Other Unpopular Opinions

[madame moiselle]

This is pretty much my entire unpopular opinion I just didn’t want to say because of potential backlash

That, my friend, is called political correctness. People are afraid to express a different opinion because our society has become so polarized in terms of opinion that even universities, that were founded on the basis that they are places where opinions could be shared and debated in and civil manner, are banning speakers they think would be 'harmful'.

As for Germany and Hitler, you have to get the context. At that time, Germany was in massive debt after WW1 and many were without jobs and hope. The German government was failing. And then Hitler came up. He was a charismatic, passionate speaker that could rally up thousands into following him. And though most did not actually support his racist ideologies, they followed him because he was the leader they needed at the time.
It's a no-bainer really, on why Germans followed him so easily.

 

[Peacemaker .45]

Ahhh. Yeah. And for a bit, he was a pretty decent tactician. Till he decided on a two front war and what not.

He didn’t listen to his generals, thankfully. The war could have been a lot different if I he didn’t get greedy and obsessed with power and domination.

 

[SandraDeelightful]

Children are not transgender, nor should they be allowed to transition.

 

[Peacemaker .45]

That, my friend, is called political correctness. People are afraid to express a different opinion because our society has become so polarized in terms of opinion that even universities, that were founded on the basis that they are places where opinions could be shared and debated in and civil manner, are banning speakers they think would be 'harmful'.

As for Germany and Hitler, you have to get the context. At that time, Germany was in massive debt after WW1 and many were without jobs and hope. The German government was failing. And then Hitler came up. He was a charismatic, passionate speaker that could rally up thousands into following him. And though most did not actually support his racist ideologies, they followed him because he was the leader they needed at the time.
It's a no-bainer really, on why Germans followed him so easily.

Yeah, he came in at a time where he could use the anger of the German people to support him getting into power. You’re right, context does matter in that situation. I suppose I could have elaborated more and include that in my one post. It was really a off the whim sort of response there, not getting too into details.

And as for political correctness, I know. I’m very much so aware of it. I’m a Trump voter, and a Trump supporter. While I don’t agree with everything necessarily he does, I don’t think he’s a terrible president. The media demonizes him, and to an extent, everyone who agrees with him. The Left has gained a lot of control in many places-Hollywood and universities for example-and this has helped spread political correctness. But the whole origin of political correctness is a different topic.

But you are right. The disease of political correctness has made people afraid to really say what’s on their mind. They are too upset about discussing things because “feelings might be hurt,” because words apparently hurt and freedom of speech is being trampled on. Thank the Lord there are people out there fighting for freedom of speech, such as Jordan B. Peterson (a personal favorite of mine). I tend to express my opinions. However, on here I generally try to keep politics out of here. I stated earlier in the thread that my political opinions were unpopular. They were what you stated. I suppose political correctness made me slightly scared to stir up the controversy on here. I can agree with everything you stated. More times than not, I do often feel as the only one carrying this opinion, especially on this site. So it’s refreshing to see someone has admittedly more courage than I to say that. And it’s nice to know that, on here, at least I’m not alone in thinking this way.

 

[Iskandar]

He didn’t listen to his generals, thankfully. The war could have been a lot different if I he didn’t get greedy and obsessed with power and domination.

Indeed. Honestly though Japan was the scariest of the Axis Powers

 

[SandraDeelightful]

Also, you shouldn't force your pet to go vegan!

 

[madame moiselle]

Yeah, he came in at a time where he could use the anger of the German people to support him getting into power. You’re right, context does matter in that situation. I suppose I could have elaborated more and include that in my one post. It was really a off the whim sort of response there, not getting too into details.

And as for political correctness, I know. I’m very much so aware of it. I’m a Trump voter, and a Trump supporter. While I don’t agree with everything necessarily he does, I don’t think he’s a terrible president. The media demonizes him, and to an extent, everyone who agrees with him. The Left has gained a lot of control in many places-Hollywood and universities for example-and this has helped spread political correctness. But the whole origin of political correctness is a different topic.

But you are right. The disease of political correctness has made people afraid to really say what’s on their mind. They are too upset about discussing things because “feelings might be hurt,” because words apparently hurt and freedom of speech is being trampled on. Thank the Lord there are people out there fighting for freedom of speech, such as Jordan B. Peterson (a personal favorite of mine). I tend to express my opinions. However, on here I generally try to keep politics out of here. I stated earlier in the thread that my political opinions were unpopular. They were what you stated. I suppose political correctness made me slightly scared to stir up the controversy on here. I can agree with everything you stated. More times than not, I do often feel as the only one carrying this opinion, especially on this site. So it’s refreshing to see someone has admittedly more courage than I to say that. And it’s nice to know that, on here, at least I’m not alone in thinking this way.

Yes, sometimes it does feel that way for me too . Especially in Canada, where we have hate speech laws that can get you jailed and fined for saying the wrong word. At least in America they still have their 1st Amendment.
I've heard of Jordan B. Peterson---wasn't he that professor of sorts in Toronto who refused to acknowledge non binaries?
I personally like listening to Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder, though I don't really agree with all Shapiro's views.

 

[SandraDeelightful]

Yes, sometimes it does feel that way for me too . Especially in Canada, where we have hate speech laws that can get you jailed and fined for saying the wrong word. At least in America they still have their 1st Amendment.
I've heard of Jordan B. Peterson---wasn't he that professor of sorts in Toronto who refused to acknowledge non binaries?
I personally like listening to Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder, though I don't really agree with all Shapiro's views.

I'm so grateful for the first amendment. And the fact that the Supreme Court said that hate speech is free speech. Though sometimes I worry that there will be outcry to get rid of it.

I look at what's going on in Canada and I feel so grateful for the first amendment. It sucks there's hate speech laws.

 

[madame moiselle]

I'm so grateful for the first amendment. And the fact that the Supreme Court said that hate speech is free speech. Though sometimes I worry that there will be outcry to get rid of it.

I look at what's going on in Canada and I feel so grateful for the first amendment. It sucks there's hate speech laws.

Mhm...:/

I got into trouble just for not using this girl in my class who is transgender's (female ro male) 'pronouns'---and get this, she was never in earshot. So basically I got in trouble for using a transgender's biological pronouns even when they weren't there to hear it. I have enough respect to call her by her preferred pronouns if I ever am in a direct conversation (though I try to avoid all use usually) but whenever she is not around I use her biological, true pronouns and refer her to a she. But apparently I can't even do that---they are already trying to police my language. No real free speech.

 

[SandraDeelightful]

Mhm...:/

I got into trouble just for not using this girl in my class who is transgender's (female ro male) 'pronouns'---and get this, she was never in earshot. So basically I got in trouble for using a transgender's biological pronouns even when they weren't there to hear it. I have enough respect to call her by her preferred pronouns if I ever am in a direct conversation (though I try to avoid all use usually) but whenever she is not around I use her biological, true pronouns and refer her to a she. But apparently I can't even do that---they are already trying to police my language. No real free speech.

May I ask where this was? It seems stupid to get in trouble for calling someone by the wrong pronouns when that person isn't even around.

 

[madame moiselle]

May I ask where this was? It seems stupid to get in trouble for calling someone by the wrong pronouns when that person isn't even around.

Alberta, Canada.

 

[Tabby]

Indeed. Honestly though Japan was the scariest of the Axis Powers

They were a contender for being the best at atrocities anyways. Unit 731 is the de facto example, but the Rape of Nanking is disgustingly undertaught nowadays outside of southeastern asia and i-8's war crimes all come to mind as well. People are all about the Holocaust, but some of the shit Japan pulled in WWII was at least as bad if not arguably worse, just (mostly) smaller in scale.

As an actual military force, they were fucked from the start and they knew it. The Pacific War was hoped to never be a war at all and most of the battles didn't actually matter except in whether Japan got crushed like a grape or got crushed like a tin can a bit slower by the US's monstrous industrial ability. They got dunked on like a total joke pretty much any time they tried anything on the ground against an even vaguely competent military force (they got mostly dunked on in the soviet-japanese border conflicts of the mid-late 30s for example) and their typically underwhelming and underperforming tanks and small arms put them at an enormous disadvantage in stuff like the soviet invasion of manchuria in 1945 as well... though that's not ENTIRELY a fair comparison given how close it was to their surrender anyways lol.

As an actual force they were only really scary initially, with a carrier heavy and well trained force that had the same issue as German aces (used until they got killed) unlike Allied strategy (rotate pilots out to teach others) so each loss crippled them vastly more than say, losing an American plane.

...Ok, sorry, I'm done. Didn't mean to get that verbose. Just saw an interesting point I wanted to respond to! I LOVE the war in the Pacific, so much of modern military doctrine as well as the death of battleships and the supremacy of carriers was born there and it gets almost totally ignored in the modern west compared to the western front.

 

[SandraDeelightful]

Alberta, Canada.

That's insane. I think it's one thing to be insulted by someone calling you the wrong pronouns (even though I think it's pretty dumb). But to be offended on someone else's behalf is just stupid and annoying.

 

[Iskandar]

They were a contender for being the best at atrocities anyways. Unit 731 is the de facto example, but the Rape of Nanking is disgustingly undertaught nowadays outside of southeastern asia and i-8's war crimes all come to mind as well. People are all about the Holocaust, but some of the shit Japan pulled in WWII was at least as bad if not arguably worse, just (mostly) smaller in scale.

As an actual military force, they were fucked from the start and they knew it. The Pacific War was hoped to never be a war at all and most of the battles didn't actually matter except in whether Japan got crushed like a grape or got crushed like a tin can a bit slower by the US's monstrous industrial ability. They got dunked on like a total joke pretty much any time they tried anything on the ground against an even vaguely competent military force (they got mostly dunked on in the soviet-japanese border conflicts of the mid-late 30s for example) and their typically underwhelming and underperforming tanks and small arms put them at an enormous disadvantage in stuff like the soviet invasion of manchuria in 1945 as well... though that's not ENTIRELY a fair comparison given how close it was to their surrender anyways lol.

As an actual force they were only really scary initially, with a carrier heavy and well trained force that had the same issue as German aces (used until they got killed) unlike Allied strategy (rotate pilots out to teach others) so each loss crippled them vastly more than say, losing an American plane.

...Ok, sorry, I'm done. Didn't mean to get that verbose. Just saw an interesting point I wanted to respond to! I LOVE the war in the Pacific, so much of modern military doctrine as well as the death of battleships and the supremacy of carriers was born there and it gets almost totally ignored in the modern west compared to the western front.

Indeed! While militarily they weren't much to be afraid of as they had limited resources, weapons and vehicles, I would still say they were a terrifying force. They didn't have much a of a chance against the U.S. or the Soviets, but most of there neighbors were much weaker. Plus they had an intense amount of fighting spirit(gotta love bushido amirite). Still, they were scrubs to the U.S. Only advantage they had was the distance and how they limited us to Island hopping till we got towards the mainland.

Also, modern day Japan's military, while extremely small compared to normal day standards, is extremely terrifying and thought to be one of the most well trained military's. Even with only 265,000 active personal, many War Strategist and analysts say Japan's military may be one of the hardest for any country to overcome.

 

[Tabby]

Indeed! While militarily they weren't much to be afraid of as they had limited resources, weapons and vehicles, I would still say they were a terrifying force. They didn't have much a of a chance against the U.S. or the Soviets, but most of there neighbors were much weaker. Plus they had an intense amount of fighting spirit(gotta love bushido amirite). Still, they were scrubs to the U.S. Only advantage they had was the distance and how they limited us to Island hopping till we got towards the mainland.

Also, modern day Japan's military, while extremely small compared to normal day standards, is extremely terrifying and thought to be one of the most well trained military's. Even with only 265,000 active personal, many War Strategist and analysts say Japan's military may be one of the hardest for any country to overcome.

Very true. The SDF is an army in all but name and is one of the most dangerous forces in the world due to their excellent force projection and (ironically) once again their phenomenal navy.

I still think it's cool honestly. We (as in the US - I'm murikan) went from "FUCKING JAPANESE" to "hey can you ship us more of those cartoon waifus?" in less than a century, and from kinda-allies (WWI era) to bitter enemies (WWII) to some of the closest military partners in the world AND best friends with cultures that at times borderline idolize each other (modern day). Kinda nice to have a real-life story with a happy ending, you know? There's so much horrible shit going on in the world today, but we have former arch enemies who can't get enough of each other's cartoon porn lmao.

 

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Honestly, to hell with people who verbally attack other people online because they have a different opinion.

 

[madame moiselle]

Honestly, to hell with people who verbally attack other people online because they have a different opinion.

At least it shows we have the freedom to. I am totally up for a civil discussion on any topic, but to hate and to try and silence someone just for their beliefs and opinions is rude and downright unconstitutional.

 

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Other Unpopular Opinions I Have:

Hetalia and Ouran are overrated.
Sayori is the best DDLC girl.
YouTube Drama is god awful and I hate seeing my favorite youtubers getting involved with such nonsense.

 

[SandraDeelightful]

Dress codes are not sexist.

 

[adrian_]

Unpopular opinion, the Czecho-Russian war is still going on.

I mean, it is true. It's not like its a conspiracy theory either.

 

[Peacemaker .45]

Indeed. Honestly though Japan was the scariest of the Axis Powers

AGREED! Things like Unit 731 are why I wholeheartedly believe that they were the worst of the Axis. No one ever really talks about that Japan has done. I think they were worse than Nazi Germany once you look at what the had done in places like China

 

[Peacemaker .45]

Yes, sometimes it does feel that way for me too . Especially in Canada, where we have hate speech laws that can get you jailed and fined for saying the wrong word. At least in America they still have their 1st Amendment.
I've heard of Jordan B. Peterson---wasn't he that professor of sorts in Toronto who refused to acknowledge non binaries?
I personally like listening to Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder, though I don't really agree with all Shapiro's views.

Yeah, Peterson was the psychology professor in your country that was in opposition to bill C16 that made it against the law to misgender someone or something like that. He was against it because he is wholeheartedly a believer of freedom of speech.

I like Shapiro and Crowder also. I know Crowder had on Peterson, and that Shepherd girl from WLU. She, incidentally, showed a video of Peterson to her class (she’s a student but I guess wants to be a teacher so she was teaching a class). She presented it in a non-biased way. She put it up merely for the sake of a conversation and open dialogue. Then the university got involved and they had a meeting where they essentially were harassing her about it and stuff. She recorded it and put it on the internet for people to hear. And it blew the hell up. The funny part is, she doesn’t even really agree with Peterson on certain things. She did it just for an open dialogue. Now she’s getting harassed left and right by those on the Left. It’s really sad. But she has so many supporters now.

Anyway, I like Shapiro and Crowder a lot. I don’t agree with them on absolutely everything. But I agree with them on a lot. I consider myself as a paleoconservative. So their views tend to match mine a lot. But hey, nice to see that someone else on here feels the way I do. Not many people do, it seems.

 

[Peacemaker .45]

Mhm...:/

I got into trouble just for not using this girl in my class who is transgender's (female ro male) 'pronouns'---and get this, she was never in earshot. So basically I got in trouble for using a transgender's biological pronouns even when they weren't there to hear it. I have enough respect to call her by her preferred pronouns if I ever am in a direct conversation (though I try to avoid all use usually) but whenever she is not around I use her biological, true pronouns and refer her to a she. But apparently I can't even do that---they are already trying to police my language. No real free speech.

Letting the government decide what you can and can’t say is a dangerous precedent to set. It stops the flow of different ideas and an open dialogue.

That’s dangerous. Really dangerous.

 

[madame moiselle]

Yeah, Peterson was the psychology professor in your country that was in opposition to bill C16 that made it against the law to misgender someone or something like that. He was against it because he is wholeheartedly a believer of freedom of speech.

I like Shapiro and Crowder also. I know Crowder had on Peterson, and that Shepherd girl from WLU. She, incidentally, showed a video of Peterson to her class (she’s a student but I guess wants to be a teacher so she was teaching a class). She presented it in a non-biased way. She put it up merely for the sake of a conversation and open dialogue. Then the university got involved and they had a meeting where they essentially were harassing her about it and stuff. She recorded it and put it on the internet for people to hear. And it blew the hell up. The funny part is, she doesn’t even really agree with Peterson on certain things. She did it just for an open dialogue. Now she’s getting harassed left and right by those on the Left. It’s really sad. But she has so many supporters now.

Anyway, I like Shapiro and Crowder a lot. I don’t agree with them on absolutely everything. But I agree with them on a lot. I consider myself as a paleoconservative. So their views tend to match mine a lot. But hey, nice to see that someone else on here feels the way I do. Not many people do, it seems.

Oh could you please send the link to this video of the student doing that? I'd love to see it ^^ Crowder is my favorite out of all of them, mostly because I do agree with him on most subjects. He's also from Canada, very knowledgeable and is comedic as well and his videos always have that satire touch to it, unlike Shapiro and Peterson, though they are significantly better debaters.

 

[Peacemaker .45]

Oh could you please send the link to this video of the student doing that? I'd love to see it ^^ Crowder is my favorite out of all of them, mostly because I do agree with him on most subjects. He's also from Canada, very knowledgeable and is comedic as well and his videos always have that satire touch to it, unlike Shapiro and Peterson, though they are significantly better debaters.

Here’s a timeline of what happened. Not the entire recording is in the video, though. The recording she made was nearly 43 minutes long, I think.

I really like Crowder’s “I’m x, change my mind.” I find them to be really effective. Far too often, people trap themselves in an ideological echo chamber. They only listen to what their side believes. This only adds to the problem of not having an open dialogue. I believe we all have to question what we believe and talk to people with a differing view in a respectful manner. Don’t be like AntiFa, in other words.