BonoVoxSupastar said:
I'd like you to explain that one.
Because if you are set in your ways and steadfast in your opinion an no one can waver it, then your mind is alread CLOSED on that subject. I don't think there's a person here who doesn't fit that description. No matter what side you're on, if your mind is made up on something and it's not ever changing, that's the way it is!
I have a couple of problems with the term myself, as I do with most liberal terminology. First, it's just a catch phrase used by liberals to make everyone feel that if they don't support their positions, they are stupid, backward, lacking, or wrong. If you don't want to be CLOSED MINDED, you'll believe like they do! So it's more of a way to say their positions on the issues are superior than actual closed mindedness.
Think about this: what is open mindedness? You may say, open to new ideas, not shutting the door on possibilities. Yet, everyone here, on both sides, has already made up their minds where they stand on issues, stick to that, fight over it, and refuse to let anyone else's post change their mind one iota. So how "open" is that, really? Sounds closed to me! So again, I think it's the thing where certain positions are supposed to be accepted as 'open minded' rather than actually having an open mind, and that's wrong. Think about this too: if your mind were truly 'open', you'd have no convictions, no values, no mind of your own, really, because if your mind is always changing, what do your really stand for? But of course no one goes around changing their mind back and forth all the time (well, except Kerry and Clinton, but they didn't mean it, they were only being political butt kissers) Who wants to be a wishy washy back and forth spineless, mindless blob anyway? Isn't it better to know you stand for something, and be proud of it?
So- if your mind is made up and it's not changing, no matter what anyone says, if you'd rather lecture someone on the virtues of your position instead of being swayed to theirs, then your mind is closed. I don't see a damn thing wrong with that. My mind is 'open' if I don't have enough info on a subject, if I need to listen to all sides, if I need to research it to see where I stand. I have done this with everything I comment on here (and if you notice, there are many threads I don't post in because I can't do that and won't) but once I have come to a conclusion, that's it, nobody is going to change me. And aren't you ALL like that??!!