological torture to make psychopathic mass murderers talk.

Your only point that I don't agree with, everything else is spot on.

DAS B00T x2 · August 23, 2014, 09:06:31 PM

Quote from: Nuka on August 23, 2014, 08:57:59 PM

-term limits for everything

I feel like term limits are just a lazy way to fix voter ignorance.

Flee · August 23, 2014, 10:23:23 PM

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Flee · August 23, 2014, 10:39:55 PM

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