Look At It This Way

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You wrote:
"It would seem that attempts at balanced programming, unbiased reporting and reasoned discussion are so much time wasted when arriving at a new way of thinking is deridingly referred to as flip-flopping?"

It's not our job as writers to change someone's way of thinking. It's our job to provide the fuel for the debate that can bring change. Change is a slow and fluid process, you can't demand it by saying, "I'm right, you're not!."

I'm hoping your post was tongue-in-cheek that missed the mark, because there's something quite ironic about having to tell a psychology professor that his frustration and "why bother" attitude stems from his in ability to control others. LOL

Tessa

Thank you so much for 'splaning my job. I often wondered what I was doing around here. It's just too bad you didn't reference some of your work so that I could see how it's done. LOL LOL LOL

All such attempts at jocular repartee aside, I shall repeat that I am truly disturbed by the prevailing tendency to see virtue in staying the course and to view alternative thinking as a less than honorable option. There's no harm in flip-flopping. Trust me...I sometimes change my mind six times before breakfast.

And I would be perfectly content to, as you say, "provide the fuel for the debate" (is that a mixed metaphor?) but only if I felt it wouldn't be greeted by the likes of an Official Decider...aka truculent moron.

And Jann,

I don't know about a bumper sticker but I've already picked an epitaph:

You Had Your Chance
and Now He's Gone

"I will happily show you some of my writing."

And I'll look forward to seeing it.

DrSBMason@aol.com