How does being thoughtful and independent instead of utterly dogmatic and partisan create sadness and misery?Not a good thing. I notice you can only think of examples of bad things.I'm far less concerned with what people claim to be than what their actions are.Being open and curious to new ideas, is how we have an opioid epidemic going on.
Maybe you missed it, but it is exactly those self-proclaimed "open-minded people", that are spewing the most hate.
And are you saying that being open and curious is a bad thing?
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Is being open to trying cocaine, and curious about what is like to be on it, a bad thing or good thing? You tell me.
Clearly you don't think that curiosity and being open to new ideas is good.
Of course, that's how innovation and advancement happen, yet you don't like it. Yet you're reading this message on a computer screen that was the result of curiosity and innovation.
Sadly, you're not alone. You don't need to be afraid of new ideas.
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When you look at the sadness and misery in our culture today, the vast majority is caused by people who think the way you do.
It's actually the other way around. The entire history of humanity is rife with acts of barbarity at the hands of the true believer
No, that's crap. Don't give me your messed up left-wing re-write of history.
Besides, I'm talking about here, now. In this country, if you look at the 40s 50s and 60s, all those people had a clear understanding of right and wrong, of good and bad. They hand a 'closed minded' concept of male and female.
We have a much more 'open minded' view of everything today, and people are not happier by any conceivable measure.