Would you call someone who quit smoking a flip-flopper? You would? You must be a real asshole.
For the rest of us, no. Someone who quits smoking has come to their senses. They realized they were doing something stupid, and then they stopped doing it.
Being pig-headed is not a virtue. If you, hypothetically, lied to the entire world about something and caused the destruction of several countries and the deaths of insane numbers of people, and frittered away trillions of dollars on your rich friends, “staying the course” does not make you a good person. Hypothetically. Refusing to see when you have made a mistake in the face of insurmountable evidence is a little immature.
And for the people who make excuses for this kind of irresponsible person? Who think that someone coming to their senses or actually thinking about new evidence is “flip flopping?”
Don’t be a sucka.