A couple come to mind. I made a post about how this it's a very suburban white American thing to insist every kid should have their own bedroom when that's not anything close to normal historically. This was inspired by a friend of mine who is buying a house that has two more bedrooms than people (and they're not having any more kids). Not to mention I'm old enough that I have friends who have multiple kids and everyone thinks it's just beyond the pale to force kids to share a bedroom, even if the parents can't really afford more rooms. I stand by my position, but you all seemed to really not like this one.

I also said the Falklands should go back to Argentina, because fuck Nonce Island and the whole idea of overseas colonies. It's also a military weakness for Argentina that the UK (and so by extension the US/NATO) has an island off it's a coast. OTOH, Argentina is also a settler colonial nation so it's not like they have a "right" to it either. And yeah, about 2,000 people live there now and presumably they would have to either become Argentinian or move back to the UK. So it's admittedly a mixed bag.

So what are your least popular takes? This is all in good fun so I'll remove any comments that try and make this a struggle session.

    • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      What's your solution to Palestinian displacement and disenfranchisement while retaining Israel as a state? Those seem fundamentally incompatible.

      I also don't at all buy your premise that Israel is the only way to prevent Jewish persecution.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        like jewish persecution has, or ever had, sudddenly stopped because of israel? israel itself has forcibly sterilized jewish people for fucks sake

        :meow-tableflip:

      • Soleimani [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I also don’t at all buy your premise that Israel is the only way to prevent Jewish persecution.

        It's such a weird argument. Like, you felt unsafe, so you moved to the Middle East? What kind of logic is that?

        Then they complain about all the bombs falling from the sky. Like, you chose to live here! It happens.

    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      To end persecution we need to liberate everyone, not give everyone an ethnostate

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          first we give everyone an ethnostate, then we ask everyone to give them back? I'm not sure what you mean or how you think that'd work

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        4 years ago

        Still doesn't even check out considering some jews in Israel are also persecuted (see the sterilization of Ethiopian jews in Israel)