Has reading a post ever facilitated a change of mind surrounding something of significance?

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Martina

Yes, a number of people have awakened me to some perspective or another. I have to say that the person who wrought the most change in my thinking over time was Dylan. I still often disagreed with him. But he made me think -- and caused me to change my mind on some issues.

He's a FB friend, but he mostly just posts pictures of beautiful countryside. So I don't really benefit from his wisdom. Probably better for him. He used to get so upset.

STILL miss Dylan's posts. Makes me smile when every once in a blue moon you mention him. I too liked to read him, even though he could get out of control, sometimes. I wish he was still a part of this community. Or rather, I wish his posts/thinking was still a part of the conversations. I don't personally know him so it is not like I wish Dylan, the person was here...if that makes any sense.

Although I had been on the dash site and eagerly reading pretty much daily from the beginning, people were posts to me, not people. I didn't post much or at all really, so I did not create any connections. I didn't have any real interest in creating connections, either. I was interested in learning and growing through knowledge of of reading (gender, queer, stone, etc.). That was the purpose of that site to me.

I started posting near the end of the dash site (meaning, when it was active, prior to this one opening end of 2009), so maybe that is why I rolled into posting more here. This is also a different sort of place. As has been said before, a lot of the "figuring it out", and defining butch/femme, "stone", etc. happened at the other site. We still get into good topics here, but they are not always sit back, absorb, learn, and assess how I feel topics. And that is ok too. But, it may be not like that for other people <shrugs>. Either way, both sites have served a purpose in my life, neither more important/less appreciated, than the other.

Ok, so I have no idea where I was going with this..........