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I don't think I've really changed my mind per se on much - I've gotten a lot less certain about a lot of things, though.
I've gotten lots less vehemently pro-choice. I still believe in a woman's right to choose but I also think she ought to exhaust other options first, and that in general people ought to be more responsible for their actions.
Similarly, I've gotten lots less vehemently anti-capital punishment. I still think the system is broken and should not be applied till we have some ironclad safeguards, but there are some cases in which it does seem to me to be appropriate - the guys who dragged the man behind a pickup truck in Texas a few years ago, for example.
I've gotten less pro-gun control.
Other than that, I think if anything I've gotten MORE liberal as time goes on. I think the American system of capitalist consumerism is broken and unfairly favors those who are already wealthy and powerful. I think it's unconscionable that in a society with ample resources ANYBODY goes without food, shelter and medical care. And I think exploitation of developing populations and natural resources to support an unsupportable quality of life is criminal. I think science ought to trump ideology every time (not really a liberal trait) and that most of the stuff our government does is based on nothing but ideas and opinions or political calculation, rather than on facts.
OK, now I'm just ranting.
So, changed my minds one way on some things and the other way on others.
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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
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