‘What’s a belief you held strongly for years that you now completely disagree with?’ – 21 people who completely changed their minds

12.

‘That the guardrails of American Democracy would protect us from a dictatorial takeover.’
–Utterlybored

13.

‘That religion is a cancer and religious people are all judgemental morons. Turns out that the loudest religious assholes aren’t necessarily representative of all of them.’
–huurhuis

14.

‘Grammar is an indicator of intelligence.’
–LittleMint677

15.

‘Russia will not attack Europe. We trade a lot of shit. Boy, were we wrong.’
–ElderCreler

16.

‘That Elon musk was kinda cool.’
–drmeowwww

17.

‘I believed that the United States would be the place where all of mankind learned how to peacefully coexist and even thrive – you know, the great melting pot and all. Now, after seeing how so much of our population just can’t accept others simply existing, I no longer believe that.’
–Ancient-Bluejay2590

18.

‘Looks dont matter. I’ve been a scruffy long-haired man, I’ve been a fat man, and I’ve been fit with a good haircut. I choose the latter every time because it unfortunately makes a massive difference in how people treat you.

I will never forget those I discovered who didn’t care, and treated everyone the same. Experiencing it really helped me see through all the bullshit when it comes to first impressions.’
–South_Sheepherder786

19.

‘HRT is bad for women.’
–v_x_n_

20.

‘I genuinely used to think feminism and anti-racism were just old hat killjoys clinging on to injustices we no longer need to worry about. Then I actually read some books (to try to prove my feminist friend wrong) and I realised I had been the asshole the whole time.’
–slybitch9000

21.

‘I used to think that when I got older, I’d be vindicated on all the things I fought with my mom over as a teen. Turns out my mom was right about a lot of stuff and I was just a stupid teenager.’
–crowpierrot

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