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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (5369)11/23/2005 3:17:44 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 542647
 
If someone has one position on a major issue and after time for some results based on that position, and time for thought and reflection they changed their mind then I wouldn't accuse them of flip-flopping. At least I wouldn't if they acknowledged the change and if the change was consistent with their earlier principles or if they explained why their principles had changed.

If someone says - "I was wrong. This is my new position. This is why I changed my mind." - They should not normally be accused of flip-flopping.

If on the other hand someone goes back and forth, often seeming to want it both ways at the same time then flip-flopping" seems an appropriate, perhaps even not strong enough, term to describe their words and actions.

Tim
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