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Perhaps, but unfortunately there is not enough information to get even a toehold on an idea. Do people really go online to present a fake persona? Most embellish, and I bet some do, but does anyone else care enough to pay attention? For most folks I'd say no.

If GP said, "politics" then I'd get the drift.

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> Perhaps, but unfortunately there is not enough information to get even a toehold on an idea.

Imagine some position you personally find to be controversial/wrong/stupid but that everyone else around you agrees with (or vice versa).

In my view, understanding what my position is on some arbitrary matter does not further this conversation in any meaningful way.

The real question is probably, why were you "forcing yourself" to believe in things? Whole situation sounds contrived or perhaps not explained well.

Perhaps you’re surrounded by open minded people who you can gracefully decline to agree with on every subject. Many of us live in areas where not holding status quo opinions is enough to lose your job. So I can see where folks would try to believe something despite cognitive dissonance with it.

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