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Originally Posted by ilovetv
OMG....What the heck is wrong with learning and admitting from your life experience that you were wrong on a particular stance????
And if somebody realizes they were wrong about a stance, why would you not want them to be authentic and admit that publicly?? Do you prefer that Megyn Kelly hide the fact that she learned by life experience--not in law school--that a new mother needs time to heal and bond, and time to get thru the months (not weeks) of sleep deprivation????
A lot of us happen to respect people who are mature enough to admit we were wrong previously!!
And by the way, those of us who have given birth now look back and sometimes say to ourselves, "OMG......I actually thought I knew everything there was to know about parenting and child care, before I had kids. Looking back, I didn't know ANYTHING!!"
Honest people admit they were brought to their knees by new motherhood, and that surviving the relentless 24/7 work at home as a new mother is when you truly "get your degrees".
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Except she never came out and said "I've changed my opinion". She hasn't exactly gone out of her way to try and talk other conservatives over to her new side. In fact, she makes no mention of her former stance at all when defending maternity leave. At no point does she even admit that she used to have a stance contrary to her current one. It's like a MILD form of 1984 Newspeak.
If Megan came out and said those thing, I *would* respect her. If she DOES feel that way (that she should say something) I can understand one reason why she wouldn't - she'd then be a "flip-flopper" in the eyes of many. Heck, look at the way they treat Romney.