Being open-minded
jasonw
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A certain person has really made me think about people who claim they are open-minded lately. I think everyone I meet who claims to open-minded is completely close-minded. They seem to usually be ultra-liberal or some sort of "hippie". They think that the things they like somehow make them open-minded (drugs, jam bands, or any kind of alternative belief), but they are completely closed off to any idea that is more traditional or conventional. They seem to put music in genres and like any band that falls into that genre and dislike any band that doesn't. It seems like the average guy on the street is more open to different thoughts and things than anyone i've ever met who claimed they were open minded. I've started to respect republicans a lot more recently because even if they are aren't open-minded to different ideas they don't feel the need to say that they are. I hate to generalize like this, but it was just me getting some thoughts out.
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Like the people who talk about how tough they are... usually those people are the ones who will get their ass kicked by a quiet guy.
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of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
What you are describing is an advanced-level white person.
If you ever run across a white person with a huge vinyl collection, all ripped & backed up to mp3 on their full 160GB iPod, you have found an expert-level white person. Proceed with caution & speak very carefully.
When rednecks stop dragging niggers from their pickups or bludgeoning gay teens like Matt Sheperd to death, then those open-minded people will cease to be so critical of traditional beliefs. I have relatives that bought a bunch of guns after this election because they're convinced our terrorist prsident is going to take them away and lead a crusade against decent Christians. I'm sorry, that's an idea that I'm not open-minded to because it's fucking stupid.
Wow you took that a little far, and you know I wasn't talking about anything like that.
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close-minded??
i think there are way too many people in this world who have no mind at all...
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I'm not saying you are, but I'm saying that it's people like that that make even 'live and let live' hippies very skeptical of traditional values. Traditional values are too often used as a weak rationalization for prejudice and rejection of any new ideas regardless of merit. The past 8 years of Dubya and the far Christian right ruling the electorate have worn down the nerves and optimism of a lot of open-minded people... they feel like they need to be a bit more aggressive about repudiating the whole "this is a country for Jesus and 50s sitcoms" way of thinking and it's lead to a lot of bitter criticism levelled at traditional and conventional ways of thinking for their narrow-mindedness and outdated ways of thinking. Some of it is justified, a lot of it is overreacting. But I don't think you can blame them, it's been a tough time for intelligence in America the last 8 years.
good point.
i don;t really know anyone that actually says they ARE open-minded......at most, i hear a lot of people talk how close-minded others are, and that may or may not be true, or at least equal between parties involved.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
I totally get your point. I think I was addressing this on a little less serious level than you. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with liberal views, most of my views are liberal. What I'm saying is that a lot of people who claim to be open-minded won't even consider alternative (meaning different than their) ways of thinking. They think that their ideals make them open-minded even though they are completed closed off to considering that anyone else's ideals can be valid. I agree with you that traditioanl values are used as a weak rationalization for prejudice and rejection of any new ideas regardless of merit, but I think people use "radical" or whatever you want to call them values as a weak rationalization for prejudice and rejection of any idea that is a little more conventional regardless of merit. I think I made a mistake using the word "republican" in my original post, it was like putting blood in shark infested waters
Yeah, you mentioned republicans and hippies, so I figured you had some specific instances in mind. Narrow-mindedness applies both ways, without a doubt. I think of some animal rights/vegetarian people that act like anyone who doesn't accept their views on the matter are monsters. So I see what you're saying. I'm not a hippie, but I am a bit sensitive to the narrow-minded thing, because I've heard a lot of rednecks act like I'm close-minded for arguing against bigotry.
born from an idea they weren't accepted, and they turned around and did the same thing.
(not all punk bands, but some of the major ones)
and the one band thats held up as the ideal for some, the sex pistols, was as manufactured a band as the spice girls. malcolm mclaren knew what he was doing and he knew who to do it with.
punk is an attitude not a genre.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Talk about a close-minded response. First of all, the things mentioned are not traditional beliefs for the vast majority of people.
Secondly, how long ago did that stuff happen? We just elected a (so-called) black president.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
people are for free speech.....if you say what they want to hear.
me.....i am not open-minded or for free speech. there are many aspects of our society i do not agree with and being presented from all groups of people.
i am only for.....be considerate of others.