Let's be frank here. Nobody comes to /pol/ to get educated or form a differing opinion. Everyone is just looking for people who will reaffirm your opinion until some youtube-celebrity tells you what you have to believe.
Say it isn't so.
The only thing I can come up with off the top of my head, is my opinion of Americans being massive faggots changed after them rallying for Trump.
Now I think only about half of the Americans are massive faggots.
>>66521801
I come here to get into arguments
Then Vent
Then Rage more
and at the end of the day my debating skills are kept sharp by all the /pol/acks for when I meet morons in real life that say profoundly stupid things.
Agreeing with people on /pol/ is worthless
They're all idiots anyway
it led to my opinion changing on nuclear energy
>>66521801
lol, I used to watch/read stuff like Chomsky. And spend a lot of time on reddit subs.
/lol/ saved me from being full libtard
I'd say about 70% of /pol/ I agree with, and to be perfectly honest with you family, yeah, in a sense I do like that for at least 70% of my views it is an echo chamber.
I don't like constantly debating. It can be refreshing to simply discuss ideas in which two parties agree.
That being said, while I don't come here for an education, there are some opinions so unorthodox to views that I have, that if someone DOES make a well-reasoned argument for that opinion, and because it can't be downvoted, or removed from a moderator, but sits there equally with every other person's opinion, I will consider it at the very least.
jus bein real w/ u desu
>>66522117
how so?
>>66522205
Nuclear energy is fucking amazing and you will get called a retard for not supporting it.
>>66521801
desu I just enjoy talking to people from around the world and this board is more active than /int/. That and you all are actually funnier unlike leddit fags.
>>66522286
funny* sorry hammered.
>>66522257
>b...b...bbut...but nuclear is scary!
>>66521801
An attack on Putin is an attack on Russia. Huh.
Why is one of the jackals Australia?
>>66521801
In a single thread my entire ideology was completely inverted. I was a pretty hardcore leftist who hated the banks, but didn't have a clue about cultural marxism. My first thread here was a jew hate thread, and it simply made everything fall into place
>>66522136
What bored is this /lol/ i cant find it!
>>66521801
I'm here to gas kikes and chew bubble gum
and I'm all outta gum
>>66521801
I come to have a laugh and to argue.
If I can convince /pol/ in common sense, I would be able to convince anybody of anything.
/Pol/ refined my stances on a lot of things. It has generally been a great help to find information otherwise difficult to find that is considered controversial.
In regards to your question, me being from Denmark I've always thought the US to be silly with its gun-laws, /pol/ changed my mind on that one, and a lot others that I forget at the time.
>>66521801
My opinion on alot of things changed. I like getting new ideas :)
Before pol I actually thought that trayvon dindu nuffin and public unions were remotely acceptable.
It changed my opinion of Hitler
Originally I just thought Hitler did bad things because he was misguided
Now I know he was right
I thought Trump was a joke and I backed Carson. What a fool I was. Realistically, every single political idea I had before ever coming to /pol/ has changed at least somewhat since coming here. Some have changed a lot more than others, but I'm certainly a different person. I was liberal as fuck before.
>>66522379
Banks still suck
>>66521801
> Nobody comes to /pol/ to get educated or form a differing opinion.
Ahh the universal statement that you can not prove. I ask questions all the time about different cultures on here. Ya, I love a good burger too.
I don't trust the mainstream media anymore.
I had my suspicions the West was fucked before coming here, I'm absolutely certain now and I see it everywhere.
I started questioning the Holocaust, Racism, Feminism and PC seriously after coming here.
>>66521801
Constitutional conservative checking in so no, I don't come here expecting people to reaffirm my opinions.
>>66521801
Yes /pol/ has changed my mind on one topic:
>migrants illegally entering Europe
I used to be totally pro-refugee.
> then, after coming to /pol/ I read about horrible crimes being committed by migrants from European newspapers
And the sad fact that vary few "refugees" are truly refugees
>most are economic migrants from Africa or the Middle East
These are just simple facts. No hatred. Just the truth.
>>66521801
pol has just made me more cynical and jaded about the world.
Before I was a visionary. Now I'm a skeptical reactionary son of a bitch.
Started on /n/ and kept lurking because it was so outrageous and funny. Over time I realized their were tons of good arguments that would never see the light of day anywhere else and I found myself agreeing. This place isn't an echo chamber because other views aren't allowed. It's an echo chamber because things have been debated to death and only the strong ideas survive.
i come here for the memes
>>66522887
how do you feel about /int/ memes?
>>66522136
Same here. Chomsky used to get me hard before I realized he doesn't know what he's talking about. Nice guy, means well. But absolutely fucking clueless. He might as well live in a dream world.
>>66522205
Was against, now for.
Not that a single post or thread on changed my opinion, but it led to me looking up more information which changed my opinion.
>>66521801
I don't even remember how I found /pol/ but I drastically changed my opinions from the late 2015 to 2016.
I was a blue pilled fool by the book, very naive and ignorant. I had the red pill planted on me after meeting some ex-muslim egyptians. Before I met them I thought Islam was a strong religion and that muslims were alright and that I should help poor ilegal immigrants. I think I was investigating a particular event and I ended up in this website.
Before /pol/ I was:
>Underarchiever
>One part time job
>Not very racist. Only hated gyppos
>Not interested in politics or history
>No political orientation besides free stuff
>Videogame, porn and caffeine drinks addict
>Lost my interest for sports and exercise
>Not pro-open borders but very lax on immigration
>Isolated
After /pol/ I am
>Still underarchiever, you don't change that in some months
>Got two jobs plus I'm starting a business with two other people
>Somewhat racist. I dislike non-whites by default but I'm open to judge possitively individuals
>Very interested in history and politics. I started reading books again
>I'm pro-fascism and nationalistic. I recovered my sense of national identity that I had when I was young
>I don't play videogames anymore and I'm quitting porn, caffeine and junk food. I fail sometimes but I don't give up
>I'm back to the gym, planning to go back to contact sports with a friend
>Anti-immigration, with a margin for people that actually want to blend in and have skills to offer
>I'm calling back old friends and making some new and I'm going out again
Not everything was due to /pol/ but I found most keys here to open the doors myself. There's legit people here. There's very informative, supportive, encouraging and funny people from all over the world. And there's the shitposters and the annoying fags, but if you can accept their pressence this place is good.
