Well, your next part of your response (see below) actually signals that flexibility in changing of opinion does happen.

Well, that depends if you view my opinion as radical. That was at least what I was talking about - not sure if it was clear or not.

Otherwise, my own personal life experiences is contrary to what you stated, as Groucho Marx once quoted, “I can believe you, or my lying eyes.” I’m not going to doxx myself though, to prove that point, you’ll have to just take my word for it.

Sure, we than have very different experiences when it comes to online, written debates. Which is absolutely possible - would be interesting to find out why.

A lot of times we go through our individual lives seeing things around us as not the way we would want them to be, and wonder if we are the only one who feels that way. Seeing other members in our society believe the same way as we do is a positive uplift to our own lives.

Fair point. That I personally tend to overlook since I’m rather a non conformist myself. But I can see how it’s in general rather helpful.

The problem with that philosophy though is that you end up seeing everything as ‘not worth it’ because human nature is such that you don’t want to be bothered to make the effort, and have to deal with the circumstances. Meanwhile, hatred continues to creep into our society more and more, as today’s events avidly show.

I don’t see how one necessary results in the other. I can run away if I’m alone at night and there are five Neonazis in front of me - no point in proving them wrong. Does not mean that I won’t speak up when I think it’s necessary.

Comment responding on an Internet forum is low effort (at least initially).

Sure, but also a very low form of any actual benefit. But than again, I won’t pretend like I know an effective way of fighting against the rise of the modern right. So who am I to judge?