29 Times People Completely Changed Their Minds About A Strong Political Opinion

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“I was raised to be a religious conservative and was a Christian nationalist since the mid-80s. I was an evangelical until age 45 when I had to admit to myself that I just didn’t believe in religion anymore and became an atheist. My understanding of the world radically changed, and now I was only interested in what could be proven to be true.”

“One unintended consequence is that I also became very progressive in my politics. I saw how much conservatism is based on tribalism, even to the point of denying science and factual data, and how much progressives were trying to be effective, data-driven managers of government.”

—workerbee223