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4 years ago
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So after all that has been happening lately I just wanted to post a journal with a chain of tweets that I made that I might expand upon a bit.
When it comes to people holding certain viewpoints on matters in life it should always be considered that people can always change their views. But they gotta be willing to change them, Most people dont want to, but for every 9 hard headed stubborn people there is atleast 1 person willing to change, They just sometimes needs some encouraging. And even then its not always easy. The trick is figuring out who that 1 person is. I know that most of the time it seems easier to condemn people than to try and convince them that their viewpoints are problematic. It takes alot of time and energy on both parts. Some people are afraid of changing their viewpoints because they'll end up loosing people they care about, Friends,family. The truth is if they care about you they shouldnt care about your views on certain things. And it gets even more scary if you have a reputation for having had said viewpoint. Alot of people will accuse you of having "coluded with the enemy". Which makes it hard to find new friends and people that will accept you when you make the eventual switch of viewpoint. These are the people that will never change their opinion of you, And therefore you gotta rule them out as possible friends. Its hard, Especially if they have a position of influence within said community, You might end up alone for a long time and that is very scary. This is why most people stick to views they've had for a long time, Even if they get disenfranchised with the ideas. Trust me its no fun being frozen out of two communitys becuase one wants you dead and the other wants nothing to do with you because of viewpoints you once held. I am sadly speaking from experience, I am not going to go into detail because I have left all of that behind me because it was hurting me more than it was helping me. And its funny, sometimes all it takes for someone to change their views is for one person to show that they care. It's a struggle, Sometimes you slip back into the old way of thinking, But you gotta keep going and you gotta be determined that you WANT to change. I know its a corny old saying but sometimes its as simple as "if it doesnt work out in the end, then its not the end"
This is going to sound really stupid but there is a song lyric that always stuck with me from a song I really liked.
"Crazy madmen on a leash
Or young men who lost their way?"
I always found it very fitting for how I spent alot of my younger years.
When it comes to people holding certain viewpoints on matters in life it should always be considered that people can always change their views. But they gotta be willing to change them, Most people dont want to, but for every 9 hard headed stubborn people there is atleast 1 person willing to change, They just sometimes needs some encouraging. And even then its not always easy. The trick is figuring out who that 1 person is. I know that most of the time it seems easier to condemn people than to try and convince them that their viewpoints are problematic. It takes alot of time and energy on both parts. Some people are afraid of changing their viewpoints because they'll end up loosing people they care about, Friends,family. The truth is if they care about you they shouldnt care about your views on certain things. And it gets even more scary if you have a reputation for having had said viewpoint. Alot of people will accuse you of having "coluded with the enemy". Which makes it hard to find new friends and people that will accept you when you make the eventual switch of viewpoint. These are the people that will never change their opinion of you, And therefore you gotta rule them out as possible friends. Its hard, Especially if they have a position of influence within said community, You might end up alone for a long time and that is very scary. This is why most people stick to views they've had for a long time, Even if they get disenfranchised with the ideas. Trust me its no fun being frozen out of two communitys becuase one wants you dead and the other wants nothing to do with you because of viewpoints you once held. I am sadly speaking from experience, I am not going to go into detail because I have left all of that behind me because it was hurting me more than it was helping me. And its funny, sometimes all it takes for someone to change their views is for one person to show that they care. It's a struggle, Sometimes you slip back into the old way of thinking, But you gotta keep going and you gotta be determined that you WANT to change. I know its a corny old saying but sometimes its as simple as "if it doesnt work out in the end, then its not the end"
This is going to sound really stupid but there is a song lyric that always stuck with me from a song I really liked.
"Crazy madmen on a leash
Or young men who lost their way?"
I always found it very fitting for how I spent alot of my younger years.
