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To answer the first question posed in the thread, I had to do a lot of thinking about it since I have been doing it for nearly two decades on some version of this forum.
My views have been changed by these discussions over that time. In the case of a position based on science and evidence it has more often been the change against a position with obviously slanted claims. In the positions I have researched to form a conclustion outside of the internet discussion, I have not been swayed, however, I have convinced others to change their position based on the evidence I presented.
In the discussion of both human and animal rights, economic theory, and politics the opinion is often guided more by the reasonableness of the discussion. I have learned as a moderator, that even the worst opposition to my position deserves the same considerations and when given them will institute a real discussion. I have not changed a position, but I have learned a lot about myself and others that plays a factor in the process of researching now.
I did oppose the Animal Rights movement initially because of the radical actions to support an illogical position. I supported Animal Welfare instead. That has not changed, I still oppose the more terrorist actions and the illogic of the position, but I have learned to respect some of the people involved because of the way they lived their position. I think that was a significant change we can all hope to acheive in such discussions. Tolerance is a good change in most cases.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Albert Einstein
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