@9TYJFHK

We should be spending time to find information on terrorist groups from captured terrorists. Torture is right in some context.

Torture doesn't bring you the truth. It brings you what your victim thinks you want to hear, a truthy lie.

Should the military be allowed to use enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, to gain information from suspected terrorists?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Would torture be wrong if it was towards the man who murdered your wife? If you say yes, then you have morals. However, if you say no, then you must retract you…

I'm not who you replied to, but here's my answer: I am of the firm belief that interrogative torture can never be acceptable. It violates due process, it violat…

Should a photo ID be required to vote? Since 2011, twelve states have passed laws that require a photo identification to vote. Supporters argue that ID’s …

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

No. The only voter fraud that has been proved is perpetrated by political parties, not voters.

Actually, most of the probable fraud is small-scale operations (voting in a dead person's names, filing the ballot of a patient on their behalf, etc).

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

No, with the exception of use for science and discovery as well as power useage

So you don't support the safest, cleanest, and most efficient form of energy production and you love climate change? Got it

They had the caveat of "as well as power usage", so IDK. I think that 8TT768P is confused between "nuclear energy" and "nuclear weapons"

@9TYJFHK from Illinois answered…2mos2MO

How has the portrayal of nuclear energy in movies and media influenced your view on its safety?

Caused me to laugh

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Yes, but with public subsidy

If we get into a nuclear war, the earth will at least be much worse than what global warming has done, it would all go downhill so fast, the air would become to…

Only an idiot or a liar would imply that "mutually assured destruction" and "atomic energy" are the same.

@9TYJFHK from Illinois agreed…2mos2MO

Fukushima Daichi failed due to it's placement. It wasn't designed to be in that part of Japan, and to this day, pretty much no one actually died direc…

"Place your backup generators higher than your reactor" and "protect your buildings from tsunamis" are not the insurmountable problems which anti-nuclear pundit…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

The Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters highlight the catastrophic consequences when things go wrong. Every day nuclear power plants produce radioactive waste, wh…

Chornobyl and Fukishima were freak accidents caused by engineering and management failures. Contemporary reactor design has already solved those engineering pro…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?

No, it gives too much leverage to the pigs

If you're against cops having "leverage", you should ensure that they're held accountable by camera evidence. The only way in which body cameras would help "pig…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?

No, police should be retrained to deescalate high-tension situations and react to dangerous suspects with less lethal force. The reason a criminal isn't af…

Not all killing is murder. Killing to protect life (self-defense and defense of others) is wholly justified, and a badge ought to be factored in (removing duty…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should the government increase penalties for distracted driving?

Public awareness campaigns are more effective than the negligible deterrent effect of increased punishments for civil offenses and misdemeanors in nearly every&…

Both of those methods are ineffective, because massive touchscreens replacing the center console is the norm. Traditional buttons don't steal attention. Traditi…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should the government incentivize the construction of high density residential buildings?

No because programs have been used more for social engineering purposes (to force single home neighborhoods to transform into dense urban neighborhoods) than to…

Such programs do not exist. Most towns outright ban the construction of anything than large-lawn single-family residential. If the people want single-family ho…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should the government incentivize the construction of high density residential buildings?

The government should neither subsidize nor discourage the construction of high density residential, this should be up to the market.

Many local governments outright ban the building of anything denser than a single-family home with large lawns. Pressuring municipalities to loosen these restri…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should the government promote the use of bicycles by expanding bike lanes and bike-sharing programs?

Yes by building dedicated bike lanes not eliminating existing car/truck lanes or by encouraging safe bike traffic on parallel roads.

There isn't that much width available in narrow streets, especially in the cities where bike lanes are most useful.

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should the government promote the use of bicycles by expanding bike lanes and bike-sharing programs?

Yes, but bicycles have to follow the same laws and restrictions and any other vehicle such as stop signs and lights

Stop sign rules are designed for cars, which go faster and accelerate easier. They need a greater braking distance and far more distance of intersection visibil…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should the government promote the use of bicycles by expanding bike lanes and bike-sharing programs?

Until bicyclists are prohibited from using general lanes they shouldn't be getting their own. Plus they don't have to pay registration fees to use the…

Interstate highways (and most other freeways) are already bicycle-prohibited. Car registration fees and gas taxes don't even cover the costs of road infrastruc…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should the government tax unrealized gains?

No

Those who argue that stems from the position of the bourgeois, aka not of the working class. Their opinion has no validity, as they are in the minority.

That's not how truth works. Truth cares not for majority. As a prole myself, I believe that taxing "unrealised gains" will cause far more harm to lower-class an…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?

Disgusting.

I don't care what you plumbing-purist snobs have to say. As long as the pipe holds without leaking, it's good enough for the water main.

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…4wks4W

What God, the Supreme Legislature of the Universe, says is wrong. To him homosexuality is an "abomination." So it is therefore Sin and must be opposed…

If Jehovah exists, he surely isn't the "Supreme Legislature of the Universe". I have violated his laws before. I am an atheist. I have committed Apostasy from t…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

How are they incompatible with science? Science proves God, it does not disprove him! Are we supposed to believe that all that is alive and here is a mistake? T…

They're not saying that science is incompatible with religion. They're saying that the "religious" (dogma-focused is a better term) attitude of truth (that wha…

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@9TYJFHKLow quality comment from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

I want true proof of evolution, not just the ideas of one scientist.

"Science" is a process for evaluating claims based on experimentation and observation. It doesn't truly "prove" anything, but it removes tons of room for doubt.…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

True rights never entitle anyone to anything. Homosexual sodomists are demanding that the rest of society be forced to accept their so-called "marriages&qu…

A "right to sodomy" is actually a right to not be arrested or punished for engaging in otherwise lawful, mutually consensual, intercourse. It's an extension of…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should the government eliminate all traffic laws and rely on voluntary compliance?

No, that's an unfathomably stupid idea that will lead to countless deaths and millions in crash-related damages.

In the early days of the automobile, traffic laws were minimal or non-existent, yet people managed to navigate the roads with a sense of mutual respect and pers…

Liability is determined by traffic laws - specifically, what's standard practice while driving.

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should hate speech be protected by freedom of speech laws?

You could argue, though, that hate speech can incite violence against certain groups of people. However, that being said, freedom of speech is listed in the Fir…

Incitement is incitement, which is already an exception. Most "hate speech" doesn't meet that standard.

Should the government require tech companies to provide backdoor access to encrypted communications for national security purposes?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

No, but there should be a process whereby such access can be granted if the appropriate federal warrant is given and ONLY for matters of national security.

There's no such thing. Either the backdoor exists, or it doesn't. There is no way to make a "secure backdoor" which hackers can't abuse. Keeping a copy of the c…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

board members should be the most qualified regardless of what their gender or sex is.

I completely understand where you're coming from - qualifications should indeed be paramount. However, the issue lies in the fact that women, despite being…

In that case, mandating blind evaluations would be far more effective than quotas.

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

Hire the most qualified candidates, but have blind interviews or blind applications. Remove any indication of biases such as name, race, gender. relevant experi…

That's never the case. People who say "hire the most qualified candidate" mean "hire the most qualified candidate".

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

In intelligence there is not, but generally speaking there are male virtues and male vices and female virtues and female vices (with exceptions). Fundamentally&…

To the extent which this "difference of nature" exists, it has exceptions (those who tend against their norm, those who compensate for their faults, etc). surel…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois agreed…2mos2MO

Should it be illegal to burn our national flag?

No, this is a violation of free speech

It can be seen as a denouncement of America and there would be no reason to purposefully burn a flag other than to make a anti-american statement.

What, if anything, could possibly be wrong with making an "anti-american" statement? That's the entire point of free speech - to protect those who criticise our…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should it be illegal to burn our national flag?

That we should protect our flag, if other people get in trouble for burning the pride flag then they should get into more trouble for burning our own flag that&…

There is no law against burning pride flags.

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should it be illegal to burn our national flag?

Why would any one want to burn a flag! It symbolizes America as a whole. Angry at someone, burn their picture. Angry at a organization or country, burn their lo…

Burning a flag is the proper method to retire a flag. Burning something, in other contexts, is symbolic speech against the subject depicted. Burning a flag is s…

Should victims of gun violence be allowed to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois agreed…2mos2MO

Firearm manufactures do not intend their firearms to be used in mass shootings. If they make military weapons they intend it to be used by military organization…

I understand your point, but you also forgot self-defense and its adjacents (home defense, defense of family, professional security guards, etc).

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should victims of gun violence be allowed to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers?

That has been proven to not work. Criminals do not fear locations with guns.

Not one mass shooting has happened in a school with armed teachers.

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

No, they should be taught race related history objectively and understand the bad things that have been done so as to avoid it happening ever again.

That is the purpose of CRT. Like that is exactly what it is for.

CRT is the perspective that everything is about race and that institutions are still inherently racist. The former is false because many people prioritise merit…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

Yes, and also add Intersectionality and the 1619 Project to the curriculum

The 1619 project is literally just King Cotton apologia.

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

Critical Race Theory isn't even a "Theory" because there's no evidence to support it. It's a stupid hypothesis that is demonstrably fal…

That's how most of the humanities are. It's subjective bull *** about how societies work, so it can't be proven. Economics is the notable exception.

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

...or it could just make them ignorant to the instances and/or structures of racism that exist around them, or worse, it could make them dogmatically parrot the…

Start by teaching them not to judge by race, then teach them that race and racism exist. Teach them why racism is evil and illogical, instead of putting their…

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Police shouldn't have access to military equipment at all. And the perspective on what counts as an extreme situation is one sided apparently given how man…

So something like radios or ATAK(a smartphone on a vest) should be off limits? Or do you only mean the "military equipment" which you arbitrarily consider too d…

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois agreed…2mos2MO

Yes, but with strict training on how and when to use the equipment

The police need more training if they ever come to a situation where they freeze and have no idea what to do and not instantly just reach for their gun but inst…

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

Too many cops shoot themselves accidentally, so it's already hard to trust them to make a "shoot/don't shoot" decision quickly and reliably. Our police academie…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

No, extreme situations should be handled by higher agencies with specialized training and equipment

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

Many problems which necessitate "militarised gear" are too urgent to wait for Federal help. Some small police departments form resource-sharing groups which sha…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

If we give the police military grade equipment then they will cause more harm than they will protection.

Do you support affirmative action programs?

Most "militarisation" of equippment is just getting surplus/common gear instead of buying different stuff. Ballistic armor poses no risk of harm, and firearms d…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Regardless, we should create more social programs to address poverty, and also increase the acceptance of different races, forget the "minority" every…

"social programs to address poverty" An oversimplified counter to that would be Start buying more American made products. Stop sending jobs and produc…

Why not choose the best of both? Provide tax incentives (and infrastructure) to prop up businesses in poorer areas. This will ensure that there are factories fo…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Do you support affirmative action programs?

No, and minority groups should not receive any favorable treatment

At the end of the day everybody is a human and no reason for minorities to be treated harshly just for exsisting.

"Not having favorable treatment" isn't "being treated harshly", it's being treated the same as everyone else.

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

You can't assume teachers are any more stable than the kids they teach. The more guns there are in schools, the more chances there are for misuse of them. …

Skip that, and have the certified teachers (probably a few, but ideally as many as are stable and skilled enough) keep the weapons holstered and concealed until…

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

If teachers have access to guns, that means some students can find access to it too, kids always manage to sneak around right under adults noses, there are othe…

Do you know how difficult it is to steal a gun from an ITW holster? Most students won't even notice a concealed gun The gun is in a holster inside the waistband…

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Armed teachers put more students at risk. You can’t ensure every teacher is mentally stable to carry a gun.

Actually, you can. "Won't murder children during school hours" is far easier a standard to meet than the following, which all teachers should already be cleare…

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

We have no way to know if teachers will give their life for their students, and they themselves may be the ones with the gun in a shooting. There should instead…

"We have no way to know if teachers will give their life for their students" - It's not a matter of dying to save students. If a teacher doesn't stop the threat…

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

The security guard does not have to be everywhere at once. Are cops at my door when I dial 911? No. It would only take minutes at most for security guards to re…

When it comes to mass shootings, time shouldn't be measured in "a few minutes". Count the seconds, count the dead children and teachers. Tolerating "a few minut…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

I think teachers shouldn't be armed but schools should be built to protect the students like instead of windows in doors you could put peepholes in the doo…

It's usually the hollow-cored wooden doors that are easy to break. Solid-core wood is usually enough, let alone something with a steel frame. Schools like point…

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Yes, and a kid could have knowledge of where the gun is stored and use it on a student or a teacher. It's just not safe because you never know what could h…

It's hard to steal from an inside-the-waistband holster, assuming that said holster is being worn and concealed.

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Banning guns is stupid as **** . I say this as a liberal, and the measures you propose (that being extensive background checks, training, etc...) is something …

Cops are usually worse-trained than personal concealed-carriers.

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

problem with this is by the time the teacher can pull out the gun to to stop the mad-man with agun, some people have probably been hurt, some killed, even. I wo…

Uniformed cops will be even slower (more students murdered, on average) than armed teachers. When *** hits the fan, we need to end it in a manner which maxim…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

give the ATF better equipment so they can better identify potentially dangerous people and also make annual screen tests to keep certain automatic assault weapo…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

"Give the ATF better equipment" so they can murder hobbyists and arm cartels? The ATF does nothing to prevent any form of gun violence, let alone massacres. NI…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Ban AR-15 & AK-47 & large clips

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

The Armalite and Kalashnikov patterns are commonly used for self-defense. Also, it's not a "clip", it's a magazine or "mag", and capacity limits on those won't…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

You know what we should totally do? Let's say you take the class, clear a background check, then go to a gun dealer. The gun dealer can check your backgrou…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

You probably have tried to use your fingerprint or facial scan to unlock your phone or something. It fails often. When you use a firearm, your life is on the li…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Then what are they for

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

In order of my guess at how common each use is: Range shooting of targets (shooting paper, plinking, skeet, etc.) Hunting Defense (a proper defense requires bei…

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Thats why we have a police force

The police have no legal duty to protect the populace, let alone any specific individual. Police officers have murdered, framed, and abused several innocent per…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Assault weapons should be banned from civilian use. Restrictions are not enough. Too many people have died in mass shooting because of these particular weapons&…

Most mass shootings are committed with only handguns.

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

No, but increase penalties for gun-related crimes

If you buy a gun and you have had past with gun violence then you shouldnt be able to buy the gun. You made that mistake so youll have to deal with the conseque…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

This probably wasn't intentional, but your wording makes no distinction between survivor and perpetrator.

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

If someone have criminal background and they try and purchase a gun I think they should be denied it because you have no proof that they won’t harm anyone…

Having a felony conviction that wasn't pardoned, being a fugitive, and any history of unlawful drug use is enough to make someone a prohibited person. All of th…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

No, only for criminals and the mentally ill

People who have a criminal history should not be trusted with guns unless they are 100% reformed, and even that isn't enough. People who are mentally ill s…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

"Mentally ill" is colloquial and overbroad. There's a massive difference between an autistic train nerd, a schizophrenic, and a homicidal maniac.

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

No, and the government should pass a national “stand your ground” law

The subjective nature of self-defense claims under "stand your ground" laws can lead to ambiguity and misinterpretation. Determining whether a person …

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

There is nothing subjective about "Stand your ground" which isn't subjective about "castle doctrine" or "duty to retreat standards". "Stand your ground" applies…

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Children also have a right to life.

That doesn't include the right to deprive other people of their liberties for completely unrelated factors. If you want to protect children's right to life, pro…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

I agree, I would also like to add that we should have routine mental health checks. This would ensure gun owners aren't in poor mental health while still i…

A "mental health check" is nothing more than "does this shrink have a grudge against me or my choices", since "mental health" is far too subjective and pseudosc…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

I agree with this statement, the sale of military grade guns have become way too prevalent and unregulated.

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

"Military grade" only means that it's durable and cheap, if anything.

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@9TYJFHK from Illinois disagreed…2mos2MO

Gun possession should be accompanied with adequate liability insurance to cover the loss of injured and dead.

The concept of "insurance" against intentional criminal acts is fundamentally absurd and slanderous. Prosecute the *** bricks who murder innocent civilians, n…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

there will always be someone who is willing to break the rules. i don’t think people should walk around with their own guns, but weapons such as pepper sp…

Pepper spray is ineffective. There's too much risk of wind-caught spray harming the user, barring the fancier gel-like sprays. Some people naturally happen to…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

It’s terrifying because what if I just fall into someone but they perceive it as a threat/push/me acting like I’m trying to pick a problem with them…

For almost all concealed carriers, the standard (reflected by instinct and training) is to not draw until the threat is clearly present and severe. If you shove…

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Yes that would be good but what if the teacher is the shooter

"Won't shoot the people who they're responsible for" is a very low standard of trust compared to everything that we already expect from teachers.

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

@9TYJFHK from Illinois answered…2mos2MO

The second amendment was written in the era of muskets and you are proposing civil war in the era of missiles and drones?

"Missiles and drones" aren't that effective as counterinsurgency tools.