My Unpopular Opinion

I love Glenn Beck and I listen to Rush Limbaugh whenever I can.

I'm also an atheist, I support gay marriage, the right to choose and I'll do almost anything to save the whales.

I also voted for Bush....twice.

Sue me.

Are you also a vegetarian who lobbies for the beef industry?

A pacifist who votes for war?

A feminist who is a member of the "Women shouldn't vote" party?

You can say you believe or support anything. It's your actions that prove it or disprove it.

to the disabled vet... I am PROUD of our soldiers and our vets. I feel that our "freedoms" are being slowly stripped away by both the right and left wing. I am not proud to be an american. I am proud of my family, I am proud when I see someone do what is right. England, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, these countries are doing a better job than we are at the moment.

Well, the left wing hasn't been in power in the US for over 4 decades so it's unlikely they are the ones eroding your freedoms. Look to the right and you'll find your answer. Think FISA, Patriot Act, demonization of gays, women, atheists, etc. The left isn't our problem.

When there are no 5+ year old kids waiting to be adopted then your argument about "all those poor families who want to adopt a baby" as a rebuttal against abortion will hold water. Until then those "poor, childless couples" are nothing more than selfish jerks who are ignoring all those slightly older kids.

I want to adopt and older child but at the moment can't as the state of Sinaloa, Mexico won't adopt to single parents.. Makes me so angry with the amount of children needing homes and single parents around they discriminate against me, someone who could easily afford to feed another mouth or two.

forgot Mao 100 million plus

Right, knew there were more

Again, if you study Mao and what he advocated, you'll realize that his regime had all the indicia of a religion. Blind adherence to ideology and complete submission to authority. That is religion. What he did wasn't in the name of atheism. Sorry.

Do any atheists hold an ideology of any sort?
Not just you, but in general. I mean can they be socialist, libertines, Marxist etc?
I think you said that Hitler was a Christian, maybe just not the kind I like.
Communist dictators committed atrocities in the name of Communism which I agree can have similarities to a religion.
But they are atheist, maybe just not the kind you like or want to be associated with.

edit to add; I'm not arguing for or against the existence of God; just debating the popular notion that most evil committed in the world comes from religion.

I'm a socialist libertarian living in the deep South. I can't throw a rock without pissing in someone's cornflakes. If I have a political opinion, most likely no one else around here will agree with me.

With kids, most of the time it's the parent's fault. You can blame teacher's, the school system, genetics, Satan, Santa Clause, the grandparents, or fate... but it's the parent's fault.

I think fudge is over rated. gah.

I'm for the death penalty and abortion. I guess I'm pro-death.

I hate cell phones. I wish they had never been invented. And if you keep looking down at your phone while you're "talking" to me, I will feel no regret about sucker punching you in the left eyeball.

I hate Friends, Seinfeild, and How I Met Your Mother. Sue me.

I have too many Christian friends on Facebook. I have no idea how they prayed before they could share it with everyone they've known since 7th grade.

My atheist friends annoy me just as much as my Christian friends. I mean really, don't complain about proselytizing when your entire world revolves around talking people out of something they find comforting.

I shun any electronic with an i in front of it out of hand.

I like hippy chicks but I wish they'd shave their pits.

I don't like cats. I don't want to watch them on youtube. I don't want to hear about your 20 beautiful baby cats and all the cute things they did over the weekend. I really think you need to get laid.

Why are you unhappy? Cause you allow yourself to be. Suck it up.

Gay men cut hair better than straight ladies. And don't seem to have the urge to turn your head into a poodle like the latter.

Some babies are ugly. I'm sorry.

Marry me?

I would but gay marriage and polygamy are both illegal in my state. We could, however, start a cult and ignore all the rules. We could call it Jonestown 2: New and Improved and deliciously Kool-Aid free.

The social stigma that women should be a certain way and men should be a certain way that is so ingrained in our society is utterly sad. (If you're going to argue that this doesn't exist.... Just... Just stop right there and don't talk to me, please)

Thursdays are the worst days of the week. Mondays are the best weekdays of the week. Sundays are the best days of the week.

Summer sucks. Winter is amazing.

I agree with all of this. Tuesdays are also pretty bad days too!

Just to add:

Dogs aren't that great of pets
Socialism and Communism are not evil
Capitalism isn't either, but when it gets unregulated too much, it can be for the "have-nots"
Flinstones vitamins are disgusting
It's fun to give speeches in front of an audience.
Alexander Graham Bell was a di ckface. He was a Eugenicist, and thought that deaf people should not be able to have children.
Tosh.0 is not funny at all.
White people should stop b!tching about being a "minority" (this is coming from a white person too.)
Disabled people should not be required to pay for their own personal care assistants while in college or in a low-paying job

ETA: It's impossible for somebody else's marriage to be against your religion. (sorry to drag this back in) if your religion dictates that you cannot marry somebody of the same gender, don't. That's all there is to it.
Also, marriage is not sacred. You can get married in a drive-through in Vegas. If it only takes as much effort to get married as it does to get a McDouble, it's not sacred.

The social stigma that women should be a certain way and men should be a certain way that is so ingrained in our society is utterly sad. (If you're going to argue that this doesn't exist.... Just... Just stop right there and don't talk to me, please)

Thursdays are the worst days of the week. Mondays are the best weekdays of the week. Sundays are the best days of the week.

Summer sucks. Winter is amazing.

I agree with all of this. Tuesdays are also pretty bad days too!

Just to add:

Dogs aren't that great of pets
Socialism and Communism are not evil
Capitalism isn't either, but when it gets unregulated too much, it can be for the "have-nots"
Flinstones vitamins are disgusting
It's fun to give speeches in front of an audience.
Alexander Graham Bell was a di ckface. He was a Eugenicist, and thought that deaf people should not be able to have children.
Tosh.0 is not funny at all.
White people should stop b!tching about being a "minority" (this is coming from a white person too.)
Disabled people should not be required to pay for their own personal care assistants while in college or in a low-paying job

ETA: It's impossible for somebody else's marriage to be against your religion. (sorry to drag this back in) if your religion dictates that you cannot marry somebody of the same gender, don't. That's all there is to it.
Also, marriage is not sacred. You can get married in a drive-through in Vegas. If it only takes as much effort to get married as it does to get a McDouble, it's not sacred.

All of THIS ^^^^ Except the speeches

I love Glenn Beck and I listen to Rush Limbaugh whenever I can.

I'm also an atheist, I support gay marriage, the right to choose and I'll do almost anything to save the whales.

I also voted for Bush....twice.

Sue me.

Are you also a vegetarian who lobbies for the beef industry?

A pacifist who votes for war?

A feminist who is a member of the "Women shouldn't vote" party?

You can say you believe or support anything. It's your actions that prove it or disprove it.

You, Tia, make my heart sing.

Woah....let's not go there at all. Hitler was NOT a Christian. I dont care if he used the name of God or not.........Hitler was also very curious about the occult, should we call him a Wiccan? Heck no because then the Wiccan's would freak out. Hitler was a monster.....not a Christian.

I meant that I'm pretty sure he identified himself as Christian... I thought this was widely known? I'm not using this to rag on religion, coz by that logic all Germans are horrible coz Hitler was German, which obviously isn't true... the poster just said all those men weren't religious, and I'm just clarifying by pointing out that Hitler was in fact religious...

I know what you mean. Sorry if I seemed confrontational, really not trying to be that struck a chord in me. Hitler claimed to be Christian, wanting to purify it by removing the Jewish influence. That in itself dismisses his claim of Christianity considering he would have to purify Christianity of it's core which is Jesus Christ. Therefore, he was not Christian.

Sorry, but that is the No True Scotsman fallacy. Hitler was a Catholic. He was raised a Catholic and never disavowed his belief in Jesus Christ. You may not like what he did (who does?) but he was a Christian.

A person sitting around barking like a dog does not make that person a dog. There is my friend a religion which is called christian and then there is real Christianity which is accepting the work that Christ did upon the cross. There is a reason why Jesus himself said Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Woah....let's not go there at all. Hitler was NOT a Christian. I dont care if he used the name of God or not.........Hitler was also very curious about the occult, should we call him a Wiccan? Heck no because then the Wiccan's would freak out. Hitler was a monster.....not a Christian.

I meant that I'm pretty sure he identified himself as Christian... I thought this was widely known? I'm not using this to rag on religion, coz by that logic all Germans are horrible coz Hitler was German, which obviously isn't true... the poster just said all those men weren't religious, and I'm just clarifying by pointing out that Hitler was in fact religious...

I know what you mean. Sorry if I seemed confrontational, really not trying to be that struck a chord in me. Hitler claimed to be Christian, wanting to purify it by removing the Jewish influence. That in itself dismisses his claim of Christianity considering he would have to purify Christianity of it's core which is Jesus Christ. Therefore, he was not Christian.

Sorry, but that is the No True Scotsman fallacy. Hitler was a Catholic. He was raised a Catholic and never disavowed his belief in Jesus Christ. You may not like what he did (who does?) but he was a Christian.

A person sitting around barking like a dog does not make that person a dog. There is my friend a religion which is called christian and then there is real Christianity which is accepting the work that Christ did upon the cross. There is a reason why Jesus himself said Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Again - your opinion. Even sects of Christianity can't agree on who is right and who isn't (and they sure as hell would never consider that EVERYONE might be a bit right and a bit wrong!) Big Church fundies think Catholics are wrong who think Baptists are wrong who think Protestants are wrong who think Mormons are wrong etc yet they are ALL Christian - whether you personally think they are or not. You want to use a dog analogy? OK. A pit bull may not think a chihuahua is a real dog but that doesn't mean it isn't. Religion is a lot like that. Everyone thinks they are the big dog and the others don't count. But just because you discount a little yappy dog doesn't mean it's not just as much a dog as you.

I love Glenn Beck and I listen to Rush Limbaugh whenever I can.

I'm also an atheist, I support gay marriage, the right to choose and I'll do almost anything to save the whales.

I also voted for Bush....twice.

Sue me.

Are you also a vegetarian who lobbies for the beef industry?

A pacifist who votes for war?

A feminist who is a member of the "Women shouldn't vote" party?

You can say you believe or support anything. It's your actions that prove it or disprove it.

You, Tia, make my heart sing.

I hope it's not singing a country western song, those are so sad.

**Edited to note that the only country song I currently know is Red Solo Cup, and that it is indeed a sad sad song.

Here is my MOST UNpopular.... And I expect every teacher to start bitc*ing. because... thats what they do best

I'm SO SICK OF HEARING TEACHERS B***H.
I have NEVER in my life, heard a person B***H more than a teacher. You don't make enough money, you don't have enough time off... why are people expecting you to teach the kids how to pass tests??? BECAUSE THATS YOUR EFFING JOB!?!?! thats why!

You knew what you were getting into when you DECIDED to be a teacher. You knew you were under paid and under appreciated! But you chose it anyway. PROBABLY because you got a couple months off WITH PAY. You have a few months off PAID for vaca... and thats not even including EVERY federal holiday AND several other "teacher catch up days" You still get paid salary.... dental, medical.... and you are STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL whining?!?!?!

YES.... I do expect you to work, and I still expect you help my kids pass a test. Even the big ones like, SOL's, PSAT's, FCATS, Whatever... And I expect you to be judged on your ABILITY TO TEACH KIDS, because, after all... it is your job... AS A TEACHER.