This is a subverse designed to encourage adult discussion spanning the entirety of the political spectrum. All are welcome, from Libertarians to Authoritarians, Democrats to Republicans, An Caps to Anarchists, Socialists to Fascists to Communists, Green, Blue, Black, White, Purple with Yellow Polka dots, whatever color, persuasion, or affiliation, this is a place for you to post your thoughts, articles, and engage in discussion meant to foster understanding.
Politics is best when we try to avoid personal attacks, limits on discussion, censorship, trolling, shilling, racism, homophobia, antisemitism, or any other forms of bigotry and malfeasance.
Election 2020 Politics Sticky
Politics 2017 Christmas Theme sticky
Nov 2016 sticky on new CSS
This subverse belongs to the community of users. Users are invited to post meta-threads about v/politics and I will gladly sticky them. @flyawayhigh
Use the "Report Spam" link to report spam and someone will review the report. J-mods have the ability to remove duplicate noncommercial spam.
v/politics is for all politics.
v/uspolitics is for US politics only.
v/worldpolitics is for international or non-US politics.
v/politicalnews is dedicated to virtually censor-free politics and news
v/news is for news around the world.
v/usnews is for domestic news only.
view the rest of the comments →
[–] King_Carcosa 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
I like the old Socratic method of questioning "When did you choose to be straight then?" As a straight male I cannot fathom being gay, or making that "choice." Just seems natural to me that people that are gay were born with different preferences than me.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
[–] King_Carcosa 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
What? Maybe I'm not following your argument. You're saying people that are gay, or maybe even a percentage of them, were originally straight but became homosexuals because they submitted themselves to sexual stimulation while watching gay porn against their own personal desires or will? What I'm saying is I've never had a desire to watch gay porn, and never have. I would argue that if you have a desire to watch gay porn, then you're gay. You didn't choose that, it would just be your natural desire. Just like I don't choose to enjoy straight porn, I just enjoy it. I didn't just wake up one day and say "I think I'm going to be straight and watch nothing but straight porn." By that same token I don't think people that are gay wake up one day and say "I think I'm going to be gay and watch nothing but straight porn."