return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 28 days ago"I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative" - What do you think when you hear that?message-squaremessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down17
arrow-up1161arrow-down1message-square"I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative" - What do you think when you hear that?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 28 days agomessage-square204linkfedilink
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoHaving grown up in a conservative household in a red state (US), and having thought this as I transitioned away to more liberal stances as I learned more about the world, I have to say: Spot on. I was an uninformed idiot.
minus-squareAlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoThe worst idiots are the ones who never admit when they’re wrong. Having the backbone to admit an error, change, and and move on speaks volumes.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoTrue, I went through that phase as well. It usually came with a side of insecurity. Just happy to have grown in more than just age.
Having grown up in a conservative household in a red state (US), and having thought this as I transitioned away to more liberal stances as I learned more about the world, I have to say: Spot on. I was an uninformed idiot.
The worst idiots are the ones who never admit when they’re wrong. Having the backbone to admit an error, change, and and move on speaks volumes.
True, I went through that phase as well. It usually came with a side of insecurity. Just happy to have grown in more than just age.