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[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 hours ago

Euthanasia. Access to free and humane end of life services should be a fundamental human right for all adults everywhere.

[–] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Bypassing DRM for personal use

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Ask the record/movie/book/game companies that want you to buy the same content every time they come out with a new medium for you to consume it

[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 13 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

gender affirming care for trans children

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

To play some devils advocate here, this is still a very sensitive subject. Not because the kids don't have a right to that care but because kids are kids, and things can change drastically for them as they grow. For every kid who genuinely needs that care, there is another who doesn't but is searching to discover themselves. Some forms of affirming care are safer than others, but others can have drastic life long effects on growing people. Unfortunately there are also some parents that will force care (or lack thereof) on kids in one way or another.

I think that therapy and understanding should be promoted heavily for kids so they can identify and understand how they feel and why, but blanket statements are challenging because they can be very easily spun (ex. All the "the left wants to force drugs on kids" bullshit that gets spouted.)

Not saying that I'm right or that you're wrong, but I think this is a discussion that still has to be opened/presented further for it to gain traction in the public eye.

[–] RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 35 points 23 hours ago
  • Drugs

  • Prostitution

  • Abortions

[–] Berny23@lemmy.sdf.org 67 points 1 day ago

Pirating of otherwise unavailable media.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sex work is real, dignified work that contributes to civilization.

Unlike being a landlord.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I've definitely been fucked by a few landlords, but it's not a service I'd recommend to anyone else.

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago
[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Dumpster diving. Doesn’t matter if it’s food or merchandise. It should be illegal to lock a dumpster or willfully destroy usable goods.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Locking dumpsters is important in some areas so wild life dosen't get into them. To quote the National Parks service,

"There is a significant overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest humans".

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Most businesses lock the dumpsters because trash service is expensive, and if you don't lock them people will pull up with a pickup bed full of trash and fill them up.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You've never had to repeatedly clean trash slurry off of a concrete slab because junkies are terrible people who have no manners. If people could be trusted to not redistribute the trash across the land I wouldn't mind so much

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[–] amzd@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

Taking food when you have no food

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Euthanasia/medically assisted suicide.

The cruelty to force people to stay alive while slowly dying and suffering with terminal diseases is horrible. It’s traumatic for everyone involved, and it’s pointless.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

We give animals more dignity in death than we do humans.

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[–] Femcowboy@lemm.ee 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Prostitution. Keeping it illegal makes it so much worse for everyone involved except human traffickers.

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[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 69 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Abortion. No specific circumstances needed. If a woman wants an abortion, it should be allowed. There is no one getting late term abortions that didn't want the child and something tragic happened and now they need one.

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[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 104 points 1 day ago (18 children)

Sleeping in a car that you own.

I think there should be restrictions on where to park for this, but in general people found sleeping in cars should be protected by the law against theft and harassment.

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think it's illegal, but rather where you park can make it illegal.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

In the US, it depends on the State or municipality. I've slept in my car plenty of times while traveling, although it was often in parking garages and out of sight, so maybe I just got lucky. It will really depend on how uptight the town or store manager is. I've heard that RVs are generally welcome at Walmarts, so I'd like to heard the logic on why RV are ok to sleep in but not cars.

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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 82 points 1 day ago (21 children)

Weed (not legal in all states)

Most hallucinogens (at least for medical or supervised use)

Being trans (lotta states trying to ban me)

Being gay (they're probably next)

Abortion (many states ban this now)

Free healthcare (not technically illegal, per se)

Being homeless

Polyamory (not technically illegal afaik, but there are a lot of legal benefits that married couples get which aren't extended to polyamorous relationships due marriage being restricted to couples only)

The list goes on because while there are many basic things that aren't technically illegal, the system is set up in a way to fuck you because of the required profit motive behind offering basic necessities in a capitalist society.

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

Actual marriage equality.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 1 day ago (21 children)

The right to end one's own life.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Poverty, being unhoused.

Felons should have the right to vote.

Seeking gender affirming care.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 13 hours ago

Wait a minute, felons can run for president but can't vote who to be president?

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 47 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Jaywalking
Giving water to voters standing in line
Punching nazis in the fucking face

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