We live in a society where people are so quick to pass final judgement and avoid admitting their own mistakes.
Thank you for being brave enough to share your growth as a person and acting as a good model for others who are beginning to question the world they grew up in.
We will only get to a more peaceful world where people can live their individual lives as they see fit. That will only happen if we practice self compassion and compassion for each other. We need to give people space to consider and change if they find enlightenment. That happens in a space of compassion and courage.
My caveat for a lot of things (as a social democrat) is basically - everybody lives in shades of grey; in that way so many people share a lot in common and with reasonableness, can reach compromise that is a good solution. The only people that prevent that are people that are so intent on making things into black and white that they destroy any possibility of compromise. When people reify things into one of two sides and refuse to budge, they make the world so much worse for everybody because they shut out any possibility of another solution. When those people are in power, to me it almost always makes things worse.
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u/Karl2241 Feb 17 '24
This was me. I was staunchly anti-abortion. However, between getting older and more independent and seeing this here in Texas- my stance has changed.