change your mind !

 I recently got condemned for changing my mind on the EU.
Why?

A few months ago I wrote a post saying we should assimilate more into the EU and how that it was the natural evolvement of our society.
Now' I say we should leave!
It never ceases to amaze me how if you change your mind on a subject you are criticised.
Some people attack you for in their view -being easily lead or of no strong opinion.
Well the first accusation is BS. But the second is actually quite true.
My opinion does change. I'm a different person than I was when I was 18 I will be different in ten years time.
What is wrong with that. I'm not arrogant enough to think I have the answers, but I do know what the problems are. Christ any rational thinking person knows what the problems are.
It's when people especially politicians whether they are left or right are so utterly convinced that they have the answers that the warning  bells should sound.

Even more so when far left or far right politicians 'know' what the answers are. The trouble is that these people are so full of self belief that they think they are right about everything. This results in a lack of humility and openness.  In extreme cases this is how radicals or even dictators are born.

So yes I change my mind. I have changed my mind loads of times in my life as I learn new information or data on the most mundane personal subject or the most far reaching and profound one., and I will continue to do so. For people to stop doing so is how religion continues to exist or why inequality remains.

Guess what if the EU did something drastic before June like become...... more democratic I may change my mind again in favour.
Wooly minded liberal eh ????