# What motivates you to start and/or post in controversial threads?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-you-to-start-and-or-post-in-controversial-threads/824583 "2018-11-15T20:04:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-you-to-start-and-or-post-in-controversial-threads/824583/41 "2018-11-17T15:36:51Z")

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> [@guizot](#):
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> I would say that usually these are not changes on the individual level, (not individuals persuaded by some stranger’s eloquent online explications), but rather simply generational changes.

This seems like a distinction with little difference. The generations evolve their beliefs in part because they’ve grown up around discussions of new policies and ideas. Somebody had to point out the unfairness in the way minorities were treated in this country when such ideas faced tremendous opposition. People’s minds were changed by the discussions.

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