Do you expect to change any minds here?

[uppityperson]

Or are you posting to post your opinion?

10 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I hope to change someone's mind
	2 (20%)
	I am happy just posting my opinion
	7 (70%)
	I wish I had a mind
	0 (0%)
	I wish other Duers were capable of having their minds changed
	0 (0%)
	obligatory robb is a dingbat
	1 (10%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[RagAss]

1. Just happy to express my opinions.

Nobody has ever changed a mind anywhere in cyberspace.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I've often had my mind changed here, and have learned a great deal.

and I think most of the rest of us have too. If you're not capable of changing your mind in response to new information or logical argument, it's hard to imagine what you're doing on a leftist board.

Edited to add:

Nevertheless, I found it necessary to pick the Robb is a Dingbat choice.

[Wounded Bear]

5. I will say I've learned a lot here...

I don't think I've really changed my mind on anything important, though.

[Bluerthanblue]

6. I agree! except for the edit.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Robb? Is that you?

[Robb]

16. I am everywhere.

Also: nowhere.

[jp11]

3. I figured out pretty early that this place isn't a place for real discussion

but more driveby assaults of opinion and attacks.

The real conversations are few and far between.

[Warpy]

4. Over the past few days, with so many infrequent posters

sticking their heads outside the Gungeon for the first time in months, I've seen too many posters who read "sensible controls on mass murder weapons" and think "DU WANTS TO GIT MAH GUNS!!!!!" and ASSume the poster is anti second amendment.

I'm really sick of the lot of them. I wish they'd read with their minds instead of their gonads and consider what the words mean instead of what the NRA scare sheets say they mean.

I realize I am probably asking too much of too many of them.

[pscot]

7. I think everybody who posts hopes

to at least influence the discussion. Drop by drop, water wears away a stone.

[Johonny]

8. Don't you come here from your mind not other peoples?

You throw a post out and argue for yourself not other people.

[rrneck]

9. Im happy giving people something to think about.

Because that's what I get out of it.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

10. You should broaden the options.

I'm here to post my opinions and learn and maybe influence others opinions at times. Having to choose one over the others doesn't make sense.

Why is Robb a dingbat?

[LWolf]

14. His own creation.

There was a time that he posted polls daily, and always included the "dingbat" option.

Maybe he still does; I don't spend enough time here these days to catch much.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

17. So that's it.

I think he retired from creating polls.

[uppityperson]

18. I can not make a perfect poll so decided to do a limited one. I come to learn from others also but

didn't include that.

[freshwest]

12. My vote was wishful thinking on my part.

[LWolf]

13. Nope.

I've seen it happen a few times. I've experienced it myself a few rare times.

But in general? No. I've become a fringe left extremist in the decade+ I've been here, and never expect anyone to agree with me, let alone change his or her mind.

[derby378]

15. There's a lot of DUers trying their best to ignore me...

...possibly because they might be scared I was right all along.

But really, I just want people to speak up. And that includes me fellow Democratic gun owners. If you don't speak up, nobody's ever going to hear you - or, worse yet, someone else may presume to speak for you.