@Ella Surakka God has said do not murder HUMANS. God was actually the first one to kill a animal in order to clothe Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they had partaken of the forbidden fruit. He put them on the earth for the human race to utilize as food, clothing, work animals, etc in order to help his plan go forth and to frankly keep the human race alive. I have also been taught to eat meat sparingly by my religion for as long as I can remember and to respect animals. I do not condone the inhumane treatment of animals, but you need to learn the difference between Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, because you keep mixing the two up. Animals are animals, not people. They do not have the same instincts or reasoning skills that the human race possesses. Considering this fact, there are managing techniques that are used in order to keep the other animals around them safe, even though it might not seem fair to the animal it happens too. Some examples consist of dehorning cattle, debeaking chickens, and farrowing crates for pigs. These techniques are used in order to keep the animal and the other animals around them safe. Now don't get me wrong, there are farms that treat their animals inhumanely and there are organizations and people who are trying to help them. One awesome example of this is a woman named Temple Grandin. She revolutionized the cattle industry by coming up with multiple techniques to help with humanely managing and slaughtering cattle and hogs which are used in thousands of farms in the country today.

Agreed and I am with the men and women who sacrifice their lives to keep us safe!

I have some issues with this statement all around. As a christian, I do not believe in transgender or same sex marriage, but I do not believe that these statements are justified. I believe the rights to classify yourself as transgender fall under the first amendment in the constitution as the freedom of religion and should be allowed in the country. Now when I say allowed, I don't mean always agreed with because like I said, I don't agree with those viewpoints personally. Don't get me wrong, some of them are great people and some of the most open minded people I have ever met. I do however have issues when the transgender view points are pushed onto people and I believe that is wrong. As long as your views aren't pushed on me, I really don't care what you do or classify yourself as.

@Mimi Brown The truth is every country in the world has these issues.

There are a few issues I see with your argument logically and factually. We do have the highest gun violence rate in the country, but if you were to to take out the city New Orleans, Detroit, St Louis, and Baltimore the United States would have a crime rate that is the 3rd lowest in the world. The issue with this is the fact that those four cities have the strictest gun laws in the country. If you take away firearms away from the people, only law abiding citizens are going to turn in their weapons, not criminals. By that point you have disarmed the people who only want to defend themselves from getting shot. The average wait time in the united states for an officer after a 911 call is around 20 minutes. A bullet only takes a millisecond and at that point you and your family are dead by the time the officer comes to the scene. There is a reason the shooters target schools, there are no protection for the children in the schools. The few schools that have signs stating that there are faculty carrying have had zero shootings. There are many cities around where I live where antifa riots attempted to take place. Many of them have been told off by the locals simply by carrying a fire arm in order to protect themselves and their property from a terrorist group. Finally, this is a free country and we are aloud to have fire arms in order keep it that way. Freedom is a huge value in our country and having the right to bear arms and assemble is how we keep the government from completely taking over our lives. When Stalin came into power the first item he took was guns. When Hitler came into power, he made a gun control law which was used by the Nazis to disarm the Jewish people in 1933. Both of these men slaughtered millions of people. So sorry, I'm not going to give up my guns any time soon, there are to many dangers in this world. I will protect my family and freedom.

@Noelle Whitfield To bad its all fake news isn't it.

@mdupuy1954 Heck Yeah!!

@Noelle Whitfield You literally said that if Ryan wasn't a minority than his opinion doesn't matter. That is a RACIST statement, especially when you don't know them as a person! Second, evidence is very plausible for sexual assault if taken to the law quickly, so the assault was either consensual or didn't happen. Most women learn this in their early teens in order to be able to help themselves in the court of law. And finally, the leftist party claims to stand for racial equality unless your white, Equal rights only apply to those who have been oppressed in the past, and the left party is classified as SOCIALIST. That means big government with more power to them. The left advocates for taking away the right to bear arms from law abiding citizens and massive GOVERNMENT laws and restrictions regarding climate change. Your candidate for president wants to raise taxes billions of dollars and take back the tax cuts received by the people. You want to convert to GOVERNMENT controlled health care and free college run by the GOVERNMENT that is payed for my massive taxes. That doesn't sound like taking freedom away from the government to me.

@Noelle Whitfield He didn't have to destroy evidence, there was none.

@Naomi DuRante No, it would be the same story, the only difference is I own up to my mistakes instead of trying to hide from them. Even with rape, I would still have the child and put it up for adoption. Abortion is only to be justified if the mother has medical issues that would cause her death by having the child.

@Lule Flatt There are parts of this argument that we can agree and compromise on, but the personal attacks are not cool. I did say that there needs to be reform and there needs to be stricter policies and punishment for officers who act out of line. I never even had direct ancestors from the south during the time of slavery. My most of my family came from Europe in the early 20th century with a small part being Native Americans (Also a group discriminated against and still is). You have no right to call me a racist and coward without knowing me as an individual. That is exactly why I will not join a racist and corrupt movement. If you have to put a color in front of All Lives Matter than you are a racist.

@Noelle Whitfield True, guess Biden is completely innocent (not). He did say if "you don't vote for me your not black." If you ask me that is a pretty racist statement.

@mdupuy1954 I second that motion

@Sammy April https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/report-man-still-unconscious-portland-hospital-brutal-attack-antifa-black-lives-matter-thugs/

@Sammy April You can wear a shirt and still show your shoulders, as well as other parts of your body. You could walk around in a bra for all I care. Please try to actually make a valid argument instead of personally attacking people for their opinions, thank you.

But businesses are being forced to enforce the rule on their own property. That is the entrepreneurs property, and the government is overstepping its power by making the businesses have to enforce these laws.

@Sammy April And I'm sorry, I never personally attacked you but you seem to think that it is acceptable to attack me. Not cool.

I have a hard time supporting the BLM movement. I have been called racist, cracker, white supremist, and that I should burn in hell by people apart of the movement who don't know me whatsoever and are judging me strictly off the color of my skin. Why are people blaming me for something my ancestors did 200 years ago or people I have no relations with whatsoever? Is that not what the movement is trying to prevent? You even said that I am racist because I don't agree with the movement. All lives matter, not just Black Lives. I am sorry the African American population has been oppressed and I would never try oppress any minority group and any way. It is time for the BLM movement to realize that All Lives Matter, not just the people apart of their movement.

Completely defunding the entire PD groups in the United States is extreme and the country would completely lose control of the country. There are parts that do need to have tighter precautions in place for officers who abuse their power, but they are in the minority not the majority. These are men and women who should be given the same respect as veterans because they also put their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe. On the other hand, I have a hard time supporting the BLM movement. I have been called racist, cracker, white supremist, and that I should burn in hell by people apart of the movement who don't know me whatsoever and are judging me strictly off the color of my skin. Why are people blaming me for something my ancestors did 200 years ago or people I have no relations with whatsoever? Is that not what the movement is trying to prevent? You even said that I am racist because I don't agree with the movement. All lives matter, not just Black Lives. I am sorry the African American population has been oppressed and I would never try oppress any minority group and any way. It is time for the BLM movement to realize that All Lives Matter, not just the people apart of their movement.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize that my mouth and nose are an offensive public indecency. Masks should be a matter of individual health and if you don't want my spit you can wear a mask to protect yourself. The government does not have the right to impede those regulations upon society as a whole.