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train | Affirmative action is not helpful to bums, only to people who are trying and that can't be bad. | We should end affirmative action | 0.432296 | -1 | 0.508326 |
train | Affirmative action is not intended to make up for past wrongs but for current wrongs that give advantages to people who don't deserve them. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | -1 | 0.567575 |
train | affirmative action is nothing more than reverse racism. what about the non-minority that is denied a job or promotion because a minority needs to be taken care of instead despite not being as qualified. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is often the only way these minorities even get the chance to prove themselves | We should end affirmative action | 0.694658 | -1 | 0.912821 |
train | affirmative action is old school and not widely practiced anymore, time for a change. | We should end affirmative action | 0.50519 | 1 | 0.8959 |
train | affirmative action is only necessary to right previous wrongs and increase the representation of minorities in certain groups. | We should end affirmative action | 0.709604 | -1 | 0.704385 |
train | affirmative action is reverse descrimination against the majority | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is reverse discrimination | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is reverse discrimination and gives jobs to people based on the fact that they are a minority when someone in the majority could be more qualified. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action is reverse discrimination. By giving preferential treatment to minority groups, you are discriminating against non-minorities. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is still important for many | We should end affirmative action | 0.393765 | -1 | 0.92812 |
train | affirmative action is still necessary as, unfortunately, protected classes of people are still not treated equally. | We should end affirmative action | 0.720352 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is still necessary to protect minorities from being discriminated against | We should end affirmative action | 0.744606 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is still needed and serves a purpose | We should end affirmative action | 0.480451 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is still needed in our society | We should end affirmative action | 0.542632 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is still needed to correct institutional discrimination. | We should end affirmative action | 0.90507 | -1 | 0.826332 |
train | affirmative action is still needed to protect minoritys | We should end affirmative action | 0.618977 | -1 | 0.928494 |
train | affirmative action is still racial discrimination no matter how you paint it | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is the best way to ensure a diverse society | We should end affirmative action | 0.881559 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is the best way to promote people of color out of poverty and needs to be kept. | We should end affirmative action | 0.899371 | -1 | 0.910895 |
train | affirmative action is the correction of past injustice. a group of people has been too much favored by history. the correction of this injustice through affirmative action is just plain justice | We should end affirmative action | 0.475894 | -1 | 0.90004 |
train | affirmative action is the only way some people will ever make it in their chosen profession and we can't allow it to be put to an end. | We should end affirmative action | 0.718093 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is the only way that minorities can be sure of employment and the practice should continue | We should end affirmative action | 0.874253 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is unfair as it singles out minority groups for special treatment, therefore, giving less favourable treatment to those not in minority groups. | We should end affirmative action | 0.975788 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is unfair on people who lose out on jobs because they are not a minority. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is unfair to some groups of people and should be stopped immediately | We should end affirmative action | 0.644823 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action is unfair to those that don't fit into a group that's been labeled "discriminated against in the past". anyone may have risen from a struggle and deserves equal opportunity. | We should end affirmative action | 0.978751 | 1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action is unfair to those who can make it without it for all their accomplishments are doubted. | We should end affirmative action | 0.777293 | 1 | 0.897263 |
train | affirmative action keeps biased out of the hiring process. | We should end affirmative action | 0.627093 | -1 | 0.903552 |
train | Affirmative action keeps companies from rejecting job applicants based on their skin color. | We should end affirmative action | 0.922012 | -1 | 0.777369 |
train | Affirmative action keeps more qualified people from getting the job they need because they don't fit the demographic profile that they company is needing at that time. | We should end affirmative action | 0.883714 | -1 | 0.687918 |
train | Affirmative action leads to less productive outcomes in both education and the economy because those most qualified often lose opportunities in order to fill quotas. | We should end affirmative action | 0.887728 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action leads to lower morale in the workplace and demoralization in the jobsearch sector | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action leads to no more incompetency than being born rich. | We should end affirmative action | 0.384031 | -1 | 0.897605 |
train | Affirmative action leads to organizational inactivity or to bad action. | We should end affirmative action | 0.627251 | 1 | 0.904086 |
train | Affirmative action lets disadvantaged people a real chance to advance from a low starting point and succeed. | We should end affirmative action | 0.885673 | -1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action lets minority students get into advanced education. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | -1 | 0.825391 |
train | Affirmative action makes race the dominant factor in admissions and hiring procedures. Someone applying for a job or school should be judged based on merit, not on minority status. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 0.928367 |
train | Affirmative action makes sure that people get jobs regardless of the demographic profile they fit in. | We should end affirmative action | 0.749367 | -1 | 0.830564 |
train | Affirmative action makes the playing field equal for all. | We should end affirmative action | 0.659149 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action makes up for years of discrimination in the past; therefore it should be continued. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | -1 | 0.803992 |
train | affirmative action makes up for years of racism and gender stereotyping, it should be continued for this reason. | We should end affirmative action | 0.977527 | -1 | 0.905569 |
train | affirmative action may have been necessary in the 60s but it is no longer needed and should be ended. | We should end affirmative action | 0.775342 | 1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action may have been necessary in the past, but the expansion of opportunities for women and minorities in recent decades have made affirmative action obsolete. | We should end affirmative action | 0.844652 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action may hurt people because of the perception that they didn't get their way in on effort alone. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action may lead to "reverse discrimination" to the detriment of non-beneficiary parties | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action may prevent the best person for the job being passed over and limiting the ability of employers to improve | We should end affirmative action | 0.713641 | 1 | 0.602271 |
train | affirmative action means helping clever people with disadvantages | We should end affirmative action | 0.530377 | -1 | 0.722752 |
train | affirmative action means subsidizing terrorism in most cases. so let's stop it | We should end affirmative action | 0.75599 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action needs to be in place to continue to ensure that all people are considered for a position despite race, nationality, religion, disability or sex. | We should end affirmative action | 0.826777 | -1 | 0.896139 |
train | affirmative action needs to continue so that we can right the wrongs done in the past | We should end affirmative action | 0.926205 | -1 | 0.928009 |
train | Affirmative action only adjusts the starting blocks and does not manipulate the race. | We should end affirmative action | 0.392795 | -1 | 0.69664 |
train | affirmative action only benefits select groups of society, rather than society as a whole. | We should end affirmative action | 0.975549 | 1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action only gives a head start to help people compete with others who were given a head start of a different kind. | We should end affirmative action | 0.72465 | -1 | 0.513201 |
train | affirmative action only serves to do exactly what it is intended not to, discriminate | We should end affirmative action | 0.883725 | 1 | 0.889516 |
train | Affirmative action opens up job opportunities for underprivileged, disadvantaged groups. | We should end affirmative action | 0.979871 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action places encourages universities and employers to select otherwise less qualified candidates on the basis of race and results in the selected candidates struggling at their new job/school. | We should end affirmative action | 0.731146 | 1 | 0.812455 |
train | Affirmative action policies are no longer needed in this country. | We should end affirmative action | 0.372478 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action prevents discrimination by employers | We should end affirmative action | 1 | -1 | 0.928623 |
train | Affirmative action privileges people based on characteristics outside of their control, and therefore is an unjust government system and is discriminatory. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action punishes qualified candidates based on their skin color. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action puts people in jobs that they are not qualified for instead of someone who is | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action reinforces stereotypes. If a person is given a job purely because of affirmative action and he does poorly, it may perpetuate the idea that all members of his race/ethnic group are incompetent. | We should end affirmative action | 0.980477 | 1 | 0.961963 |
train | affirmative action remains necessary while minorities are still discriminated against | We should end affirmative action | 1 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action results in a reduction of the quality of our workforce. the best candidate should always get the job | We should end affirmative action | 0.814727 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action results in unfair discrimination for other groups, many more people are now losing out because there are supposedly in a majority group which excludes them from many opportunities. | We should end affirmative action | 0.925418 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action seeks to face discrimination and promote equity | We should end affirmative action | 0.933106 | -1 | 0.891053 |
train | affirmative action serves only to give advantages to those currently disadvantaged by existing systems. | We should end affirmative action | 0.690412 | 1 | 0.582052 |
train | affirmative action serves to reverse past prejudices by guaranteeing spots (in a school, government, etc.) for previously disadvantaged minorities. | We should end affirmative action | 0.857448 | -1 | 0.928555 |
train | affirmative action sets people up to fail, as they are approved based on race, not merit | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 0.899526 |
train | affirmative action should be allowed as people in minority background need this to help them succeed. | We should end affirmative action | 0.841429 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be continued as a way of correcting discrimination of the past | We should end affirmative action | 0.848336 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be ended as it can favour the minorities and promote reverse discrimination | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be ended as it just benefits certain people. | We should end affirmative action | 0.709711 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be ended because it devalues the achievements of people from a disadvantaged background who have got to where they are through their own merit | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be ended because it devalues the achievements of people from minority backgrounds who have obtained their positions on merit alone | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be ended because it is a form of discrimination | We should end affirmative action | 0.866026 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should be ended because it still reinforces sterotypes | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action should continue because people are still discriminated against today and this needs to stop. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | -1 | 0.912357 |
train | affirmative action should not be ended because discrimination against people from mnority backgrounds still exists | We should end affirmative action | 0.877406 | -1 | 0.898462 |
train | affirmative action should not be ended because minorities are still too often discriminated against | We should end affirmative action | 0.805598 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action shouldn't end because it helps those that are usually walked on in life a chance to suceed | We should end affirmative action | 0.683833 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action sometimes prevents the most qualified candidate from getting the spot. | We should end affirmative action | 0.814641 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action still holds a diversity in place | We should end affirmative action | 0.334469 | -1 | 0.803507 |
train | affirmative action takes the focus away from qualified candidates and is therefore unfair. | We should end affirmative action | 0.974521 | 1 | 0.898601 |
train | Affirmative action undermines the success of every disadvantaged person because it makes everyone question wether he really deserved it. | We should end affirmative action | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative action unfairly leaves out candidates that are qualified but do not fit the minority criteria. | We should end affirmative action | 0.845964 | 1 | 1 |
train | Affirmative action via quota systems often disenfranchise minorities as much as help them, as they lead to a system where our institutions set a minimum bar for diversity and never exceed it. | We should end affirmative action | 0.86839 | 1 | 0.793495 |
train | affirmative action won't change people's opinions and thoughts so is useless | We should end affirmative action | 0.682102 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative actions makes up for the years of discrimination that certain group of people in society have faced. | We should end affirmative action | 0.766426 | -1 | 0.909023 |
train | affirmative actions means the best candidate does not always get the job | We should end affirmative action | 0.886389 | 1 | 1 |
train | affirmative actions shouldn't be ended because it allows individuals to chase dreams | We should end affirmative action | 0.797662 | -1 | 1 |
train | affirmative has outlived its usefulness, and now leads to reverse discrimination by companies and universities | We should end affirmative action | 0.946422 | 1 | 1 |
train | Afirmatiive action helps the disabled workers find and keep jobs that they are otherwise discriminated against | We should end affirmative action | 0.845247 | -1 | 0.800026 |
train | after a certain age, people physical reflexes and mental acuity are more likely to decline | We should end mandatory retirement | 0.558066 | -1 | 0.895331 |
train | after giving the children the mothers suffer severe depression when they feel they abandoned their child | Surrogacy should be banned | 0.726886 | 1 | 1 |
train | after serious accidents cosmetic surgery can be necessary for quality of life and therefore shouldnג€™t be banned. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | 0.909541 | -1 | 0.970874 |
train | after years of continued austerity, people would not wantyet more deprivation in our society and the continued diminution of schools, public amenities, hospitals and other services. | We should adopt an austerity regime | 0.407787 | -1 | 0.806307 |
train | age does not dictate maturity or ability to make a good decision. if the cosmetic surgery would benefit the minor, it should be all | We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors | 0.817372 | -1 | 1 |
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