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Political Views as we get older
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Do you feel your political views change significantly as you get older and 'wiser'? I guess I'm pretty liberal on most things, eg freedoms of belief and sexuality, free speech, freedom of movement etc, but I feel I'm far more right wing than I used to be on certain topics. Eg - I now feel that burglars should be jailed for years. What about you - do you think your views have become more entrenched on some subjects as you get older? would the 20 year old you recognise your personality these days?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.i think we change obviously, older and wiser. I just remember thinking what the hell was politics about. how could anyone possibly be interested in that! ;-)
Now of course, it concerns seeing as im approacing 40!
I think about things i wouldn't have given two hoots about in my twenties.
I have to say, the stuff i believe in are pretty much as they were though, just way more imnportant now!
Now of course, it concerns seeing as im approacing 40!
I think about things i wouldn't have given two hoots about in my twenties.
I have to say, the stuff i believe in are pretty much as they were though, just way more imnportant now!
Probably the opposite is true of me. I used to meet scrotes ansd idiots and say they should be behind bars. These days, I usually know the parents of the new generation of scrotes and idiots and spot that there is a pattern there (which needs breaking).
I am also of the opinion now that prisons should be the domain of people who are going to cause you physical harm. Violent people who should not be on the streets should be locked away, not burglars.
Burglars, shoplifters, drunk drivers, coucil tax non-payers, whilst very annoying should be put to services to benefit the community rather than incarcerated at her Majesty's pleasure at �1000 a week.
I think I am a lot calmer and more chilled that the gromit of twenty years ago.
I am also of the opinion now that prisons should be the domain of people who are going to cause you physical harm. Violent people who should not be on the streets should be locked away, not burglars.
Burglars, shoplifters, drunk drivers, coucil tax non-payers, whilst very annoying should be put to services to benefit the community rather than incarcerated at her Majesty's pleasure at �1000 a week.
I think I am a lot calmer and more chilled that the gromit of twenty years ago.
Good question Whickerman
I didn`t care too much about politics when I was 20
I can`t help feeling that most politicians are full of bullsh!t and drum up lots of rubbish just to win your vote when there`s an election coming up
In the past year or so all you heard about is the climate change etc...now there`s talk about an election and it goes back to immigration,crime,nhs,schools and how they would do this and that
Total bollox the lot of it
I didn`t care too much about politics when I was 20
I can`t help feeling that most politicians are full of bullsh!t and drum up lots of rubbish just to win your vote when there`s an election coming up
In the past year or so all you heard about is the climate change etc...now there`s talk about an election and it goes back to immigration,crime,nhs,schools and how they would do this and that
Total bollox the lot of it
As we get older we are exposed to more things.
Surprisingly this doesn't necessarily make us wiser, because we don't always deal with all that extra information well.
I think there is a tendancey for people to become more right wing on some topics but, no offence intended, I think that's sometimes because they feel more insecure.
I tend to associate right wing thought with fear and the need to strike back at perceived threats to them like changes in culture or crime.
Surprisingly this doesn't necessarily make us wiser, because we don't always deal with all that extra information well.
I think there is a tendancey for people to become more right wing on some topics but, no offence intended, I think that's sometimes because they feel more insecure.
I tend to associate right wing thought with fear and the need to strike back at perceived threats to them like changes in culture or crime.
If my Political views at present, were the same when I was 21yrs old, I would be trying to climb onto the roof of 10 Downing St, dressed as a Doctor/Nurse, scale The Shard, dressed as a Plastic Bottle, and climb Saint Paul's Cathedral in a Hijab, holding a Crucifix.
I could add a lot more, but you know what would happen?
I could add a lot more, but you know what would happen?
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