I have enough contradictory ideas and opinions of my own to make me avoid worrying about those that others hold.
Vegetarianism, abortion, genetic selection etc. There are no 100% clear cut answers that I can see.
Whether a person's actions and stance are consistent is not as important to me as the fact that they are trying to do what they think is right. But then there are times when I think a person or group has taken a moral stance simply for the pleasure of bludgeoning others over the heads with their feelings of moral superiority.
But this is off topic I am sure
Thinking back I have been present at several gatherings of like minded people, artists, academia, poets and authors, newspaper people, musicians, and even politicians and lawyers, and was unimpressed overall, but they all seemed impressed with themselves and each other, so in 50 years perhaps others will be asking the same question referring back to gatherings of today.
Helen