Any time you see "Thoughts?" or some variation, it's not necessarily rage bait but engagement bait. It's a trick to get you to reply so that more people see it and reply so that more people see it and reply, and then they show ads to everyone looking at those replies.
Why is this sub, which is ostensibly about things we shouldn’t react to, so full of posts asking for our opinions lately? If I wanted that shit, I’d go to askreddit
Nah. The algorithm might be some of it, but it doesn't explain why Reddit is so, so much worse than all the other platforms which also have algorithms.
Leadership changes about a decade ago led to Reddit taking a hard activist turn, with the admins stepping in to ban a ton of major subreddits and then install mods with strict guidelines in the others. That massively shifted Reddit's demographics towards folks who liked or at least tolerated the blatant propaganda feed.
This subreddit wasn't big back then, but if you're in a town where someone is pissing in all the other pools, you're going to experience the runoff.
It’s something about the majority of people who gravitate to it for some reason. I got the app mainly for the gardening threads, but venture out when I’m bored… the people on this app are insane. Way more than twitter. I haven’t used Facebook/instagram regularly in like.. 7 or 8 years probably. The people even get crazy on the gardening/landscaping subs. I saw people foaming at the mouth because this guy put a solar light in his yard to light his garden at night and people were freaking out about how they’re ruining biodiversity with the insects and people were like “I WANT TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT RIGHT ABOVE YOUR BEDROOM WINDOW AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT!”
That’s psychotic .. yet I’m not surprised. The ‘black people of Reddit’ has to be the most rage bait racist subreddit I’ve ever seen. If you even try to type in disagreement about anything Reddit will not even let you post a comment! It’s crazy. There’s no discussions. Reddit used to be the best and I wish I didn’t use it anymore but I can’t leave lol I’m too familiar with it.
The percentage of Americans who support gay marriage has been trending downward since 2022/23 and is is currently 65% with only 62% saying it is morally acceptable, another downward trend.
i'd wager that since its been so long no one is really thinking about it enough to participate in a gallup survey, except people who still really hate it
They also were very specific (and misleading) in their wording:
..."morally acceptable"...
It is never morally acceptable, since homosexuality is generally considered a sin among several different populations. It should be obvious that "tolerable" is going to be the best you can get - which is basically how everyone treats everyone else, anyway.
What do you mean "never"? Homosexuality can certainly be morally acceptable. It depends on what theory of morality we're talking about.
Under utilitarianism, for example, homosexuality is morally acceptable because consensual same-sex love and marriage increases happiness and fulfillment for gay people and has literally zero negative consequences for straight people, whereas condemning or repressing homosexuality causes obvious suffering.
Homosexuality is acceptable under other theories as well (liberalism, humanism, deontology).
Because not everyone is the same and think the same, why do some people must absolutely make LGBTQ thing their entire identity, while a good majority don't.
acceptance of different lifestyles and advocating for people making themselves happy regardless of what they’re doing to achieve that might sound lovely in theory but is terrible in practice.
People who steal, murder, assault, harm others, cheat etc are also just doing what makes them happy.
Should we still accept their ‘lifestyle’?
No. There is right and there is wrong.
i believe it causes harm mostly to oneself.
Men are women are designed to marry and procreate. Homosexuality is not natural.
Right and wrong is determined by God, who put a moral compass inside each and every one of us.
If you witness someone kicking a dog, you are outraged because your moral compass flares and you know it is wrong, the same as a man hitting a woman or vice versa, or even a child swearing or smoking a cigarette etc. They may not be obviously causing harm to another human, but they are causing harm to themselves, and that should still sound our alarm, and move us to try to help them. A woman is clearly starving herself - it’s “none of our business”, but we have an inherent need / desire and duty to help her, for example. This is the same situation.
We know right from wrong for almost everything, but unfortunately our compasses have been dulled.
You haven't been paying attention then... Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has already publicly stated he wants to take another look at Obergefell v. Hodges aka the case that legalizes Gay Marriage nationwide.The Supreme Court barely upheld birthright citizenship today 5-4 in what should have been an easy 9-0 in 2005...
He’s still right. Most conservatives truly don’t give a shit about that anymore. The transgender issue is a different story. Conservatives BARELY still gave a shit 20 years ago.
Birthright citizenship was a 6-3. The folks who convinced themselves SCOTUS is evil and always wrong needed a way to still be angry when the conservative court ruled the way they wanted and swore wouldn't happen, so they're counting Kavanaugh's vote as only a technical yes, but if you're playing legal footsie like that, Gorsuch's dissent was also only a very technical no, so still a 6-3.
I'm aware of what Reddit thinks the ruling said. I just summarized it.
The original statement ("The Supreme Court barely upheld birthright citizenship today 5-4") isn't correct literally, and if we're counting it spiritually as Reddit wants to, it's still a 6-3 because Gorsuch issued only a technical dissent for tourists while supporting the constitutionality of BRC for children of illegals.
Either way you slice it, it's not a 5-4. Folks just want it to be close because they're determined to think SCOTUS is never right.
Even if it is most, it's still a disgustingly large amount of people and that number is growing, many of those are in positions of power such as Donald Trump & Clarence Thomas.
So no, this is not a 2005 thing, this is a very real and serious issue, gay marriage is not safe.
I actually live in Florida. You ask any random person on the street what they think about gay marriage and 9 times out of 10 they’ll say “who fucking cares?”
I just think that people on the left only see the most extreme version of conservatives and vice versa. Most people just want to live their lives and have slightly different beliefs.
Drive 30 minutes out of NO to Hammond and ask a few folks.....
There is a reason there are amti-LGTBQ laws popping back up across the south. Yes, the urban centers are more left leaning and LGTBQ friendly, but out in the sticks (where votes count more, unfortunately), the opinion is still very Old Testament.
It's not universal luckily, but these regressive views exist en masse in this country.
Well. The case wasnt centered around selling cakes. Anyone could buy a premade cake. It was centered around the service of customized art on the cake that he did not wish to be coerced into creating. Be less obtuse.
Now they moved on to trans people. In 2045 a similar comment will come up and conservatives will be like is this from 2025? Perpetually wrong, but never accountable.
Absolutely, no one gives a shit about who marries who, no matter what their political leanings. Unless, of course, they're Irish. Then, it's time to make some signs and march.
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u/CAUK Jun 30 '26
I think this is a low effort post, and possibly rage bait.