Open minded yet underhanded
Earlier Sarah wrote about being open-minded. And this is a tangent, but earlier in the day a few people reblogged this picture that said something like, “I am hot and smart enough to be a pain in the ass,” which basically says I am confident in myself to a degree where I could give less than a damn if everyone else thinks I am a pain in the ass.
Well, I am happy enough as a person to give a damn if conservatives think my views are ‘closed minded.’
Sure, Christians can say they build upon their faith by questioning the existence of God and the Bible. That is all fine and great. But you know what?
My “closed-mindeness” does not impeded on others pursuit of happiness, unlike some prominent presidential candidate. I do not make friends then say, “Yes you are my buddy, I will walk through fire for you, but I believe there is an afterlife and in that afterlife YOU will BURN IN HELL.” Seriously. You can fuck off if you think that and want to be friends.
This ‘closed mindedness’ of liberals is some backward psychology by social conservatives and I will not have any of it. Can I just put it out there?
If you agree with John McCain on the issue of gay marriage and want to call me closed minded? I will not like you, and I will make damn sure not to like you even if everyone else in the world loves you and you shit rainbows and bunnies. Sorry. I am comfortable with myself enough to be considered closed minded.
Since time immemorial, taxation has been considered as one of the best ways to impede on others’ the pursuit of happiness. I bring up the issue of taxation because “liberals” like it while “conservatives” don’t (taking that distinction for granted).
Close-minded-ness is not about being considerate, as the original post suggested, it means actually considering the viewpoint of others. Ya know, thinking about it and coming to a reasoned viewpoint because I am not so smart that I have thought about everything. The point of “I am hot and smart enough to be a pain in the ass” is that, even if a woman is obnoxious, if she’s hot (and maybe smart, who knows) you want it anyway, so you’ll put up with it. It’s not about being confident, or something, like I’m so confident in who I am you can’t touch me, it’s that I can do what I want, be as close-minded/retarded/obnoxious/much of a horrible person as I want and you’ll put up with it because you want “it” (I’ll leave that it unsaid). The women who act like that are usually the least confident women in the world, in any case. Think about it: do you express confidence when you reject people out of hand, or do you express it when you reason through it and rebut it?
People on both sides are close minded, of course, but more than that, one closed minded person creates an equal and opposite dude on the other side. If you’re right, you do what you have to do. But the way you do it better consider the future implications of your actions. Put in different words, you’d better proceed at least with the veener of open-mindedness. Actual openmindedness helps because even people who you disagree with will have valuable input.
