few people did that to you
and you have since found out that you were wrong on a lot of things you believed true back then
No, plenty of people who were opposed to me ideologically did that. A great number of people on both sides of the spectrum however were respectful and treated me like someone who wanted to learn (which I did and still do). I cite Missourian teaching me about gun laws, and other things related that made me do almost a '180 on my stance for gun control as a prime example of that.
Turns out I was right about a lot of stuff too. I was reading through the archives awhile back and I found you Divecon making a comment that Sarah Palin would make a great President.