Have you ever actually been persuaded/persuaded someone else in an argument?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Whenever I go through a change in beliefs, it's usually due more to a personal epiphany than something someone else told me.

I tend to think that throwing around the labels of "liberal" and "conservative" is a bad thing, because you tend to get people trying to live up to their labels rather than actually thinking things through. I'm guilty of it too.

Most recently, I've come around and am now against the death penalty.

So to summarize... I don't really get convinced. I have swayed some other people before, but mostly in person rather than over the internet.