r/ControversialOpinions

Storytime:

I am in college and veterinary students have manditory animal care shifts for the animals on campus.

Sidenote: I own a lot of cute overworn Christian sweatshirts that I wear to animal care shifts because I don't care if they get dirty.

We are scheduled with 4 other classmates during our shifts with one lead, whom was myself. So I was noticing my classmate who did animal care with me everyday, was avoiding talking to me but was really outgoing with everyone else on my team. I thought nothing of it but after about a week of this I overheard her talking with another one of our classmates about her girlfriend. I started to think that maybe she thought I hated lesbians due to my faith.

The next shift I went up to her and started trying to make small talk but she shied away and seemed kind of...scared? Is the best way I can describe it. So I asked if she did anything fun with her girlfriend the previous weekend and then she started chatting about how they went to a pumpkin patch and perked right up and became really chatty. We got to chatting and she saw the mini clay pumpkins I had on my backpack and I told her I could make some for her and her girlfriend if she wanted, etc. Long story short, she eventually opened up and told me that she has had bad experiences with Christians and that her mom doesn't talk to her anymore because of it. I told her I was sorry. That's all it takes.

I just wanted to tell this story because I want Christians to be aware that a little kindness goes a long way, and that everything we do as Christians, represents Jesus and Christianity at the end of the day. The only way we can make disciples of all nations is to let people around us see the fruit of the Spirit by our actions and how we carry ourselves. Plant that seed and let God do the rest. 😊🙏

God Bless!

Women who've had many quality sexual encounters won't be impressed by your basic ass.

If your argument for why you don't feel guilty for a mass wrongdoing committed by your community is because the wrongdoing wasn't committed by you, then it makes no sense to be proud of accomplishments from your community sense the accomplishments werent achieved by you either.

argues that naturalism cannot explain how we know subjective experience exists.

As a little girl, I was taught all the usual things about staying safe. Don’t go up to strangers. If I get lost, find a safe adult, often a woman, to ask for help. If an adult tells me to keep a secret from my parents, tell them immediately. If a man I don’t know asks me to get into his car, don’t go, and tell someone what happened.

As I got older, the list only got longer: don’t walk alone at night, stay in well-lit areas, dress modestly, don’t accept rides from strangers, be careful about who you let into your home, keep your location shared with someone you trust, stay with your friends, and trust your instincts if a man is making you uncomfortable.

And let’s be honest about why girls are taught these things in the first place. A large majority of people who commit sexual violence against women and girls are male. That does NOT mean all men are predators, and it does NOT mean women cannot be predators themselves. and that does not mean men and boys cannot also be sexually assaulted. It means there is a documented sex difference in who perpetrates sexual violence, and pretending that difference doesn’t exist doesn’t make anyone safer.

Personally, I don’t know whether boys are taught similar things growing up. I’d assume they are. But if a boy grows up being taught to be cautious around women, I don’t understand why that should be treated as some horrible injustice. If I know I’m not a rapist and would never hurt someone, I’m not going to take it personally if anyone doesn’t want to be alone with me. they’re caution isn’t an accusation against me. and honestly I think everyone should live life being cautious to protect themselves, our most dangerous enemy is other humans.

But somewhere along the way, the message changes. and I noticed this around 15 years old, when I was developing as a woman. As little girls, we’re taught how to protect ourselves from men. As women, we’re told that actually being cautious around men is sexist.

Suddenly it’s,,“Not all men.”, “You can’t judge every man based on the actions of a few.”, “That’s sexist.”, “Why are you assuming he’s dangerous?”, “he’s just being friendly.”, “You’re being paranoid.”’ “You’re making innocent men feel uncomfortable.”

But I never said all men. I never said every man is a rapist. I said that I am aware of the reality we live in, and therefore I may sometimes take precautions around men that I wouldn’t take around most women.

And the frustrating part is that the same society telling women to “trust their instincts” can turn around and shame them for actually doing it.

Because then, if a woman is sexually assaulted, suddenly the questions change, “What were you wearing?”, “Why were you alone with him?”, “Why didn’t you leave?”, “Why were you drinking?”, “Why didn’t you fight back?”, “Why didn’t you scream?”, “Why were you wearing that?”’ “Why did you go to that party?”, “Why were you out that late?”, “Why did you trust him?”, “Why didn’t you take more precautions?”

So which is it? We’re taught from childhood to be cautious of danger from men, but when we actually behave cautiously, we’re told we’re being unfair to innocent men. Then, when something does happen, we’re asked why we weren’t cautious enough.

Women shouldn’t have to live in fear of men. But women also shouldn’t have to pretend that the risk doesn’t exist just to protect men’s feelings.

Being cautious isn’t the same thing as accusing every man of being dangerous. And a woman’s safety should matter more than whether a stranger feels offended that she chose to keep her distance.

I believe everyone has the right to be cautious of anyone, even if they aren’t dangerous, it’s to stay safe. and for women, we usually have to be more cautious around men than women.

People don’t like when you talk about this, but people say a lot worse in real life, so buckle up.
I’m tired of people acting like it’s unreasonable to discuss the sexual assault allegations against Trump. E. Jean Carroll accused him of sexual assault, and a civil jury later found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
There was also the 2016 “Katie Johnson” lawsuit, which alleged that Trump and Epstein abused her when she was 13. The case was voluntarily dismissed after a planned press conference was canceled because she reportedly received threats and was afraid to appear.
We don’t know exactly why she dropped the case, and the threats don’t prove who made them. But let’s stop acting like the allegations never existed just because people don’t want to talk about them.
And please don’t clutch your pearls. People are saying much worse in real life. Making death threats over someone’s political opinion doesn’t make you closer to God or make you look better.

Now that the text messages are out I don’t see how anyone can be prosecuted in this case. Yes consent can absolutely be revoked at any time but there’s absolutely no way to prove if or when she revoked her consent.
The only proof that exists is that she consented and was later embarrassed about it.

I know a lot of people don’t want to hear that but purely from an investigative standpoint this case is not prosecutable unless of course one or more of the suspects decides to flip and that’s highly unlikely.

I’m specifically referencing the big controversial cases recently( Cornell 7 and Lindsey Clancy) but it’s really applicable to anything. The logical answer to both these cases is that they are messed up, but many mixed signals so it’s hard to conclude what totally happened without more evidence. But people seem to jump to a certain conclusion (that the men involved were the problem) because it fits their narrative. No one is arguing these cases are messed up, but there isn’t enough evidence to fully conclude the men were at fault (although no matter if the men were at fault for Cornell 7 it’s still messed up). We see this in politics so much. People don’t dig deep into a topic, they just spit what they believe with nothing to back it, and refuse to hear out the other side’s point of view. If you have that other point of view you’re a racist , sexist, the list goes on. This combo of ignorance and ego is what stops things from getting done in this country, whether that’s politics related or not. If we want to get things done, we need to compromise, but many people refuse to do that. Of course I love the idea that people refuse to do that in the sense everyone has free will on their opinions, but nonetheless it seriously delays how much we get done.

Yall wouldn’t last a day in an mw2 lobby. I got a 12 day ban for saying “yall are trash”. Was my account on probation for saying some shit in the past? Maybe. But ts is so crazy

I keep hearing people go, "Oh, she's so talented!" "Oh, she has a whistle thingy!" "Mariah Carey has finally found someone who can keep up with her!" "She's such a talented artist!" "She can act, sing, and serve face!" "Look at her, she's so much healthier now!" "She only stopped calling because her phone died, Mac Miller was the love of her life"

When really, when I look at her, I just see an emaciated 33-year-old woman trying very hard to be a child again. She wears childish clothes, becomes skinnier and skinnier, constantly shrinks herself around children to look more like a child, does childish behaviour such as lying on the floor (I've seen multiple photos of this).

I see a woman who has a history of dating men freshly out of longterm relationships/marriages. Take, for example, Ethan Slater. That's just the most recent example. Mac Miller had a 7-10 year relationship with Nomi Leasure before dating Ariana.

I see a woman encouraging unhealthy standards for young girls in society nowadays--take Glinda. She played Glinda with that starved look. Girls look at her. Glinda's supposed to be pretty. Girls, even thin ones, look at themselves and think, "I wish I looked like Glinda." And that's how EDs start. That's how people ruin their lives.

I see a fanbase determined on closing their eyes to a dying woman, encouraging her Eternal Sunshine tour despite her looking half-dead in it, talking about how healthy she is now even though I can see her collarbones clearly, her ribs, her sternum, her head looks too big on her body.

I also see an exceptional singer, yes, but anyone with proper training and good dedication could cultivate a range like hers. It would be difficult, yes, but not impossible. I don't know why people think of her range as if she's the only one in the world who could do it. Heck, without any vocal training whatsoever, I know people who can hit high notes, like the note in THE GREATEST by Billie Eilish just to give an example.

I also see a downright horrible songwriter. Some of her lyrics are just *sigh*. like "We got that hood love", "you give me chills every time we chill", "we came from favelas" (like girl favelas are slums she had two rich parents), "you drink it just like water", “you ask why i love your mom so much because she’s an older you”, just to name a few.

So, controversial opinion, and I've gotten insane hate for this, but I stand by my decision