The Gun Discussion Meta-Thread.

[Hermit]

Interesting. Would it be a fair observation to say that three of us have changed our stance on the gun control issue as a result of discussions about it?

If it is permitted to widen the topic of "changing one's mind" to other fields, I'd like to mention that if I had not changed mine in relation to other matters during discussions, I would still be a socially, politically and economically conservative theist of the catholic variety today.

[Audley Strange]

Interesting. Would it be a fair observation to say that three of us have changed our stance on the gun control issue as a result of discussions about it?

If it is permitted to widen the topic of "changing one's mind" to other fields, I'd like to mention that if I had not changed mine in relation to other matters during discussions, I would still be a socially, politically and economically conservative theist of the catholic variety today.

Certainly I have. One of the reasons I still come here is because I can have a discussion with people rather than goons who just bombard me with links to literature they angrily agree with and consider it communication. I've went from being a passionate socialist in my youth and even early thirties, through a bewildered nihilist to a rather flexible centrist with libertarian sympathies because of the many conversations and back and forths I've had on Rationalia, predominantly. The only thing that has not changed is my belief that ideology is a rationale (not a motivator of) for behaviour.