What have you completely changed your mind about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Abortion - grew up thinking there was nothing wrong with having one, but now I think it's morally wrong except in the most extreme circumstances like incest rape. I think in many circumstances an abortion is one of the most cruel and selfish things a woman can do.

Public health care - I think all people should have access to medical care and used to think we needed a UK-style NHS, but working with the VA made me seriously rethink the US government's role ability to run a single payer system.

Gay rights - even in my liberal 80s home growing up my parents (like most I knew in the era) didn't think very highly about gay people and I was very late to the game to support gay marriage and adoption. I'm now very grateful we have national marriage equality.

Wow, this is the only abortion position I DONT understand! How is it so bad to force a raped woman to gestate that you would murder a baby to keep it from happening, but it’s okay to do it if she just got pregnant by accident and doesn’t want to gestate? And why is incest in there at all? The fetus doesn’t know or care about rape or incest? I just don’t get this. Like if the incest is consensual, why does that woman get to have an elective abortion but not other women?

I’m pro choice and this viewpoint is always the one I’ve held too. If you think abortion is murder of an innocent baby, why is it suddenly ok to murder an innocent baby because the baby is a product of incest or rape? The innocent baby didn’t rape anyone! You couldn’t murder the born baby just because his father was a rapist so why can you murder the unborn baby for that reason?

I think abortions should be legal for any reason before the age of viability. And I think the “no abortions except if rape” is hypocritical to the extreme.

[Anonymous]

Do ppl understand many of us dont think it’s murdering a baby?
From that standpoint, do you get why we therefore have no issue with abortion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

LOL - same!

[Anonymous]

That Republicans are good people with differing opinions, not quasi-authoritarian cultists who would happily see America burn before accepting that people different from them have rights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

LOL - same!

I bought my first pair this summer after mocking them for 30 years!

[Anonymous]

I used to be super hospitable. Like anytime DH’s aunt or uncle came to town to visit his cousin’s family, I would insist on them all coming over for a home-cooked meal or two.

Now I don’t care as much. I still invite them over, but don’t put quite as much effort into it. And I don’t feel bad if they can’t make it

[Anonymous]

I used to take for granted that women in America have the same basic human rights as men.

[Anonymous]

Literally until one year ago I thought “money doesn’t buy happiness” and that more money would not make my life better. Then I inherited a tiny bit of money and BOY does extra cash make your life less stressful. Do not believe people who tell you - even if you are decently employed and make enough to pay the bills - that extra cash won’t make you happy. It will make you less anxious!

[Anonymous]

Education funding. I used to think more money is always good. After being a PG County schools parent for 15 years I can see that you reach diminishing returns very quickly. School quality is a function of who is going to the school, not how it is run.

[Anonymous]

Blood pressure medication. I used to think healthy lifestyle, staying fit and eating right was all I needed. I found out this weekend that doing it that way is a house of cards. I’m on meds now and will probably be on them for the rest of my life.

[Anonymous]

People. I used to (naively) think that all people had potential goodness.

Nope.

Turns out a lot of people are totally willing to be irredeemable jerks.

[Anonymous]

I was constantly searching for unconditional love from a mother type figure (grew up with extremely neglectful mother on all fronts). I finally realized that that’s not possible and no one will care about me the way a loving mother would. And I’m fine with it. Changing my mind about that search has immeasurably improved my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Abortion, christianity, and organized religion in general. (Female who grew up in highly conservative small town.)

same! Grew up in a very conservative religion and have completely changed my views. I think it’s a shame when people only want to be friends with the same opinions and views. How do you grow and evolve as a human if you surround yourself only with people who are like you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Donald Trump. Will be voting for him in November.

+1 because the policies are focused on things I am concerned about; like the economy.

[Anonymous]

Beets.