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madaboutharry

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1. Maybe that is a part of how the republican mind is wired.

Reply to JohnSJ (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 07:25 AM

Oct 2024

They have a deep unwillingness and inability to evolve or change an opinion about anything. This could be why they are wedded to living in the past. Change frightens them. And they think there is something wrong with people who do evolve and change. It perplexes me.
I look at my own life and think of all the things I have changed my mind about; small little personal things and big global things...I can't imagine stubbornly refusing to grow.

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