You missed part of the point of what I said. I have no desire, absolutely no intention at all, of trying to change someone's
position about hunting. I can't do that because I don't have the right to do that. My lifestyle and my way of providing food for my family is not the right way for everyone anymore, even though in our long history it once was the only way to eat. That's fine - if someone doesn't want to hunt that's perfectly acceptable and understandable to me. No problem! I simply don't discuss the topic with folks who are offended by it. That's just common sense and courtesy. However, the same people to whom I offer that respect have no trouble trying to bait me with ugly names and trying to force me away from what I do. They use guilt, anger, ridicule, and misinformation to try to change me, to make me into something I'm not, and to force me to conform to their ways of thinking. Why is that acceptable when I don't try to conform them to mine? The group of anti-hunters who slashed my tires in the middle of nowhere knew full well that I was a woman out hunting alone, so throw threats, intimidation, and endangerment into the mix as well.
I did, if you recall, apologize for my choice of phrase. Perhaps it would have been kinder and more politically correct to say, "It is difficult to disseminate facts and statistics to a person who does not have the advantage of having a countering set of facts and statistics to bolster his position. Therefore the sensible course of action would be to carry on with your plans without further discussion."
And by the way, in my 64 years on this planet I have indeed run into countless situations where my strongly held beliefs conflicted with someone else's. If they had a compelling point of view, I have been known to rethink and change my mindset - if not I was free to hold firmly to my own convictions. Yes, I have been been told that my thinking was "illogical" on more than one occasion. And do you know what happened? The next day the sun still came up and the birdies still sang - it wasn't the end of the world despite me having been the unarmed opponent in a battle of wits. I can live with that.