zodiac2 Apr 2005

Okay, stop.

One, no one here hates open minds, least of all me. I hate people who say they have open minds and are actually addlebrained bigots and hypocrites.

Two, no one's claiming to have a more open mind than you.

Three, if someone says "I'm probably not 100% openminded" and you say "I'm 100% openminded", you think that means you're more openminded than they are. It doesn't. For one thing, it means they're openminded about the possibility of having a closed mind, while you're not. If that were the only criterion for openmindedness, they'd be more openminded than you. (Incidentally, this is most of the reason why you think you're less racist, sexist, ageist and gayist than everybody here, too.)

Four, openmindedness has nothing to do with accepting or knowing anything, truth or not. I thought that was demonstrated about a week ago. Would you like diagrams?

Five, your above comment doesn't make any sense.

Six, all those things you say are vague platitudes (see below) you say all the time. And they're not platitudes. So shut up.