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Gun Control & RKBA

jonno99

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10. "People don't usually change world views casually." Unless they realize that

Reply to Jerry442 (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 8, 2016, 04:51 PM

Jan 2016

their view was "myopic". Seeing/be exposed to the larger picture - on any subject - can be enlightening. And the person who is not ruled by their pride is able to see their errors in thinking - and adjust.

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Discoveries of an Anti-Gunner: My Conversion to the Other Side [View all] jonno99 Jan 2016 OP

which is why EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #1

That was an excellent use of sarcasm. -eom gcomeau Jan 2016 #3

In ethnically & religiously homogeneous societies, this is generally true. jonno99 Jan 2016 #4

Not even close to being true EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #7

Sorry if I was unclear; it was not my intent to link diversity & crime. My thinking was more along jonno99 Jan 2016 #11

hmmm EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #12

I'll give you 99 to one odds... Jerry442 Jan 2016 #2

Could be - the article dosn't give many clues in that regard. You say it however, jonno99 Jan 2016 #5

People don't usually change world views casually. Jerry442 Jan 2016 #8

"People don't usually change world views casually." Unless they realize that jonno99 Jan 2016 #10

It's a common phenomena concerning many issues. branford Jan 2016 #6

She didn't give up binary thinking -- just flipped her bits, so to speak. nt Jerry442 Jan 2016 #9

In my early college daze, I believed in marijuana prohibition... Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #13

It sounds like you're saying women think with their vaginas. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #14

I thought it was insulting when I first read that discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #15