It’s actually called checks and balances. What the Supreme Court and Congress did was an unconstitutional abuse of power that infringed on the free speech of Americans

People willing to hand over their ring doorbell footage to the police. We are doing the job of our oppressors for them. /

if you can flip your beliefs because nobody kissed your ass enough, you didn’t really believe in what you said you did in the first place.

I agree. Being in debate was so beneficial in learning to understand other points of view. The better you understand them the better you can address them and potentially shift someone’s worldview

I actually had a similar thing happen. I had to argue for the death penalty in college (I was already opposed), I won the debate. I’m now better versed in why I am against the death penalty because of the research had to read in support of it