Have you ever flip/flopped ??

[deep]

I used to support Capital Punishment.


I now support it in NO circumstances.


There is no need to discuss/ debate capital punishment, here.



Just wondering if anyone else has flip/flopped ?

 

[Liesje]

Yeah, I used to hate Republicans, until I found out I was one....but I still hate some Republicans...

Two things I will NEVER flip-flop:
Capital punishment is wrong
Abortion is wrong

 

[pax]

I used to be completely anti-abortion, but I have changed my views on abortion (somewhat). I do believe abortion should be legal, but I still have serious misgivings about some of the ethical implications.

But, yes, I have flip-flopped.

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

I used to sort of be a republican, now I'm liberal. I changed my ideas about a lot of things. This mostly just had to do with me figuring things out for myself as i became an adult and thinking about why i believed what i believed. When I was a republican it was because my parents were and I basically just believed what they believed for the most part. Towards the end of high school i started learning more about govt and politics and my ideas on things started to change, they changed even more when i got to college. I'm only a junior in college, so it's still an ongoing process, but i think I'm pretty set in my beliefs now, at least for a while.

 

[Dreadsox]

Two years ago I would not have supported homosexual marriage.

This is the one issue, that FYM and disussions outside of FYM have completely caused me to turn around on.

 

[nbcrusader]

I've definitely has shifts in opinions over time (I relate flip/flops with changing positions for political expediency) and FYM has been a source for some changes.

My biggest change - I use to think Christianity was a bunch of baloney. Now, I know Jesus Christ is God.

 

[anitram]

I'm similar to deep.

I used to support capital punishment in some cases when I was young, because I had a friend whose mother got blown up while she was waiting in the bread line. I thought the person(s) responsible should be put to death.

I changed my mind later, because of what they taught me about forgiveness and also because I cannot ever conceive of myself pulling the plug. So, if I can't do it, I don't think I have a right to ask another person to do it on my behalf.

 

[deep]

(I relate flip/flops with changing positions for political expediency)

I believe this is the goal when it is used by campaigns against an opponent.


This would fit your description.

If a politician was pro gun control and then was redistricted into an area where the NRA could sway the election and then became a 2nd amendment avocate.

 

[iacrobat]

Flip-flop, I am not sure, I would say that I became politicized and my views came into focus as I went through university.

One thing I have flip flopped is on christianity (the evangelical/fundamentalist brand). I used to feel oppressed by a serious amount of guilt and expectations. "But I must be an acrobat, to talk like this and act like that..." I have found my own way out.

 

[najeena]

It seems to me that the ability to change your mind when situations change is a good thing.

 

[verte76]

It seems to me that the ability to change your mind when situations change is a good thing.

It is. Situations change, life changes. I used to be a lukewarm deist. I have since converted to Catholicism. That's a big time change.

 

[nbcrusader]

It seems to me that the ability to change your mind when situations change is a good thing.

I'd call it the ability to be teachable...

 

[meegannie]

I used to be very conservative -- vp of Young Republicans in high school, then president of College Republicans -- until I worked on Capitol Hill. So I've flip-flopped on about every issue in the past three years.

 

[agentmissa]

I changed my mind later, because of what they taught me about forgiveness and also because I cannot ever conceive of myself pulling the plug. So, if I can't do it, I don't think I have a right to ask another person to do it on my behalf.

I completely agree.

 

[Mirrorball2606]

wow... cool topic
i've flip/flopped as you say on many things...
i used to be a HP only person, but now i only buy sony stuff.
no, but seriously, pretty much all my views have changed in the past year or so. i used to be totally anti-abortion now of course, pro-life. i used to be a devout christian... go to church all that stuff... now i refuse to set my foot inside a place of worship.
i used to be a moderate and now, that i'm more informed, i am undeniably liberal. actually i'm really not either. i'm actually a socialist.
oh well, flip/flopping is healthy

 

[U2Kitten]

Not really. I take a long time to form an opinion on something, but once I do, that's usually it. I will say, 10 years ago I probably would have been kind of shocked by gay marriage but now I really don't care who gets married. Like John Lennon said to Brian Epstein, there is too much hate in this world, any love is better than that! As I said in the other thread too, being a reject in my family because I do not live up to their standards financially and socially made me really feel sorry for gays not being accepted for who they are

 

[Mirrorball2606]

there's no need for love or hate as long as there's respect and tolerance, that's what i live by...

 

[Soul Always]

Yeah. I use to have no interest whatsoever in stars or famem even resented them both. Now I want to be famous and I like a star!!!

 

[RocknRollKitty]

I used to not like MacPhisto much but now I do!

 

[Mirrorball2606]

he he me too!! mmm macphisto...

 

[Angela Harlem]

I dont think so. Not really done a 180 on anything anyway.

I'm awfully stubborn and always right you know.

 

[meegannie]

 

[nbcrusader]

What a fine looking group of young Americans

 

[MrBrau1]

I've always seen the choice to "change your mind" as a base part of being human.

 

[Mirrorball2606]

I've always seen the choice to "change your mind" as a base part of being human.

of course! humans need change. i need change... i need to change others (that's my nature... )
i'm trying to flip-flop my friends, but they're so.... ERG. i like trying to change people...
i know i shouldn't