In article op.uoxgyh0w0v1caa@dell,
"Brian L Johnson" wrote:

People with firm convictions do often stick with them when they
shouldn't. I guess that's why they're called, y'know... 'firm'. g

There seems to have been a belief in the former US administration that
'firm' trumps 'wrong'; it doesn't.

But you can be 'firm' and 'wrong' or 'firm' and 'right': they're not
mutually exclusive attributes.

There a many possible permutations and nuances, but sticking to your
guns on something which has been proven wrong to merely "prove that you
are firm" is foolish, if not delusional.