My extended family has a similar spread of opinion, and I'm glad we can discuss and accept the differences. I think it's important to identify and interact with

My extended family has a similar spread of opinion, and I'm glad we can discuss and accept the differences. I think it's important to identify and interact with people you respect who have opposing views. If you can simply dismiss differences in opinion as based on ignorance, lack of insight, prejudice, echo chamber effects, etc., you don't have to evaluate your own opinions as much. And repeated exposure to weak opposition to your opinion also serves to strengthen them, with a kind of meme-inoculation effect.