GrammarPoliceNov 14

Happens way too often😮‍💨

https://lemmy.world/post/38790429

Show threadyourgodluciferNov 14

It worked on me 🤷‍♀️

I used to be rightwing but after learning things about how the world actually works the contradictions were too much and I changed my mind about many things and now I am a filthy socialist.

I have also been able to change a few peoples minds on some things.

Show threadjayboneNov 14
Just curious, how old were you when you changed your mind?
Show threadyourgodluciferNov 14

mid 20s

I do think it’s possible for old people to change their mind but the longer that they hold on to these ideas the more entrenched they become in their minds and the harder it is for them to change

Show threadᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ Nov 14
It’s also the more they have to lose. If they’ve built their whole personality and social group around bullshit, they will hang onto the bullshit.
Show threadsalacious_coasterNov 14
I think this has a LOT to do with how susceptible a person is to reason that goes against their existing beliefs. I also turned away from the conservative rhetoric in my early twenties. I wasn’t really invested in any group, just talking with a few dudes on a gun forum. I didn’t have a lot to lose in terms of social investment. But for rural people, going against the right wing narrative could mean being isolated from their whole physical community.
Show threadyourgodlucifer

agreed. some people are completely unwilling to consider other ideas because they don’t want to be wrong when presented with anything that conflicts with their world view they will double down instead you can see this with cults that make a doomsday prediction a lot of people will still stay in the cult even after the doomsday prediction has been undeniably proven to be wrong they will find a way to continue to rationalize their beliefs and stay in the cult.

I still feel like there must be a way to get through to these kinds of people after all people do still leave cults even after being in them for many years but I’m not sure how to do that.

Nov 14 at 9:38pmWeb
Show threadsalacious_coasterNov 14
🤷🏻 We’re still fundamentally irrational animals. Our powers of reason are limited, and our quirks are easily manipulated.
Show threadbufalo1973Nov 14
I really think some people still think 2012 was the end of the world. But not in a “nuclear war” way but in a slow motion. Just to “be right” about the 2012 bullshit.