Happy Fourth of July everyone!
Keep in mind while you’re lighting fireworks and waving flags, America isn’t just about rabid devotion to military service and blood soaked battlefields. The 4th is much more about peace and civic responsibility.
“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.” — Bernard Berenson
Most people change their minds all the time; from their weekend plans, to their dinner choices, to what kind of clothes to wear out of their house. Assuming you are an intelligent civic minded individual, when it comes to political issues, you weigh this against that, you decide based on your best information, and you align them with your own values.
Over time, however, values change, more information comes in, biases develop, and you change your mind.
If you want a go a step further, sometimes I can both like and dislike something, at the same time. Example: should cops have guns? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends.
A flexible mind is healthy; it shows an ability to be resourceful and thoughtful. For me, it reflects what I want in my politicians.
Unfortunately, modern politicians only believe in consistency.
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