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user_7832 3 days ago

> However, there is nothing wrong with having core principles that aren’t able to be swayed. This is called having integrity... ...Otherwise we are no different than Crusaders and Jihadists.

And do you suggest a crusader or jihadist or keep this point of view as well? They too might think they are in the right and should keep their (religious etc) integrity, surely?

Everyone/most people always assume they are always in the right; if this was objectively true, there would never be a single debate or argument in the world.

vintermann 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

A saying I like, apparently first made by Quine: "I always think I'm right, but I don't think I'm always right."

In other words, for every belief I have, I think it's right. Clearly, otherwise I would have abandoned it already. But I don't think that the set of all my beliefs is 100% free of errors or inconsistencies.

twodave 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The point is I don’t have to agree with their views. Why would I want them to keep views I disagree with? This isn’t about what I’d want them to do, but rather accepting that people believe things that sound crazy to me, and it’s still up to me to find a way to live with and love them.