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‘When the facts change; I change my mind’

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M0nica Mon 23-Aug-21 16:42:51

I am always adjusting and reorganising my views according to the evidence I see, read or hear. Why would any sentient person do anything else?

silverlining48 Sun 22-Aug-21 17:38:49

I can AGA. smile

AGAA4 Sun 22-Aug-21 17:19:04

I don't think changing your mind is a weakness as long as you have your own good reasons for change.
I used to be a Tory supporter but changed my mind about that. Can anyone understand why?

Galaxy Sun 22-Aug-21 16:36:19

I was a young women, and sometimes didnt treat other women well in order to get what I wanted. Sorry fanny. I was more interested in centering men than women.
I also worked for an HIV charity and have changed my mind completely about the way we dealt with that issue, but to be honest that's just the benefit of hindsight.

Blossoming Sun 22-Aug-21 16:34:55

An unchanging mind is a closed mind,

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Aug-21 16:22:29

Galaxy I'm shocked! Why did you believe that you weren't a feminist?

tippytipsy Sun 22-Aug-21 15:57:21

I'm with silverlining in that I won't be driven or even persuaded to change my mind, I have to find out and do it for myself. When I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong.

silverlining48 Sun 22-Aug-21 15:47:28

It can be a strength or a weakness depending on the reason fir changing ones mind. If you realise you were wrong and can admit that then it’s a strength but if you change your mind due to outside pressure then that’s a weakness. That’s giving in.
I don’t have a problem saying I am wrong or apologising, thank goodness there’s not the need that often. smile

Galaxy Sun 22-Aug-21 15:40:30

I used to be one of those women who said I am not a feminist. I am fairly embarrassed but think it's relatively common. I try to remember my own mistakes when people are talking bollocks grin

GrannyGravy13 Sun 22-Aug-21 15:26:01

Shamima Begum, I was all for her staying in the refugee camp when she was first discovered, but after awhile I realised that she is the U.K.’s problem and as such she should face justice in the U.K.

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Aug-21 15:19:00

Quote attributed to John Maynard Keynes, Winston Churchill and others.

I’ve heard it repeated many times in various contexts in recent years.

It does seem to me that people are reluctant to admit that they’ve changed their opinion.
Or to say that they were wrong; or even to simply apologise.

Another poster and I were discussing this earlier, so that’s why I’ve started this thread.

What have you changed your mind about? What were you wrong about?
Do you find it easy or terribly difficult to admit that you’ve altered your stance?
Is it perceived as a weakness, or is it actually a strength?